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Deployed to Sardinia, US Air Force (USAF) Crew CHIEF Joshua Stephens assist the 31st Fighter Wing (FW) Commander Brigadier General (BGEN) Mike Worden pre-flight his aircraft before launching on a sortie

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Christopher Johnson, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Furtado, a dedicated Crew Chiefs watch an operational and clearance check performed on the main landing gear of an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 31st Fighter Wing (FW)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Bryce Silver, an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, with the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England and South African Air Force (SAAF) Major General (MGEN) LaBuschagne, the Director of Force Preparation Planning staff, mid-air refuel with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), RAF Mildenhall, England

Deployed to Sardinia, US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) Mike Worden, the 31st Fighter Wing (FW) Commander is assisted with his pre-flight start up by AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Joshua Stephens, a Crew CHIEF with the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMS)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Bryce "Bullet" Silver, right, with the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot and CAPT Brian "Bluto" Schubert, a Weapons Systems Officer (WSO), from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom, check their aircraft prior to a sortie against the South African Air Force (SAAF), 2 Squadron Flying Cheetahs at Air Force Base (AFB) Louis Trichardt

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Amos Olson, 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 31st Fighter Wing (FW), inspects the wheel on the port side landing gear of a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, while deployed at Decimomannu Air Base (AB), Sardinia, Italy

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Nick Dipoma, Pilot, 54th Helicopter Flight (HF), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), turns on the ultra high frequency (UHF) radio during his pre-departure takeoff checklist, onboard a USAF UH-1N Iroquois helicopter at Minot AFB, ND

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Matthew Garrison (Pilot), is aided by USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Heywood, as he straps into the cockpit of his USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft on the flight line at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT). Both 1LT Garrison and A1C Heywood are assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC)

US Air Force (USAF) Reserves maintainer MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) David Macerelli, left and Crew CHIEF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Chris Hatten inspect and perform maintenance on a F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 55th Fighter Squadron (FS) at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC)

Deployed to Sardinia, US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) Mike Worden, the 31st Fighter Wing (FW) Commander and Captain (CAPT) Mathew "Saigon" Higgins, a pilot with the 510th Fighter Squadron (FS), discuss the condition of the main gear prior to their flight

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Country: Italy (ITA)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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