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In the dark an F-16C, Block 52, Fighting Falcon, 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), taxies out to the McEntire Air National Guard Station flightline, for its long flight to Moron AB, Spain. Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The SCANG personnel are the first Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina to deploy to forward locations in support of the "War on Terrorism". The SCANG sent F-16C/D, Block 52 aircraft and pilots from the 157th FS as well as maintainers and other support personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing (FW)

In the dark at the McEntire Air National Guard Station flightline an F-16C, Block 52, Fighting Falcon, 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), is guided out of its parking space by a 169th Aircraft Generations Squadron (AGS) member, as it prepares for its long flight to Moron AB, Spain. Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The SCANG personnel are the first Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina to deploy to forward locations in support of the "War on Terrorism". The SCANG sent F-16C/D, Block 52 aircraft and pilots from the 157th FS as well as maintainers and other support personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing (FW)

On the McEntire Air National Guard Station flightline, a crewchief loads the travel pod of an F-16D, 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG), as it is prepared for departure to a forward location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The SCANG personnel are the first Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina to deploy to forward locations in support of the "War on Terrorism". The SCANG sent F-16D, Block 52 aircraft and pilots from the 157th FS as well as maintainers and other support personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing

Major (MAJ) Jay Johnson, USAF, pilot, 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), gets "settled-in" for his long flight to Moron AB, Spain. Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The SCANG personnel are the first Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina to deploy to forward locations in support of the "War on Terrorism". The SCANG sent F-16D, Block 52 aircraft and pilots from the 157th Fighter Squadron as well as maintainers and other support personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing

Major (MAJ) John Bushe, USAF, pilot, 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), accomplishes an instruments check before take off on his long flight to Moron AB, Spain. Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The SCANG personnel are the first Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina to deploy to forward locations in support of the "War on Terrorism." The SCANG sent F-16D, Block 52 aircraft and pilots from the 157th FS as well as maintainers and other support personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing

South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) families watch as their loved-ones aircraft takes off to an undisclosed location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The SCANG personnel are the first Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina to deploy to forward locations in support of the "War on Terrorism." The SCANG sent F-16C/D, Block 52 aircraft and pilots from the 157th Fighter Squadron (FS) as well as maintainers and other support personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing (FW)

Family and friends, send-off Major Jay Johnson, USAF, pilot, 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), as he steps for the flightline. Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The SCANG personnel are the first Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina to deploy to forward locations in support of the "War on Terrorism". The SCANG sent F-16C/D, Block 52 aircraft and pilots from the 157th FS as well as maintainers and other support personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing (FW)

Two US Air Force (USAF) South Carolina (SC) Air National Guard (ANG) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 77th Fighter Squadron (FS), 363rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), taxi for take off at a forward deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The aircraft are equipped with two external fuel tanks, and armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AGM-88 High-Speed Antiradiation Missiles (HARM)

A US Air Force (USAF) South Carolina (SC) Air National Guard (ANG) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (FS), 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), is readied for its next mission at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The aircraft is armed with AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AGM-88 High-Speed Antiradiation Missile (HARM), and one AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

In the dark an F-16C, Block 52, Fighting Falcon, 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), taxies out to the McEntire Air National Guard Station flightline, for its long flight to Moron AB, Spain. Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The SCANG personnel are the first Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina to deploy to forward locations in support of the "War on Terrorism". The SCANG sent F-16C/D, Block 52 aircraft and pilots from the 157th FS as well as maintainers and other support personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing (FW)

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Mcentire Ang Station

State: South Carolina (SC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Robert E. Minder, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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Major (MAJ) Bill "Doc" Christmas, USAF, Flight Surgeon, 932nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron (AMDS), Scott AFB, Illinois, an augmented member of the Air Force Reserve Pipe Band, plays the Great Highland bag pipes during an exhibition given by the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows. The team spent three weeks at Moron AB, Spain practicing for this years circuit of air shows providing a show for our troops deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52 aircraft from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, in flight. The aircraft is armed with AGM-88 HARM's (high-speed anti-radiation missile), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAM's (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile). Another F-16 can be seen in the distance

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Mr. Jack Skolds F-16 Fighting Falcon, (Aircraft #924) takes off. Skolds is the President of SCE&G. He is visiting the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire, South Carolina's Air National Guard Station to receive an orientation flight on the F-16C, Block 52 aircraft

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The Royal Air Force Aerobatic team "The Red Arrows" performs the Concorde Roll during a practice session. The team spent three weeks at Moron AB, Spain practicing for this years circuit of air shows providing a show for our troops deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Air Force active duty and reserve members set up a temporary billeting facility inside the Moron Air Base, Spain fitness center while awaiting transportation to undisclosed locations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

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