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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Kadena Air Base

State: Okinawa

Country: Japan (JPN)

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Bill Thompson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

18/10/1984
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Location

Kadena Air Base ,  26.35647, 127.76702
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The U.S. National Archives
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label_outline Explore Visible, Bill Thompson, Portion

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

Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as they prepare for refueling over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair on the right is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its right fuselage pylon

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