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Before WILLIAM TELL '96 static load competition, MASTER SGT. Kevin Nelson, N.D. Air National Guard's 119th Fighter Wing, inspects one of the AIM 120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile, 23 - 25 October 1996. Held biennially at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and conducted by Air Combat Command, William Tell '96 pushes fighter units, including those from Canada, to achieve air superiority under combat conditions, to intercept and destroy enemy jets. And it assesses tactics and weapons and fine-tunes air and ground crews

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C), Gabriel Liddycoat, Maintenance Specialists, 35th Fighter Wing (FW), Misawa Air Base (AB), Japan, stands atop portable aircraft stairs to repairs an anti-collision light on the vertical stabilizer of a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on the flight line at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), during Exercise RED FLAG 2003. Red Flag is currently the most realistic simulated air-warfare training exercise held anywhere in the world. It regularly involves the air forces of the United States and its allies

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Audie Murphy, a crew chief assigned to the 95th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Fla., gives a thumbs up sign to the pilot of an F-15 Eagle aircraft during exercise William Tell 2004 at Tyndall AFB on Nov. 8, 2004. This is the 50th Anniversary of the William Tell competition, an exercise that tests an aircrew's ability to perform under combat conditions. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Lisa M. Zunzanyika) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Joshua Hartviggen (left) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Joseph Fleming, both weapons load crew members from the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspect an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) during a pre-flight check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 05 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 17, 2004. To the left is an AIM-9M Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Cherie A. Thurlby) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Kevin Skaggs, of the 95th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Fla., performs pre-flight inspection of his F-15 Eagle aircraft during exercise William Tell 2004 at Tyndall AFB on Nov. 8, 2004. This is the 50th Anniversary of the William Tell competition, an exercise that tests an aircrew's ability to perform under combat conditions. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Lisa M. Zunzanyika) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Reserve (AFRES) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Brady, Boom Operator, KC-10A Extender aerial refueling aircraft, 76th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), moves to the front of his aircraft after refueling a USAF 18th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft while flying a training mission from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations...

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) William Gilmer (background), a F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft Crew CHIEF, assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), conducts an engine running operation check as USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Brent Brooks, Munitions Handler, arms the GBU-12 Pave II 500-pound Laser Guided Bombs on the aircraft at a forward deployed base in Southwest Asia, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The aircraft also carries AMI-9 Sidewinder Missiles and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, (right), and STAFF SGT. Paul Riley, 18th Maintenance Group aircraft armament systems specialists, prepare to load an AIM-7 missile on a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft during a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training, in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth O. Gamblin, from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), prepares a Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU) for loading onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

SENIOR AIRMAN Kenneth Magee, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, (PACAF) on the flight line, next to one of the 35th FW's F-16 Fighting Falcon, reviews tech orders before performing aircraft maintenance for WILLIAM TELL '96, 23 - 25 October 1996. Held biennially at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and conducted by Air Combat Command, WILLIAM TELL '96 pushes fighter units, including those from Canada, to achieve air superiority under combat conditions, to intercept and destroy enemy jets. And it assesses tactics and weapons and fine-tunes air and ground crews

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Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '96

Base: Tyndall Air Force Base

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. James Lotz

Release Status: Released to Public

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