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F-15 Eagles from the 102nd Fighter Wing, Otis, Massachusetts, Air National Guard (ANG), provide Combat Air Patrol (CAP) over New York City during Operation NOBEL EAGLE

Gen. Petr Pavel, NATO military committee chairman,

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Kevin J. Jones, USAF, keeps in contact with pilot, while TSGT Robert M Grimm, USAF, watches for the doors to open as the jet fuel starter (JFS) switch while their F-16C Fighting Falcon starts up

Capt. David, 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot,

An RC-26 based at Key Field Air National Guard Base,

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon from the New

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon from the New

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) armed with GBU-12 Pave II 500-pound Laser Guided Bombs, AMI-9 Sidewinder Missiles and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles await their next training sortie at a forward deployed location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with the 308th Fighter Squadron (FS), 56th Fighter Wing (FW), taxi out of the flight line during a routine training mission at Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The mission of the 56th FW is to train F-16 pilots and crew chiefs while providing agile combat support to aerospace expeditionary forces

Six U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned

An F-16D Fighting Falcon from the 61st Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Arizona, flies a local training mission. The F-16 is carrying an AIM-9 training missiles, a SUU-20 Practice Bomb Dispenser, and a 370 gal tank

A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is refueled inflight as another F-16 waits in formation to be refueled for a mission over Iraq. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon performs refueling

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), flies a mission over the Utah Test and Training Range during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT). The aircraft is armed with a 1,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

An Ohio Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during exercise Quick Force. The U.S. Central Command exercise is designed to increase combat capabilities and provide a realistic combat environment simulating areas such as Southwest Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. The refueling mission is taking place at the Utah Test and Training Range

Four US Air Force (USAF) 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft fly in formation over Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), at the end of a training mission 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 with each other

Four US Air Force (USAF) 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft fly in formation on their way back to Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), at the end of a training mission 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 with each other

Six F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 17th Tactical Fighter Squadron fly in formation behind a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during the U.S. Central Command Exercise Quick Force. The exercise is designed to increase combat capabilities and provide a realistic combat environment simulating areas such as Southwest Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. The refueling is taking place at the Utah Test and Training Range

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State: Utah (UT)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Fernando Serna

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/10/1989
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label_outline Explore Utah Test, Combat Environment, Fernando Serna

The US Air Force (USAF) 100th Services Squadron (SVS), RAF Mildenhall, turned the Fitness Center into a temporary billet to accommodate the sudden increase in troops transiting the base

An Army Guardsman from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry of Michigan comes to the aid of the Quick Reactionary Force of Hungary's 2nd Battalion at Observation Post 5 during BALTIC CHALLENGE in Lithuania

Three crewmen aboard minesweeping boat 51 (MSB-51) look toward the water just after dropping a float during exercises conducted by Mine Countermeasures Task Group 1-81 (MCMTG 1-81). The task group, consisting of navy units from seven NATO countries, was formed to increase their mine countermeasures capabilities

A right front view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in flight during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84

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

Boom Operators point of view showing a US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit aircraft approaching the refueling boom of a Alaskan Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while conducting refueling operations during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 02. Northern Edge '02 is an annual joint training exercise held in Alaska designed to exercise joint operations techniques, procedures and enhance interoperability among the services

KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

Vehicles offload equipment for use in CABANAS 88, a Joint Chiefs of STAFF exercise designed to promote and increase effective interaction between participating Air Force and Army units

An air-to-air left side view of a Utah Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the northern part of the English Channel

AMN Justin Horn (left) signals LT Ron Gorman (center) and LT. Jim Bates during flight checks of an F-14 Tomcat aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, 6th Marine Regiment, armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) conduct Quick Reaction Force (QRF) perimeter security training at Camp Stonewall, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, while deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air-Cushion 74 (LCAC 74) craft from the Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5), attached to the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6), lands on a beach at Bellows Air Force Station (AFS), Hawaii (HI), during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. The exercise designed to increase the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined sea operations. RIMPAC 2006 brings together military forces from Australia (AUS), Canada (CAN), Chile (CHL), Peru (PER), Japan (JPN), the Republic of Korea (KOR), United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US)

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