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Senior Airman Laguan Eaves, and Staff Sgt. John

US Air Force (USAF) members with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (MXS), AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Bradley Smith, left, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jessica German and A1C Gerardo Gonzalez, right, hoist an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile in order to load it aboard an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia

From front to back, SENIOR AIRMAN Charles Lester, STAFF SGT. Paul Riley and SENIOR AIRMAN Charles Lester, 18th Maintenance Group aircraft armament systems specialists, load an AIM-9 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)

Staff Sgt. Shaka Battle and Senior Airman Nicholas

355th Maintenance Group Airmen deployed to Gila Bend

U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 48th Component

Airmen assigned to the 2nd Munitions Squadron assembly

A Wisconsin Air National Guard guardsman unloads smoke rockets from a truck and places them in rocket pods. These pods are used on the OA-37 Dragonfly aircraft

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Preparing for deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, the pilot of the F-15E Strike Eagle inspects the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM), the Weapons System Officer (WSO) inspects the Mk-83 bombs behind the external fuel tank. The crew is with the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM); AIM-9 Sidewinders Missiles; GBU-12 500-pound bombs, and a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), in flight over the skies of Iraq on a combat sortie in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), refuels from a KC135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 163rd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), California Air National Guard (ANG), during a mission in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH. The aircraft is armed with GBU-12 500-pound Paveway II Laser Guided Bombs, AGM-65 Maverick Missiles, and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

An air-to-air left underside view of two 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) F-15C Eagle aircraft carrying a full load of AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. Members of the 32nd TFS are piloting the aircraft during a Zulu alert mission designed to protect Northern NATO nations from possible attack. The 32nd TFS is the only USAF squadron to bear the official crest of the Queen of the Netherlands painted on the side of its F-15C fighter aircraft

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft receives fuel from the extended refueling probe on a USAF KC-10 Extender aircraft from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS) during a recent mission over Iraq. Coalition aircraft average 40 combat sorties daily in the skies over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An F-15E Strike Eagle, 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, taxies to the runway at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as it heads out for its first bombing mission into Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. It is equipped with the LANTRIN Navigation and Targeting System pod and carries two racks of GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 guidance system, AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinders, and 600-gallon drop tanks

A US Air Force F-15 Eagle makes an approach to a KC-135 Stratotanker for aerial refueling. The Eagle was part of a joint strike package of US Navy F/A-18 Hornets and US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons for the exercise. Joint Task Force 95-3 involved each branch of the armed services and all major units of the US Atlantic Command. The aircraft is from the 69th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.(Exact date unknown)

An F-15E Strike Eagle, 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, taxies past a razor wire barrier toward the runway at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as it heads out for its first bombing mission into Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. It is equipped with the LANTRIN Navigation and Targeting System pod and carries two racks of GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 guidance system, AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinders, and 600-gallon drop tanks

US Navy (USN) aircraft maintainers from the USN Strike Fighter Squadron 22 (VFA-22) perform routine inspection on the canopy of a USN F/A-18E Super Hornet aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76). The REAGAN and USN Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) and Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Pacific Ocean

The Weapons System Officer (WSO) checks the GBU-16s on the F-15E Strike Eagle prior to deploying in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The pilot checks out the landing gear in the background. The Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting InfraRed for Night (LANTIRN) pod hangs to the left and an external fuel tank hangs to the right. The crew and aircraft are with the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: RAF Lakenheath

State: East Anglia

Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William Greer, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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weapons system officer weapons system officer wso checks gbu pilot pilot checks gear low altitude navigation low altitude navigation infrared night lantirn pod fuel fuel tank crew aircraft fighter lakenheath air force operation enduring freedom military operations landing gear staff sergeant raf royal air force us air force enduring freedom f 15 eagle f 15 us air force pilot high resolution freedom royal air force lakenheath usafe scene major command operation raf lakenheath ssgt william greer east anglia great britain jet aircraft fighter jet aircraft military aircraft us national archives f 15 e united kingdom england
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label_outline Explore Pilot Checks, Weapons System Officer, Low Altitude Navigation

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Eglin AFB, Land Range during a test mission

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Derek Warren, with the 555th Fighter Squadron (FS), secures the lanyard on a Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II on a pylon during a Quarterly Weapons Load Competition

Captain (CAPT) Chris Bridges (left), USAF, Pilot, 492nd Fighter Squadron (FS), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, watches as Group Captain Richard Garwood, RAF, Commanding Officer, RAF Marham, United Kingdom, acquaints himself with the front seat station after they completed a flight in a F-15E Strike Eagle. Group Captain Garwood visited RAF Lakenheath for an orientation ride in the Strike Eagle

An F-15E Strike Eagle painted in the 494th Fighter

Ground-to-air view of a US Air Force (USAF) Desert Hawk Force Protection Airborne Surveillance (FPAS), Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Air Force Capt. Hunter Cox and Maj. Loren Miller,

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Emmanuel Smith a Ammunition Maintenance Technician, assembles a back side panel on a GBU-15, 2000-pound precision-guided munitions, while deployed with the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group at at Kwang-Ju Air Base, Republic of Korea, on September 9, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Steven R. Nabor) (Released)

A US Navy (USN) Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41, Black Aces) aircrew member (left) signals to the USN VFA-41 F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft pilot prior to his taking off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for 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

US Air Force (USAF) Crew Chiefs from the 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England (ENG), conduct preflight checks on an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter from the 492nd Fighter Squadron (FS), prior to a mission

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall shares a hardstand at its home base in East Anglia, United Kingdom

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Lucier, on temporary duty to the 48th Component Repair Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, from the 3rd Component Repair Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska, actuates a 380 pump compressing engine case for support rod removal. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-08494 or search 010122-F-4177H-008)

A GBU-31 Version 3 munition lays on a munition assembly

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