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This US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)) sub-scale aerial target drone flies over the Gulf of Mexico during an air-to-air weapons evaluation mission. The Streaker supports a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and reused to support future missions. This one is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL) and part of exercise Combat Archer

A US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)) sub-scale aerial target drone cruises above a 120-foot drone recovery vessel on the Gulf of Mexico while returning to Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), after a Combat Archer mission. The Streaker supports a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and reused to support future missions. This one is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall AFB, FL

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete Davey, Pilot, 428th Fighter Squadron (FS), Buccaneers, Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), flies a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon in formation with an MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)) sub-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico. The Streaker Aerial Target drone is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), and used as targets during Combat Archer missions. The MQM-107E Streaker is used to support a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and...

This US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker, a high-subsonic sub-scale aerial target from the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), descends for recovery at a location near Tyndall after a Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program mission over the Gulf of Mexico. The MQM-107E is used to support a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and reused for future missions

A US Navy (USN) BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone is launched from the flight deck of the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis), USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) while the ship is underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting operations in support of Exercise UNITAS 45-04. Naval forces from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and observers from Mexico and Canada are participating in UNITAS 45-04, the premier naval exercise in the region, which is conducted under the direction of Commander US Naval Forces Southern Command and hosted this year by the Peruvian Navy. UNITAS is designed to develop interoperability among the participating navies while increasing readiness and providing the...

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Taylor"Dozer"Ferrell, Pilot, F-15C Eagle, 58th Fighter Squadron,"Gorillas,"1ST Fighter Wing, Elgin Air Force Base, Fla., prepares to fire an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air missile (AMRAAM) at a QF-4"Rhino"full-scale aerial target drone during a weapons evaluation mission over the Gulf of Mexico on Feb. 1, 2005. The unit is deployed to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., to support the Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Michael Ammons) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Mark "Curly" McKenzie, an F-15C Eagle pilot and Commander of the 71st Fighter Squadron (FS) "Ironmen" at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at an MQM-107E "Streaker" target drone during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico

U.S. Air Force CAPT."Sort"Newkirk, Pilot, F-15C Eagle, 71st Fighter Squadron,"Ironmen,"1ST Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Va., fires an AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico on Jan. 19, 2005. The unit is deployed to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., to support the Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Michael Ammons) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Murray Nance, Jr., an F-15C Eagle instructor pilot assigned to the 2nd Fighter Squadron (FS), from Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, flies over the Gulf of Mexico after firing an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone. His unit participated in an air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) known as Combat Archer

This US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)) sub-scale aerial target drone flies over the Gulf of Mexico during an air-to-air weapons evaluation mission. The Streaker supports a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and reused to support future missions. This one is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL) and part of exercise Combat Archer

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Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Michael Ammons, USAF

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