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Two US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron (FS), 18th Fighter Wing (FW), armed with fire AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles, in flight over the Gulf of Mexico during Exercise COMBAT ARCHER, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Phillip Harley Campbell, F-15C Eagle Instructor Pilot (IP), 95th Fighter Squadron (FS), 325th Fighter Wing (FW), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), launches an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air radar guided missile at a BQM-34 Firebee sub-scale aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during an Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) mission, which was part of Combat Archer that is hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS), Tyndall AFB

In their F-15C Eagle fighters, US Air Force (USAF) pilots First Lieutenant (1LT) Jason Trew, foreground and 1LT John Echols, in the distance, with the 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia, simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles at a target during an Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP), or Combat Archer mission

An US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle from the 391st Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flies over the Gulf of Mexico prior to firing an AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile at a sub-scale drone

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

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon (OR) Air National Guard (ANG), launches an AIM-7 Sparrow missile over the Gulf of Mexico during exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

An US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft assigned to the 1ST Fighter Wing (FW) flies over the Gulf of Mexico, during Exercise COMBAT ARCHER, an Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP), hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS), located at Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL). The aircraft is equipped with an airborne instrumentation pod and is armed with an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Strike Eagle fighter pilot from the 94th Fighter Squadron (FS), Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), prepares to fire an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile at an aerial target drone during a weapons evaluation mission, Combat Archer, over the Gulf of Mexico

An US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 390th Fighter Squadron (FS), 366th Fighter Wing (FW), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), flies over the Gulf of Mexico, during exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL). (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0413284 or search 021204F7709A003)

Two of the three US Air force (USAF) F-15C Eagles, 390th Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), fire AIM-7 Sparrows at an MQM-107E Streaker subscale aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during the USAF Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP), Combat Archer, Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), hosted by the 83rd Figher Weapons Squadron (FWS)

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Base: Tyndall Air Force Base

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Ammons, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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