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United States Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Shawn Brown an F-15E Strike Eagle crew chief from the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Base Lakenheath, United Kingdom, coordinates the launch of an F-15E fighter, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH 2002

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 United States Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force Base (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom, launches on a mission loaded with AIM-9M sidewinders, AIM-120 (AMRAAM) missiles and 500lb. GBU-12 laser guided bombs, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH 2002

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

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Bryce Silver, an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, with the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England and South African Air Force (SAAF) Major General (MGEN) LaBuschagne, the Director of Force Preparation Planning staff, mid-air refuel with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), RAF Mildenhall, England

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 492nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and GBU-12 500-pound Paveway II Laser Guided Bombs, patrols over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeremy Pow, 157th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU), installs fins on the AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The AIM-120 is mounted on the wing of an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon from South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG). The 157th AMU, South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG), assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) a forward-deployed unit in Southwest Asia, supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 492nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and GBU-12 500-pound Paveway II Laser Guided Bombs, flies over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Drew Smith, Weapons SPECIALIST, 159th Fighter Wing (FW), New Orleans Air National Guard (ANG), removes the safety pins from a AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, attached to the wing pylon of a USAF F-15C Eagle aircraft, as he prepares from a mission at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

United States Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Shawn Brown an F-15E Strike Eagle crew chief from the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force Base (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom, pre-flights an F-15E loaded with AIM-9M sidewinders, AIM-120 (AMRAAM) missiles and 500lb. GBU-12 laser guided bombs, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH 2002

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Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH 2002

Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana

Country: Turkey (TUR)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kevin J. Gruenwald, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Christopher Redmond, from the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs swaying to a Guided Bomb Unit 12 (GBU-12) Paveway II laer-guided weapon on an A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during the Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Jan. 10, 2005. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Christina D. Kinsey) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force crew prepares an F-111F fighter aircraft of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, for a mission in support of Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is armed with laser-guided bombs.

US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN David Chamberlin performs a safety check on a rack of 500 pound Glide Bombs (GBU-12's) on the flight deck of the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). George Washington, commanded by US Navy Captain Malcolm P. Branch, is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean, and has been operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of the NATO-led Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

Boom Operators point of view onboard a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), showing a USAF E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft refueling during a mission flow over Northern Iraq, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

A US Air Force (USAF) F/A-22 Raptor flown by USAF Major (MAJ) David Thole, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), breaks away after completing a training mission with a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon, flown by USAF MAJ Alex Grynkewich, 53rd Test and Evaluation Group (TEG), Nellis AFB, NV

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A row of US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), armed with Advance Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and GBU-12 500-pound Paveway II Laser Guided Bombs, prepare for a mission while deployed at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

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usaf sergeant staff sergeant ssgt shawn brown shawn brown crew eagle crew fighter squadron royal air force base raf lakenheath pre flights aim sidewinders m sidewinders amraam missiles gbu laser bombs incirlik incirlik air base turkey operation northern operation northern air force military operations laser guided bomb united states air force us air force royal air force gbu 12 paveway ii f 15 eagle f 15 technical sergeant high resolution states air force f 15 e scene major command aim 9 m sidewinders gbu 12 laser tsgt kevin air force base jet aircraft military aircraft fighter jet aircraft