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US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class Thomas Corell (right), a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crew chief with the 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 56th Fighter Wing (FW), prepares to launch his aircraft 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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Yakima Dargan, a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crew chief with the 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 56th Fighter Wing (FW) looks for cracks and leaks inside a panel on his aircraft during preflight inspection before a 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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Tim Bonnel, assigned to the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), marshalls an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th FW, during exercise Northern Edge 04

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Yakima Dargan, a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft Crew CHIEF with the 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 56th Fighter Wing (FW), checks wirings inside a panel on his aircraft during preflight inspection before a 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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Guadalupe Acosta (left), Crew CHIEF, 1ST Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 1ST Maintenance Group (MXG), 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), and another maintenance technician perform a final pre-flight check on a USAF 71st Fighter Squadron (FS), 1ST Operations Group (OG), 1ST FW, F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft prior to its flying a sortie from Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), as part of Operation NOBLE EAGLE, which is direct US military operations in support of homeland defense efforts

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Tom Stewart (left), a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot with the 308th Fighter Squadron (FS), 56th Fighter Wing (FW), conduct preflight check inside the cockpit of his aircraft before a 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

US Air Force (USAF) Reserve (AFRES) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Brady, Boom Operator, KC-10A Extender aerial refueling aircraft, 76th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), moves to the front of his aircraft after refueling a USAF 18th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft while flying a training mission from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), 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...

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Matthew Garrison (Pilot), is aided by USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Heywood, as he straps into the cockpit of his USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft on the flight line at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT). Both 1LT Garrison and A1C Heywood are assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth O. Gamblin, from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), attaches a Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU) onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Thomas Corell (right), a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crew chief with the 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 56th Fighter Wing (FW), marshalls his aircraft 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

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Base: Luke Air Force Base

State: Arizona (AZ)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Angela Clemens, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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A 62nd Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II takes off

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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

A 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron team recover a

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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