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US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and Major (MAJ) Mark "Meat" MacLean, F-15C Strike Eagle flight instructor pilots assigned to the 1ST Fighter Squadron (FS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missiles at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons evaluation mission

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and Major (MAJ) Mark "Meat" MacLean, F-15C Strike Eagle flight instructor pilots assigned to the 1ST Fighter Squadron (FS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missiles at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons evaluation mission

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 near Cape San Blas, in 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

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 near Cape San Blas, in 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

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

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US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and Major (MAJ) Mark "Meat" MacLean, F-15C Strike Eagle flight instructor pilots assigned to the 1ST Fighter Squadron (FS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missiles at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons evaluation mission

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Country: Gulf Of Mexico

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Michael Ammons, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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