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US Air Force (USAF) maintenance personnel make last minute checks with a USAF pilot before he takes off in a USAF F-15C Eagle fighter at night, as part of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response

US Air Force (USAF) maintenance personnel working the tail hook of a USAF F-15C Eagle fighter at night as part of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response

US Air Force (USAF) maintenance personnel working the tail hook of a USAF F-15C Eagle fighter at night as part of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response

US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft, 27th Fighter Squadron (FS), 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), taxies down the flight line at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), during a Phase 1 Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Thirty-four of the 1ST FWs Eagles were generated to deploy to "Base X" as part of the ORI evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen of the 1ST Fighter Wing (FW) waiting for their transportation to "Base X" as part of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response

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US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft, 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), taxi down the flight line at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), during a Phase 1 Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Thirty-four of the 1ST FWs Eagles were generated to deploy to "Base X" as part of the ORI evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response

A lineup of F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft on the flight line at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), during a Phase 1 Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Thirty-four of the 1ST Fighter Wings (FW) Eagles were generated to deploy to "Base X" as part of the ORI evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response

Maintenance crewmen of the 1ST Tactical Fighter service an F-15 Eagle aircraft on the flight line during an operational readiness inspection

US Air Force (USAF) maintenance personnel make last minute checks on a USAF F-15C Eagle fighter at night before it taxies out as part of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response

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Base: Langley Air Force Base

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Alex R. Lloyd, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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