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A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon (OR) Air National Guard (ANG), 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)

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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

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15A Eagle aircraft from the 101st Fighter Squadron (FS), Massachusetts (MA), Air National Guard (ANG) 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)

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US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Miller, an F-15A Eagle fighter pilot from the 114th Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon Air National Guard (ANG), located at Kinglsey Field, Oregon, flies over the Gulf of Mexico in support of the Combat Archer air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP), hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS), from Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida

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Country: Gulf Of Mexico

Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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