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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jeffrey Merrick (foreground) and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Franklin Conrey, 492nd Fighter Squadron, use an MJ-1B weapons loader to transport a GBU-12 Precision Guided Bomb, after downloading it from a 48th Fighter Wing, F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK)

Staff Sgt. Shaka Battle and Senior Airman Nicholas

Maintenance personnel remove the wing tanks from an Air Force Reserve A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft after its arrival at the base to participate in Exercise CHECKERED FLAG '83

Senior Airman Laguan Eaves, and Staff Sgt. John

Airmen from the 378th Expeditionary Operations Group

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt.Bart Benckert and Tech. Sgt.

355th Maintenance Group Airmen deployed to Gila Bend

U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 48th Component

Airmen assigned to the 2nd Munitions Squadron assembly

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US Air Force (USAF) members with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (MXS), AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Bradley Smith, left, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jessica German and A1C Gerardo Gonzalez, right, hoist an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile in order to load it aboard an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia

US Air Force (USAF) members with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (MXS), AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Bradley Smith, left, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jessica German and A1C Gerardo Gonzalez, right, hoist an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile in order to load it aboard an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (FS), 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), armed with AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AGM-88 High-Speed Antiradiation Missile (HARM), and one AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, prepares for its next mission at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 148th Fighter Wing (FW), Minnesota Air National Guard (ANG), during a Combat Air Patrol (CAP) mission over the Eastern seaboard of the United States (US) in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE. The aircraft is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)

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

Two US Air Force (USAF) South Carolina (SC) Air National Guard (ANG) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 77th Fighter Squadron (FS), 363rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), taxi for take off at a forward deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The aircraft are equipped with two external fuel tanks, and armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AGM-88 High-Speed Antiradiation Missiles (HARM)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rodney Dixon, F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft Crew CHIEF, assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing (FW) uploads an AIM-120 Advance Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) onto the left outboard wing station on his aircraft, while deployed at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, during Operation NORTHERN WATCH. (Substandard image)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Anthony Bartolomeo, Boom Operator aboard a KC-10 Extender aircraft, assigned to the 305th/514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), attached to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group, delivers fuel to a US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105), during a refueling mission flown in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 523rd Fighter Squadron (FS), 27th Fighter Wing (FW), takes off on a mission during Phase-1 of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) exercise at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM). The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles (AMRAAM), and AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles

US Air Force (USAF) members with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (MXS), AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Bradley Smith, left, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jessica German and A1C Gerardo Gonzalez, right, hoist an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile in order to load it aboard an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia

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Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Mr. Gordon R. England (center), enjoys breakfast with the troops, at a food service hall with junior U.S. Marine Corps Marines of Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT 7), during his visit at Al Asad, Iraq, on Nov. 25, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Jessica L. Richards) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jessica Dunn, 27th

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Eric Armentrout, Pilot, 71st Fighter Squadron (FS), 1ST Operation Group (OG), 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), signal to his crew chief during the engine start sequence of his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft prior to 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

U.S. Air Force Capt. William, 99th Expeditionary

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flies over the sea during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each wing tip. VFA-81 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60)

An air-to-air left side view of a 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft in a vertical dive during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'86. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

Aerospace control includes missions such as this U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon, carrying an Aim-9 Sidewinder missile, and Royal Jordanian Air Force F-1 Mirage flying over Iraq. These sorties are designed to gain control over an aerospace environment. Published in AIRMAN Magazine October 1996

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ray Barlon and A1C G. Thomas Jr., 388th Electronic Maintenance Squadron, check the torque on an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile during Operation OCEAN VENTURE '84

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR LT. JESSICA HILL

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), 140th Fighter Wing (FW), Colorado Air National Guard (COANG), flown by USAF Major (MAJ) Julian Clay, finishes refueling from a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 108th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), New Jersey Air National Guard (NJANG), during the second Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Falcon is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile (left) and Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pod under the wing and an Acceleration Monitor Assembly (AMA) pod on the wing tip. The Tiger Meet of the Americas, first ever held in Canada, inaugurated in 2001 in the Western Hemisphere to carry on the Tiger tradition of the long-established...

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) falls in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an aerial refueling while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

Three unidentified US Air Force Munitions people carry a AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile on the flight line towards a F-16 Falcon, Block 52 aircraft (the only such aircraft in the Air National Guard) from the 157th Fighter Squadron and assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire ANG Station South Carolina. Lans Stout, a visiting free-lance photographer from Atlantic Beach, Florida, captures pure beauty in flight (OCT 97). This photo was used for a picture story in the popular "Code One" magazine

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