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A US Air Force (USAF) South Carolina (SC) Air National Guard (ANG) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (FS), 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), is readied for its next mission at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The aircraft is 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

An AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, and a AGM-88 High-Speed Antiradiation Missile (HARM), mounted to the wing pylon of a US Air Force (USAF) South Carolina (SC) Air National Guard (ANG) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (FS), 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Daniel J. Robson, Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), 150th Fighter Wing (FW) New Mexico Air National Guard (ANG) conducts a preflight check, of a AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) on a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, on the flight line at Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey (NJ). Guardsmen from the 150th FW are deployed with personnel from the 177FW and the 188th Fighter Squadron (FS) in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Paul Amos lines up a pallet of AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) in place for loading onto a F-16CJ aircraft while USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeremy Pow gives visual directions. They are assigned to the 157th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU). 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

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 20th Fighter Wing (FW) Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, (SC) armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and AGM-88 High Speed Antiradiation Missiles (HARM) flies over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

Alabama Air National Guard (ALANG) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Tony Boykin, Boom Operator, 106th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 117th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft, refuels a US Air Force (USAF) 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft, from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England (ENG), as it accompanies his aircraft on a training flight over the North Sea, while the 106th ARS is on a two-week deployment training mission with the 48th FW

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 CJ Fighting Falcon 77th Fighter Squadron (FS), 20th Fighter Wing (FW), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), waits its turn to refuel from a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker, 319th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Grand Forks AFB, during a North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Operation NOBLE EAGLE mission. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, and equipped with 370-gal fuel tanks and an AN/ALQ-184 ECM (electronic countermeasures) and Electronic Warfare (EW) pod

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Daniel Goldie, Crewchief, 157th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU), 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), stays in constant radio contact while coordinating flightline maintenance operations at a forward deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The 157th AMU deployed from the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing (FW) with their USAF F-16CJ Fighting Falcons in the background

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) 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

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Country: Unknown

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Edward E. Snyder, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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