A F-15E Eagle assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina, receives in-air refuel over the Mediterranean Sea from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 92 Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, Washington. The F-15 Eagle is deploying to Quatar in support of the AIR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AEF) 97-1. Under the AEF concept almost all of the Air Force will be divided into 10 force packages, each with a cross-section of Air Force weapon systems drawn from geographically separated units. These AEF packages will be able to respond within 72 hours of notification of any unexpected contingency

An F-15E Eagle assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina, prior to receiving an in-air refuel over the Mediterranean Sea, from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 92 Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, Washington. The F-15 Eagle is deploying to Quatar in support of the AIR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AEF) 97-1. Under the AEF concept almost all of the Air Force will be divided into 10 force packages, each with a cross-section of Air Force weapon systems drawn from geographically separated units. These AEF packages will be able to respond within 72 hours of notification of any unexpected contingency

A US Air Force (USAF) 18th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft receives fuel from a USAF Reserve (AFRES) 76th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), KC-10A Extender air refueling aircraft while flying a training mission from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

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

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft are marshaled into position at Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), after their pilots USAF Colonel (COL) Billy Graham (left), Guard Associate Unit Commander, 325th Fighter Wing (FW) and USAF Major (MAJ) Randy Spear, Training Flight Commander, 325th Operations Support Squadron (OSS), both archived the record making 3000-hour marks, in the F-15C Eagle aircraft. They become the 32nd and 33rd pilots to reach the 3000-hour mark Air Force wide, and the first F-15 pilots stationed at Tyndall to reach the mark together

A F-15E Eagle assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina, receives in-air refuel over the Mediterranean Sea from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 92 Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, Washington. The F-15 Eagle is deploying to Quatar in support of the AIR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AEF) 97-1. Under the AEF concept almost all of the Air Force will be divided into 10 force packages, each with a cross-section of Air Force weapon systems drawn from geographically separated units. These AEF packages will be able to respond within 72 hours of notification of any unexpected contingency

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Subject Operation/Series: AIR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Scene Major Command Shown: 970219-F-5742K-002

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard T. Kaminsky, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

19/02/1997

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Location

35.34010, -77.96153

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The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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