A Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft approaches the extended boom of a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, during a refueling mission flown in support of Exercise COPE TIGER 2003. Cope Tiger is an annual multinational exercise in the Asia-Pacific region that promotes closer relations and enables air force units in the region to sharpen air combat skill and practice interoperability with US Forces
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: COPE TIGER 2003
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
18/02/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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