A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 174th Fighter Wing (FW), New York Air National Guard (NYANG), Syracuse, New York (NY), receives fuel from a USAF KC-135R, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), over Afghanistan while supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on each wing tip, a pair of GBU-12 500-pound bombs (left), a pair of 370-gallon tanks, and a GBU-31 (Guided Bomb Unit) BLU-109 (Bomb Live Unit) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
29/11/2003
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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