An F-15C and an F-15D Eagle aircraft of the 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bitburg Air Base, Germany, taxi down the runway during Exercise Red Star '87. The annual exercise, which is hosted by the 527th Aggressor Squadron, employs F-5 Tiger II aircraft and F-111 aircraft to simulate Soviet formations and tactics, thereby providing realistic training for U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft pilots
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RED STAR '87
Base: Raf Alconburg
Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David Nolan
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/07/1987
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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