As part of Operation NOBLE EAGLE, Several F-16C's from the Flying Razorbacks, 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Fort Smith, Arkansas, sit lined up and ready for any mission that they may be assigned. They are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinders and AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advance Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) (white tip). NOBLE EAGLE is a partial mobilization of the reserves for homeland defense and civil support missions in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE
Base: Fort Smith
State: Arkansas (AR)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Randy L. Byrd, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/10/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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