Generating a visible vortex, a US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon, 52nd Fighter Wing (FW), Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany, takes off from Spangdahlem AB, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Falcon is armed with an AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and carrying an ALQ-131 ECM Pod under the fuselage, an AN/ASQ-213 HTS (HARM Targeting System) near the intake
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Spangdahlem Air Base
State: Rheinland-Pfalz
Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Joe Springfield, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tags
Date
16/01/2003
Location
Spangdahlem AB, 49.97267, 6.69250
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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