Major (MAJ) Thomas Schmitt, left, a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft commander assigned to Air Transport Wing 61 of the Luftwaffe, First Lieutenant (1LT) Gerd Becker, a German air force C-160 Transall aircraft navigator; and Senior Cadet Uwe Dorn-Vogler, a C-160 co-pilot; review a mission flight plan. Schmitt is a member of the Air Force Officers Exchange Program, established to give officers an understanding of the military operations of participating countries

Major (MAJ) Thomas Schmitt, left, a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft commander assigned to Air Transport Wing 61 of the Luftwaffe, compares notes with Second Lieutenant (2LT) Andreus Dolze, a German air force C-160 Transall aircraft pilot. Schmitt is a member of the Air Force Officers Exchange Program, established to give officers an understanding of the military operations of participating countries

Major (MAJ) Thomas Schmitt, right, a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft commander assigned to Air Transport Wing 61 of the Luftwaffe, talks with Colonel (COL) Dieter Kellein, commander of the wing, on the flight line. Schmitt is a member of the Air Force Officers Exchange Program, established to give officers an understanding of the military operations of participating countries

Major (MAJ) Thomas Schmitt, left, a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft commander assigned to Air Transport Wing 61 of the Luftwaffe, and a weather technician check a satellite-transmitted weather map. Schmitt is a member of the Air Force Officers Exchange Program, established to give officers an understanding of the military operations of participating countries

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Murray Nance, Jr., an F-15C Eagle instructor pilot assigned to the 2nd Fighter Squadron (FS), from Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, flies near Cape San Blas, in the Gulf of Mexico after firing an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone. His unit participated in an air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) known as Combat Archer

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Tom Stewart (left), a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot with the 308th Fighter Squadron (FS), 56th Fighter Wing (FW), conduct preflight check inside the cockpit of his aircraft before a training mission at Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The mission of the 56th FW is to train F-16 pilots and crew chiefs while providing agile combat support to aerospace expeditionary forces

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Marke Gibson (second from left), Commander, 332nd Expeditionary Wing (EW), and 332nd Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CCM) Jeffery F. Ledoux (right), brief USAF General (GEN) John P. Jumper (left), CHIEF of STAFF of STAFF of the Air Force (CSAF), and CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) Gerald Murray, about the different programs the Services Squadron (SVS) has to offer on Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Major (MAJ) Thomas Schmitt, left, a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft commander assigned to Air Transport Wing 61 of the Luftwaffe, First Lieutenant (1LT) Gerd Becker, a German air force C-160 Transall aircraft navigator; and Senior Cadet Uwe Dorn-Vogler, a C-160 co-pilot; review a mission flight plan. Schmitt is a member of the Air Force Officers Exchange Program, established to give officers an understanding of the military operations of participating countries

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Penzie Air Base

Country: West Germany (FRG)

Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Fernando Serna

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

28/03/1986

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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