Medium long shot, right front view, low angle, a Mirage 2000EG of the Hellenic (Greece) Air Force, 114th Composite Group, 331st Tactical Fighter Wing, armed with R550 Magic 2 air-to-air missiles, climbing just after take off, landing gear is retracting. The Hellenic unit is at Aviano Air Base, Italy to train with the United States Air Force 510th Fighter Squadron. The Mirages provide valuable dissimilar training allowing 510th Fighter pilots to operate against other types of aircraft 16 August 2000. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-06165 or search 000816-F-4728F-001)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Aviano Air Base
State: Pordenone
Country: Italy (ITA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/08/2000
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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