SSGT Rob Anson, 78th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, replaces the argon bottle in an AIM-9 missile that is attached to the left wing of a F-16 Falcon (partially shown) on Monday, April 19, 1999. The argon is used to keep the missile cool. Other munitions seen under the wing are an AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile and an AGM-88 air-to-surface missile. Anson is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy to support NATO Operation Allied Force
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE
Base: Aviano Air Base
State: Pordenone
Country: Italy (ITA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeffrey Allen
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
19/04/1999
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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