US Air Force (USAF) maintenance personnel make last minute checks with a USAF pilot before he takes off in a USAF F-15C Eagle fighter at night, as part of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Langley Air Force Base
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Alex R. Lloyd, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/08/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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