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An air-to-air view showing two US Navy (USN) EA-6B Prowler aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Nine (VAQ-139) "Cougars," flying in formation during a routine training mission conducted in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The EA-6B's primary mission is to protect fleet surface units and other aircraft by jamming hostile radars and communications

A 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A Lighting II escorts a 126th

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild AFB, Washington (WA), 379th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), leads a formation composed of a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle, 391st Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), two F-16CG-40D Fighting Falcons, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy (ITA), and two Royal Air Force (RAF) GR4 Tornadoes, No. 617th Squadron, RAF Lossiemouth, United Kingdom (UK). The airframes and crews deployed to the area in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated

US Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress Bombers deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana, takes off from Andersen AFB, Guam, in support of the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing's mission

A Royal Saudi Air Force K-3 Tanker and Royal Saudi

A 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft approaches a 19th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an in-flight refueling

An air-to-air right side view of an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, foreground, and an F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel aircraft, both from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), Spangdahlem Air Base. The F-16C is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing tips and an AGM-45A Shrike missile on the right wing pylon

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from Dyess Air Force Base,

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A 185th Tactical Fighter Group (185th TFG) A-7 Corsair II aircraft from the Air National Guard lines up for refueling from a 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron KC-10A Extender aircraft during Proud Visitor, a Headquarters, Strategic Air Comand exercise. Other 185th TFG Corsairs fly in formation as they await refueling.

A 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron KC-10A Extender aircraft is refueled by a 190th Aerial Refueling Group KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Proud Visitor, a Headquarters, Strategic Air Command exercise.

A 185th Tactical Fighter Group (185th TFG) A-7 Corsair II aircraft from the Air National Guard lines up for refueling from a 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron KC-10A Extender aircraft during Proud Visitor, a Headquarters, Strategic Air Command exercise. Other 185th TFG Corsairs fly in formation as they await refueling.

A 185th Tactical Fighter Group A-7D Corsair aircraft approaches the refueling boom of a 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, KC-10A Extender during the Strategic Air Command exercise Proud Visitor. Another Corsair is on the left

A 6th Air Refueling Squadron KC-10A Extender aircraft refuels a 185th Tactical Fighter Group A-7D Corsair during the Strategic Air Command exercise Proud Visitor mission. Another Corsair is on the left

A 185th Tactical Fighter Group A-7D Corsair aircraft approaches the refueling boom of a 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, KC-10A Extender during the Strategic Air Command exercise Proud Visitor. Another Corsair is on the left

An Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels an Attack Squadron 12 (VA-12) A-7E Corsair II aircraft in flight as another VA-12 A-7E Corsair II flies alongside

A KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft refuels two A-7 Corsair IIs and one F-15 Eagle during Operation Midnight Sun

MAJ. Ernest Felts, pilot and chief of training, Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, flies a 6th air Refueling Squadron KC-10A Extender aircraft into position to be refueled by a 190th Air Refueling Group KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

A 190th Air Refueling Group KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a 6th Air Refueling Squadron KC-10A Extender aircraft during a Strategic Air Command "Proud Visitor" mission. Two 185th Tactical Air Group A-7D Corsairs are flying alongside the tankers

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Subject Operation/Series: PROUD VISITOR

Base: Offutt Air Force Base

State: Nebraska (NE)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Scott Stewart

Release Status: Released to Public

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Fighter planes and military aircrafts.

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A A-6E Intruder aircraft refuels an EA-6B Prowler aircraft during a demonstration of U.S. Navy aircraft being conducted for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). (Substandard image)

Sgt. Cory Nottingham, 1972d Medical Detachment, the

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An F-111 aircraft arrives on base for participation in the Strategic Air Command bombing/navigation competition Proud Shield '88

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Captain Scott Stewart, commanding officer, Weapons

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An air-to-air left side view of three 38th Air Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters preparing to land on the helicopter pad at High Top Mountain

A C-130 Hercules attached to Marine Arial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 [VMGR-252] Marine Corps Air Station [MCAS] Cherry Point, North Carolina, refuels (left wing) two F-18 Hornets, from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron [VMFA] in Beaufort South Carolina, and two AV-8 Harriers attached to Marine Attack Squadron-231 [VMA-231] in MCAS Cherry Point

STAFF SGT. James Wilson (left) and TECH. SGT. Jim Prescott (right) mount an Aerial GUNNERY Target Set (AGTS-36) beneath a specially modified F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft from the 325th Fighter Wing. The aircraft is used to tow the gunnery targets that competing air crews will fire upon with 20mm ammunition.(Exact date unknown)

Mr. Dellon Bombgardener sits in the cockpit of the restored World War II B-17G Flying Fortress bomber aircraft known as Texas Raiders on display during the annual open house and airshow. At 68, he is the only original World War II B-17 pilot still officially certified by the Federal Aviation Agency. He flew 35 bombing missions over Germany during the war

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