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A close-up view of AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, under wing, and an AIM-7F Sparrow air-to-air missile attached to an F-15 Eagle alert aircraft parked on the flight line

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Base: Osan Air Base

Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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close up close up view aim sidewinder l sidewinder missiles sparrow f sparrow aircraft osan air base f 15 flight line f 15 eagle air to air missile south korea republic of korea korea high resolution aim 9 l sidewinder aim 7 f sparrow air force base air to air view military aircraft jet aircraft fighter jet aircraft public domain aircraft photos us national archives
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01/10/1980
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label_outline Explore Aim 9 L Sidewinder, F Sparrow, L Sidewinder

A detailed view of the weapons load of an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany as it takes on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles on the two outboard stations for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard station to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

Flight deck crew members and ordnance crew members use an HLU-196 bomb hoist to load an AIM-7 Sparrow missile onto the pylon of an EA-6B Prowler aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52 aircraft from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, in flight. The aircraft is armed with AGM-88 HARM's (high-speed anti-radiation missile), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAM's (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile). Another F-16 can be seen in the distance

Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as they prepare for refueling over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair on the right is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its right fuselage pylon

A Mark 29 box launcher aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) is elevated to a firing position prior to launching a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flies alongside Falcon as the planes are en route to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft in the foreground is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flies over the sea during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each wing tip. VFA-81 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60)

A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is fired from a box launcher aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

An air-to-air left side view of a 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft in a vertical dive during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'86. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

Aerospace control includes missions such as this U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon, carrying an Aim-9 Sidewinder missile, and Royal Jordanian Air Force F-1 Mirage flying over Iraq. These sorties are designed to gain control over an aerospace environment. Published in AIRMAN Magazine October 1996

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ray Barlon and A1C G. Thomas Jr., 388th Electronic Maintenance Squadron, check the torque on an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile during Operation OCEAN VENTURE '84

F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing take part in a mission against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and Mark 84 2,000-pound bombs.

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close up close up view aim sidewinder l sidewinder missiles sparrow f sparrow aircraft osan air base f 15 flight line f 15 eagle air to air missile south korea republic of korea korea high resolution aim 9 l sidewinder aim 7 f sparrow air force base air to air view military aircraft jet aircraft fighter jet aircraft public domain aircraft photos us national archives