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SENIOR AIRMAN Mark Cusimano an F-15 Eagle crew chief with the 159th Fighter Group, New Orleans, LA, refills the aircraft liquid oxygen (LOX) prior to another mission sortie during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip get ready to remove the Pegasus XL Expendable Launch Vehicle attached underneath the Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft. The Pegasus will be transported to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility for testing and verification. The Pegasus will undergo three flight simulations prior to its scheduled launch in late January 2003. The Pegasus XL will carry NASA's Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) into orbit. Built by Orbital Sciences Space Systems Group, SORCE will study and measure solar irradiance as a source of energy in the Earth's atmosphere. . KSC-02pd1949

A member of the 15th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron leans out of a window aboard a 924th Aerial Refueling Squadron KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft as she works on a faulty transponder altimeter. Some of the aircraft deployed to Hickam are used for missions supporting Operation Desert Shield

Captain (CPT) Tom Fox, pilot, 59th Tactical Fighter Squadron, conducts a preflight check on his F-15 Eagle aircraft during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron

SSGT Darrell J. Bucy, left, and A1C Scott Catino, right, load Bomb Disposal Unit bombs onto an F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The airmen are assigned to the 3rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron, involved in Exercise Opportune Journey 4

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A front view of an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile mounted on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft after an icing test mission

A ground crew loads an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft wing pylon for an icing test mission

A ground crew loads an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

AN air-to-air right side view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft carrying an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile during an icing test mission

A ground crew loads AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missiles on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

AN AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile is unloaded from a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

A close-up view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft wing pylon holding an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile during an icing test mission

Side view of an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile mounted on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft wing pylon for an icing test mission

A close-up view of an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile mounted on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft wing pylon for an icing test mission

A ground crew unloads an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile from a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft after an icing test mission

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Base: Hill Air Force Base

State: Utah (UT)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Agm 109 Tomahawk, B 52 Stratofortress Aircraft, Ground Crew

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Eglin AFB, Land Range during a test mission

An MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft from the 347th Rescue Wing (RW), 71st Rescue Squadron (RS) out of Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, starts engines by direction of the crew chief, while the ground crew waits for orders to disconnect the Auxiliary Ground Power Unit (AGPU)

A US Air Force (USAF) F/A-22 Raptor flown by USAF Major (MAJ) David Thole, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), breaks away after completing a training mission with a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon, flown by USAF MAJ Alex Grynkewich, 53rd Test and Evaluation Group (TEG), Nellis AFB, NV

Mar 1992...Male and female sailors work alongside each other during the normal days work. Here a ground crew is changing a tire on an F-14 Tomcat aircraft. An A-4 Skyhawk aircraft is in the background

A US Air Force (USAF) F/A-22 Raptor, flown by USAF Major (MAJ) David Thole, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), flies in formation on a training mission alongside a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, flown by MAJ Alex Grynkewich, 53rd Test and Evaluation Group (TEG), Nellis AFB, NV

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Mohawk fighter readies to take off at an air field in India. Planes like this one were originally build for the French and later taken over by the British under lend-lease. The ground crew stands in the background as an R.A.F. (Royal Air Force) pilot taxis his lend-lease Mohawk fighter to the runway

The left wing tip a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft shows damage caused by a high explosive shell fired from a battle damage infliction gun. The aircraft will be repaired by members of a combat logistics support squadron during Exercise NIGHT TRAIN/GLOBAL SHIELD '84

Members of a combat logistics support squadron wearing nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protective gear wait in a simulated shelter during a mock attack. They are repairing damaged B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise NIGHT TRAIN/GLOBAL SHIELD '84

Technicians load an AGM-86 air launched cruise missile (ALCM) on a missile loader-launcher

An Ohio Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during exercise Quick Force. The U.S. Central Command exercise is designed to increase combat capabilities and provide a realistic combat environment simulating areas such as Southwest Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. The refueling mission is taking place at the Utah Test and Training Range

Captain Scott Bridgers conducts a preflight briefing with Lieutenant Colonel Dean Pennington. The 169th Fighter Wing (FW), McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, is deployed to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to participate in Combat Hammer. It's flying squadron, the 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), is one of several units operating in this 'live-fire' weapons testing mission. The 157th FS will fire Highspeed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) and AGM-65G Maverick missiles to test their pilots abilities, their unit tactics, and the effectiveness of missile systems

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Steven Alexander, Pilot, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), fires an AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missile from a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter at a target on the Eglin land range during an evaluation mission

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