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A close-up view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft backseater over a range, with an F-5 Tiger II aircraft seen outside. The F-5 Tiger II aircraft is assigned to the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing and is loaded with one AIM-9J Sidewinder missile on each wing tip

AN air-to-air right rear view of the F-5 Tiger II aircraft over a range. One AIM-9J Sidewinder missile is on each wing tip. The aircraft is assigned to the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing

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View of the bottom of an F-5 Tiger II aircraft as the jet banks to the right over a range. One AIM-9J Sidewinder missile is on each wing tip. The aircraft is assigned to the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing

AN air-to-air left rear view of an F-5 Tiger II aircraft banking to the left over a range. One AIM-9J Sidewinder missile is on each wing tip. The aircraft is assigned to the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing

An air-to-air right side view of an F-15E Eagle aircraft, piloted by LT. COL. M. Decuir and LT. COL. John M. Delouey of the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron. The plane is equipped with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, Mark 5 bombs and a Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod

A high angle right rear view of an F-5 in flight over a range. One AIM-9J Sidewinder missile is on each wing tip. The aircraft is assigned to the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing

A plane director guides a Navy Fighter Weapons School F-5E Tiger II adversary aircraft onto the runway for takeoff on a training mission. Referred to as "Top Gun," the school provides air combat maneuvering (ACM) training for Navy and Marine Corps pilots

A ground marshal guides a taxiing F-5E Tiger II aircraft from the 527th Aggressor Squadron into position at a refueling pit as several F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing stand by in the background. Decimomannu is the site of an Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) range

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Decimomannu Air Base

State: Sardinia

Country: Italy (ITA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/02/1988
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