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A left rear view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with another Falcon in the background during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The aircraft, loaded with a Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bombs, is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

A left side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft being readied for a mission during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The Falcon, armed with a 500-pound Mark 82 laser-guided bomb, is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

A left side view of two F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft carrying AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The Falcons are from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

A bottom view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The Falcon is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

A bottom view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The Falcon is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

A left side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The Falcon is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

A bottom view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The Falcon is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

A left side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The Falcon is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

An air-to-air right side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron banking to the left. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its wing tip and Mark 82 500-pound bombs

A right side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile and a Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bomb during Exercise Cope Elite '81. The Falcon is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

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Subject Operation/Series: COPE ELITE '81

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: TECH SGT Kinney Lee

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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12/11/1981
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