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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 CJ Fighting Falcon 77th Fighter Squadron (FS), 20th Fighter Wing (FW), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), waits its turn to refuel from a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker, 319th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Grand Forks AFB, during a North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Operation NOBLE EAGLE mission. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, and equipped with 370-gal fuel tanks and an AN/ALQ-184 ECM (electronic countermeasures) and Electronic Warfare (EW) pod

US Air Force (USAF) F-16 CJ Fighting Falcon, 20th Fighter Wing (FW) wing ship, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), over Shaw AFB during a North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Operation NOBLE EAGLE mission. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, and equipped with 370-gal fuel tanks and an AN/ALQ-184 ECM (electronic countermeasures) and Electronic Warfare (EW) pod

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, from Shaw Air Force Base, on a mission during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, turns slightly in the air and shows off a heavy arsenal. The AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) are seen at the wing tips next is the AIM-9 Sidewinder, an air-to-air missile, followed by the AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM), an air-to surface tactical missile designed to seek out and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 20th Fighter Wing (FW) Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, (SC) armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and AGM-88 High Speed Antiradiation Missiles (HARM) flies over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 20th Fighter Wing (FW) Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, (SC) armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and AGM-88 High Speed Antiradiation Missiles (HARM) flies over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) F-16 CJ Fighting Falcon, 20th Fighter Wing (FW) wing ship, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), over New York during a North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Operation NOBLE EAGLE mission. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, and equipped with 370-gal fuel tanks and an AN/ALQ-184 ECM (electronic countermeasures) and Electronic Warfare (EW) pod

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 169th Fighter Wing (FW) of the South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Station, deployed to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to participate in COMBAT HAMMER prepares to take off. The 169th FW's flying squadron, the 157th Fighter Squadron, is one of several units operating in this 'live-fire' weapons testing mission. The 157th FS will fire AGM-88 Highspeed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) and AGM-65G Maverick missiles to test their pilots abilities, their unit tactics, and the effectiveness of missile systems

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16D Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with two AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and one AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile, assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing (FW) Arizona (AZ), Air National Guard (ANG) flies a mission over Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), during the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, 177th Fighter Wing (FW), Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey (NJ), receives JP8 fuel above the USA from a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker, 157th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Pease Air National Guard Base (ANGB), New Hampshire (NH). This is a Combat Air Patrol (CAP) tanker mission in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE. The F-16 is armed with AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on the wingtips and AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles on the outboard pylons. In addition, it has two 370-gallon External Fuel Tanks for long loitering flight time

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft flown by MAJ. Marc Himelhoch from the 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., looks for simulated targets and hostile aircraft during exercise Operation Iron Thunder on Feb. 7, 2007, near Shaw AFB. The exercise offers a chance for participants to be exposed to missions identical to those faced in combat. More than 100 aircraft from the U.S. military and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces are participating in the exercise. The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) missiles on each wing and an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile (left wing). (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT Suzanne...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft flown by MAJ. Marc Himelhoch from the 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., looks for simulated targets and hostile aircraft during exercise Operation Iron Thunder on Feb. 7, 2007, near Shaw AFB. The exercise offers a chance for participants to be exposed to missions identical to those faced in combat. More than 100 aircraft from the U.S. military and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces are participating in the exercise. The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) missiles on each wing and an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile (left wing). (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT Suzanne Day) (Released)

Subject Operation/Series: EXERCISE IRON THUNDER

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Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne Day

Release Status: Released to Public

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), 140th Fighter Wing (FW), Colorado Air National Guard (COANG), flown by USAF Major (MAJ) Julian Clay, finishes refueling from a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 108th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), New Jersey Air National Guard (NJANG), during the second Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Falcon is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile (left) and Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pod under the wing and an Acceleration Monitor Assembly (AMA) pod on the wing tip. The Tiger Meet of the Americas, first ever held in Canada, inaugurated in 2001 in the Western Hemisphere to carry on the Tiger tradition of the long-established...

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