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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter, fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinder, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles (wingtip), refuels from a 4408th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS) KC-135R, near the Saudi Arabian, Iraqi border, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles (wingtips), refuels near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle fighter, fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, refuels from a 4408th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS) KC-135R near the Saudi Arabian, Iraqi border, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles (wingtips), deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, refuels near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle armed with AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, flies over Saudi Arabia in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

A pair of US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighters, fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles (wingtips), fly a routine patrol mission in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighters from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), carry Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) systems and are fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles on the wingtips, fly near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter, fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinder, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles (wingtip), flies near the Saudi Arabian, Iraqi border, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

Base: Prince Sultan Air Base

Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Greg L. Davis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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