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U.S. Army paratroopers fill the sky after jumping from

Eighteen C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing turn onto the main runway in preparation for a minimum interval takeoff at the start of a mass airdrop exercise

U.S. Marines with Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266

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An F-16 Fighting Falcon waits as a B-1 Lancer lands after a flight test. Planes fly more than 5,500 hours a year at Edwards AFB. AIRMAN Magazine's article High-desert Hideaway by MASTER Sergeant Louis Arana-Barradas describes life on the desert base by Air Force members stationed there. The base has made major improvements in quality life issues such as housing, gymnasium, restaurants, off-duty education opportunities and recreation. (AIRMAN Magazine/July 1999)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft sits on the flight line as it waits to take off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

Above white clouds an F-16 "Fighting Falcon" from the 389th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho is being refueled, while another waits on the wing, by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The aircraft are participating in the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment

Three F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 186th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 120th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, Great Falls, Montana, taxis on the ramp at 4 Wing Cold Lake for take off. Other F-16s on the ramp are also participating in the exercise that will test the response of the air intercept and air defense capabilities of the American and Canadian Forces, supporting the mission of NORAD (North American Air Defense command)

An Air Force F-16A Fighting Falcon takes off. The F-16A is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and is here to fly with Marine F-4 Phantom aircraft in support of Hawaii-based Army units. The event is a Joint Chiefs of STAFF exercise, which will last for one month (2 Oct to 2 Nov 1981)

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft taxi down the runway at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), to take off for a training mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 523rd Fighter Squadron (FS), 27th Fighter Wing (FW), takes off on a mission during Phase-1 of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) exercise at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM). The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles (AMRAAM), and AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles

An air-to-air right side view of a flight of five F-16 "Fighting Falcons" flying in a wedge formation near the Grand Canyon, Arizona. The aircraft are all from the 58th Tactical Training Wing, (TTW), (top to bottom) 314th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (TFTS), 312th, TFTS, flagship of the 58th TTW, 310th TFTS and 311th TFTS. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft Pilot assigned to the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), sits in the cockpit of his aircraft, after returning home at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK) following a fighter interceptor mission flown during the Wings Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

After their F-16 Falcons have gone on their missions at Cold Lake, Canada the maintenance crews from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho check their equipment as they wait in " Condition Black" for the aircraft to return. The aircraft and personnel are supporting Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), designed to test a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment. Air Force members will practice their jobs under wartime scenarios and conditions. Exact Date Shot Unknown

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Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE

Base: Cold Lake

State: Alberta (AB)

Country: Canada (CAN)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Billy W. Johnson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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With F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 148th Fighter Wing in the background, MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Daniel Toay, USAF, 148th Maintenance Squadron, Minnesota Air National Guard, stands vigilant outside one of the Wing's restricted areas on September 27, 2001. MSGT Toay volunteered to perform additional duties as a security augmentee in addition to his normal Maintenance responsibilities. MSGT Toay is one of approximately 25 members of the unit augmenting existing security forces at the 148th Fighter Wing in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

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Two F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the 188th Fighter Squadron, 150th Fighter Wing, New Mexico Air National Guard, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, take off from Kirtland on a mission in support of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

A US Navy (USN) Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41, Black Aces) aircrew member (left) signals to the USN VFA-41 F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft pilot prior to his taking off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

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Staff Sgt. Angel Dearce, 25th Fighter Squadron weapons

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US Air Force Technical Sergeant Donnie Stricklan, 1ST Equipment Maintenance Squadron, connects a hose from an air compressor to inflatable tarps during an aircraft lift scenario for the 1ST Fighter Wing's March 2001 Operational Readiness Inspection at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0201626 or search 010319F3405C008)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mike Bylica, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens a fin on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Bylica and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

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