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Captain Ronald "Taco" Johnson and CAPT. Michael "Omar" Bradley discuss their planned F-14 Tomcat aircraft mission. Johnson and Bradley are Air Force officers stationed at Miramar while participating in the Navy-Air Force pilot exchange program

Captain Ronald "Taco" Johnson and CAPT. Michael "Omar" Bradley perform a last minute check of their F-14 Tomcat aircraft before take-off. Johnson and Bradley are Air Force officers stationed at Miramar while participating in the Navy-Air Force pilot exchange program

Captain Michael "Omar" Bradley, Air Force pilot exchange officer, takes a self-portrait after being catapulted from the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64). Bradley, stationed at Naval Air Station, Miramar, teaches F-14 Tomcat aircraft radar intercept duties to transitioning naval aviators as part of the Navy-Air Force pilot exchange program

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Chad Silva, pilots an F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 4th Fighter Squadron (FS) "Fighting Fuujins," Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT), fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air missile at an aerial target during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Jonathon Gration, an F-15 Eagle aircraft pilot from the 1ST Fighter Wing, prepares to take off during Exercise William Tell 2004 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2004. This is the 50th Anniversary of the William Tell competition, which tests an aircrew's ability to perform under combat conditions. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Daniel DeCook) (Release)

CPT John Hart instructs members of the Royal Thai air force on the instrument panel in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft as part of the International MIlitary Education and Training program

U.S. Marine Corps CAPT. John Ryan, a student pilot at the 62nd Fighter Squadron, completes his pre-flight checklist for his first solo flight in an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., on Nov., 30, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Teri Smith) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Jerimiah Tucker, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the Colorado Air National Guard, demonstrates an F-16 flight simulator to members of the Colorado Crush Arena Football Team during an orientation tour at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., on April 4, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Tuttle) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and Major (MAJ) Mark "Meat" MacLean, F-15C Strike Eagle flight instructor pilots assigned to the 1ST Fighter Squadron (FS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missiles at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons evaluation mission

Air Force CAPT. Ronald "Taco" Johnson uses model airplanes to teach a class on F-14 Tomcat aircraft fighter tactics. Johnson, stationed at Miramar, is participating in the Navy-Air Force pilot exchange program

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Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don G. Sutherland

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Captain (CPT), John Andress, USMC, F-18D Hornet aircraft pilot assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather) (VMFA "AW"-121), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar San Diego, CA adjusts his oxygen mask in preparation for a mission during DESERT RESCUE IX. DESERT RESCUE IX is a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military in a real world rescue and combat scenario

A US Navy pilot onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), preflights an F-14 Tomcat prior to flight operations in the Persian Gulf. The USS JOHN C. STENNIS is deployed in the Persian Gulf in support of an Southwest build-up

A Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) F-14A Tomcat aircraft prepares to catch the arresting wire as it comes in for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during flight operations aboard the vessel

A Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) F-14A Tomcat aircraft is readied for launch from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

As a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the No. 3 catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72), the line attaching an aerial banner target to the aircraft is played out across the flight deck. The LINCOLN is at sea for its shakedown cruise

Flight deck crewmen conduct flight operations with an F-14 Tomcat aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The F-14 is in position to be catapulted from the carrier

NC-10B powerplants are positioned at the end of a line of A-6E Intruder and F-14A Tomcat aircraft during servicing of the aircraft prior to a mission

A left side view of three F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) in flight with their arresting hooks down. The aircraft are based aboard the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A pair of F-14A "Tomcat" aircraft attached to the "Black Aces" of Fighter Squadron Four One (VF-41) operating from the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), air-to-air refuel with a United States Air Force KC135R Stratotanker

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Information Photograph

An F-14 "Tomcat" engages it's afterburners prior to a night launch off the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). ROOSEVELT and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in strikes missions over the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

Flight deck crewmen walk in front of a P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck as a catapult crew prepares to launch a Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the aircraft lands on the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

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