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An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft launches an AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) toward a QF-100 target drone. (Substandard image)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 149 Fighter Wing (FW), Texas (TX) Air National Guard (ANG), flies a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)

An AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, and a AGM-88 High-Speed Antiradiation Missile (HARM), mounted to the wing pylon of a US Air Force (USAF) South Carolina (SC) Air National Guard (ANG) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (FS), 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) on the wingtip of an F-16C Falcon Fighter from the114th Fighter Wing (FW), South Dakota Air National Guard (ANG), at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft patrols the no fly zone over Southern Iraq, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The aircraft carries AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM)

A 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing F-15C Eagle aircraft makes its landing approach. The aircraft is carrying AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles under its wings and AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) on its fuselage

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft patrols the no fly zone over Southern Iraq, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The aircraft carries AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM)

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft patrols the no fly zone over Southern Iraq, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The aircraft carries AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM)

Aviation Ordnanceman lift an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) from its weapon skid to load it onto an F/A-18C Hornet.

An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft launches an AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) toward a QF-100 target drone. (Substandard image)

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Base: White Sands Missile Range

State: New Mexico (NM)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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systems command armament division air force systems command armament division f aircraft aim medium range medium range missile amraam qf target drone target drone new mexico air force air to air missile f 16 a fighting falcon f 16 high resolution air force systems command armament division f 16 a white sands missile range state qf 100 target drone substandard image 1990 s aircrafts military aircraft public domain aircraft photos 1990 s us national archives f 16 fighting falcon
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01/01/1995
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label_outline Explore Target Drone, Qf, Substandard Image

A A-6E Intruder aircraft refuels an EA-6B Prowler aircraft during a demonstration of U.S. Navy aircraft being conducted for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). (Substandard image)

QF-14 20 INCH FAN AND HARDWARE - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F bomber is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the south Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men -- and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

An Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) before it is dropped into a "Catcher's Mitt" during a ground ejection test from the wing of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft at the Pacific Missile Test Center

U.S. Air Force Airman Kevin Bates, 20th Equipment

A cargo tractor is used to offload a 30 mm cannon loader and other equipment from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Aluminum cowl sections for B-17F heavy bombers are checked and inspected in the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

This US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)) sub-scale aerial target drone flies over the Gulf of Mexico during an air-to-air weapons evaluation mission. The Streaker supports a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and reused to support future missions. This one is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL) and part of exercise Combat Archer

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), carries a Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) system and is fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles on its wingtips, flies near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

A view of the engine exhaust of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41). The F-4 was damaged when the MIDWAY collided with the Panamanian freighter CACTUS. (Substandard image)

QF-14 20 INCH FAN AND HARDWARE - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

QUIET FAN QF-1A LONG LINED STATORS

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systems command armament division air force systems command armament division f aircraft aim medium range medium range missile amraam qf target drone target drone new mexico air force air to air missile f 16 a fighting falcon f 16 high resolution air force systems command armament division f 16 a white sands missile range state qf 100 target drone substandard image 1990 s aircrafts military aircraft public domain aircraft photos 1990 s us national archives f 16 fighting falcon