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An airman secures safety streamers around Mark 82 500-lb. practice bombs and an airborne telemetry pod on the pylon of a 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft during Exercise Red Flag '87. An airborne telemetry pod is also mounted on the wing

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Subject Operation/Series: RED FLAG '87

Base: Nellis Air Force Base

State: Nevada (NV)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT B. Simons

Release Status: Released to Public

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01/01/1987
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airman secures safety streamers airman secures safety streamers mark practice bombs practice bombs telemetry pod telemetry pod pylon tactical phantom aircraft exercise flag nevada tactical fighter f 4 e pahntom ii nellis air force base f 4 e phantom ii mark 82 bombs technical sergeant high resolution tactical fighter squadron f 4 e phantom ii aircraft red flag us air force air force base military aircraft fighter jet aircraft us national archives fighter squadron