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An F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany moves in to receive fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) with the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard stations to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

An F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany breaks away from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard stations to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

An F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany breaks away from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard stations to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

A detailed view of the weapons load of an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany as it takes on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles on the two outboard stations for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard station to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

The view over the shoulder of a boom operator with the 351st Air Refueling Squadron based at RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom, looking to the rear of the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker on 31 Mar 99. The receiver is an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany. It is armed with AIM-120C missiles for self protection and Highspeed Anti-Radiation Missiles to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites. This mission is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force

An F-16A Falcon from the Royal Netherlands Air Force breaks away from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-9 missles for self protection and cluster bombs on the inboard stations to attack troop concentrations and nonhardened targets

An F-16C Falcon from the Turkish Air Force waits to take on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on Mar. 31, 1999. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missiles on the wingtips and AIM-9 Sidewinders on the inboard wing stations while on patrol in support of Operation Allied Force

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing, 22nd Fighter Squadron (FS) Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, attached to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group, flies an observation mission near Camp Sarafovo, Bulgaria, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ARAAM), an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, and two CBU-87 Combined Effects Munitions

A detailed view of the weapons load on an F-16A Falcon from the Royal Netherlands Air Force as it takes on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-9 missles for self protection and cluster bombs on the inboard stations to attack troop concentrations and nonhardened targets

An F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany moves in to receive fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) with the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard stations to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

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Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE

Base: Raf Mildenhall

Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brad Fallin

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A detailed view of the weapons load of an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany as it takes on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles on the two outboard stations for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard station to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

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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

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