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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), flies a mission over the Utah Test and Training Range during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT). The aircraft is armed with a 1,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), released a 1,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) over the Utah Test and Training Range during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT)

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 138th Fighter Squadron, New York Air National Guard (NYANG), releases a GBU-31, 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions over the Utah Test and Training Range during exercise Combat Hammer, a this Air-to-Ground Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS) from Eglin AFB, Florida (FL)

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), launches an AGM-88C High-Speed Antiradiation Missile (HARM), over the Utah Test and Training Range during exercise Combat Hammer, an air-to-ground Weapons Systems Evaluation Program (WSEP), hosted by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL)

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An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Eglin AFB, Land Range during a test mission

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Base: Eglin Air Force Base

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Attack Munition, Test Mission, Munition

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