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US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) Major (MAJ) Kato, 93rd Fighter Squadron, straps on his fight suite before climbing into the cockpit of his USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, as SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Gaylon Hoebelheinrich, the aircraft Crew CHIEF look on. MAJ Kato and SRA Hoebelheinrich are at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Daniel Kane, USAF, (left), 510th Fighter Squadron crew chief, communicates with Captain Joe "JAVO" Javorski, USAF, 31st Fighter Wing, in the F-16DG Fighting Falcon. Meanwhile A1C LaShun Wallace, USAF, waits for the signal to remove the chocks prior to taxi and takeoff. Captain Javorski will be flying one of four F-16s flying in an air-to-air training fight against fellow NATO allies from Spain flying FA-18s in airspace over Italy. The F-16 carries two practice AIM-9 Sidewinders and an AMCI pod (left). Each aircraft will carry an AMCI pod. The pod will track and record every movement, heading, and speed of the aircraft. With the data, they can reconstruct the...

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 CJ Fighting Falcon 77th Fighter Squadron (FS), 20th Fighter Wing (FW), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), waits its turn to refuel from a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker, 319th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Grand Forks AFB, during a North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Operation NOBLE EAGLE mission. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, and equipped with 370-gal fuel tanks and an AN/ALQ-184 ECM (electronic countermeasures) and Electronic Warfare (EW) pod

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Dave Rose, Pilot, 57th Wing, Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), assisted by USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Barr, Dedicated FA-22 Crewchief board a FA-22 Raptor fighter aircraft. USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Douglas Jones (rear), FA-22 Crewchief stands by for last minute flight preparation. Both crew chiefs are assigned to the 57th Wing at Nellis

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 20th Fighter Wing (FW) Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, (SC) armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and AGM-88 High Speed Antiradiation Missiles (HARM) flies over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth O. Gamblin, from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), prepares a Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU) for loading onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, 177th Fighter Wing (FW), Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey (NJ), drops away above the USA from a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker, 157th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Pease Air National Guard Base (ANGB), New Hampshire (NH) after being refueled. This is a Combat Air Patrol (CAP) tanker mission in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE. The F-16 is armed with AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on the wingtips and AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles on the outboard pylons. In addition, it has two 370-gallon External Fuel Tanks for long loitering flight time

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 20th Fighter Wing (FW) Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, (SC) armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and AGM-88 High Speed Antiradiation Missiles (HARM) flies over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Yakima Dargan, a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft Crew CHIEF with the 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 56th Fighter Wing (FW), checks wirings inside a panel on his aircraft during preflight inspection before a mission at Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The mission of the 56th FW is to train F-16 pilots and crew chiefs while providing agile combat support to aerospace expeditionary forces

At the F-16C Fighting Falcons cockpit, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Joe Kahoe, USAF, crewchief, 192nd Fighter Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, prepares to assist Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Bill Edwards, USAF, pilot, attach the should straps from the ACES II ejection seat to his parachute harness prior to taxiing.At the F-16C Fighting Falcons cockpit, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Joe Kahoe, USAF, crewchief, 192nd Fighter Wing (FW), Virginia Air National Guard, prepares to assist Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Bill Edwards, USAF, pilot, attach the should straps from the ACES II ejection seat to his parachute harness prior to taxiing. As part of the increased vigilance and readiness encompassed in Operation...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: At the F-16C Fighting Falcons cockpit, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Joe Kahoe, USAF, crewchief, 192nd Fighter Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, prepares to assist Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Bill Edwards, USAF, pilot, attach the should straps from the ACES II ejection seat to his parachute harness prior to taxiing.At the F-16C Fighting Falcons cockpit, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Joe Kahoe, USAF, crewchief, 192nd Fighter Wing (FW), Virginia Air National Guard, prepares to assist Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Bill Edwards, USAF, pilot, attach the should straps from the ACES II ejection seat to his parachute harness prior to taxiing. As part of the increased vigilance and readiness encompassed in Operation NOBLE EAGLE, the 192nd FW is patrolling the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE

Base: Byrd Field

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Michele G. Misiano, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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