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A United States Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight crewmember leans out of the crew entry door and gives the air crewmember leaning out of the helicopter in front of his a 'Hang Loose' sign moments before taking off from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina The USMC CH-46Es, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron One Six Two (HMM-162), Marine Corps Air Starion, New River, North Carolina, have just been hot pit refueled by a USMC KC-130. The hot pit refueling occured as the helicopters transited the area while deploying to Naval Air Station Atlanta, Georgia for an exercise, 14 August 2000

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Four United States Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters line-up on the Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina flight line as they prepare to depart after a refueling stop. The USMC CH-46E's, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron One Six Two (HMM-162) 'Golden Eagles' at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, have just been hot pit refueled by a USMC KC-130 of Marine Aerial Reueling/Transport Squadron Two Five Two (VMGR-252) from MCAS Cherry Point, NC. The hot pit refueling, where one or more aircraft refuel with their engines running, occured as the helicopters transited the area while deploying to Naval Air Station Atlanta, Georgia for an exercise, 14 August 2000

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Colonel (COL) Steve Hicks, USAF, Commander, 192nd Fighter Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, climbs into his F-16C Fighting Falcon before a morning mission in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

Colonel (COL) Steve Hicks, USAF, Commander, 192nd Fighter Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, assisted by his crew chief, Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Benny Saunders, USAF, prepares for a morning mission in his F-16C Fighting Falcon in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Phil Hover from the 389th Fighter Squadron (FS), 366th Fighter Wing (FW), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), climbs into his F-16 Fighting Falcon for an early morning sortie during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

United States Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL) Steve Dee, an F-16C Fighting Falcon pilot with the 114th Fighter Wing (FW), Air National Guard (ANG), Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, walks to his aircraft at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Ross "Shock" Dickenson, 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard (ANG) taxies his F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft into position at Selfridge Air National Guard Base (ANGB), after completing a mission in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Corey McConnell, 177th Fighter Wing (FW) Iowa Air National Guard (ANG), performs an inspection on his USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, on the flight line a Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey (NJ), after a Combat Air Patrol (CAP) mission in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Geoff Clark takes part in an In-Flight Refueling Check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon Fighter as part of Phase I of the Operation Readiness Inspection (ORI) at the 180th Fighter Wing (FW) in Swanton, Ohio (OH)

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Kevin J. Jones, USAF, 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Fort Smith, Arkansas, checks flight controls of the F-16C Fighting Falcon prior to training mission flight

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Jack Forsythe, Commander, 55th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) checks the heads up display inside the cockpit of his F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft, before departing for a mission at Incirlik Air Base (AB), in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

Colonel (COL) Steve Hicks, USAF, Commander, 192nd Fighter Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, performs a walk around inspection of his F-16C Fighting Falcon before a morning mission in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

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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 Misiano, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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28/09/2001
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label_outline Explore Sra Michele Misiano, Byrd Field, Hicks

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US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steve McElwain, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Capehart place the landing door edge covers on the landing gear doors of their B-2 Spirit bomber, "The Spirit of Pennsylvania," at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV). B-2 bombers often particapate in Red Flag exercises on the Nellis air ranges

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Eric Armentrout, Pilot, 71st Fighter Squadron (FS), 1ST Operation Group (OG), 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), signal to his crew chief during the engine start sequence of his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft prior to flying a sortie from Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), as part of Operation NOBLE EAGLE, which is direct US military operations in support of homeland defense efforts

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fight Falcon aircraft Crew CHIEF assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard (ANG), prepares to launch his aircraft Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL) while performing alert duties at Detachment 1, in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

Spc. Lucas Cunningham, an air defense battle management

With F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 148th Fighter Wing in the background, MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Daniel Toay, USAF, 148th Maintenance Squadron, Minnesota Air National Guard, stands vigilant outside one of the Wing's restricted areas on September 27, 2001. MSGT Toay volunteered to perform additional duties as a security augmentee in addition to his normal Maintenance responsibilities. MSGT Toay is one of approximately 25 members of the unit augmenting existing security forces at the 148th Fighter Wing in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry, New

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Robert Baxter (left), USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Phil Poulson, and USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Steve Friedricks all assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), California (CA) Air National Guard (ANG), pose for a photograph in from of the Wings new C-130J Hercules, Tactical Transport Aircraft, at its new home at Channel Island Air National Guard Station (ANGS), California (CA)

At Byrd Field (Richmond International Airport), Technical Sergeant Wilson, a crewchief for the Virginia Air National Guard's 192nd Fighter Wing, does a final operations check on an F-16C before a mission in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE. The 192 FW is located just outside of Richmond in Sandston, Virginia. NOBLE EAGLE is a partial mobilization of the reserves for homeland defense and civil support missions in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon

A Marine with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team,

Sergeants (SGT) Steven Hicks, USA, and Brian Martin, USA, riggers, 24th Aerial Delivery Support Detachment, load a crate of tools onto a pallet on the bed of a truck

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