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A 332nd Air Expeditionary Group active duty F-15E Strike Eagle from Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flown by reserve pilots from Luke AFB, Arizona. Hung on the Eagle are GBU-24 Paveway III 2000-pound bombs. Above the bombs, are AIM-9 Sidewinder, air-to-air missiles

A ground crewman readies a 332nd Air Expeditionary Group active duty F-15E Strike Eagle from Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flown by a reserve pilot from Luke AFB, Arizona. On the wing of the Eagle is a GBU-24 Paveway III 2000-pound bomb and above it is an AIM-9 Sidewinder

US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle fighters, 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), soar over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Strike Eagles are armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and GBU-16 1,000-pound bombs

An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 391st Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flies over the Gulf of Mexico prior to firing an AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale drone

An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 391st Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flies over the Gulf of Mexico prior to firing an AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale drone

An F-15E Strike Eagle, 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, taxies to the runway at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as it heads out for its first bombing mission into Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. It is equipped with the LANTRIN Navigation and Targeting System pod and carries two racks of GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 guidance system, AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinders, and 600-gallon drop tanks

An F-16C Fighting Falcon, 308th Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Arizona, flies over the mountains during a local training mission. The F-16 is carrying an AIM-9 training missiles, an SUU-20 Practice Bomb Dispenser, and a 370 gal tank

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle fighter, 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), piloted by USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Stephen Rusin and Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) USAF Major (MAJ) Timothy Lewis, receives fuel from a tanker above Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Strike Eagle is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and GBU-16 1,000-pound bombs. It is also equipped with an AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING AT targeting pod

An F-16C Fighting Falcon, 308th Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Arizona, flies over a housing area as it heads back to base after a local training mission. The F-16 is carrying two AIM-9 training missiles, an SUU-20 Practice Bomb Dispenser, and a 370 gal tank

Ground crews ready a 332nd Air Expeditionary Group active duty F-15E Strike Eagle from Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flown by reserve pilots from Luke AFB, Arizona. Hung on the Eagle are GBU-24 Paveway III 2000-pound bombs. Above the bombs under the wings are AIM-9 Sidewinder, air-to-air missiles

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Country: Southwest Asia

Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Nolan, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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