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Col. Dan Walls, left, 23d Wing commander, and Senior

Col David B. Lyons, incoming commander, gives an interview

Col. Michael Cabral, 926th Wing Vice commander, joins

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jared Fujii, Hawaiian Raptors

A US Air Force (USAF) pilot exits his USAF F-15C Eagle aircraft after a mission at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Eagle is armed with AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th

F-15 Eagle maintenance, Air National Guard

Airmen wait for a pallet of equipment to be loaded

US Marine Corps (USMC) refueling personnel from Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 (MWSS-273), preparing for Battlehog 1-04, receive a class on how to refuel a USMC AV8B Harrier during Battlehog 1-04 at the Georgia Air National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center (ANGCRTC), Savannah, Georgia

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A US Air Force F-15C Eagle, belonging to the 493rd Fighter Squadron, prepares to takeoff from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom. Fighter aircraft from the 48th Fighter Wing are deploying to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in possible air strikes against Serbia. The Eagle is armed with (left to right) AIM-7 Sparrow, (inboard wing) AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). Also seen are three 610-gallon drop tanks

A US Air Force F-15C aircraft, belonging to the 493rd Fighter Squadron, prepares to takeoff from Royal Air Force Lakenheath. Fighter aircraft from the 48th Fighter Wing are deploying to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in possible air strikes against Serbia. The Eagle is armed with (left to right) AIM-7 Sparrow, (inboard wing) AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). Also seen are three 610-gallon drop tanks

US Air Force members of the 493rd Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, do a foreign object destruction (FOD) walk on the Cervia Air Base, Italy, flightline during Cobalt Flash in support of Operation JOINT FORGE the Stabilization Force (SFOR) mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aircraft in the background are F-15C Eagles

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 492nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and GBU-12 500-pound Paveway II Laser Guided Bombs, patrols over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 492nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and GBU-12 500-pound Paveway II Laser Guided Bombs, flies over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron (FS), 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy, refuels from an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 940th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), assigned to the 100th ARW, over the Adriatic Sea during mission flown in support Operation JOINT FORGE

US Air Force F-15C Eagle, 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, prepares to takeoff from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in possible air strikes against Serbia. The Eagle is armed with (left to right) AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder (seen by airman's left hand) and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). Also seen are three 610-gallon drop tanks

An F-15E Strike Eagle pilot assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, inspects an AIM-120 missile on Wednesday, April 28, 1999. The F-15 is loaded with a GBU-28 laser guided bomb (not shown) that will be used against targets (not shown) in Yugoslavia. The GBU-28 is a 4000 pound bomb that is designed to penetrate hardened targets before exploding. Members of the 494th FS are deployed to Aviano AB, Italy supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

A United States Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force Base (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom, launches on a mission loaded with AIM-9M sidewinders, AIM-120 (AMRAAM) missiles and 500lb. GBU-12 laser guided bombs, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH 2002

US Air Force Crew chiefs assigned to the 493rd Fighter Squadron, Roual Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, wait to launch aircraft from Cervia Air Base, Italy, during Cobalt Flash in support of Operation JOINT FORGE the Stabilization Force (SFOR) mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the left wing of an F-15C Eagle is the AIM-120C Advanced Medium-Range, Air-to-Air missile (AMRAAM) below the AIM-120C is a 600 gallon drop tank

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Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE

Base: Cervia Air Base

State: Emilia-Romagna

Country: Italy (ITA)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Louis L. Rivers, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Cobalt Flash, Air Force Crew Chiefs, Cervia

An F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52 aircraft from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, in flight. The aircraft is armed with AGM-88 HARM's (high-speed anti-radiation missile), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAM's (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile). Another F-16 can be seen in the distance

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Outgoing Commander Stabilization Force (COMSFOR) US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LGEN) William E. Ward, reviews Stabilization Force (SFOR) Multi-National Division troops along with Commander In CHIEF (CIC) Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH) US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Gregory G. Johnson and incoming COMSFOR USA Major General (MGEN) Virgil L. Packett II, during a Transfer of Authority ceremony

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon and flagship from the 23rd Fighter Squadron (FS) takes off from Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany on a routine training mission

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the Stabilization Forces (SFOR) Sarajevo participated in Operation Smile, a voluntary program designed to bring happiness to the children of Bosnia during Operation JOINT FORGE. On this occasion, the Soldiers (Santa's helpers) visits a local children's hospital to hand out gift bags filled with toys and treats. The gift bags were purchased with money collected on Camp Butmir from military members representing as many as 37 countries

An Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) before it is dropped into a "Catcher's Mitt" during a ground ejection test from the wing of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft at the Pacific Missile Test Center

U.S. Air Force CHIEF MASTER SGT. Jeff Hulme, a competition judge from Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, writes down his notes while checking an F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard, during exercise William Tell at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2004. This is the 50th Anniversary of the William Tell competition, an exercise that tests an aircrew's ability to perform under combat conditions. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Dennis J. Henry Jr.) (Released)

US Army (USA) Major General (MGEN) Virgil L. Packett, Commander, Stabilization Forces (SFOR), poses with Santa Claus (MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Stewart Smith) outside the Clinical Center University of Sarajevo Pediatric Clinic during Operation Smile, a voluntary program designed to bring happiness to the children of Bosnia during Operation JOINT FORGE

US Army (USA) and French Army Officials assigned to the Stabilization Force (SFOR), conduct a interview with local Residents from the community of Nevesinjie, erzegovina, to hear testimonies on how they have been treated by the local community after the six year Balkan War. Pictured left to right- Ms. Leila Dizdarevic, Interpreter; US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LGEN) John B. Sylvester (right), Commander, Stabilization Force (SFOR); French Army Captain (CPT) Raulet Guillaume, Company Commander, 3rd Company, 21st Marine Infantry Battalion; French Army CPT Davaillon, Company Commander 3rd Battery, 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment; and two Residents of the town of Nevesinjie,...

US Air Force Captain Connor Blackwood an F-15 Eagle pilot, from the 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, takes Eric Domagalski, a member of the Texas A&M University male cadet choir, on a pre-flight inspection of the F-15D Blackwood will be flying. The 'Voice of Aggieland, Texas 60-man choir performed a free concert for the East Anglian American Military Community. As a recruiting initiative aimed at stateside audiences, base officials, with the approval of higher headquarters, offered an F-15 incentive flight to one student. Eric's teachers chose him out of the 72 members. He received a flight physical; egress training and a full mission briefing ...

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15D Eagle, 12th Fighter Squadron (FS) taxies out for a training mission in the early morning light with the snowcapped mountains in the background from Elmendorf, Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK). The Eagle is armed with an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Strong a crewmember on an MH-53 Pave Low Helicopter from the 100th Special Operations Group, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, looks for possible missed aircraft pieces through the crew door of the aircraft. The crash site of the two F-15C fighter aircraft belonging to the 493rd Fighter Squadron based out of RAF Lakenheath, UK was found in the Scottish Highlands

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