visibility Similar

Airmen from the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron

Chief Master Sgt. John Brinkley (center), 332nd Air

Staff Sgt. Sam Czerniak, a munitions systems specialist

Brothers Staff Sgt. Ryan Patnaude and Tech. Sgt. Brett

code Related

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Rhasaan Kimbrough, 36th Fighter Squadron, secures a Paveway III Laser Guided Bomb (GBU-24) attached to the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during the Operational Readiness Inspection at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Adam Wright is guided by US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Patrick Fotz, both members of 36th fighter Squadron, as he maneuvers an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft wing, which is also armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, during the Operational Readiness Inspection at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN David Olmstead and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Bylica, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron (FS), 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, prepare to load AIM-120 air-to-air missiles loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The 35th FS and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Percy Lunsford, 36th Fighter Squadron (FS) ties a Paveway III Laser Guided bomb (GBU-24) down on a jammer to load it onto a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during the Operational Readiness Inspection on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN David Olmstead, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, pulls a weapons loading tug armed with AIM-120 air-to-air missiles away from an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Olmstead and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mike Bylica, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens a fin on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Bylica and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Rhasaan Kimbrough, 36th Fighter Squadron, removes a bolt to allow placement of a missile (not shown) onto the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during the Operational Readiness Inspection at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mike Bylica, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens a fin on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Bylica and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Percy Lunsford, 36th Fighter Squadron (FS) loads a Laser Guided bomb onto a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Rhasaan Kimbrough and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Percy Lunsford, members of 36th Fighter Squadron, secure a Paveway III Laser Guided Bomb (GBU-24) attached to the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, which is also armed with an AIM-20 AMRAAM missile, during the Operational Readiness Inspection at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

description

Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Osan Air Base

Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Scottie T. Mccord, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

label_outline

Tags

air force airman rhasaan kimbrough airman rhasaan kimbrough percy lunsford airman percy lunsford fighter squadron paveway laser paveway iii laser gbu aircraft aim amraam missile amraam missile inspection operational readiness inspection osan osan air base republic jet airplane jet aircraft f 16 laser guided bomb f 16 fighting falcon f 16 falcon us air force south korea republic of korea high resolution air force senior airman rhasaan kimbrough air force senior airman percy lunsford aim 20 amraam missile sra scottie usaf air force base operational readiness us national archives
date_range

Date

16/03/2001
place

Location

create

Source

The U.S. National Archives
link

Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known copyright restrictions

label_outline Explore Paveway Iii Laser, Amraam Missile, Lunsford

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Derek Warren, with the 555th Fighter Squadron (FS), secures the lanyard on a Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II on a pylon during a Quarterly Weapons Load Competition

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Christopher Redmond, from the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs swaying to a Guided Bomb Unit 12 (GBU-12) Paveway II laer-guided weapon on an A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during the Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Jan. 10, 2005. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Christina D. Kinsey) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force crew prepares an F-111F fighter aircraft of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, for a mission in support of Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is armed with laser-guided bombs.

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Troy Drasher assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea makes final adjustments on the TER-9A Triple Ejector Rack mounted under the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The rack is loaded with MK-82 500-pound general-purpose bombs. The image is from the June 2000, AIRMAN Magazine article "A Year to Remember"

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Emmanuel Smith a Ammunition Maintenance Technician, assembles a back side panel on a GBU-15, 2000-pound precision-guided munitions, while deployed with the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group at at Kwang-Ju Air Base, Republic of Korea, on September 9, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Steven R. Nabor) (Released)

AIRMAN Jason Bass, Crew CHIEF for the 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, launches his F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, for a local airspace orientation flight in preparation for ROVING SANDS '97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense

A GBU-31 Version 3 munition lays on a munition assembly

Guardsmen from the 192d Fighter Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, transport a travel pod to an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft before a mission during Phase 1 of an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) at Richmond International Airport, Sandston, Va., on Jan. 7, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Carlos Claudio) (Released)

Three unidentified US Air Force Munitions people carry a AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile on the flight line towards a F-16 Falcon, Block 52 aircraft (the only such aircraft in the Air National Guard) from the 157th Fighter Squadron and assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire ANG Station South Carolina. Lans Stout, a visiting free-lance photographer from Atlantic Beach, Florida, captures pure beauty in flight (OCT 97). This photo was used for a picture story in the popular "Code One" magazine

Silhoutted against the sun, a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) with AMRAAM's is waiting to be tested to prove that the AMRAMM can be fired from a HUMVEE vehicle. The combination has been nicknamed HUMRAAM by some of the testers

Topics

air force airman rhasaan kimbrough airman rhasaan kimbrough percy lunsford airman percy lunsford fighter squadron paveway laser paveway iii laser gbu aircraft aim amraam missile amraam missile inspection operational readiness inspection osan osan air base republic jet airplane jet aircraft f 16 laser guided bomb f 16 fighting falcon f 16 falcon us air force south korea republic of korea high resolution air force senior airman rhasaan kimbrough air force senior airman percy lunsford aim 20 amraam missile sra scottie usaf air force base operational readiness us national archives