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US Air Force (USAF) Captains (CPT) Eric Armentrout (left) and Tyrone Cofield (right), Pilots, 71st Fighter Squadron (FS), 1ST Operations Group (OG), 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), move to their 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

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Russ Shinn (pilot) 55th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB) South Carolina (SC), waves good-bye from the cockpit of his F-16CJ Fighting Falcons aircraft, as he taxies out at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, for his final mission after 12 successful years of enforcing the no-fly-zone over northern Iraq, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Andrea Vetter (left), F-16 Crewchief, and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Leslie Furhman, Egress Systems Technician, both with the 144th Fighter Wing (FW), California Air National Guard (ANG), Fresno, California (CA), inspect the canopy on a F-16C, Block 25, Fighting Falcon at Davis Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The 144th FW deployed to Davis Monthan for Operation SNOWBIRD, a combat training exercise and operation to prepare the wing for desert operations in preparation for overseas deployment

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Craig Augustino, from the 67th Fighter Squadron (FS) and CAPT Eric Schmidt, from the 44th FS, both F-15C Eagle pilots assigned to the 18th Fighter Wing (FW), Kadena Air Base (AB)U, Japan (JPN), simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles at an aerial target over the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons evaluation mission, in support of exercise Combat Archer

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Ronnie Hawkins (left), 510th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Baghdad Buzzards Border patrol, Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy (ITL), prepares to board his F-16 Fighting Falcon (also referred to as a Viper by many USAF pilots because that was the original General Dynamics project name) fighter aircraft, while a ground crew member stands at-ease, prior to leaving his deployed location and flying back to Aviano AB

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) William Travis, 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 3rd Maintenance Group (MXG), 3rd Wing (WG), Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), fuels a USAF F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft in the Hot Pit area on the Elmendorf AFB flight line, while participating in a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Craig Augustino, from the 67th Fighter Squadron (FS) and CAPT Eric Schmidt, from the 44th FS, both F-15C Eagle pilots assigned to the 18th Fighter Wing (FW), Kadena Air Base (AB)U, Japan (JPN), simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles at an aerial target over the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons evaluation mission, in support of exercise Combat Archer

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Alan Amato, PHOTO Flight Commander, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CTCS), out of Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), photographs an Indian Air Force (IAF) 14th Squadron SEPECAT (Breguet/BAC) Jaguar GR-1 Shamser (Sword of Justice) ground attack aircraft (not shown) receiving fuel from a IAF 78th Squadron Ilyushin IL-78 Midas aerial refueling aircraft (not shown), flying out of Eielson FB, Alaska (AK), as they participate in an aerial refueling mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military...

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Andy Shurtleff, an F-15C Eagle aircraft Pilot assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron (FS), 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), signals from the cockpit of his aircraft as he taxies out for deployment, during Phase One of the Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE), at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA)

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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Base: Langley Air Force Base

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ben Bloker, USAF

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Captain (CPT), Christopher Comeaux, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot, assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Division, Iowa National Guard, Davenport, IA performs a preflight inspection of the aircraft, before flying to Asuncion, Paraguay during Operation NEW HORIZONS. The mission flown to support personnel at Asuncion, Paraguay is part of Combined Task Force Guarani Springs, which will conduct engineering and medical operations in Paraguay from 10 March to 30 June 2001 enabling joint service training between US and Paraguayan military personnel. The task force will renovate, construct and improve infrastructure of four schools; four water wells; and conduct three Medical...

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