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A US Air Force (USAF) Crew CHIEF assigned to the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), performs a pre-flight inspection on an F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter, during Air Warrior II, an Air Combat Command (ACC) exercise, at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

U.S. Air Force 27th Fighter Squadron Commander LT. COL. James Hecker, sits in the cockpit of an F/A-22A Raptor fighter aircraft after landing at Langley Air Force Base Jan. 18, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Samuel Rogers) (Released)

A US Air Force (USAF) Crew CHIEF assigned to the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), performs a pre-flight inspection on an F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter, during Air Warrior II, an Air Combat Command (ACC) exercise, at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

A US Air Force (USAF) Crew CHIEF assigned to the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), performs a pre-flight inspection on an F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter during Air Warrior II, an Air Combat Command (ACC) exercise, at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

A US Air Force (USAF) Crew CHIEF assigned to the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), performs a pre-flight inspection on an F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter during Air Warrior II, an Air Combat Command (ACC) exercise, at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 523rd Fighter Squadron (FS), 27th Fighter Wing (FW), taxi on the runway during Phase-1 of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) exercise at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM)

U.S. Air Force 27th Fighter Squadron Commander F/A 22 Raptor fighter aircraft LT. COL. James Hecker, performs a fly-by over Langley Air Force Base, Va., on Jan. 18, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Samuel Rogers) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Ed "Gus" Rinke (foreground), and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jamie Blattner, both assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing (FW), inspect an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, as part of Phase I of the Operation Readiness Inspection (ORI) at Swanton, Ohio (OH)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Gerardo Guevara, 149 Fighter Wing (FW), Texas (TX) Air National Guard (ANG), does an operations check on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on the flight line at Kelly Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX), before the aircraft takes off for a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Robert Yates, Commander, 27th Fighter Wing, poses for a picture in the cockpit of his F-16C Fighting Falcon on the flightline of Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM) during Operation Readiness Inspection (ORI)

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Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

Base: Cannon Air Force Base

State: New Mexico (NM)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Perez, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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