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US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Philip Hoover, an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon pilot with the 389th Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flies over the Gulf of Mexico, in order to fire an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Philip Hoover, an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon pilot with the 389th Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flies over the Gulf of Mexico, in order to fire an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 125th Fighter Squadron (FS), Oklahoma Air National Guard (ANG), Tulsa, Oklahoma, flies over the Gulf of Mexico, during a Combat Archer mission to fire an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a target drone hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS), out of Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Mark "Curly" McKenzie, an F-15C Eagle pilot and Commander of the 71st Fighter Squadron (FS) "Ironmen" at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at an MQM-107E "Streaker" target drone during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Chad Silva, pilots an F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 4th Fighter Squadron (FS) "Fighting Fuujins," Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT), fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air missile at an aerial target during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico

An US Air Force (USAF) 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-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile at a sub-scale drone

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Chad Silva, pilots an F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 4th Fighter Squadron (FS) "Fighting Fuujins," Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT), fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air missile at an aerial target during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico

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

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Philip Hoover, an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon pilot with the 389th Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flies over the Gulf of Mexico, in order to fire an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Country: Gulf Of Mexico

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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air force usaf lieutenant colonel lieutenant colonel lcol philip hoover philip hoover pilot falcon pilot fighter squadron mountain home mountain home air force base afb idaho gulf mexico order fire aim medium range medium range missile amraam sub scale target drone target drone combat archer mission gulf of mexico air to air missile aerial target drone us air force air force base us air force pilot technical sergeant high resolution medium range air to air missile scene major command combat archer mission tsgt michael ammons jet aircraft military aircraft fighter jet aircraft public domain aircraft photos us national archives f 16 fighting falcon
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26/03/2003
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label_outline Explore Sub Scale, Combat Archer Mission, Aerial Target Drone

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