Capt. Steve Boatright, an F-16C Fighting Falcon pilot, fires an AIM-9M Sidewinder heat-seeking missile at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico. Captain Boatright is assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The squadron recently deployed to Tyndall AFB, Fla., to fly air-to-air weapons testing missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons)
Saturday, June 11, 2011
F-16C Fighting Falcon
Capt. Steve Boatright, an F-16C Fighting Falcon pilot, fires an AIM-9M Sidewinder heat-seeking missile at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico. Captain Boatright is assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The squadron recently deployed to Tyndall AFB, Fla., to fly air-to-air weapons testing missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons)
F-16C Fighting Falcon
An F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 428th Fighter Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., takes off for a training mission during exercise cooperative cope thunder here July 19. Cope thunder is the largest multilateral air combat training exercise in the Pacific and simulates the wartime conditions pilots would face in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen)
F-16C Fighting Falcon
An F-16C Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., heads out for a mission over the Nevada Test and Training Ranges during Red Flag 04-3 here Aug 20. More than 100 aircraft and 2,500 participants are involved in this exercise. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the U.S. Air Force and its allies. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald)
F-16C Fighting Falcon
A pair of F-16C Fighting Falcons, assigned to the 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., head out for a mission over Nevada's test and training ranges during Red Flag 04-3 here Aug 20. More than 100 aircraft and 2,500 participants are involved in this exercise. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the U.S. Air Force and its allies. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald)
F-16C Fighting Falcon
An F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 522nd Fighter Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., releases an AGM-154 joint standoff weapon over the Utah Test and Training Range. The mission was part of an air-to-ground weapons system evaluation program mission commonly referred to as Combat Hammer. The squadron is deployed to Hill AFB, Utah. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons)
CT-114 Tutor
Snowbirds maintenance Crew Chief Sgt Marlene Shillingford performs “A checks” on a CT-114 Tutor aircraft. (Photo: CF Photo by OCdt Timothy Templeman)
CT-114 Tutor
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds ,431 Squadron Air Demonstration Team, from Moose Jaw, Sask., fly over the Comox valley. (Photo: CF Photo by MCpl Robert Bottrill)
CT-114 Tutor
Snowbirds 8 and 6 of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds ,431 Squadron Air Demonstration Team, from Moose Jaw, Sask. close up in formation. (Photo: CF Photo by MCpl Robert Bottrill)
CT-114 Tutor
Snowbirds 3 and 9 of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, an air demonstration team from 431 Squadron Moose Jaw, Sask., fly over the Comox area April 17, 2009 while training for the 2009 air show season. (Photo: CF Photo by MCpl Robert Bottrill)
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
An HC-144A Ocean Sentry, medium-range surveillance aircraft, arrives for the first time in Washington, D.C. at Coast Guard Air Station Washington. The HC-144A, the official designation issued by the Air Force, is a transport and surveillance, fixed-wing aircraft that will be used to perform search and rescue missions, enforce laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well as cargo and personnel transport. It can perform aerial delivery of search and rescue equipment such as rafts, pumps, and flares, and it can be used for on scene command and control. (Photo: USCG photo by PAC Sarah B. Foster)
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
An HC-144A Ocean Sentry, medium-range surveillance aircraft, arrives for the first time in Washington, D.C. at Coast Guard Air Station Washington. The HC-144A, the official designation issued by the Air Force, is a transport and surveillance, fixed-wing aircraft that will be used to perform search and rescue missions, enforce laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well as cargo and personnel transport. It can perform aerial delivery of search and rescue equipment such as rafts, pumps, and flares, and it can be used for on scene command and control. (Photo: USCG photo by PAC Sarah B. Foster)
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
Coast Guard accepts the HC-144A Ocean Sentry, medium-range surveillance aircraft. The HC-144A, the official designation issued by the Air Force, is a transport and surveillance, fixed-wing aircraft that will be used to perform search and rescue missions, enforce laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well as cargo and personnel transport. It can perform aerial delivery of search and rescue equipment such as rafts, pumps, and flares, and it can be used for on scene command and control. (Photo courtesy of ICGS)
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
Casa in flight : A Coast Guard HC144 Ocean Sentry, passes the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kil Devil Hills, N. C. HC-144A, is the first all-new aircraft delivered to the Coast Guard as part of the Coast Guard’s progressive modernization and recapitalization of aging legacy assets. The aircraft’s design allows it to be reconfigured for a variety of missions, while retaining at least minimum functionality with the aircraft’s sensors.. Its rear ramp allows for easy roll-on and roll-off of provisions. The aircraft also can be quickly reconfigured for such missions as medical evacuation and the transport of passengers and time-sensitive supplies. (Photo: USCG Photo/ Dave Silva)
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
U. S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Strafford G. Taylor, an aviation maintenance technician with Coast Guard Aviation Training Center, Mobile, Ala., inspects the wing de-ice system of a Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft, Nov. 10, 2009. The aircraft and crew were diverted to Houston in preparation for Hurricane Ida Nov. 9, 2009. (Photo: U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey J. Ranel)
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
U. S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Strafford G. Taylor, an aviation maintenance technician with Coast Guard Aviation Training Center, Mobile, Ala., inspects the wing de-ice system of a Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft, Nov. 10, 2009. The aircraft and crew were diverted to Houston in preparation for Hurricane Ida Nov. 9, 2009. (Photo: U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey J. Ranel)
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
A Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center, Mobile, Ala., arrived Saturday, July 11, 2010, at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fort Lauderdale, carrying 45 brown pelican chicks. The pelicans, ranging in age from 5-to-10 weeks old, had been impacted in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and previously cared for at Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. The chicks were transported to Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami where they will remain until they can fly and be released into the wild. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum)
L-39 Albatros
Afghan National Air Corps L-39 Albatross jets take off in a formation practice for the aerial parade in the upcoming Afghan National Day in Kabul. Air Force mentors assigned to Defense Reform Directorate Air Division under Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan provide guidance to soldiers with the Maintenance Operations Group for the ANAC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.)
L-39 Albatros
An L-39 Albatros taxis June 4, 2011, during the 2011 Dakota Thunder air show at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marc I. Lane)
F-15C Eagle
An F-15C Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, breaks away from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker from Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. Armed with AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the inboard wing pylon, and Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles on the outboard wing pylon, the Eagles are flying Combat Air Patrol missions to maintain air superiority and protect Operation Allied Force aircraft. (Photo: U.S. Air Force Photo)
F-15C Eagle
Three F-15C and one F-15D aircraft fly next to Mt. Fuji. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Marvin Krause)
F-15C Eagle
An F-15C from the 67th Fighter Squadron prepares to refuel in flight from a KC-135R, from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, June 28, 2001, while on a routine training mission over the Pacific ocean. Both units are stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Marvice Krause)
F-15C Eagle
Lt. Gen. Paul Hester (in foreground), 5th Air Force commander, and 67th Fighter Squadron commander Lt. Col. James Browne fly their F-15C Eagles from the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, near the coast of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, during a training mission. (Photo: U.S. Air Force by Master Sgt. Marvin Krause)
F-15C Eagle
Lt. Gen. Paul Hester (in foreground), 5th Air Force commander, and 67th Fighter Squadron commander Lt. Col. James Browne fly their F-15C Eagles from the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, near the coast of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, during a training mission. (Photo: U.S. Air Force by Master Sgt. Marvin Krause)
F-15C Eagle
An F-15C Eagle from Langley Air Force Base, Va., flies over Washington during an early morning combat air patrol mission in support of Operation Noble Eagle. Operations Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom are not only a joint U.S. campaign, they are combined campaigns. Coalition allies have flown nearly 1,000 missions, highlighting international resolve in the war on terrorism. NATO partners deployed forces to the US for the first time to help defend American air space. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg L. Davis)
F-15C Eagle
F-15C Eagle aircraft armed with AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles deploy to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft are assigned to the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing.
F-15C Eagle
Capts. Matt French and Daniel Arkema fire AIM-7M Sparrow medium-range air-to-air missiles from their F-15C Eagles during an exercise here Aug. 3. Captains French and Arkema are pilots with the 493rd Fighter Squadron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons)
F-15C Eagle
An F-15C Aggressor from the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flies over a mountain range on a refueling mission at Red Flag-Alaska July 25. Red Flag-Alaska enables aviation units to sharpen their combat skills by flying simulated combat sorties in a realistic threat environment. More than 80 aircraft and 1,500 servicemembers from six countries are participating in the exercise July 12 to 27. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tana Stevenson)
F-15C Eagle
An F-15C Aggressor from the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flies over a mountain range on a refueling mission at Red Flag-Alaska July 25. Red Flag-Alaska enables aviation units to sharpen their combat skills by flying simulated combat sorties in a realistic threat environment. More than 80 aircraft and 1,500 servicemembers from six countries are participating in the exercise July 12 to 27. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tana Stevenson)
F-15C Eagle
An F-15C Aggressor from the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flies over a mountain range on a refueling mission at Red Flag-Alaska July 25. Red Flag-Alaska enables aviation units to sharpen their combat skills by flying simulated combat sorties in a realistic threat environment. More than 80 aircraft and 1,500 servicemembers from six countries are participating in the exercise July 12 to 27. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tana Stevenson)
F-15C Eagle
An "Aggressor" F-15C Eagle lands following a Red Flag 09-5 training mission using tactics that U.S. and coalition partners may encounter when facing an enemy force Aug 26, 2009, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The Aggressors, coupled with a wide range of advanced ground threat systems, make Red Flag one of the most realistic air combat training exercises in the world. U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines Corps units are participating in Red Flag 09-5 along with allied forces from Italy and the United Arab Emirates. The aircraft is assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis AFB. (Photo: U. S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)
F-15C Eagle
F-15C Eagles from the 67th Fighter Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, participate in bilateral training with other U.S. forces and the Japan Air Self Defense Force Feb. 25, 2010. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Perez)
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