Sunday, June 12, 2011

F/A-18 Hornet

An F/A-18 Hornet from No 3 Squadron departs the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth on its way back to Australia at the end of Exercise Bersama Padu 2010. (Photo: Australia DoD)

F/A-18 Hornet

An F/A-18 Hornet from No 3 Squadron departs the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth on its way back to Australia at the end of Exercise Bersama Padu 2010. (Photo: Australia DoD)

F/A-18 Hornet

An F/A-18 Hornet from No 3 Squadron powers off the runway at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth on its way back to Australia at the end of Exercise Bersama Padu 2010. (Photo: Australia DoD)

F/A-18 Hornet

An F/A-18 Hornet from No 3 Squadron powers off the runway at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth on its way back to Australia at the end of Exercise Bersama Padu 2010. (Photo: Australia DoD)

F-16C Fighting Falcon

A 482nd Fighter Wing F-16C Fighting Falcon near the southern Florida coastline over Homestead Air Reserve Base. The aircraft carries AIM-120 and AIM-9 air-to-air missiles, a single GBU-12, ALQ-131 jamming pod and a lighting targeting pod. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joe Cupido)

F-16C Fighting Falcon

A look-down view of a Tiger-striped F-16C belonging to the 140th Fighter Wing, 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, as the aircraft flies over eastern Utah while returning from the Utah Test and Training Range. The aircraft has tiger-stripes applied to the upper surfaces and represented the Colorado ANG as their official Tiger jet as the unit hosted the Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas in mid-August. The inaugural meet closely mirrors the NATO Tiger Meet and brings together military units that have large cats as their mascots. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg L. Davis)

F-16C Fighting Falcon

Capt. Thomas Seymour, an F-16C Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron here, fires an AGM-88 high-speed antiradiation missile at a target during a March 24 test mission. The HARM is an air-to-surface missile designed to seek and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems. The F-16 is the only aircraft in the Air Force capable of using the HARM. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Ammons)

F-16CJ Fighting Falcon

Capt. Daniel Veal, an F-16CJ Falcon pilot with the 79th Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., fires an AGM-65D Maverick missile at a target during an air-to-ground weapons system evaluation program named Combat Hammer. The mission took place over the Utah Test and Training Range.(Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Ammons)

F-16C Fighting Falcon

Capt. Nai Koh fires an AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking missile from an F-16C Fighting Falcon, at an MQM-107E Streaker sub-scale aerial target drone April 20 during a Combat Archer mission. Captain Koh is an F-16 pilot with the Republic of Singapore air force and is assigned to the 428th Fighter Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons)

F-16CJ Fighting Falcon

An F-16CJ Fighting Falcon approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling over Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)