Sunday, September 25, 2011
F-16 Fighting Falcon
A pair of F-16 Fighting Falcons launch flares during a mission Aug. 18. The aircraft are assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, from the New Mexico Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 555th Fighter Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, banks away from a KC-135 Stratotanker on April 21 following an aerial refueling. The F-16 received the 1 billionth pound of fuel distributed from Combined Forces Air Component Command refuelers since Jan. 30, 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16A Fighting Falcon
Two Air-Defense Fighter F-16A Fighting Falcons from the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 178th Fighter Squadron fly in formation Nov. 17, 2001 during a combat air patrol mission over Washington in support of Operation Noble Eagle. North American Aerospace Defense Command had more than 100 ANG and Air Force Reserve fighters from 26 locations providing homeland defense, with 100 additional fighters backing them up. Additionally, more than 20 ANG and AFRES tankers are airborne every day to keep fighters refueled. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg L. Davis)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
Spangdahlem F-16s fly observation formation off the wing of a KC-10. KC-10 Extenders from the 305th/514th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, N.J., are deployed to Burgas Airport and nearby Camp Sarafovo, Bulgaria, to support tanker operations. Members from various Air Force units world-wide are currently deployed with the 409th AEG in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dave Ahlschwede)
F-16CJ Fighting Falcon
The last two F-16CJs deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. prepare for their final launch April 12. Shaw personnel and aircraft are returning home after supporting Operation Northern Watch for the last several years. Operation Northern Watch flew its last operational mission March 17 after 12 successful years of enforcing the no-fly-zone over northern Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16CJ Fighting Falcon
F-16C Fighting Falcon
F-16Cs from the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, fly the skies over central Europe. Spangdahlem AB consists of two F-16 squadrons, the 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons. It's also home to the 81st Fighter Squadron, which flies the A-10 Thunderbolt II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Blake R. Borsic)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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