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  • A rear view of an F-117A Nighthawk shortly after take off shows the heat dispersing exhaust designed to reduce the heat signature sought out by heat-seeking missiles and infrared vision scopes. One of the military's best-kept secrets, the F-117A Nighthawk has seen action all over the world and many speculate it will soon be put to rest. According to proposed defense budgets, the F-117 is scheduled to be retired by the end of 2007 in favor of the F-22 Raptor.
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  • Kicking off one of the many intense nighttime missions, an RC-135 V/W 'Rivet Joint' electronic surveillance aircraft takes to the skies. Typically, the larger aircraft such as the refuelers, electronic reconnaissance and bombers head to the Nellis Range Complex prior to the fighters due to increased loiter times. The RC-135 specializes in the gathering of enemy information and relates that knowledge to friendly forces.
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  • Visiting from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, an AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) E-3 Sentry from the 552 Air Combat Wing takes off from runway 3R on its way out to the Nellis Range Complex. During Red Flag exercises, most of the larger aircraft such as the heavy bombers, tankers and those providing electronic support head to the range first in order to best direct the front line fighters. The E-3 Sentry, with its enormous radome, can scan a 250 square mile radius providing up to the minute information on allied and enemy locations.
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  • Just one of dozens of aircraft to launch at night, this F-15 takes off from Nellis Air Force Base on its way to the Nellis Range Complex (NRC) for a few hours of nighttime combat. Compared to the Nellis Red Flag Exercise, Red Flag Alaska will provide five and a half times the amount of airspace with 66,000 square miles compared to the current 12,000 square miles offered by the NRC.
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  • This F-15E is from the 90th Fighter Squadron operating under the 3rd Wing stationed at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska. Although seen here taking off from runway 3L at Nellis AFB, fighter pilots from Alaska are beginning to feel right at home with the newly developed Red Flag Alaska replacing the already successful Cope Thunder exercises. Many aspects of Cope Thunder will remain unchanged despite the new name however, the name change will provide for a more integrated training environment.
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  • Demonstrating weapons and technology only a CJ version F-16 can carry, this Falcon shows off a Link 16 SNIPER XR Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) as seen under the intake on store five-right as well as two AGM-88 HARM II anti-radiation missiles on stores three and seven. On stores one and nine, this F-16 carries two AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) while on store two rests an AIM-9 Sidewinder and finally on store eight, the Nellis Air Combat Training System (NACTS) pod.
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  • Blasting off with the usual crowded ramp in the background, an Eglin Air Force Base stationed F-15C Eagle from the 33rd Fighter Wing, 58th Fighter Squadron heads out to the range. Aircraft from the 33rd in Florida and the 57th at Nellis typically work together as their roles both involve weapons testing and aircraft development. Red Flag exercises provide both squadrons with the ability to witness as well as try out new aerial tactics and maneuvers in a real world combat environment. Seen here is F-15C 85-0102, nicknamed 'Gulf Spirit' which shot down two IrAF Su-22s when flown by Capt Anthony R. Murphy of the 36th FW, 53rd FS on 7 Feb, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm and an IrAF MiG-23 on 29 Jan, 1994 with an AIM-7M.
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  • Just as the United States Navy has done for over 200 years, the air force began commissioning certain aircraft by giving them individual names. Here the B-2A 'Spirit' stealth bomber named 'Spirit of Kitty Hawk', lifts off from runway 3R at Nellis Air Force Base. For this particular exercise held in early 2006, four B-2A bombers from the 509th Bombing Wing, normally stationed at Whiteman AFB, attended providing ground support to advancing warfighters.
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  • In its crouched position, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-31 'Tomcatters', AJ112, accelerates off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • In its crouched position, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-213 'Blacklions', AJ210, accelerates off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • AJ201, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-213 'Blacklions', launches off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • 65th Anniversary Reunion and Fly-in of Air Group 85
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  • Photoshoot for PilotMag Magazine of Airship Ventures Zeppelin NT along with the only female Airship pilot at the time, Kate Board.
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  • AJ101, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-31 'Tomcatters', launches off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • AJ100, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-31 'Tomcatters', launches off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • AJ100, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-31 'Tomcatters', launches off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • AJ212, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-213 'Blacklions', launches off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • AJ201, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-213 'Blacklions', launches off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • In its crouched position, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-213 'Blacklions', AJ204, accelerates off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • F-15E from the 90th Fighter Squadron stationed at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska blasts off from runway 3L. Encompassing a 66,000 square mile area, Red Flag Alaska will provide an immense geographical change for those accustomed to the typical Red Flag exercises held at Nellis AFB. Just as the Nellis Range Complex offers a diversely hostile desert environment, the Alaskan wilderness offers much of the same on the opposite end of the weather scale.
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  • An F-16CJ from Cannon Air Force Base blasts off from runway 3L on its way to the Nellis Range Complex. F-16CJ's from the 53rd Wing at Cannon have implemented the Link 16 SNIPER XR Advanced Targeting Pod ATP and Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS).
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  • 65th Anniversary Reunion and Fly-in of Air Group 85
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  • 65th Anniversary Reunion and Fly-in of Air Group 85
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  • Photoshoot for PilotMag Magazine of Airship Ventures Zeppelin NT along with the only female Airship pilot at the time, Kate Board.
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  • Warbirds in Review: T-28, T-6, T-34, O-1, O-2, F-6f, F4U, Hughes Loach, OV-1, T-37, P-51
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  • Airbus A380 arrival
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  • A-10 Warthog Arrival
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  • AJ100, an F-14 Tomcat from VF-31 'Tomcatters', launches off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 during sea trials prior to their 2005 Mediterranean deployment. This would be the final cruise for the F-14 Tomcat and the last time it would ever see combat.
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  • Blasting off from RWY 3L, an Eglin Air Force Base stationed F-15C Eagle from the 33rd Fighter Wing, 58th Fighter Squadron heads out to the range. Aircraft from the 33rd in Florida and the 57th at Nellis typically work together as their roles both involve weapons testing and aircraft development. Red Flag exercises provide both squadrons with the ability to witness as well as try out new aerial tactics and maneuvers in a real world combat environment. Seen here is F-15C 85-0102, nicknamed 'Gulf Spirit' which shot down two IrAF Su-22s when flown by Capt Anthony R. Murphy of the 36th FW, 53rd FS on 7 Feb, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm and an IrAF MiG-23 on 29 Jan, 1994 with an AIM-7M.
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  • An adversary F-16 representing the Red Team blasts off from Runway 3L at Nellis AFB. In the background is just a small sample of the aircraft present during Red Flag Exercises.
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  • 65th Anniversary Reunion and Fly-in of Air Group 85
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  • 65th Anniversary Reunion and Fly-in of Air Group 85
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  • 65th Anniversary Reunion and Fly-in of Air Group 85
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  • A Yakovlev Yak-50 S/N001 launches from Porterville Airport during All Red Star VII
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  • 65th Anniversary Reunion and Fly-in of Air Group 85
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  • Photoshoot for PilotMag Magazine of Airship Ventures Zeppelin NT along with the only female Airship pilot at the time, Kate Board.
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  • Mis-Registered as AF 80-0005, A registration reserved for an F-15C acknowledged withn a MiG Kill.
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  • Naval Post Graduate School Twin Otter & Zivko Aeronautics Inc., Temperature Differential Probe.
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  • 2009 California Capital Air Show in Sacramento, California celebrates Air Force Week, September 12-13.
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  • 2009 California Capital Air Show in Sacramento, California celebrates Air Force Week, September 12-13.
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  • White Knight II Arrival
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  • Celebrating the 29th Annual California International Airshow in Salinas
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  • 2009 California Capital Air Show in Sacramento, California celebrates Air Force Week, September 12-13.
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  • 2009 California Capital Air Show in Sacramento, California celebrates Air Force Week, September 12-13.
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  • Heritage Flight Pass consisting of a TA-4F operated by the Collings Foundation at Airventure 2010 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin...Operated by the Collings Foundation and flown by Jared 'Rook' Isaacman, with back seater Ret. LtCol. Mike 'Buick' Eberhardt, TA-4F BuNo 153524 represents the paint scheme carried by the aircraft of H&MS 11, the Playboys, based at DaNang during the Viet Nam war.
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