Air National Guard fighter wing preps for alert missions at Tyndall
Maintainers from the 179th Fighter Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth, Minn., prepare to launch F-16s for a mission at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 27. The 148th FW is working with the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group at Tyndall AFB for two weeks to train for their Air Sovereignty Alert missions and to validate their new Block 50 F-16s. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Hoffmann)
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Posted: 2/1/2011
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Air National Guard fighter wing preps for alert missions at Tyndall
Maintainers from the 179th Fighter Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth, Minn., review technical data prior to preparing an aircrew for a mission at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 27. The 148th FW is working with the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group at Tyndall AFB for two weeks to train for their Air Sovereignty Alert missions and to validate their new Block 50 F-16s. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Hoffmann)
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Posted: 2/1/2011
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Air National Guard fighter wing preps for alert missions at Tyndall
An F-16 from the 179th Fighter Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth, Minn., flies a mission over the Gulf of Mexico Jan. 27. The 148th FW is working with the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., for two weeks to train for their Air Sovereignty Alert missions and to validate their new Block 50 F-16s. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Christopher Hoskins)
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Posted: 2/1/2011
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WC -130J aircraft
A WC-130J aircraft used by Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters flies near the eyewall of Hurricane Dean. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Posted: 2/26/2010
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CONR achieves 55,000th Noble Eagle sortie
An F-15 assigned to the 125th Fighter Wing, Detachment 1, flies over the skies of southern Florida. U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Shaun Withers.
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Posted: 1/14/2010
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Slurry drop
A C-130 uses aerial firefighting equipment known as the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to drop red-colored retardant, or ‘slurry’ as it is sometimes called, from the plane into the air over a fire. MAFFS was established by Congress in the early 1970s to create a national response system to better fight major fires. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
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Posted: 5/8/2009
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Slurry drop
A C-130 uses aerial firefighting equipment known as the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to drop red-colored retardant, or ‘slurry’ as it is sometimes called, from the plane into the air over a fire. MAFFS was established by Congress in the early 1970s to create a national response system to better fight major fires. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
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Slurry drop
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Posted: 5/8/2009
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Slurry drop
A C-130 uses aerial firefighting equipment known as the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to drop red-colored retardant, or ‘slurry’ as it is sometimes called, from the plane into the air over a fire. MAFFS was established by Congress in the early 1970s to create a national response system to better fight major fires. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
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Slurry drop
A C-130 uses aerial firefighting equipment known as the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to drop red-colored retardant, or ‘slurry’ as it is sometimes called, from the plane into the air over a fire. MAFFS was established by Congress in the early 1970s to create a national response system to better fight major fires. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
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Slurry drop
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Posted: 5/8/2009
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Slurry drop
A C-130 uses aerial firefighting equipment known as the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to drop red-colored retardant, or ‘slurry’ as it is sometimes called, from the plane into the air over a fire. MAFFS was established by Congress in the early 1970s to create a national response system to better fight major fires. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
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Posted: 5/8/2009
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Water drop
A C-130 Hercules cargo plane assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, North
Carolina Air National Guard, drops 3,000 gallons of water using Modular
Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) during the MAFFS 2008 annual
certifying event. The annual training event includes all aircrew,
maintenance, support personnel directly supporting the MAFFS mission. There
are 4 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units involved with MAFFS:
145th Airlift Wing, (Charlotte), 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), 153rd
Airlift Wing, (Wyoming) and the 302nd Airlift Wing (Colorado). Photo By Tech
Sgt Brian E. Christiansen, N.C. Air National Guard Public Affairs.
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Water drop
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Posted: 5/8/2009
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Raptors such as these have been used to conduct air patrols around Cape Canaveral during shuttle launches.
F-22 fighter aircraft patrol areas around critical infrastucture. Raptors such as these have been used to conduct air patrols around Cape Canaveral during shuttle launches.
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Posted: 2/20/2009
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