Video by Staff Sgt. Michelle Emery/Revoir 1st Combat Camera Squadron
18th Aggressor Squadron (F-16 Fighting Falcons) conducting a training mission near the Island of Guam in support of exercise Cope North 2012. COPE NORTH is a multilateral exercise featuring the U.S. Air Force, the Japan Air Self Defense Force, and the Royal Australian Air Force designed to enhance air operations in the Pacific Region.
Video by Staff Sgt. Jose Rodriguez 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
US Air force F15 Aggressor refueling over Nellis Air Force Base during Air Combat Command’s premiere Excercise Red Flag.
Video by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder 169th Fighter Wing/Public Affairs
Active duty and South Carolina Air National Guard airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., go through a final mobility processing function before they are scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in the next couple of days. Personnel are deploying from McEntire for an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. More than a dozen Swamp Fox F-16 fighter jets, pilots, and nearly 500 personnel (pilots, maintenance specialists and support staff) will deploy for about four months to complete an aviation package necessary to conduct the close air support mission for troops on the ground in the area of responsibility (AOR).