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F-16 Night Takeoffs (2012)

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Apr 172012
 
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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).

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Heads To Florida For Final Shuttle Ferry Flight

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Apr 162012
 
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NASA Dryden video by Steve Parcel
NASA’s Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft No. 905 departed NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California April 10, 2012 for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for ferrying the retired space shuttle Discovery to its final destination – the National Air and Space Museum’s Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy center adjacent to Dulles Airport near Washington D.C. Discovery would be mounted piggyback atop the highly modified Boeing 747, and make a low-altitude flyover over several iconic locations in the nation’s capital before landing at nearby Dulles International Airport in suburban Chantilly, Va.

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