Pilots from the 78th Tactical Fighter Squadron participate in a preflight briefing during Exercise REFORGER ’86.
Aircrew members of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing prepare for a mission in support of the joint Australian, New Zealand and US (ANZUS) Exercise TRIAD ’84.
A pilot from the 199th TFS checks an AIM-9N/P Sidewinder missile aboard an F-4 Phantom II aircraft prior to flight operations during Exercise Cope Thunder ’85.
F-4 Phantom II aircraft pilots from the 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, George Air Force Base, California, discuss the staging of support mission with a British officer during Exercise Reforger ’81.
Pilots check Mark 339 fuse settings on Mark 20 Rockeye bombs loaded on an F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The pilots are members of the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, preparing for flight.
An F-4E pilot discusses aircraft maintenance with an airman before flight during exercise Cope North ’80. The pilot is assigned to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron.
Captain Drew Nelson, F-4E Phantom II aircraft pilot, and LT Steven Skinner, weapons officer, both of the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron, checks maintenance log on thier aircraft during Exercise AMALGAM CHIEF ’88. .
Captain (CPT) Ron Mumm of the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron during Exercise CORAL SEA ’85.
A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots are briefed on an upcoming mission during Exercise CHECKERED FLAG ’83.
A pilot from the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing signs a maintenance form prior to boarding his A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Exercise THUNDERHOG V.
Captain Jerrold Lawrence of the 26th Aggressor Squadron stands in front of an F-5E Tiger II aircraft before a mission during Exercise COPE THUNDER ’84-7.
A lift support specialist checks the fitting of a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing air crewman’s survival vest as U.S. Air Force personnel prepare to depart for Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield.
Captain Chris White, pilot, 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, plans a mission for Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER ’86.
MAJ Terry B. Pappas, pilot, and MAJ John D. Manzi, reconnaissance officer, stand beside their 9th strategic Reconnaissance Wing SR-71 aircraft after delivering the plane for its deactivation ceremony. Following the ceremony, the SR-71 will be on permanent display at the March Field Museum.
32 TFS C-flight at Soesterberg AB
Captain Joseph Hedrick of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, poses with a rifle in front of his F-16 aircraft to symbolize the Long Rifle III competition in which he has taken Top Gun honors. The semi-annual air-to-ground gunnery competition tests tactical air crews’ abilities to plan and execute long-range missions, execute attacks on first-look targets and accurately deliver ordnance.
Captain (CPT) Robert E. Millay, an F-111A radar navigation instructor, checks his arrival time from the cockpit of his 528th Bombardment Squadron FB-111A aircraft during Exercise PROUD SHIELD ’87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition.
Capt. Mark ‘Zeke’ Zechman 53 TFS in the life support shop, Bitburg AB. 1988
Rowdy Lewis, Jack Fry and “Cub”. 53 TFS Tigers Bitburg AB
22 TFS Capt Scott ‘Doc ‘Horowitz completing the post flight paperwork back at Bitburg AB.
Lt. Col. Bill ‘Tunes’ Looney while commanding the 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bitburg AB
MAJ Jimmy Robbins stands in front of the last F-106A Delta Dart aircraft in active service before its final flight. Robbins will fly the aircraft to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, where it will be used in the QF-106 drone program. The Delta Dart was used in the B-1B aircraft production acceptance flight test program as a safety chase aircraft.
Capt. Pat Shay, a pilot with the 944th Tactical Fighter Group, sits in the cockpit of his F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft as his crew chief, MSGT Ken Mitchell, stands behind him. Capt Shay won “Top Gun” honors at the Air Force worldwide fighter gunnery meet Gunsmoke ’89.
Capt. Frank Ott, Capt Ed Conrad of the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron plan a mission for Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER ’86.
Pilots from the 138th Tactical Fighter Squadron hold an impromptu debriefing in the rear of a truck after the first orientation flight of exercise Coronet Sail.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert McIntosh of the 303rd Tactical Fighter Squadron is briefed on the day’s sorties during Exercise CORONET CARD.
Pilots of the 19th Tactical Fighter Squadron (19th TFS) take part in a briefing prior to a competition in which they will attempt to break the record for the total number of F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft sorties flown in one day. The 19th TFS pilots plan to fly 160 sorties to break the current record of 144 which is held by a US Air Force Europe unit.
1LT Dean Weathers, left, an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot with the 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron, inspects the nose of an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile during a preflight check of his aircraft as his maintenance crew chief, SSGT Mark Payne, looks on.
Colonel (COL) John F. Lewis, 13th Air Force exercise commander, greets 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle aircraft pilots as they arrive for COMMANDO WEST IX, a joint US and Thailand training exercise.
A Royal Jordanian air force official converses with Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Dan Dick, 33rd Tactical Fighter Squadron commander, during Exercise SHADOW HAWK ’87, a phase of BRIGHT STAR ’87. The US Central Command exercise represents a Joint Chiefs of Staff effort to evaluate procedures used to deploy US tactical and logistical forces and provides US forces with the opportunity to operate with Jordanian military forces, work in a desert environment and check the effectiveness of a joint communications network.
CPT John Bush briefs 1LT Dave Votipka prior to their flight during Exercise Quick Thrust ’83-1. Both men are members of the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
Rep. Bill Chappell of Florida, left, and LCOL Steve Wilson, 59th Tactical Fighter Squadron, go over their route prior to flying to an air show in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Major (MAJ) George Cella, center, of the 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron, briefs his flight team on weather conditions, flight plans and estimated arrival times for their deployment to El Libertador Air Base, Venezuela, for a two-week training exercise with members of Group 16 of the Venezuelan air force. Members of the team include Captain (CPT) Tom Sykes, Lieutenant (LT) Rick Davis and LT John Park.
MAJ Frank Greene, left, and MAJ Mike Christian, center, Air Force reservists with the 706th Tactical Fighter Squadron, work in the Tactical Air Command Denmark (TACDEN) headquarters during the NATO exercise Tactical Fighter Weaponry ’89.
Forward air control instructor MAJ Scott Shinn explains the Cessna O-2A aircraft’s rocket pod firing sequence to three other Missouri Air National Guard pilots of the 110th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
Brigadier General Keith B. Connolly, 5th Air Force Vice Commander, waves to a passerby while speaking with Lieutenant Colonel Mike Marshall, 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 944th Tactical Fighter Group. The men are at Iwakuni to take part in COPE NORTH 89-2, a quarterly, joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force and US Air Force exercise.
L-R: Harold “Shaka” Schatz, Les O’Brian, Jamie Bury, and Richard Dove 199 TFS Hickam AFB
199 TFS on TDY at Misawa AB, Japan Top row (L-R): Robert “BD” Darrow, Leonard “Nick” Sporik, Gregory Gardner, JASDF, Dave Nishioka, Garret “Oz” Osborne. Middle row: Michael Mitchell, Jeffrey Nishimura, Daniel “Stoney” Stone, Joseph “Primo” AhNew, Herman Lau, Lawrence “Cabby” Cabrinha, Clyde Torigoe, John “Saigon” Lee. Front row, Harold “Ninja” Fujii, Melvin Matsui, Michael “Boss” Tice, Wayne “Wildman” Wakeman,
