Red Flag 09-3

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Senior Airman Alden Gehrt (cockpit), an F-16 Fighting Falcon avionics apprentice, and Staff Sgt. Tarha Mazyck, an avionics craftsman, conduct routine system maintenance before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 26, 2009. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Both Airman Gehrt and Sergeant Mazyck are deployed here from the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Tech. Sgt. Mike Jackson, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon avionics systems craftsman, transfers a sniper pod from one cradle to another during Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 26, 2009. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Sergeant Jackson is deployed here from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Patrick Densford, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, marshals Capt. Mike Willhide, 157th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, for a night flying operation during Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 26, 2009. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Airman Densford is deployed here from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Captain Willhide is deployed here from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Patrick Densford, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, inspects the cockpit of his jet before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 26, 2009. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Airman Densford is deployed here from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Capt. Mike Willhide, (left) 157th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, reviews his pre-flight paperwork with Airman 1st Class Patrick Densford, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 26, 2009. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Captain Willhide is deployed here from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. Airman Densford is deployed here from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Patrick Densford, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, conducts a walk-through inspection of his jet before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 26, 2009. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Airman Densford is deployed here from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief assigned to the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, walks past his mission-ready jet before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 26, 2009. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Staff Sgt. Sydney Chapman, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, tightens safety wires on the aircraft's hubcap before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 26, 2009. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Sergeant Chapman is deployed here from the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Senior Airman Alden Gehrt (left), an F-16 Fighting Falcon avionics apprentice, and Staff Sgt. Tarha Mazyck, an avionics craftsman, tighten screws on a sniper pod before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 26, 2009. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Both Airman Gehrt and Sergeant Mazyck are deployed here from the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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