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Airmen prepare F-16C block 30 #86-0301 for takeoff at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, on Aug. 16 2006. The fighter squadrons here fired live AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles at flares dropped by A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Osan AB, South Korea. [USAF photo by TSgt Jeffrey Allen]
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An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, flies toward a military operating area on Aug. 16. Pilots from Kunsan employed AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on Aug. 16 for the first time in the history of 7th Air Force in Korea. [USAF photo by TSgt Jeffrey Allen]
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An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot fires one of the first air-to-air missiles launched by a South Korean-based F-16 on Aug. 16. The live fire is part of a process for implementing a weapon system evaluation program for jets assigned to Kunsan Air Base, Korea. [USAF photo by TSgt...
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Three F-16s from the 18th FS, with F-16C block 40 #90-0472 in front, are flying in formation during a refueling mission in support of exercise Northern Edge '04 on June 11th, 2004. Northern Edge '04 is Alaska command's annual joint-training exercise to improve joint operations...

USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2074 assigned to the 18th FS taxies on the runway at Eielson AFB on May 19th, 2004. The aircraft is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and a AGM-65 Maverick Missile. [USAF photo by SrA Joshua Strang]

USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0547 leads four Falcons from the 36th FS at Osan AB and wait for final clearance to launch for an afternoon sortie during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (IRRE/CERE) on July 25th, 2001. [USAF photo by SSgt...

USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0540 from the 36th FS is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles taxiing to the main runway in support of the Osan AB Operational Readiness Inspection on March 17th, 2001. [USAF photo by SSgt George F. Thompson]

USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2113 with a special tail band indicating a win at the 1995 Gunsmoke competition flies formation with an A-10. The aircraft is assigned to the 18th FS and is marked 354th FW. Photographed on May 28, 1996. [USAF photoTECH. SGT. John K. McDowell]

Three ship formation of 18th FS F-16's with the closest aircraft being #90-0744. Seen here on May 28th, 1996 carrying cluster weapons. [USAF photo by TSgt John K. McDowell]