Airmen from the 421st EFS perform a final safety inspection before F-16C block 40 #88-0422 from the 421st FS takes off for its mission on August 20th, 2009. The aircraft launched from Bagram AB to provide security to the Afghan people on their election day. The F-16's and the Airmen from the 421st EFS are deployed from Hill AFB. [USAF photo by SrA. Felicia Juenke]
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News: Utah airmen vital to Afghanistan operations [2009-09-20]
The men and women of the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings arrived in Afghanistan and made history as the first U.S. F-16s to operate out of this country.
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F-16 #88422
The aircraft launched on August 20th from Bagram AB to provide security to the Afghan people on their election day.
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