Senior Airman Alden Gehrt sits in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon and Staff Sgt. Tarha Mazyck conduct routine system maintenance before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 Feb. 26 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Airman Gehrt is an avionics apprentice and Sergeant Mazyck is an an avionics craftsman. Both are deployed here from the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
Airman 1st Class Patrick Densford marshals Capt. Mike Willhide in an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a night flying operation during Red Flag 09-3 Feb. 26 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Airman Densford is a 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 crew chief deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Captain Willhide is a 157th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief assigned to the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, walks past his mission-ready jet before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 Feb. 26 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
Airman 1st Class Patrick Densford conducts a walk-through inspection of an F-16 Fighting Falcon before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 Feb. 26 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Airman Densford is a 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 crew chief deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
Capt. Mike Willhide (left) reviews his F-16 Fighting Falcon preflight paperwork with Airman 1st Class Patrick Densford before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 Feb. 26 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Airman Densford is a 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 crew chief deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Captain Willhide is a 157th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
Airman 1st Class Patrick Densford inspects the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon before night flying operations during Red Flag 09-3 Feb. 26 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. Airman Densford is a 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 crew chief deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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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