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Slovak and U.S. officials gather for the media following the April 1 arrival of 10 F-16 Falcons (Not shown) from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. More than 200 Spangdahlem Airmen (Not Shown) are deployed to Malacky for a two-week training exercise, named Lion's Claw, that is giving U.S. and Slovak Air Forces an opportunity to share tactics, techniques and procedures

A US Air Force F-16 Falcon taxis past the media at Malacky Air Force Base, Slovakia, after its arrival from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. 10 F-16's from the 23rd Fighter Squadron and more than 200 Airmen (Not shown) are deployed here for a two-week training exercise, named Lion's Claw, that will give U.S. and Slovak Air Forces an opportunity to share tactics, techniques and procedures

US Air Force Major Kevin Booth (Center), 23rd Fighter Squadron Assistant Director of Operations, looks on as Slovak Air Force Colonel Juraj Baranek, 33rd Air Force Base Commander (left), greets Brigadier General Donald Hoffman, Wing Commander of the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, following the unit's arrival in Slovakia. More than 200 Spangdahlem Airmen (Not shown) are deployed to Malacky Air Base in Slovakia for a two-week training exercise, named Lion's Claw, that is giving U.S. and Slovak Air Forces an opportunity to share tactics, techniques and procedures

Slovak Air Force Colonel Juraj Baranek, 33rd Air Force Base Commander (left), and Brigadier General Donald Hoffman (Center), 52nd Fighter Wing Commander, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, report to Lieutenant General Milan Cerovsky (Right), Slovak CHIEF of General STAFF, following the arrival of 10 F-16 Falcons (Not shown) from Spangdahlem's 23rd Fighter Squadron. More than 200 Spangdahlem Airmen are deployed here to support a two-week fighter training deployment, named Lion's Claw. The deployment is giving Slovak Air Forces an opportunity to share tactics, techniques, and procedures with their American counterparts

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Tavares Lumpkin, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Spangdahlem, Air Base, Germany, breaks down a tent at 33rd Kuchyna Air Force Base, Malacky, Slovakia. Nearly 200 people and eight A-10's from Spangdahlem AB, DEU, are deployed to Slovakia for a two-week training exercise, which allowed US and Slovak Air Forces an opportunity to share tactics, techniques and procedures

An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from 23rd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany waits for the signal to shut down his engines on Friday, April 16, 1999. The pilot is returning from an air strike mission over Yugoslavia. The mission is part of NATO Operation Allied Force. Members of the 23rd Fighter Squadron are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Sean Rawles (left), 606th Air Control Squadron and (right) SRA Joseph B. Andrews, 52nd Communications Squadron, secures the feed horn to a 20ft satellite dish. Over 200 troops (Not shown) from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, were deployed to 33rd Air Force Base at Malacky, Slovakia, to support Exercise Lion's Claw

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US Air Force Colonel Micheal Beard, 52nd Operations Group Commander, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, presents a unit patch to Slovak Air Force Colonel Juraj Baranek, the 33rd Air Base Commander at Malacky Air Base, Slovakia. More than 200 U.S. Airmen (Not shown) from Spangdahlem's 23rd Fighter Squadron are in Slovakia supporting the first American fighter training deployment to what was once part of the Soviet Union. The two-week training exercise, named Lion's Claw, is allowing U.S. pilots in Europe to expand their training

A US Air Force F-16 Falcon from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, is the first U.S. warplane to touch Slovak soil after touching down at Malacky Air Base, Slovakia. Colonel Richard Reynolds, Spangdahlem's 23rd Fighter Squadron Commander, landed the plane April 1. More than 200 Spangdahlem Airmen (Not Shown) are deployed to Malacky for a two-week training exercise, named Lion's Claw, that is giving U.S. and Slovak Air Forces an opportunity to share tactics, techniques and procedures

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: LION'S CLAW

Base: Malacky

Country: Slovakia (SVK)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Esperanza Berrios, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/2000
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Spangdahlem AB ,  49.97267, 6.69250
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An F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52 aircraft from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, in flight. The aircraft is armed with AGM-88 HARM's (high-speed anti-radiation missile), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAM's (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile). Another F-16 can be seen in the distance

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