A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 79th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, South Carolina (SC) refuels from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft for the 916th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 77th Aerial Refueling Squadron "Tigers", Seymour Johnson AFB, SC, during the Tiger Meet of the Americas exercise held at Buckley AFB, Colorado (CO). The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely resembles the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 79th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, South Carolina (SC) refuels from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft for the 916th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 77th Aerial Refueling Squadron "Tigers", Seymour Johnson AFB, SC, during the Tiger Meet of the Americas exercise held at Buckley AFB, Colorado (CO). The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely resembles the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Buckley Air Force Base

State: Colorado (CO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: Air Combat Command

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Greg L. Davis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Fighter planes and military aircrafts.

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Date

13/08/2001
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The U.S. National Archives
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