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
Summary
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
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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