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Tougher Falcon

OVER COLORADO (AFPN) - The F-16 Fighting Falcon, America's premier multirole fighter, is slipping into some tougher armor that promises to extend the aircraft's life by about eight years. The work is being done at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg L. Davis)

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Dusty falcons

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi toward parking spots at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. Airmen and aircraft from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are currently deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)

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Falcons roost

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Crew chiefs marshal F-16 Fighting Falcons toward parking spots at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. Airmen and aircraft from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are currently deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)

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Stop here

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A crew chief signals a pilot to park his F-16 Fighting Falcon at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. Airmen and aircraft from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are currently deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)

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Osan crash sire

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Remnants of the Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon lay scattered around aircraft static displays of an F-86 Sabre and F-4 Phantom near the base entrance. A pilot from the 36th Fighter Squadron was taking off on a training mission in the F-16 when the crash occurred May 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Lloyd)

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Crash site

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Remnants of the Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon lay scattered around aircraft static displays of an F-86 Sabre and F-4 Phantom near the base entrance. A pilot from the 36th Fighter Squadron was taking off on a training mission in the F-16 when the crash occurred May 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Lloyd)

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Thunderbird up close

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Air Force Thunderbirds speeds past observers at the Air Force Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex Worden)

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Graduation celebration

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Cadets of the Air Force Academy Class of 2003 celebrate at graduation ceremonies here May 28 as the Air Force Thunderbirds fly overhead. The 974 students marked the academy's 45th graduating class. (U.S. Air Force photo by Danny Myers)

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Italian falcon

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFPN) -- Italian defense officials accepted the first of 34 modified and refurbished F-16 Fighting Falcon A and B models from Ogden Air Logistics Center experts here May 16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)

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Safe Hooligans

FARGO, N.D. (AFPN) -- Lt. Col. Dana S. Mullenhour steers aircraft No. 82-1006, through a shower here May 14 to celebrate the completion of 60,000 accident-free flying hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon for the 119th Fighter Wing. Overall, the North Dakota Air National Guard has amassed more than 132,400 flying hours without a Class A mishap. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)

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Diamond formation

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform at the 2003 "Defenders of Liberty" air show held here May 10-11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Denise A. Rayder)

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Fighter trio

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- From left to right, 1st Lt. Julie Ayres and Capts. Mary Melfi and Tally Parham walk down the flightline at a forward-deployed air base in the Middle East on May 3. The three officers are assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and flew combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ayres and Melfi are F-15E Strike Eagle weapons system officers deployed from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Parham is an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron of the South Carolina Air National Guard at McEntire Air National Guard Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Derrick C. Goode)

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Triple threat

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- From left to right, Capts. Tally Parham and Mary Melfi and 1st Lt. Julie Ayres walk down the flightline at a forward-deployed air base in the Middle East on May 3. The three officers are assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and flew combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ayres and Melfi are F-15E Strike Eagle weapons system officers deployed from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Parham is an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from the South Carolina Air National Guard at McEntire Air National Guard Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Derrick C. Goode)

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Cruising

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 18th Fighter Squadron, Eielson AFB, Alaska makes its appoach to Andersen AFB, Guam. The aircraft is participating in Exercise Tandem Thrust '03, conducted in the Mariana Islands. The exercise is a joint endeavor to include forces from the U.S., Canada, and Australia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Kimble)

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Gas line

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Aircraft of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and coalition counterparts fly over the desert April 14. Aircraft include the KC-135 Stratotanker, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-117 Nighthawk, F-16 Fighting Falcon, British GR-4 Tornado and Australian F/A-18 Hornet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ron Przysucha)

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