Caption:
Close-up of a F-16CJ of the 78th Fighter Squadron / 20th Fighter Wing,
as it flies over the desert near the Saudi Arabian / Iraqi
border. The aircraft is armed with a High Speed Anti-Radiation
Missile (HARM) which is visable underneath the wing along with a
external fuel tank. Hanging off of the centerline weapons station
is an ALQ-119 Electroninc Jamming Pod which is used for self
protection. The F-16CJ's of the 77th and 78th Fighter Squadrons
are currently deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. The
F-16CJ is tasked with providing the suppression of enemy air
defenses over the No-Fly , No-Drive Zone over Southern Iraq.
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