An F-5E Tiger II aircraft is readied for an upcoming mission during Exercise RED STAR'87. The annual exercise, which is hosted by the 527th Aggressor Squadron, employs F-5 Tiger II aircraft and F-111 aircraft to simulate Soviet formations and tactics, thereby providing realistic training for US Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft pilots
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RED STAR
Base: Royal Air Force Alconbury
Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Nolan, Aavs
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/07/1987
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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