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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, undergoes its final checks before flying air strike missions in support of NATO Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999. Operation Allied Force is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

A Fighting Falcon undergoes its final checks before flying air strike missions.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, undergoes its final checks before flying air strike missions in support of NATO Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999. Operation Allied Force is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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