Senior Airman Dias checks an AIM-120 missile attached to a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon. Senior Airman Thomas Dias checks an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile attached to the wing of a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on March 31, 1999. The Fighting Falcon is being prepared for an air strike mission in support of NATO Operation Allied Force which is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Dias is attached to the 22nd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and is deployed to Aviano in support of Allied Force. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.05 MB) Photo By: VIRIN: 052288-L-XOB26-397.jpg Photo Gallery