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The pilot of an Air Force F-15 Eagle fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile at a QF-4 Rhino full-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico on July 21, 2005. The Eagle is assigned to the 131st Fighter Wing, 110th Fighter Squadron, St. Louis Missouri Air National Guard, and is deployed to Tyndall to participate in the Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program.

The pilot of an Air Force F-15 Eagle fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.

The pilot of an Air Force F-15 Eagle fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile at a QF-4 Rhino full-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico on July 21, 2005. The Eagle is assigned to the 131st Fighter Wing, 110th Fighter Squadron, St. Louis Missouri Air National Guard, and is deployed to Tyndall to participate in the Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program.

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