美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-2 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队第157战斗机中队（169FW/157FS）一架 F-16CM 战斗机进行飞行前检查。（U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Isaac Niesen, a crew chief with the 169th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, conducts pre-flight checks on an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet as Maj. Ryan Corrigan prepares to taxi and takeoff for a training mission during Green Flag-West at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. on Nov. 4, 2013. Green Flag-West provides joint close-air support training for forces preparing to support combat operations.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-2 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队第157战斗机中队（169FW/157FS）一架 F-16CM 战斗机起飞执演。（A U.S. Air Force fighter pilot from the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet for a training mission during Green Flag-West at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. on Nov. 4, 2013. Green Flag-West provides joint close-air support training for forces preparing to support combat operations.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-2 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队第157战斗机中队（169FW/157FS）一架 F-16CM 战斗机起飞执演。（A U.S. Air Force fighter pilot from the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet for a training mission during Green Flag-West at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. on Nov. 4, 2013. Green Flag-West provides joint close-air support training for forces preparing to support combat operations.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-2 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队第157战斗机中队（169FW/157FS）一架 F-16CM 战斗机起飞执演。（A U.S. Air Force fighter pilot from the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet for a training mission during Green Flag-West at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. on Nov. 4, 2013. Green Flag-West provides joint close-air support training for forces preparing to support combat operations.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-2 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队第157战斗机中队（169FW/157FS）指挥官座机 F-16CM 战斗机起飞执演。（A U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet for a training mission from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Nov. 7, 2013. Members of the 169th Fighter Wing are at Nellis to train for an upcoming Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployment and to support Green Flag-West, a joint close-air support training mission for forces preparing to support combat operations.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-2 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队第157战斗机中队（169FW/157FS）一架 F-16CM 战斗机起飞执演。（A U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet for a training mission from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Nov. 7, 2013. Members of the 169th Fighter Wing are at Nellis to train for an upcoming Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployment and to support Green Flag-West, a joint close-air support training mission for forces preparing to support combat operations.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-2 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队第157战斗机中队（169FW/157FS）一架联队指挥官座机 F-16CM 战斗机起飞执演。（U.S. Air Force Col. Mike Manning, 169th Fighter Wing Commander at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet for a training mission from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Nov. 7, 2013. Members of the 169th Fighter Wing are at Nellis to train for an upcoming Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployment and to support Green Flag-West, a joint close-air support training mission for forces preparing to support combat operations.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-2 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军南卡罗来纳州空中国民警卫队第169战斗机联队第157战斗机中队（169FW/157FS）一架 F-16CM 战斗机起飞执演。（A U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet for a training mission from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Nov. 7, 2013. Members of the 169th Fighter Wing are at Nellis to train for an upcoming Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployment and to support Green Flag-West, a joint close-air support training mission for forces preparing to support combat operations.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-08 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军第31战斗机联队（31FW）一架 F-16CM 战斗机在跑道上滑行。（Green Flag conducts large scale exercise. A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, taxis on the flightline during Green Flag West 14-8, June 26, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The F-16 is a super-sonic multirole fighter aircraft capable of carrying six air-to-air missiles, conventional air-to-air and air-to-surface munitions, and electronic countermeasure pods. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Spangler.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，西部绿旗 14-09 联合空地攻击演习中，美国空军第309战斗机中队（309FS）一架 F-16C 战斗机向跑道滑行。（An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 309th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., taxis to the runway during Green Flag-West 14-09 at Nellis AFB, Nev., Aug. 21, 2014. Green Flag exercises give visiting units the opportunity to train in air-to-ground combat operations. Many of the training exercise scenarios call for providing air support to ground troops who are participating in ground combat exercises.）