Fighter Aircraft Operations

Diverse scenes of fighter jets on active duty, including preflight checks, ground crew activities, and military exercises in various U.S. airbases.

U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 157th Fighter Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, taxi in an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on the flight line during exercise Sentry Savannah 22-1 at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia, May 11, 2022. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guards premier counter air exercise, encompassing 10 units of fourth- and fifth- generation fighter aircraft, which tests the capabilities of warfighters in a simulated near-peer environment and trains the next generation of fighter pilots for tomorrows fight.
U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 157th Fighter Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, taxi in an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on the flight line during exercise Sentry Savannah 22-1 at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia, May 11, 2022. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guards premier counter air exercise, encompassing 10 units of fourth- and fifth- generation fighter aircraft, which tests the capabilities of warfighters in a simulated near-peer environment and trains the next generation of fighter pilots for tomorrows fight.