U.S. Marine Sgt. Rene R. Benedit (left), Lance Cpl. Ricardo Almaguer (center) and Lance Cpl. Keith Holmes (right), carry a AIM-9 Sidewinder missile to its station on a Marine F/A-18 Hornet at Aviano Air Base, Italy, as it is prepared for a mission over Bosnia and Herzegovina on December 28, 1995. The Hornet's mission is in support of the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) in Operation Joint Endeavor. The Marines and their aircraft are deployed to Aviano from Fighter Attack (All Weather) Squadron 224 of Beaufort, South Carolina, USA.
DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Russ Pollanen, U.S. Air Force.
1995-12-28
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