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An F-16CJ Fighting Falcon soars in the skies over Turkey during Northern Watch.
A U.S. Air Force F-16CJ Fighting Falcon soars in the skies over Turkey before being refueled in flight for an Operation Northern Watch mission on March 6, 1999. Northern Watch is the coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Northern Iraq. The Fighting Falcon is from the 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.