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An F-16 from the 421st Fighter Squadron here releases a weapon over the Utah Test and Training Range during the Weapons System Evaluation Program Aug. 12-23. The program, better known as ?Combat Hammer,? analyzes the bomb from the time it is built to the time it is deployed to determine how successful it might be in combat.


Combat Hammer

An F-16 from the 421st Fighter Squadron here releases a weapon over the Utah Test and Training Range during the Weapons System Evaluation Program Aug. 12-23. The program, better known as ?Combat Hammer,? analyzes the bomb from the time it is built to the time it is deployed to determine how successful it might be in combat.

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Airman 1st Class Joe Pearson, a crew chief with the 388th Fighter Wing from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, stands on the flight line in front of his F-16 Fighting Falcon, April 28, 2017, at Albacete Air Base, Spain. The active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings are in Spain training with NATO allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justin Fuchs)
Lt. Col. George Watkins, 34th Fighter Squadron commander, drops a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb from an F-35A at the Utah Test and Training Range Feb. 25, 2016. The 34th Fighter Squadron is the Air Force's first combat unit to employ munitions from the F-35A. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Haseltine)
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An F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is prepared for a strike against targets in Iraq and Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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(U.S. Air Force photo/Alex R. Lloyd)
Capt. Tyler McBride, 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron director of operations, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, takes off in an F-16 Fighting Falcon on his first combat sortie from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2015. The 555th EFS, deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy, is nearing the end of its six-month deployment at Bagram and will hand the reins over to the 421st EFS in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and NATO's Resolute Support mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford/Released)
U.S. Air Force file photo by Alex R. Lloyd
388th Fighter Wing F-16s prepare to take off during a surge exercise in Dec. 2014. The active duty 388th FW and the Reserve 419th FW share a fleet of Block 40 F-16s, and are required to train at night to maintain their readiness and all weather capabilities. When on a surge schedule, the wings will increase their normal day-to-day workload and conduct missions from 8 a.m. until shortly after midnight. A surge exercise provides a valuable opportunity to evaluate aircraft maintenance resiliency and operational agility.
The first F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter ever to land at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, arrived here the afternoon of Sept. 13, 2013. The multirole, fifth-generation fighter arrived from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev. to undergo post-production modifications at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)
(U.S. Air Force photo/Alex Lloyd)