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These photos of the Air Force at night are breathtaking

Jeremy BenderAug 17, 2016, 00:56 IST

An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing sits on the flightline March 25, 2015, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel

The US Air Force is the world's premier aerial force.

The Air Force has 39 distinct types of aircraft, not counting individual variants within each of those airframes. This range of planes allow the Air Force to highly specialize for each mission and achieve incredible successes.

The following photos show some of the amazing missions that the Air Force carries out both on air and land at night.