625th STOS lights up the night sky

Naval Aviators assigned to the U.S. Navy's Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR (VQ-4), operate an E-6B Mercury during takeoff for an Operational Test Launch out of Vandenberg Space Force Base, April 18, 2023. The E-6B is a dual-mission aircraft capable of fulfilling either the TACAMO mission or the airborne strategic command post mission and is equipped with an airborne launch control system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Codie Trimble)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Codie Trimble
VIRIN: 230418-F-PG806-0122.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON Z 7_2

LENS

NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/60

ISO

3200

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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