Norwegian participation of the 50 years D-Day celebrations. The smoke in the background is from a couple departing MiG-29s.

This Norwegian Viper arrived back at Kabul with live GBU air to ground bombs, a filled 30mm canon and air-to-air Sidewinders, so it did not fight the Taliban this time. The Norwegians shared the deployment within ISAF with the Dutch F-16s and together they formed the "First Netherlands/Norwegian Expedition Air Wing (EEAW) F-16 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Detachment 4.

Blasting away from the Kabul runway, topped of with live GBU air to ground bombs, a filled 30mm canon and air-to-air Sidewinders, this Norwegian Viper starts a new mission to fight Taliban. One could think "why Sidewinders, as there was no air-to-air threat over Afghanistan"... the clarification is that the wing stress is decreased with the attachment of Sidewinders. The Norwegians shared the deployment within ISAF with the Dutch F-16s and together they formed the "first Netherlands / Norwegian Expedition Air Wing (EEAW) F-16 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Detachment 4.

The Norwegians shared the deployment within ISAF with the Dutch F-16s and together they formed the "first Netherlands / Norwegian Expedition Air Wing (EEAW) F-16 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Detachment 4", or in short 1 NLD/NOR EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-4. The Norwegians relieved the Belgiums with 1 NLD/BEL EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-3. Here all four Vipers can be seen during the 2006 deployment.

A Norwegian F-16AM in a warzone, topped of with live GBUs, Sidewinders and a targeting pod. The Norwegians shared the deployment within ISAF with the Dutch F-16s and together they formed the "first Netherlands / Norwegian Expedition Air Wing (EEAW) F-16 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Detachment 4", or in short 1 NLD/NOR EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-4. The Norwegians relieved the Belgiums with 1 NLD/BEL EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-3.