February - April 2003 ........(page 1) (Based somewhere in the Middle East) |
1st Fighter Wing - Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)  71st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) deployed for OIF to a sandy location in the Middle East. (71st FS photo). |
Composite Wing during OIF -- 1st FW (71st FS) and 33rd FW (58th FS) F-15Cs, C-130s and Patriots (photo courtesy Capt John "Wiser" Jacobus -- "deployed from Eglin 58 EFS and worked as the Maintenance Squadron Mx Super, so I led both the Eglin and Langley back shop personnel. ") |
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1FW F-15C flagship deployed during OIF (photo courtesy Capt John "Wiser" Jacobus) |
1FW F-15Cs deployed and 'loaded for Bear' 21 April 2003 (photo courtesy Capt John "Wiser" Jacobus) |
1st FW F-15C taxis for takeoff on OIF mission (photo courtesy Capt John "Wiser" Jacobus) |
 Temporary lodging facility in Germany, Feb 2003, en route to the Middle East. (71st FS photo) |
 Tent City on a typical windy, dusty day. (Photo courtesy Adam Starr) |
 71 FS Flight Doc, Capt. Starr, in his finest sandstorm ensemble (Photo courtesy Adam Starr) |
 Ops Tent mission briefing room scene: "Indy" , 1st OSS commander, discusses the finer points of his upcoming mission with "Jeckyll" as his three wingmen study the details on the mission data cards. "Curly" McKenzie, the 71st Commander, looks on. (71st FS photo) |
 An F-15C Eagle from the 1st Fighter Wing receives fuel during a CAP mission in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom |
 An Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat is unearthed from its hiding place beneath a mountain of sand at an Iraqi airbase in April 2003. The Iraqis chose to hide their airplanes rather than have them shot down b the Ironmen or have their pilots defect with them. (DoD photo) |
 Flight Gear carefully wrapped up for protection against the ever-present dust and sand. (71st FS photo) |
 Sand storms like this one made takeoffs and landings impossible at times. (71st FS photo) |
OIF photos - Page 2 |
