1st Fighter Wing - Operation Northern Watch - Page 2

(Based out of Incirlik AB , Turkey)

 

Incirlik AB, Turkey ("India Loop" hardened aircraft shelters - HASs)
Photo by
27 FS.

27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, ONW, Sep-Nov 2002

1st FW F-15s swap refueling positions behind the tanker during ONW (over an overcast)

Photo by MSgt Thomas J Meneguin

Hardened Ops buiding exterior

Photo by 27 FS.


Maintenance area, 27 EFS. Note PW-100 engines under tents in background

1st FW F-15s approaches refueling position over eastern Turkey
Photo by MSgt Thomas J Meneguin

Enlisted Quarters - 4 to a tent, Incirlik AB, Turkey

A 71st FS deployed with the 27th EFS to ONW, Summer 2002

1st FW F-15s begin to split, maneuvering to tactical formation over eastern Turkey.
Photo by MSgt Thomas J Meneguin

27th EFS three-ship of F-15s refuel from a KC-10

27th EFS pilots try out their new Turkish-made shot guns at the shooting range

LtCol "Squat" Feaga (27 FS commander) and Lt "Moose" Gardner in "hardened ops" building just prior to stepping out to jets for ONW combat sortie
Photo by
27 FS.
 

Euphrates River Dam near the Syrian Border - a familiar landmark en route to Iraq from Incirlik AB

27 EFS pilot refuels from a KC-135 in southeastern Turkey

The bustling city of Adana, just west of Incirlik AB, Turkey