71st Fighter Squadron Pilots & Operations Support personnel, Operation Desert Shield/Storm, 1990-91
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27th Fighter Squadron Pilots & Ops Support personnel, Operation Desert Shield/Storm, 1990-1991
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F-15C Eagle of the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing taxiing from ready shelter, second day of the Air War at King Abdul Aziz Royal Saudi Air Base, Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia,18 January 1991.
XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by PFC John F. Freund, DS-F-120-03.
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The 1st FW was stationed at Dhahran, on 8 Aug 1990, as the first American unit to deploy to Saudi Arabia for what became known as Operation Desert Shield .
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Capt Steve "Tater" Tate, 71st FS, scored the 1st Wing's only kill of the war by downing an Iraqi Mirage F-1 on the first night of Operation Desert Storm with an AIM-7 Sparrow semi-active missile.
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F-15 refueling at sunset. During Operation Desert Storm, 1st FW F-15Cs maintained air-superiority CAPs 24/7 over the skies of southern and central Iraq.
After just three days, the Iraqi Air Force decided it had had enough of combat with the undefeated F-15Cs, and decided to flee to Iran rather than to fight. To date, the F-15's combat record stands at 105 to Zero, acheiving 33 of those kills during Desert Storm.
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27 FS jet loaded and ready for the next mission at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in one of the heavily reinforced "flow-throughs" (Note the Patriot batteries in the background).
There were only enough flow-throughs for about 1/3 of the Wing's aircraft, leaving many aircraft vulnerable to scud attack (one F-15 was lightly damaged by a Scud attack). |
1st FW F-15C loaded and ready to go at Dhahran during Desert Storm. Note the gas masks at the ready on the maintainers' hips.
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F-15C Eagle of the 27th Tactical Fighter Squadron left side view, second day of the Air War at King Abdul Aziz Royal Saudi Air Base, Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia,18 January1991.
XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by PFC John F. Freund, DS-F-120-07. |
1st Fighter Wing F-15Cs parked 4 per "flow through" at King Abdul Aziz Air Base, Dharhran, Saudi Arabia |
1st FW maintainers practicing a "combat turn" at Dhahran, whereby an F-15C receives a full load of 8 missiles, 940 rounds of 20mm ammo, and 25,000 lbs of fuel in under 10 minutes |
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"Desert Rat Saloon," 71st FS "Bar", King Abdul Aziz Air Base. Unfortunately, it was located in a "dry county"
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1st Fighter Wing Scenes from Operation Desert Storm, January 1991 
