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'Operation Desert Storm'
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Mindhad AB, UAE (August 28th, 1990 to March 27th, 1991)
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The deployment to Desert Storm took 16 hours non-stop with 10 aerial refuelings (five at night). This set a record as the longest distance flown non-stop in the F-16. The squadron dropped more than 2,000 tons of conventional munitions on strategic and tactical targets in Iraq and Kuwait during more than 1,000 daytime combat sorties while only two of their aircraft were damaged by enemy fire and none lost in combat.
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'Operation Southern Watch'
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Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia (March of 1992 to June of 1992)
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Operation Southern Watch was an operation which was responsible for enforcing the United Nations mandated no-fly zone below the 32nd parallel in Iraq. This mission was initiated mainly to cover for attacks of Iraqi forces on the Iraqi Shi’ite Muslims.
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'Operation Southern Watch'
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Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia (April of 1995 to June of 1995)
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Deployed for Operation Southern Watch but the unit was split and located at two different Air Bases in the middle east. One base was in Saudi Arabia and the other was in Kuwait.
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'Operation Southern Watch'
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Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia (January of 1998 to April of 1998)
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Once again the 4th FS was tasked to perform a mission in southern Iraq to protect the 32nd parallel. The squadron deployed with 120 personnel on this deployment.
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'Operation Northern Watch'
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Incirlik AB, Turkey (August of 1998 to September of 1998)
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This marked the first time the squadron was tasked with protecting the nothern part of Iraq. This was also the first time it was deployed out of Turkey.
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'Operation Southern Watch'
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Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia (February of 1999 to May of 1999)
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This marked the fourth time that the unit became a host of the Hasimite Kingdom. The squadron was deployed again with around 120 personnel for this mission.
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'Operation Southern Watch'
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Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia (December of 1999 to February 2000)
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After being home for only about 6 months another assignment to Saudi Arabia was set up. This time the squadron deployed with over 300 personnel and equipment.
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'Operation Iraqi Freedom'
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Balad AB, Iraq (February 16th, 2007 to May 15th, 2007)
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In the aftermath of the Iraqi invasion, a large unit rotation system was set up. It wasn't until 2007 that the 4th FS took part of these rotations since other commitments halted them earlier on.
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'Operation Iraqi Freedom'
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Balad AB, Iraq (August of 2007 to January 8th, 2008)
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Around 300 members were sent and the squadron flew about 1,800 combat missions over the course of 8,000 hours in the air. All three squadrons rotated through the desert, first the 4th FS then the 421st FS followed by the 34th FS which all totalled over one year in the desert with the 34th FS returning in October of 2008. Aircraft were shared between the squadron and remained in theatre the entire time.
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'Operation Iraqi Freedom'
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Balad AB, Iraq (January of 2009 to March of 2009)
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Regularly scheduled deployment. On March 26th, 2009 F-16C #89-2092 broke 7,000 flight hours during a mission over Iraq.
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'Operation Enduring Freedom'
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Bagram AB, Afghanistan (September 2010 to April 15, 2011)
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Twelve aircraft were taken to Afghanistan for this deployment. Lasting nearly seen months the first batch of people returned on April 15th with the remaining batch arriving over the remaining week.
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