Operation Iraqi Freedom



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    A pilot poses with F-16C block 50 #92-3893 from the 13th FS during the OIF deployment at PSAB on January 19th, 2003. [14th FS photo]
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    USAF F-16C block 50 #92-3894 from the 13th FS is seen taxiing at PSAB during an OIF deployment on February 15th, 2003. [14th FS photo]
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    USAF F-16C block 50 #91-0400 from the 13th FS is seen minus its engine at PSAB during their OIF deployment on January 9th, 2003. [14th FS photo]
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    A pilot poses with F-16C block 50 #92-3894 from the 13th FS during the OIF deployment at PSAB on January 19th, 2003. [14th FS photo]
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    USAF F-16C block 50 #91-0399 from the 13th FS is seen taxiing at PSAB during an OIF deployment on May 6th, 2003. [14th FS photo]
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    USAF F-16C block 50 #92-3894 from the 13th FS taxiis out from its sun shelter during the OIF deployment at PSAB on April 6th, 2003. [14th FS photo]
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    USAF F-16C block 30 #85-1449 from the 457th FS moves away from a tanker from the 92nd ARW during an OIF sortie on February 17th, 2003. [14th FS photo]
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    USAF F-16C block 50 #92-3895 from the 13th FS is seen taxiing back to its staging area at PSAB after completing an OIF sortie on March 23rd, 2003. [14th FS photo]
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    A 13th EFS jet sits at the end of the runway at Balad AB on August 23rd, 2007, before a crew chief marshalls the jet out for launch. [USAF photo]
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    Crew chiefs assigned to the 332nd EAMXS spot F-16C block 40 #88-0436 (marked 12thH AF) from the 34th FS while being pushed into a HAS during a major dust storm at Balad AB on May 9th, 2008. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter]
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    USAF F-16C block 25 #85-1418 from the 163rd FS is seen taxiing at sunset while deployed to Balad AB in 2007. [USAF photo]
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    Members of the Iowa and Wisconsin ANG, assigned to the 332nd EAMXS, prepare to move F-16C block 30 #85-1486 from the 175th FS off the runway on June 13th, 2008 at Balad AB. Near side block 30 is #85-1448 also from 175 FS. The aircraft and the personnel from the Iowa and Wisconsin units will return to the U.S., and will be replaced with aircraft and accompanying Airmen from the South Dakota and New York ANG. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter]
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    A1C. Thomas Sigler, 332nd EAMXS crew chief, salutes Brig. Gen. Brian Bishop, 332nd AEW commander, as he taxis out to the runway for his first flight at Balad AB on July 7th, 2008. General Bishop is flying USAF F-16C block 50 #94-0049 (marked 9 AF) from the 55th FS. The aircraft is deployed with the 77th EFS. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter]
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    Brig. Gen. Brian Bishop, 332nd AEW commander, takes off for his first flight at Balad AB on July 7th, 2008. General Bishop is flying USAF F-16C block 50 #94-0049 (marked 9 AF) from the 55th FS. The aircraft is deployed with the 77th EFS. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter]
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    SrA. Graham Willis and SSgt. Ferdinand Brown, 77th AMU engine mechanics, watch as an F-16C block 50 #93-0552 from the 55th FS roars in full afterburner during an engine run up on July 16th, 2008 at Balad AB. During a run up the mechanics test all of the engine settings and gauges that pilot uses during combat missions. Doing so will ensures no components faultier and the jet is ready for operational use. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter]