363TFW deployment Desert Shield/Storm



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    Members of USAF 17th TFS-deployed during Desert Storm, in front of F-16C #84-1223 at Al Dhafra AB, UAE. This aircraft flew 49 missions during DS. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    "Secret Weapon" 1Lt Tom "Wheels" Wheeler, mounted on F-16C #84-1223 at Al Dhafra AB, UAE. This 363rd TFW aircraft flew 49 missions in Desert Storm. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    L/C Chip "Tits" Utterback in F-16C #83-1153 (17th TFS/CC), with 6xMk-82s, on alert at Al Dhafra AB, UAE, during Desert Storm. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    Maj Mike "Shark" Steadman in front of 363rd TFW F-16C #84-1261 (armed with 4xCBU-87s), at Al Dhafra AB, UAE, during Desert Storm. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    USAF 33rd TFS F-16C #83-1142, armed with 4xRockeyes, at Al Dhafra AB, UAE. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    Maj Mike "Shark" Steadman, Maj Jim "Odie" Davis, Capt Karl "Knob" Petersen; during 'trip-turn' at King Khalid Military City, Saudi Arabia (USAF 363rd TFW FOL during Desert Storm), conveniently located just south of Saudi border w/ Iraq & Kuwait. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    "The Long Ride Inbound" depicts F-16s from the 363rd TFW during Desert Storm [Artwork by K. Price Randall]
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    Desert Storm "Victory Party" poster at Vipers' Pit (363rd TFW-deployed O'Club), Al Dhafra AB, UAE. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    "Vipers' Pit" (363 TFW-deployed O'Club), Al Dhafra AB, UAE during Desert Storm. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    "Vipers' Pit" (363 TFW-deployed O'Club), Al Dhafra AB, UAE, during Desert Storm. The broken canopy was recovered from a previous 363 TFW F-16 crash site in Oman. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    "Comments" on inside walls of "Vipers' Pit" (363 TFW-deployed O'Club) during Desert Storm. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    "Comments" on inside walls of "Vipers' Pit" (363 TFW-deployed O'Club) during Desert Storm. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    "Comments" on inside walls of "Vipers' Pit" (363 TFW-deployed O'Club) during Desert Storm. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    "Comments" on inside walls of "Vipers' Pit" (363 TFW-deployed O'Club) during Desert Storm. [Photo by M. Steadman]
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    "Comments" on inside walls of "Vipers' Pit" (363 TFW-deployed O'Club) during Desert Storm. [Photo by M. Steadman]