DESERT SHIELD/STORM Pics - 1st Fighter Wing Association

27th Tactical Fighter Squadron group photo taken after the DESERT STORM cease fire.

David Slade says goodbye just before the 71st departed on their nonstop flight to Saudi

On the way to Saudi

One of many refuelings on the way East

Packing out at LFI

1st TFW member board a C-141 bound for Dhahran

1st Class accommodations

1st TFW members after arrival in Saudi

Construction begins on tent city that became known as "Bedrock"

Bedrock construction continues

Bedrock construction continues

Bedrock complete

Lt Col "Pip" Pope, 71st TFS Commander readies for his first mission

Birds were used as alarms for chemical attacks.

Major Frank "Gork" Gorenc sitting (laying) alert

Alpha 4 alert jets

Rob "Nuts" DeStasio, Dave Bredemeyer and Bob "Elroy" Hartwig enjoy a cigar.

Major Frank "Gork" Gorenc and Rob "Nuts" DeStasio in front of a live AIM-7

4-ship of Ironmen headed North

Bravo Hardened Aircraft Shelter (HAS)

Major Frank "Gork" Gorenc leaning on the Launch Control Officer (LCO) truck.

Kuwaiti fighters in EOR at Dhahran

Mark "Dozer" Duerr, Major Frank "Gork" Gorenc and Rob "Nuts" DeStasio take a pic during a Scud attack

The 8 pilots of the 94th Tactical Fighter Squadron and 1 Intel Officer that were deployed to augment the 27th and 71st.

Gary Wolver, Frank "Gorc" Gorenc, Rob "Nuts" DeStasio and "Squat" Feaga

71st Maintenance tent

Rain hits Bedrock

President Bush visit

Basketball practice

Kuwaiti A-4 with a mighty Eagle in trail

Crater from a SCUD missile that "never happened".

Tigris-Euphrates

Cloud cover over Iraqi airfield

Sunrise after a long mission

Lt Col Pope with Lt Col Bander

Iraqi Airfield North of Baghdad

71st F-15C refueling

Inside the 71st Ops tent

R&R Mail call in 71st

"Hole"Booker, "Satchel" Paige, "Bo" Merlack, Steve "Tater" Tate

Col McBroom, 1st TFW Commander with Gen Colin Powell

71st jet headed back to the USA!

Demob facility. Headed home!

71st arrival back at Langley

Bob and Jill Hartwig at the welcome home party in the 94th bar

Gary Wolver and Sue at the welcome home party in the 94th bar

Frank and Helen Gorenc at the welcome home party in the 94th bar

Steve "Tater" Tate (Far right) with wingman "Bo" Merlack holding the AIM-7 umbilical cord from the missile that Tater shot down an F-1 with

Brad Richmond and Sandy Tidwell

Mason Sheppard wearing the remains of an old football

Patriots roll in

Mike "Sailor" Frankle on the right with some 27th Ops folks

Reporter Dan Rather

Kim Neuberger Wilson

This is not a drill!

Living spaces in the HAS