Posted on 04/14/2006 5:05:48 PM PDT by SandRat
From left to right, Bigus, Voodoo, JJ and Dez, F-15E Strike Eagle pilots from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, recently helped save the lives of nearly 20 soldiers during a recent sortie in Southwest Asia. F-15s often provide support to ground forces as well as nontraditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Call signs were used in place of the pilots' names for security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Ann Peru Knabe)
Birds of Prey (F-15 Strike Eagles) put the fear of GOD in the Terrorists just by showing up overhead.
Bigus Dickus?
Good News from IRAQ bump, these guys are amazing and very brave.
15E from the 336th
from the same Squadron in Operation Mountain Lion
4th Fighter Wing [4th FW]
4th Air Expeditionary Wing
(Base Code: SJ)
The 4th Fighter Wing is one of two on-call rapid response aerospace expeditionary wings in the U.S. Air Force and is the host unit at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, a major Air Combat Command base. The wing is composed of 2 operational groups, the 4th Operational Group, flying the multi-role, all-weather F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft which are assigned to two operational and two training fighter squadrons; and the 23rd Fighter Group, based at Pop AFB, NC, which flies A-10s. This combination of 2 Operational Groups within an Air Force Wing is a rarity in Air Force organization.
Awesome
With the arrival of the first F-15E Strike Eagle on Dec. 29, 1988, the 4th become the first operational unit to receive the E model and by 1991 the first operational F- 15E wing in the Air Force.
When Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait in August 1990, the 4th responded with the deployment of the 336th TFS on Aug. 9. The 335th TFS joined the 336th on Dec. 27. These two squadrons formed the backbone of the 4th TFW (Provisional). Most of this unit was made up of members and commanded by officers from the 4th. During Operation Desert Storm, the 336th flew 1,088 combat missions. The unit dropped more than six-million pounds of bombs on Scud missile sites, bridges and airfields. Most of the missions were flown at night. The 335th flew more than 1,200 combat missions during the war. Most significantly, they made Air Force history by using a laser guided bomb to down an enemy helicopter. The 335th destroyed 45 Iraqi aircraft, 23 radio relay stations, 36 bridges, 478 armored vehicles and 48 Scud missiles. The 4th lost two aircraft during the war. Two air crewmen were killed in action and two were captured and released after the war.
I hope every terrorist went home with their pants full of crap.
Greetings fellow AMMO troop... IYAYAS!
Great story -- and I am on record here on identifying the F-15 as the most beatiful bird ever built.
Great article.
AMMO rules!
43 MMS SAC
380 MMS SAC
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