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Show 10 1HE STORM Desert Defender May mi ' ,.'ry : " i LI- 1 I m-- Kt 'nt " - ' , ft; ' ft, 1 - ' ' X4 !x ' . I W , U, ! 4 4 a; i Above: A technician performs maintenance on the radome of an Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. E-3- A Stratofortress drops a toad of MK-8- 2 bombs similar to those used against the Iraqi Top right: A 500-poun- d B-52- G army. conducts assault landings at a Middle right: A remote Saudi Arabian airfield. C-13- Lett: An A-1- 0 Thunderbolt II fires its 30mm Gatling guns. Stealth fighters stand ready Below: Two Middle Eastern desert. F-11- 7A in X, the TSgt. Hans Deffner ...WfT:.'. . , S3? 8 ever before had air power been called upon for such a prominent role in a military campaign. The Air Force contributed some machines that were older than the people who flew them, and others that incorporated technology that was still being tested. Airlifters, large and small, shuttled equipment and people. Tankers passed fuel to long lines of aircraft "s ,4 5 - f Bombers struck their targets relentlessly. Fighters, like players on a football team, provided their various offensive, defensive and "special teams" skills to round out the air power equation. Television brought Air Force teamwork into living rooms throughout America every day. |