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Conditions at Ali Al Salem Air Base, nicknamed the "Rock", are austere, but the services flight runs a busy recreation center that includes video games for Airmen Richard Kelly (bottom, foreground) and Jeremy Townsend (seated in background). The rock is home of the 9th Air Expeditionary Group made up of over 1500 people and sits just 39 miles from the Iraq border. This photo is part of the "On the Borderline" story in the July 1999, AIRMAN Magazine. The article describes life at the "Rock" and how it's mission and personnel have increased since the end of the Persian Gulf War under OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH

Viewed from atop a bunker at Ali Al Salem Air Base, nicknamed the "Rock", the Iraq border looms in the distance behind SENIOR AIRMAN Larry Six. The rock is home of the 9th Air Expeditionary Group made up of over 1500 people and sits just 39 miles from the Iraq border. This photo is part of the "On the Borderline" story in the July 1999, AIRMAN Magazine. The article describes life at the "Rock" and how it's mission and personnel have increased since the end of the Persian Gulf War under Operation Southern Watch

Inside the bunker at the top of the Rock (Nickname for Ali Al Salem Air Base), AIRMAN 1ST Class Tony Lee, 9th Expeditionary Air Traffic Control Squadron, monitors air traffic for OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH. This photo is part of the "On the Borderline" story in the July 1999, AIRMAN Magazine. The article describes life at the "Rock" and how it's mission and personnel have increased since the end of the Persian Gulf War under Operation Southern Watch

C-130 Hercules sit on the flightline during the evening sunset at Ali Al Salem Air Base, nicknamed the "Rock". The rock is home of the 9th Air Expeditionary Group made up of over 1500 people and sits just 39 miles from the Iraq border. This photo is part of the "On the Borderline" story in the July 1999, AIRMAN Magazine. The article describes life at the "Rock" and how it's mission and personnel have increased since the end of the Persian Gulf War under OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH

U.S. Air Force Captain Robert Garland, an F-15 pilot from the 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base Florida, prepares for a mission during Roving Sands 99, June 19, 1999. The 95th is temporaily assigned to Davis Mothan Air Force Base Arizona, to support the exercise. Roving Sands is a one-of-a-kind event that is the world's largest Joint Tactical Air Operations exercise. It melds the Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Elements; Air Defense Artillery; and Aircraft; of the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, and Multinational Forces, into a Joint Integrated Air Defense System (IADs)

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US Air Force personnel of the 363rd Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, place the bags of personnel who just came in on a Boeing 757 aircraft (Not shown). They are a part of the coalition forces of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression. This mission is in direct support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

U.S. Air Force F-15 pilots, from the 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base Florida, head to their aircraft to fly missions during Roving Sands 99, June 19, 1999. They and their aircraft are temporaily assigned to Davis Mothan Air Force Base Arizona, to support the exercise. Roving Sands is a one-of-a-kind event that is the world's largest Joint Tactical Air Operations exercise. It melds the Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Elements; Air Defense Artillery; and Aircraft; of the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, and Multinational Forces, into a Joint Integrated Air Defense System (IADs)

A tour at Ali Al Salem Air Base, nicknamed the "Rock", is a bonding experience, and nearly everyone who deploys comes home with a picture of the base's namesake trademark, "The Rock". The rock is home of the 9th Air Expeditionary Group made up of over 1500 people and sits just 39 miles from the Iraq border. This photo is part of the "On the Borderline" story in the July 1999, AIRMAN Magazine. The article describes life at the "Rock" and how it's mission and personnel have increased since the end of the Persian Gulf War under OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH

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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH

Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Rose Reynolds

Release Status: Released to Public

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