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An F-111F fighter aircraft of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, U.S. Air Force Europe, does a flyby over a desert runway with its wings forward during Operation Desert Shield.

An F-111F aircraft of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing flies over the desert during Operation Desert Shield.

An F-111F fighter aircraft of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, U.S. Air Force Europe, lifts off a desert runway during Operation Desert Shield.

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft undergoes a preflight check in a hangar of the 494th Aircraft Maintenance Unit prior to deploying to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

F-111F aircraft and an EF-111A Raven aircraft, rear, fly in formation over the desert during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft are assigned to the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing.

F-111F aircraft and an EF-111A Raven aircraft, rear, fly in formation over the desert during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft are assigned to the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing.

AIRMAN watch as 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft prepare to depart for Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

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A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft undergoes a preflight check prior to deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

Crew chiefs and maintenance personnel from the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, U.S. Air Force Europe, do a preflight check on an F-111F fighter aircraft during Operation Desert Shield.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Rose S. Reynolds

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1992
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