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United States Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Shawn Brown an F-15E Strike Eagle crew chief from the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Base Lakenheath, United Kingdom, coordinates the launch of an F-15E fighter, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH 2002

United States Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Christopher Leonard a F-15E Strike Eagle crew chief from the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Base Lakenheath, United Kingdom, performs post flight maintenance at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH 2002

An US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), taxies from a revetment shelter at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, while deployed there in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Craig Oberschlake, a F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft Crew CHIEF assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron, performs pre-flight inspection on his aircraft while deployed at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), recover a USAF F-15C Eagle aircraft on the flight line a Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, while deploy in support of NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), taxi onto the runway, while deployed at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, for a mission in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Jeff Woelbling, F-15C Eagle aircraft pilot assigned to the 159th Fighter Wing (FW), New Orleans Air National Guard (ANG), performs a preflight check of his aircraft, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, while preparing for a mission in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMS) ground crews from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England, complete a preflight check as they launch an F-15E Strike Eagle

A crew chief from the 48th Operations Group, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), Royal Air Force (RAF) Base Lakenheath, United Kingdom, goes through pre-flight checks on a United States Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle

United States Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) James Gifford a F-15E Strike Eagle pilot from the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force Base (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom, goes through a pre-flight check list prior to a mission from Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH 2002

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Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH 2002

Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana

Country: Turkey (TUR)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kevin J. Gruenwald, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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usaf captain james gifford james gifford pilot eagle pilot fighter squadron royal air force base raf lakenheath pre flight check list pre flight check list mission incirlik incirlik air base turkey operation northern operation northern air force military operations united states air force us air force royal air force f 15 eagle f 15 us air force captain us air force pilot technical sergeant high resolution states air force scene major command tsgt kevin air force base f 15e