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US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle checks over his left shoulder to insure that the F-16CJ fighting Falcon aircraft visible in the background has cleared the area to allow the F-16CJ he has stopped to taxi for its mission. Standing next to him is his son, US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Nathan Castle. Both father and son are F-16 Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch a jet together as a team before CMSGT Castle retired. CMSGT Castle is assigned to the 20th Logistics Group while A1C Caslte is assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron

US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle (right) strains to hear his son, US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Nathan Castle over the noise generated by the engine of a Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, based F-16CJ (not shown). The father/son team are both F-16 Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch a jet together as a team before CMSGT Castle retired. CMSGT Castle is assigned to the 20th Logistics Group while A1C Caslte is assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron

US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle (right) talks into the mouthpiece of his headset while his son, US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Nathan Castle watches the control surfaces of a Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, based F-16CJ (not shown) as they work to launch the jet for a training mission. The father/son team are both F-16 Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch a jet together as a team before CMSGT Castle retired. CMSGT Castle is assigned to the 20th Logistics Group while A1C Caslte is assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron

US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle (right) checks his watch to see if the launch of an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, is proceeding as planned. On the left is US Air Force AIRMAN first Class Nathan Castle, the Chiefs' son. The father/son team are both F-16 Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch a jet together as a team before CMSGT Castle retired CMSGT Castle is assigned to the 20th Logistics Group while A1C Caslte is assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron

US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle (left) and his son, US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Nathan Castle (right) pause for a photo with the 20th Operations Group Commander, US Air Force Colonel Michael Ely as they prepare to launch an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft, which is visible in the background, from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. The father/son team are both F-16 Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch the jet together before CMSGT Castle retires

US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle looks over a checklist used to prepare an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for launch. CMSGT Carey is preparing to launch the 20th Operations Group Commanders' F-16CJ Fighting Falcon from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, and will be assisted by his son, US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Nathan Castle (not shown) during the launch. The father/son team are both F-16 Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch the jet together before CMSGT Castle retires

(from left to right) US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Nathan Castle, US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle and US Air Force Major (Ret) Allan Castle pause for a picture on the Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, flightline. A1C Castle is an F-16 Crewchief assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron while his father, CMSGT Castle, is also a F-16 Crewchief assigned to the 20th Logistics Group. MAJ Allan Castle is a former USAF KC-135 Pilot that retired from service in 1971. A1C and CMSGT Castle had the opportunity to launch a jet together as a team while MAJ Castle and other family members looked on. CMSGT Castle retires tomorrow on Friday Feb. 2, 2001. CMSGT Castle is assigned to the ...

US Air Force Colonel Michael Ely reviews the maintenance forms for an F-16CJ, visible in the background, before accepting the aircraft from US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle (left) and US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Nathan Castle (right) for a training flight from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. The father/son team are both F-16 Fighting Falcon Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch COL Ely's jet together as a team before CMSGT Castle retires. The tail of the aircraft is adorned with COL Ely's Commanders markings as he is the Commander of the 20th Operations Group

US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) Major (MAJ) Kato, 93rd Fighter Squadron, straps on his fight suite before climbing into the cockpit of his USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, as SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Gaylon Hoebelheinrich, the aircraft Crew CHIEF look on. MAJ Kato and SRA Hoebelheinrich are at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle crawls out from under the right main landing gear well of an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft while his son, US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Nathan Castle continues to work in the left main landing gear well. The father/son team are both F-16 Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch a jet together as a team before CMSGT Castle retired. CMSGT Castle is assigned to the 20th Logistics Group while A1C Caslte is assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron

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Base: Shaw Air Force Base

State: South Carolina (SC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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