Air Vice-Marshal Philip Sturley, Assistant CHIEF of the Air STAFF, Ministry of Defense, checks out his flight gear before boarding the F-15E Strike Eagle for an orientation flight. The Eagle will be piloted by Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Scott Purdie (rear), 492nd Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom. Air Vice-Marshal Sturley was invited up from London by Major General Kenneth Hess, 3rd Air Force Commander, to visit RAF Mildenhall and to receive an orientation flight in the Strike Eagle
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: RAF Lakenheath
State: East Anglia
Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/03/2002
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Source
Royal collection of the United Kingdom
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