US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft, 27th Fighter Squadron (FS), 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), taxies down the flight line at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), during a Phase 1 Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Thirty-four of the 1ST FWs Eagles were generated to deploy to "Base X" as part of the ORI evaluation of the Wings ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The inspection consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Langley Air Force Base
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ben Bloker, USAF, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/08/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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