''We screamed down the chute, aiming for a SCUD missile storage area. There were missiles going everywhere. They were shooting SAM's with and without radar guidance. The adrenaline was really pumping! I pickled, and came off with nine G's! My 500 knots was converted to 400 knots and my RHAW lit up with a SA-2 at my dead six. I heard AWACS call, ...

''We screamed down the chute, aiming for a SCUD missile storage area. There were missiles going everywhere. They were shooting SAM's with and without radar guidance. The adrenaline was really pumping! I pickled, and came off with nine G's! My 500 knots was converted to 400 knots and my RHAW lit up with a SA-2 at my dead six. I heard AWACS call, ...

Many thanks for all of the visits to the Lucky Devils website! I hope you are enjoying seeing and reading 'the story' of our 1990-1991 deployment to Qatar - the first US Military unit to deploy to the country - during Operation Desert Storm. Please let us know what you think! Mike 3.7 million pounds of ordinance, 1303 sorties, 42 days. ...

I haven't seen AIM-7's on Vipers operationally other than the ADF birds myself, but I believe that the first aircraft that was electronically configured to carry them was F-16A-10 79-0355. We sent her from MacDill (56TTW/63TFTS) around '88 out to the depot for some well deserved R&R. where she was loaned to the test guys to complete the ...

The latest update to the Lucky Devils website is very likely the last photo of F-16C 87-0257, taken as it was arriving at EOR on 19 Jan 1991, prior to launch on ''Package Q'', the largest strike package flown during the Gulf War - taken by Dave Merriman. Hours later 257 was hit by a SAM over Baghdad and went down while attempting to return to ...