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OPERATION HEDGE OF PROTECTION PHASE 2
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HKVIALTmt8xw0tjSPgVsM?si=6TOfCaNkTMiN8IBcww23Ow
Recommend listening to this one (y)
Former U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper pilot Jeff "Tico" Tice was callsign 'Stroke 1,' the flight lead for the ill-fated "Package Q" strike on Iraq just days into Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Stroke 3 miraculously dodged multiple Iraqi SAMs and made it home safely where his HUD footage became a sensation. Tico was not so lucky...
Read about Package Q here.
Watch the Stroke 3 video here.
The Package Q Airstrike was the largest airstrike of the Persian Gulf War and the largest strike of F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft in military history. Many aircraft including the F-117 Nighthawk were used to attack targets in...
Some solid podcast episodes to check out if any of you are into listening. Goes over the entire mishap situation due to the unfamiliar dark desert conditions operating out of a field in Jordan. Very similar to our situation at King Hussein AB, so figured I would share. 77th operates out of Shaw while CONUS.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3YC5cXXecE7I47RqAIauIh?si=ApSDmhDUROunFt2JKTMsdg
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LHILH7hsWxV9ZqoXY9ntz?si=ZD8f5Y8yTn-aGITC-qhA4w