15th Anniversary – the Lucky Devils in the Gulf War

Fifteen years ago we were all in Doha, waiting… The Vipers were bombed up and ready, and if we weren’t ready we weren’t ever going to be, waiting… We’d been in the desert for four months and if living in a tent and eating blowing sand could be routine, it was, waiting…

I’d assume that our pilots were making the final preperations for their initial missions. On the maintenance side, the AGS guys had our aircraft prepared as well as any ever have been, in EMS we were completing what we thought would be our final phases for ‘the duration’. Decontamination was ready to go, bombs and fuel tanks were being built up, and on the flightline and back in tent city the final shelters were being completed. Soon it would be time for the Lucky Devils to do the job that we’d been sent to do, just as they had flying F-100’s in SEA and B-17’s in WWII… The ‘Forgotten 1000’ would soon be at war.

The 401TFW / 614TFS Lucky Devils in the Gulf War

Please stop in and take a look around and let us know what you think. If you were in Doha with us sign the Roll Call, and if you know anyone who was please let them know where we are.

:dev2: Stay Lucky! :dev2:
Mike Kopack