GAR F-16 at 40 – Pt.8 – Going to War: A Pilot’s Story

Paul Dunn posted: "In 1990, Edward Smith was an RAF pilot serving on a dream exchange posting, flying the F-16 with the 4th TFS at Hill AFB, UT. In August of that year Iraq invaded Kuwait, setting into motion a sequence of events which would see him flying missions during O" New post on GAR F-16 at 40 – Pt.8 – Going to War: A Pilot's Story by Paul Dunn In 1990, Edward Smith was an RAF pilot serving on a dream exchange posting, flying the F-16 with the 4th TFS at Hill AFB, UT. In August of that year Iraq invaded Kuwait, setting into motion a sequence of events which would see him flying missions during Operation Desert Storm alongside his USAF colleagues. Ed has kindly supplied us with the following gripping account of flying his first combat mission, along with some background to how he came to be in that position. Read more of this post Paul Dunn | May 2, 2014 at 12:00 pm | Categories: Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/05/02/f-16-at-40-pt-8-going-to-war-a-pilots-story/