About 200 airmen and seven F-16s are returning to Colorado from a month-long deployment to Hungary for training and to support Operation Atlantic Resolve. The airmen and aircraft, assigned to the 140th Wing of the Colorado Air National Guard stationed at Buckley AFB, Colo., deployed to Europe for the first time in more than 20 years, according to an Air National Guard release. The deployment included close air support training with the Hungarian and Slovenian militaries, along with air-to-air training with Hungarian Gripen aircraft and other aircraft from Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Slovenia, the release states.
30 Years After Desert Storm: Feb. 25
Feb. 24, 2021
In commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, Air Force Magazine is posting daily recollections from the six-week war, which expelled Iraq from occupied Kuwait.