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XVIII Airborne Corps History Office Photographs

Gulf War Aviation
Gallery #4

The following photographs and information for the accompanying citations were provided to CMH by the XVIII Airborne Corps History Office. The photographs were taken by the office's historians and its attached 116th 130th, and 317th Military History Detachments (MHDs). They are representative of the types of photographic products generated during combat and contingency operations as historical evidence by the Army's historical program. Please do not send requests for changes to CMH, except to report an obvious typo or major mistake.

  • CH-47Ds; rear view.

    CH-47Ds; rear view, 2d Battalion, 159th Aviation (18th Aviation Brigade), Dhahran West Heliport, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by SSG Warren G. Causey, DS-F-090-08.

  • MAJ Levin dictating notes into cassette recorder while SGT Webster photographs taped blade.

    MAJ Levin dictating notes into cassette recorder while SGT Webster photographs taped blade, 2d Battalion, 159th Aviation (18th Aviation Brigade), Dhahran West Heliport, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by SSG Warren G. Causey, DS-F-090-17.

  • Interior of clamshell hangar; blade taping in progress.

    Interior of clamshell hangar; blade taping in progress, 2d Battalion, 159th Aviation (18th Aviation Brigade), Dhahran West Heliport, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by SSG Warren G. Causey, DS-F-090-20.

  • Interior of clamshell hangar; blade taping in progress, hair dryer being used to set adhesive.

    Interior of clamshell hangar; blade taping in progress,hair dryer being used to set adhesive. 2d Battalion, 159th Aviation (18th Aviation Brigade), Dhahran West Heliport, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by SSG Warren G. Causey, DS-F-090-20.

  • Royal Saudi Air Force BAe Hawk under ready shelter; left rear view.

    Royal Saudi Air Force BAe Hawk under ready shelter; left rear view. King Abdul Aziz Royal Saudi Air Base flight line and 'Half-Moon Bay' Rest and Recreation Center, 14 January 1991, XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by SPC Randall R. Anderson, DS-F-114-04.

  • Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado (Interdictor Strike [IDS] variant) under ready shelter.

    Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado (Interdictor Strike [IDS] variant) under ready shelter. King Abdul Aziz Royal Saudi Air Base flight line and 'Half-Moon Bay' Rest and Recreation Center, 14 January 1991, XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by SPC Randall R. Anderson, DS-F-114-07.

  • F-15C Eagle of the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing (from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia); taxiing from ready shelter.

    F-15C Eagle of the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing (from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia); taxiing from ready shelter, second day of the Air War at King Abdul Aziz Royal Saudi Air Base, Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia,18 January 1991. XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by PFC John F. Freund, DS-F-120-03.

  • F-15C Eagle of the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing (from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia); on runway.

    F-15C Eagle of the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing (from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia); left side view, second day of the Air War at King Abdul Aziz Royal Saudi Air Base, Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia,18 January 1991. XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by PFC John F. Freund, DS-F-120-07.

  • Inflatable OH-58C Kiowa helicopter.

    Inflatable OH-58C Kiowa helicopter. XVIII Airborne Corps deception effort to cover redeployment of corps to west in Phase II of Operation DESERT STORM, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, north of Trans-Arabian Pipeline ("Tapline") Road and east of King Khalid Military City. 22 January 1991, XVIII Airborne

  • AH-64 Apache; flying low over compounds of 676th and 587th Maintenance Companies.

    AH-64 Apache; flying low over compounds of 676th and 587th Maintenance Companies, Southeast of Rafha, Northern Province, Saudi Arabia, along Trans-Arabian Pipeline ("Tapline") Road that served as Main Supply Route (MSR) DODGE, photographs taken from UH-1H Iroquois belonging to the 1st Battalion, 159th Aviation (18th Aviation Brigade), 4 February 1991, XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by PFC John F. Freund, DS-F-149-16.

  • AH-64 Apache; flying low over compounds of 676th and 587th Maintenance Companies.

    AH-64 Apache; flying low over compounds of 676th and 587th Maintenance Companies, Southeast of Rafha, Northern Province, Saudi Arabia, along Trans-Arabian Pipeline ("Tapline") Road that served as Main Supply Route (MSR) DODGE, photographs taken from UH-1H Iroquois belonging to the 1st Battalion, 159th Aviation (18th Aviation Brigade), 4 February 1991, XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by PFC John F. Freund, DS-F-149-19.

  • UH-60 Blackhawk; landing at RRP; left front quarter view.

    UH-60 Blackhawk; landing at RRP; left front quarter view, Southeast of Rafha, Northern Province, Saudi Arabia, along Trans-Arabian Pipeline ("Tapline") Road that served as Main Supply Route (MSR) DODGE, photographs taken from UH-1H Iroquois belonging to the 1st Battalion, 159th Aviation (18th Aviation Brigade), 4 February 1991, XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by PFC John F. Freund, DS-F-149-22.

  • Aerial view lifting off of an AH-64 Apache refueling on one of 30 hard points at the RRP.

    Aerial view lifting off of an AH-64 Apache refueling on one of 30 hard points at RRP, Southeast of Rafha, Northern Province, Saudi Arabia, along Trans-Arabian Pipeline ("Tapline") Road that served as Main Supply Route (MSR) DODGE, photographs taken from UH-1H Iroquois belonging to the 1st Battalion, 159th Aviation (18th Aviation Brigade), 4 February 1991, XVIII Airborne Corps History Office photograph by PFC John F. Freund, DS-F-149-26.

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