First Lieutenant Shawna Ng-A-Qui, USAF, an F-16 pilot with the 13th Fighter Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan, recently completed her first operational tour at Operation NORTHERN WATCH. The TTU-529/E Manside Tester in the foreground is used by life support personnel to test oxygen equipment on pilot's flight helmets. Operation NORTHERN WATCH is a Combined Task Force (CTF) charged with enforcing the no-fly zone north of the 36th parallel in Iraq and monitoring Iraqi compliance with UN Security Council resolution 678, 687, and 688. The northern no-fly zone is not an aggression against Iraq or a violation of its sovereignty, it is a necessary and legitimate measure to limit Iraqs...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: First Lieutenant Shawna Ng-A-Qui, USAF, an F-16 pilot with the 13th Fighter Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan, recently completed her first operational tour at Operation NORTHERN WATCH. The TTU-529/E Manside Tester in the foreground is used by life support personnel to test oxygen equipment on pilot's flight helmets. Operation NORTHERN WATCH is a Combined Task Force (CTF) charged with enforcing the no-fly zone north of the 36th parallel in Iraq and monitoring Iraqi compliance with UN Security Council resolution 678, 687, and 688. The northern no-fly zone is not an aggression against Iraq or a violation of its sovereignty, it is a necessary and legitimate measure to limit Iraqs aggressive air activities.

Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH

Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana

Country: Turkey (TUR)

Scene Major Command Shown: CTF-ONW

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Ashley Sorrels, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files