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A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies beside an Air force KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft after an aerial refueling over southeastern Turkey. The aircraft are operating in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

Two Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft stand by as Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) Tomcat receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A view from the cockpit of a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft as it conducts an aerial refueling with an Air Force KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft over southeastern Turkey. The aircraft are operating in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft, foreground, and a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) Tomcat, center, stand by as a second VF-84 Tomcat receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft approaches the refueling drogue trailing behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

As seen from the cockpit of a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft, a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) Tomcat, background, and another VF-41 Tomcat fly in formation at an aerial refueling rendezvous point during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aricraft passes over western Saudi Arabia during a flight off of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The ROOSEVELT is operating in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in for an arrested landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft takes to the air after being launched from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft conducts an aerial refueling with an Air Force KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft over southeastern Turkey. The aircraft are operating in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Country: Turkey(TUR)

Scene Camera Operator: LT. Gerald B. Parsons

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1991
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An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15A Eagle aircraft assigned to the 131st Fighter Wing (FW), Missouri (MO) Air National Guard (ANG) flies a refueling training mission with a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft from the 134th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Tennessee, ANG

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) falls in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an aerial refueling while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

SGT. Mark Gasoway, left, and SGT. D.C. Peterlinz stand by at the Marine command post near a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter prior to flying a mission in support of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Both men are crew chiefs with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

A pilot from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) is assisted by his plane captain as he straps into the cockpit of his F-14A Tomcat aircraft during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft maintenance personnel with the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Grand Forks AFB , N.D., preparing to work on a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler aircraft at Phelps-Collins, ANGB, Alpine, Mich., during Exercise Crisis Outlook 2004, on Oct. 21, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (RELEASED)

A silouetted U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker refueler aircraft, on a hardstand area as the sunrises at Phelps-Collins, ANGB, Alpine, Mich., during Exercise Crisis Outlook 2004, on Oct. 21, 2004 .(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (RELEASED)

A B-2 Spirit Bomber aircraft on approach to aerial refueling from a US Air Force KC-10A Extender Aircraft from McGuire AFB, New Jersey during a training exercise

An air-to-air view of a US Air Force KC-10A Extender Aircraft from McGuire AFB, New Jersey refueling a B-2 Spirit Bomber aircraft during a training exercise

A US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN assigned to the 151st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), Utah (UT) Air National Guard (ANG), uses a high-pressure water nozzle and a expandable boom lift, to de-ice a USAF KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft, as the unit prepares to deploy overseas on a tour of duty that could last up to a year. Approximately 230 members of the Unit are preparing for deployment

A left rear view of an EF-111A Raven aircraft from the 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron taking off on a flight to Turkey. The aircraft is one of four EF-111As being deployed to Turkey in support of Operation Provide Comfort

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