AfterburnerDecals/421st FS - Photobucket

421-1.jpg 88-0471 prior to deployment. Note intact crew name on canopy image by AfterburnerDecals

421-2.jpg 88-0471 on the apron outside of a HAS, Balad AB Iraq, fall \&#039;04. Aircraft equipped with a LANTIRN pod image by AfterburnerDecals

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421-4.jpg 471 inside a HAS. Note the LAU-129 launcher on the outboard wing station, and the 16S210 sidewinder launcher on the wing tips image by AfterburnerDecals

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421-8.jpg Hill AFB paint barn logo image by AfterburnerDecals

421-9.jpg 471s boarding ladder. Markings provided to decorate the kit ladders accurately image by AfterburnerDecals

421-10.jpg Although the 421st carried mostly LITENING II pods, 471 carried LANTIRN regularly image by AfterburnerDecals

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421-13.jpg Slant load GBU-12s were a typical load during this deployment. image by AfterburnerDecals

421-14.jpg 2K lb GBU-31 JDAM. Standard load for most of the OIF II deployment until the GBU-38 was made available in Nov. \&#039;04 image by AfterburnerDecals

421-17.jpg If you are brave enough, you can try to make the decal look like this I guess :-) image by AfterburnerDecals

421-19.jpg 509 under a rarity in Iraq...a cloudy sky. image by AfterburnerDecals

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421-21.jpg Note the shading on the old CO jet....88-0421. L side of tail, up and to the R image by AfterburnerDecals

421-22.jpg Same on the L side....up and to the right. This is different from the shading on 471. image by AfterburnerDecals

421-23.jpg Steve \&quot;Bonk\&quot; Gibson....512s dedicated crew cheif, with the previos pilot assigned to it before Capt. Colwell. image by AfterburnerDecals

421-24.jpg Pretty shot of 512 in CONUS image by AfterburnerDecals

421-27.jpg Another shot of the smaller JDAM....also the block 40 standard fuselage scab plates can be seen. Also, note the sidewinder rail again on the wing tip. image by AfterburnerDecals

421-28.jpg Ammo troop loading a GBU-38 image by AfterburnerDecals

421-30.jpg Scott with 88-0471, Nov. 2004 image by AfterburnerDecals

421-31.jpg Damage to 421 during OIF in Qatar. Note lack of nose number during this period. image by AfterburnerDecals