(RTB)Īfter the Gulf War, the 32nd TFS returned to the Netherlands. Steve “Thumper” Moore & Rick “Bolo” Pialet arrived in Incirlik in March to assist the group Return To Base. 1991, followed by Mark “Bogey” Cummings who left on February 25. Mark “Fitz” Fitzgerald was first to leave Incirlik AB on February 20. Matt “Boz” Beals – Marc “Merc” Morris – Liam “Blade”Dooley – Fred “Taco” Bell – Gary “Baghwan” Bauhan – Steve “Thumper” Moore 32 TFS Wolfhounds crew that deployed and flew combat during Operation Desert Storm from Incirlik AB, Turkeyīrad “Oly”Olson – Rick “Bolo” Pialet – Kevin “Psycho” Hanford – Gene “Batman” O’Nale – Donald “Muddy” Watrous During this deployment the 32nd TFS scored their first aerial victory. Along with 12 F-15s of the 36th TFW Bitburg, Germany.Īfter the first night of operation Desert Storm 5 F-15s and their crewĭeployed to Incirlik AB to participate in the Air Campaign. In September of 1990 the first F-15s started leaving towards Saudi Arabia, the 32nd TFS lost 12 of it’s F-15s. These had to be retrieved from active units. An agreement was made with the USAF to deliver 24 F-15s. As a result Saudi Arabia wanted to boost its air defense capability fast. They escorted the MiG as it flew over the southern part of the Netherlands and started to loose altitude as it ran out of fuel crashing somewhere in Belgium Apparently the pilot had discovered a problem with the jet over Eastern-Germany and decided to bail out leaving the airplane flying on it’s course. They discovered that there was no pilot aboard, and that the ejection seat was missing. The F-15s were able to intercept the MiG just before it crossed the Dutch Border. Suddenly the call came that the 32nd’s alert fighters were to be scrambled (Alpha Scramble) and intercept a MiG-23 that had crossed the West-German border and was headed toward the Netherlands. On the 4th of July 1989, the Wolfhounds were gathered at the base for the celebration of the Independence Day.
Officially, a total of 24 fighters were on strength, including a few two-seater F-15Ds, but at their peak strength, they had an extra 6 aircraft. The Wolfhounds operated the A & B models till 1983 when the 32nd received the new C & D models.
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32 TFS Eagle Drivers RTU F-15 training at Luke AFB, 1978 The 32nd TFS transitioned from the F-4E Phantom to the F-15A Eagle, in 1979. In 1984 the 32nd participated in the William Tell competition at Tyndall AFB, at this competition the Wolfhounds won the F-15 Top Gun trophy. They had the the honor of being the only squadron in the USAF that won the prestige Hughes Trophy during two consecutive years, in 19. The 32nd won many awards while stationed at Soesterberg AB. The role of the 32nd TFS was to guard the West-European air space which stretched right up to the Iron Curtain. Soesterberg AB was under Royal Netherlands Air Force control, therefore the 32nd TFS was the only American Squadron that was under the command of a foreign nation. The 32nd TFS came to the Netherlands (Soesterberg AB) in the early 50’s.
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