US Air Force Colonel Michael Ely reviews the maintenance forms for an F-16CJ, visible in the background, before accepting the aircraft from US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle (left) and US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Nathan Castle (right) for a training flight from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. The father/son team are both F-16 Fighting Falcon Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch COL Ely's jet together as a team before CMSGT Castle retires. The tail of the aircraft is adorned with COL Ely's Commanders markings as he is the Commander of the 20th Operations Group
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Shaw Air Force Base
State: South Carolina (SC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/02/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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