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Prince Sultan Air Base
(PSAB)
Saudi Arabia
Spring 2001
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| Ike flying over Iraq. | The Tigris River in Iraq, south of Baghdad. |
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| The "camel spider" is actually a type of scorpion. It's called a camel spider because it jumps up onto camels and injects its venom, which works as a local anesthetic. Then it eats away at the numbed flesh. It attacks people, cats and dogs also. | It runs extremely fast, jumps extremely high, is not afraid of humans, and has a bad temper. On Jason's first day at PSAB, he was chased by one as he walked to the chow hall. |
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| Air Crew: (L to R) Zorba, Ike (pilot), Finster (Jason), and Pepe. |
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| Ordinancemen ("Ordies") walking over to arm the Prowler before a flight. | Ike and Jason standing on the Prowler. |
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| Another Air Crew: (L to R) Haggis, Tex, Redi (Casey), and Rotors |
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| Some of the other planes at PSAB: F-16s, KC-135s, E3C AWACS, French F-1 Mirage 2000s, C-130s, and British F-3 Tornadoes. | The U-2 spy plane. This picture shows the chase car that follows it during takeoff and the struts that hold up the long wings when it taxis. |
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