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Second Wave to Baghdad by Stan Stokes. - Cranston Military Prints

Second Wave to Baghdad by Stan Stokes.


Second Wave to Baghdad by Stan Stokes.

The F-117A was developed by the Lockheed Advanced Development Projects team, better known as the Skunk Works. This was a top secret program, and the aircraft flew for several years before its existence was known to the public. Early work on the project began in 1977 with the development of two 60% scale aircraft. Under the code name Have Blue the two prototype scale aircraft were built in a matter of months at Lockheeds Burbank facility. The first test flight was made in early 1978 by Bill Park. The Have Blue aircraft proved undetectable by any airborne radar in existence other than that on an E-3 AWACS. The F-117A was authorized into production in 1978. It is one of the most unique looking aircraft in the world because it was designed as a stealth aircraft. It is made of geometrically flat panes with sharply swept wings. The facing of the aircrafts fuselage results in the disbursement of much of the radar energy which strikes the F-117A. Radar absorbing materials are used throughout and the propulsion system was ingeniously designed to dramatically reduce the aircrafts infrared footprint. The F-117A is a fairly large bird for a single seat aircraft with its 65 ft length and 43 ft wingspan. It reportedly handles well with flight characteristics similar to other delta wing aircraft like the F-106. The F-117A is capable of high subsonic flight (646 MPH) and has a range of approximately 1000 miles. The aircraft is equipped for aerial refueling. The F-117A is powered by two GE F404-F1D2 engines which are non-after burning versions of the engines used in the F/A-18. The bomb capacity is a total of 4,000 pounds. Designed to operate as a covert aircraft providing surgical first strikes against heavily defended radar and communications centers the F-117A was put to the test during Operation Desert Storm. The 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, under the command of USAF Col. Alton C. Whitley, Jr., flew the first strike missions against Baghdad, hitting important communications and control centers, radar sites, and antiaircraft batteries. Utilizing laser guided 2,000 LB bombs, about thirty F-117As participated in the first nights attacks. Despite an enormous amount of anti-aircraft fire, the F-117As under Whitleys command carried out their missions flawlessly, and not a single aircraft was lost to enemy fire. The Stealth fighters blinded the eyes and crushed the nerve centers of the Iraqi Air Forces during these missions, making it possible for other aircraft to carry out their missions with less likelihood of Iraqi opposition. A total of 1,271 sorties were flown by F-117As with a success rate of 80% during the war. One of the more impressive attacks was captured on film and showed a deep penetration laser guided bomb being guided through the top of an elevator shaft on the roof of the ten-story building which housed the Iraqi Air Forces headquarters. The bomb penetrated deep into the structure before detonating and blowing out all four walls of the structure. While the F-117A is no longer a secret weapon, its effectiveness may hopefully serve as a deterrent to future possible conflicts.
Item Code : STK0149GSSecond Wave to Baghdad by Stan Stokes. - Editions AvailableExtra....

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Whitley, Alton C

Col Alton C Whitley Jr USAF
Colonel Alton C. Whitley was born November 27, 1945 in Concord, North Carolina. He graduated from Clemson University in 1968 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant and recognized as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. After pilot training, AI's first assignment was at Luke AFB in Arizona for training on the F-100 Super Sabre. In 1970 he was transferred to Vietnam where he flew a total of 143 combat missions with the 53 1 Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bien Hoa Air Bas
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Limited edition of 25 giclee art prints. Size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm)Artist : Stan Stokes£145.00

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Whitley, Alton C

Col Alton C Whitley Jr USAF
Colonel Alton C. Whitley was born November 27, 1945 in Concord, North Carolina. He graduated from Clemson University in 1968 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant and recognized as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. After pilot training, AI's first assignment was at Luke AFB in Arizona for training on the F-100 Super Sabre. In 1970 he was transferred to Vietnam where he flew a total of 143 combat missions with the 53 1 Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bien Hoa Air Bas
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After completing a Relief-In-Place (RIP) with the 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) in An Najef, Iraq at 040700L April 2003, the 2nd BCT 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) (The STRIKE Brigade) went into an abbreviated planning process for an attack on Karbala to destroy remnant Saddam Fedayeen and paramilitary forces. Following the RIP, select members of the Brigade staff and the Assistant Division Commander for Operations flew to and conducted a battle handover briefing for the mission to Karbala with the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. Upon return, 2nd BCT executed a hasty mission planning sequence as the 101st Division Main Effort and issued a Fragmentary Order (FRAGO) at 041800L April 2003. That evening at 2100L, the Brigade TAC departed the Al Kifl base of operations and linked-up in a Position Area for Artillery (PAA) with 1-320 FA TOP GUNS in preparation for the next mornings attack. In addition to its organic elements, the Brigade was augmented with 2-70 AR, 1st Armored Division; C/1-41 IN (M) 3-101 Attack Aviation; and 2-17 CAV. Artillery support included 1-320 FA, 3-320 FA and C/1-377 FA, including a battery of MLRS from C/2-37 FA. Total artillery assets consisted of 36 guns, 2 launchers, and 3 radars. In total 2nd BCT consisted of 10 battalions. The plan required a Ground Assault Convoy (GAC) move up Highway 9 with a simultaneous air assault from a series of PZs around Al Kifl into three LZs around the city. For the operation Karbala was divided into 4 zones and then sub-divided into 30 separate sectors sequentially lettered from A through DD. The Brigade Main Effort, 3-502 Infantry, departed from PZ BIRCH and landed to the northwest of Karbala on LZ SPARROW and was tasked to destroy a company plus of Fedayeen fighters. Supporting the brigade main effort was 1-502 Infantry, which departed from PZ PINE and landed to the southeast on LZ FINCH. Also in support was 2-502 Infantry, which departed from PZ MAPLE and landed to the southwest on LZ ROBIN. The plan called for the infantry to clear its assigned sectors with 2-70 AR, positioned to the east of the city, responsible for tightening the noose along the key re-supply routes to Baghdad; aviation and artillery units were in support. H-hour was set for 051100L April 2003 and began with a half-dozen airstrikes using satellite-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs against paramilitary arsenals. 23 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and 5 twin-rotor CH-47 Chinooks shuttled three 502nd Infantry battalions (a total of 731 soldiers) into their respective landing zones around the city. Then, in swirling dust and over 102 degree heat, 28 M1 Abrams tanks and 16 M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles roared in from the east and northeast along Route Venezuela -- a hammer against the infantry anvil. Resistance was heavy. The infantry battalions soon found themselves immersed in street clearance against a determined, but unstructured enemy, armed with an array of militia weapons. 3-502 IN (ME) bore the brunt of it. Its companies had entered the city after an unexpectedly long approach march from LZ Sparrow and, once inside, became embroiled in a series of skirmishes that demanded junior leadership of the highest standards. Further south, 2-502 IN moved in similarly methodical fashion, street-by-street, building-by-building. Stockpiles of arms were found in schools and homes. 1-502 IN, pressing in from the southeast of the city, denied the enemy access to multiple caches. 2-17 CAV provided brave and unquestioning support in destroying targets hindering the infantrys advance by either independent action or by marking targets for artillery and Close Air Support (CAS) to engage. By nightfall, 2nd BCT had cleared and secured 13 of their 30 sectors. It had secured a frightening amount of weaponry, including 2 ZPUs, 5 S60s, 14 mortar systems and 36 RPG launchers. It found a possible terrorist training camp, replete with bunkers, obstacle courses and planning tables. Artillery batteries fired more than 100 smoke canisters to screen infantrymen moving onto the streets. Through the next day 2nd BCT infantry units cleared the remainder of their sectors, at times still encountering resistance. Each and every school system was found to contain some sort of weapons cache, Saddam Hussein propaganda, and evidence of foreign insurgent assistance. Baath Party Headquarters were stocked with Oil for Food, rice and flour bags, as well as audio/video and Pro-Hussein political paraphernalia. Karbala was considered cleared of any subversive elements and deemed secure by 061700L April 2003. At aproximately 061730 April 2003, the 20 foot steel molded statue of Saddam Hussein was symbollically torn from its pedestal by elements of the 2-70 Armor battalion and the Iraqi people. Though the Brigade departed Karbala on 071600 APR, 1-502 IN battalion remained in the city until 10 April to conduct a RIP with the 2nd Brigade from the 82nd Airborne Division. The STRIKE Brigade suffered multiple casualties including the death of SPC Larry Brown of C/1-41 IN (M), who died when an RPG hit his Bradley. Hundreds of enemy, mostly Syrians and militia fighters, had been killed. Scores of caches had been discovered and consolidated at the Brigade Supply Area (BSA) resulting in a large international media presence in the city on 7 April. The Battle for Karbala was a successful execution of joint warfare using a combined-arms capability in an urban environment. It was the premier battle of the war for the 2nd BCT. The actions of the 2nd BCT eliminated Iraqi attacks on V Corps Lines of Communication (LOC) and allowed the attack toward Baghdad to continue unhindered.

Strike on Karbala by James Dietz.

The Artillery Raids, 18th / 23rd February 1991 by David Rowlands.		 22 SAS Squadron in the Gulf, having been dropped by Chinook of the 7th Squadron RAF.

The Winged Dagger by Simon Smith. 		Designed and built in the early 1980s at the Lockheed Skunk Works under conditions of intense secrecy, the F-117A Stealth fighter was not revealed to the public until 1990, after it had been in service for over 7 years. A year later during Operation Desert Storm, laser-guided precision bombing images from the cockpits of Black jets over downtown Baghdad were on every television screen and newspaper front page around the world. Night after night, the theory of an aircraft designed to evade radar detection was tested by brave pilots in combat over densely packed Iraqi radar-directed air defences. The results, together with the aircraft and its pilots, are now legend.

Black Jet by Michael Rondot
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225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot, and a remarque.
Prints from the 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot.


Whitley, Alton C
(Col Alton C Whitley Jr USAF)

Colonel Alton C. Whitley was born November 27, 1945 in Concord, North Carolina. He graduated from Clemson University in 1968 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant and recognized as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. After pilot training, AI's first assignment was at Luke AFB in Arizona for training on the F-100 Super Sabre. In 1970 he was transferred to Vietnam where he flew a total of 143 combat missions with the 53 1 Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bien Hoa Air Base and the 3 091h Tactical Fighter Squadron operating out of Tuy Hoa Air Base. Following his combat tour Whitley returned to the states and was assigned to the 74 h TFS in Louisiana. In late 1972 he trained on the A~713 Corsair, and in 1973 he returned to Vietnam, flying an additional 90 combat missions with the 3 rd TFS in Thailand. In 1975 Whitley earned a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Northern Colorado. In 1980 Whitley received the Risner Trophy recognizing him as the Outstanding Fighter Pilot in the USAF for that year. From January 1981 until mid-1985 AI was assigned to the 4450 Tactical Group at Nellis AFB, flying the F- 1 17A and A-7 aircraft. He served as group staff officer, operations officer, and squadron commander while assigned to the 445th . He had the honor of being the first operational pilot in the Tactical Air Command to pilot the F-1 17A. After completing the National War College in 1986, he was assigned to the Pentagon for a short time before taking command of Red Flag at Nellis AFB. While commanding Red Flag, Whifley graduated from Adversary Tactics Course and flew the F5-E Aggressor with the 65 h Aggressor Squadron. In his next assignment Whitley flew the A-10 while acting as vice commander of the 57 h Fighter Weapons Wing. In July of 1989 AI was reassigned to the Headquarters Tactical Air Command as Director of Fighter Training and Tactics. In August 1990 Col. Whitley assumed command of the 37th TFW. This unit flew the critical F-1 17A missions during Operation Desert Storm. Whitley personally flew 19 combat missions during the conflict. Col. Whitley retired from active duty in June of 1994 following twenty-six years of service. A command pilot with more than 5,500 flying hours, Whitley has received many decorations and awards including the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross with four oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with fourteen oak leaf clusters, the Aerial Achievement Award, the Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army Commendation Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Southwest Asia Medal with two bronze stars, the Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Kuwait Liberation Medal. AI currently resides in South Carolina with his wife Ann. The Whitley's have two children, and AI remains busy as the Director of the Air Force Junior ROTC program, and as an Aerospace Science Instructor with the 941st Unit of Air Force Junior ROTC at D.W. Daniel High School in Central, South Carolina.
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