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Pilots assigned to the Louisiana Air National Guard 159th Fighter Wing deliver F-15 Strike Eagles to temporarily refuge at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas before Hurricane Gustav makes landfall near their homeport of NAS JRB New Orleans. Other aircraft flown to the area include F/A-18 Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron 204 stationed at NAS Belle Chasse, La. and F/A-18 Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 122 stationed at NAS Lemoore, Calif., that were temporally deployed to New Orleans for annual training. Fort Worth is a Continuity of Operations Site during hurricane season and has sheltered as many as 140 transient aircraft at one time.
| Date Taken: | 08.29.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 09.03.2008 01:21 |
| Photo ID: | 112599 |
| VIRIN: | 080829-M-6508B-013 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 1.6 MB |
| Location: | FORT WORTH, TX, US |
| Web Views: | 161 |
| Downloads: | 34 |
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