A Staff Sgt. checks over Mark 84 2,000-pound bombs as the ordnance is readied for loading aboard 401st Tactical Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The aircraft will be conducting the first daylight strike against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm.

A Staff Sgt. checks over Mark 84 2,000-pound bombs as the ordnance is readied for loading aboard 401st Tactical Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The aircraft will be conducting the first daylight strike against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm.