His girlfriend's on his mind. But for 45 days the weapons load crew chief's main worry is making sure the bombs and missiles he loads on the jets work. Sergeant Bade of the 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., doesn't have time to think of the ONW politics. This is the real deal. I'd like it if we dropped more bombs.
Fighters often return to base minus their bombs and missiles.
The Iraqi's shoot at us on just about every sortie. The 54th Fighter Squadron pilot flies tactical reconnaissance missions. Coalition jets dodge the threats. But that's not the ONW mission, General DuLaney said. He'd be happy if his pilots never had to drop a bomb.