Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from Summer 1992 to Spring 2003.
United States Central Command’s Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA)had the mission of monitoring and controlling the airspace south of the 32nd Parallel (extended to the 33rd Parallel in 1996) in southern and south-central Iraq during the period following the end of the 1991 Persian Gulf War until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
An 110th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle takes off at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.
Participating in Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, Brigadier General Allen Peck, USAF, 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing Commander poses in front of his F-15 Eagle prior to his 100th flying hour in combat at Prince Sultan Air Base.
54th Fighter Squadron F-15s on patrol during Operation Southern Watch (USAF photo)
PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia An F-15 Eagle from the 123rd Fighter Squadron, Oregon ANG takes off during Operation Southern Watch (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Sean M. Worrell)
A 71st Fighter Squadron “Ironman” F-15 Eagle Langley AFB, patrols the no fly zone over southern Iraq, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.
A 71st Fighter Squadron “Ironman” F-15 Eagle Langley AFB, patrols the no fly zone over southern Iraq, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.
