Hobby Master 1/72 AIr Power Series, HA3013, EF-111A RAven (Spark Vark) 66-6013 "Yankee Air Pirate" 429 ECS/27 FW, Operation Provide Comfort & Southern Watch.
In October 1993 the 429th ECS (Electronic Combat
Squadron) “Black Falcons” became the only USAF
unit equipped with the EF-111 Ravens. EF-111 Ravens provided tactical
electronic jamming support
to coalition forces enforcing Operation Provide Comfort that was a military operation to defend Kurds
fleeing their homes in northern in 1991.
On August 26, 1992 the United States began Operation Southern
Watch to enforce United Nations sanctions against Iraq. The USAF officially retired the
EF-111A in June 1998, and the 429th ECS was inactivated June 19, 1998.
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