Parking lot living quarters of A/4-101 at KFA; CW2 Koch in foreground. Each crew of 3 was assigned their own parking space. It was hotter than hell for most of the time that we lived here

A/4-101 armory at KFA; 1SGT Herriman on right side of photo

Birthday or Christmas party; left to right – CW2 Robbie Todd, WO1 Tom O’Halloran, CW2 Bill Condon, 1LT Tony Michelini, CPT Jeff Brown, CW2 Wesley Gale

1LT Mark Margheim helps 1LT Tony Michelini don his watch after Michelini broke his wrist. That was real pain on my face. Take a look at my right wrist. Our cruel flight surgeon let me go for a night before sending me to a field hospital for x-rays and a cast. When I reported for sick call the morning after my accident, the medic said something like “Yeah, Doc said you’d be back. He said last night he knew it was broken.”

Arm cast on 1LT Tony Michelini with artwork by CW2 Wesley Gale. I still have that cast with the artwork on it in my possession along with another great creation of his that decorated the back of my Saudi lounge chair

CW2 Art Peterson and CW3 John Hazelwood celebrate Halloween at KFA. On second thought, they seemed to be dressed like that a lot of the timeJ

UH-60A

Crew of A/C 24648 from left to right: Door Gunner PFC McIntyre?, CW2 Ken Koch, 1LT Tony Michelini, Crew Chief SPC Jonathon Scott

UH-60As

Aerial view of desert

1LT Tony Michelini flying A/C 24648

Cockpit of A/C 24648

Offloading at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 1LT Tony Michelini in foreground

Offloading at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Vehicles in desert

Desert bivouac for crew of A/C 24648

Camel

UH-60A; unknown what is pictured in the background

Herd of camels

Herd of camels

1LT Tony Michelini with a camel

Desert communications encampment

1LT Tony Michelini

One of our pet fighting scorpions sitting on a sheet of plastic. Some of the guys collected pets in the desert, especially scorpions. We would then place two of them on a sheet of plastic, hold the edges of the plastic up to keep the scorpions in the center, and let them fight to the death. It’s a little chilling to recall it now but it seemed like fair sport at the time.

One of our famous scorpion fights occurring on a sheet of plastic

Big rock in the desert

Persian Gulf?

Road sign in Saudi Arabia

Bob Hope and Johnny Bench at KFA

Bob Hope at KFA

1LT Tony Michelini sitting front row center for Bob Hope at KFA

1LT Tony Michelini

1LT Tony Michelini at Dhahran with helicopter that rescued Kuwaiti royal family

UH-60A

UH-60A with ESSS

Sand dunes of Iraq

U.S. Air Force aircraft on bombing mission

Sand dunes of Iraq

Riding the buses to an R&R site

Roadside sign in Saudi Arabia

Camel crossing in Saudi Arabia

1LT ??? and CPT Don Galli at AO Eagle with 101^{st artwork in background}

CW2 Ken Koch and 1LT Tony Michelini at AO Eagle

Elvis lives with 1LT Tony Michelini at AO Eagle. I lost about 30 lbs. in the desert and you can really see it here

1LT Michelini at AO Eagle

1LT ??? and CPT Don Galli at AO Eagle