Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Dean Stoops flies in Kuwait providing support to Operation Iraqi Freedom from July 2005 to July 2006, where he served as the Theater Aviation Standardization Officer, Tactical Operations Officer, and Air Traffic and Airspace Officer for the Headquarters Army Central Command (USARCENT), Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), and the Udairi Army Airfield. During this period, he served throughout the 27-nation USARCENT area of responsibility including Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Qatar, and Bahrain, with short tours of duty on four aircraft carriers wo
Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Dean Stoops flies in Kuwait providing support to Operation Iraqi Freedom from July 2005 to July 2006, where he served as the Theater Aviation Standardization Officer, Tactical Operations Officer, and Air Traffic and Airspace Officer for the Headquarters Army Central Command (USARCENT), Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), and the Udairi Army Airfield. During this period, he served throughout the 27-nation USARCENT area of responsibility including Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Qatar, and Bahrain, with short tours of duty on four aircraft carriers working with the US Navy and Marines. Fifteen members of the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade have 4,000 military flight hours or more. This photo represents the storied history of that endeavor.(Photo courtesy of CW5 Dean Stoops)
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