Prepping for high flying
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Allen Smith and Senior Airman David Sivixay test and verify Lt. Col. Brian "Bubba" Dickinson's suit here Nov. 14. Both are with the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron Physiological Support Division. Col. Dickinson is a U-2 Dragonlady pilot with the 99th and is responsible for gathering intelligence in the area of responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. All three are deployed from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing out of Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Airman Sivixay is from San Diego, Calif. Airman Smith's hometown is Tampa, Fla. and Colonel Dickinson is a native of Oscoda, Mich., and Colorado Springs, Colo.(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Christopher A. Campbell)(released)