7440th Composite Wing

  • US Air Force embraced ‘DevOps’ philosophy during Desert Storm

    US Air Force embraced ‘DevOps’ philosophy during Desert Storm

    I joined the US Air Force in December of 1988. I was serving at RAF Upper Heyford outside of Oxford, England when the United States initiated Operation Desert Shield to contain Iraqi aggression. I was deployed to Incirlik AB, Turkey for Desert Shield, and subsequently for Operation Desert Storm–the combat operations that liberated Kuwait from…