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At midnight in Iraq, the United Nations deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires, and the Pentagon prepares to commence offensive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from its five-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor.
At 4:30 p.m. EST, the first fighter aircraft were launched from Saudi Arabia and off U.S. and British aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf on bombing missions over Iraq. All evening, aircraft from the U.S.-led military coalition pounded targets in and around Baghdad as the world watched the events transpire in television footage transmitted live via satellite from Baghdad and elsewhere. At 7:00 p.m., Operation Desert Storm, the code-name for the massive U.S.-led offensive against Iraq, was formally announced at the White House.
At midnight in Iraq, the United Nations deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires, and the Pentagon prepares to commence offensive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from its five-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor.
At 4:30 p.m. EST, the first fighter aircraft were launched from Saudi Arabia and off U.S. and British aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf on bombing missions over Iraq. All evening, aircraft from the U.S.-led military coalition pounded targets in and around Baghdad as the world watched the events transpire in television footage transmitted live via satellite from Baghdad and elsewhere. At 7:00 p.m., Operation Desert Storm, the code-name for the massive U.S.-led offensive against Iraq, was formally announced at the White House.
The Persian Gulf War begins
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Operation Desert Shield/Storm
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Remember it well. Our B-1s were grounded so weren't deployed but our tankers and a good chunk of support staff were there.
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This is our “war face.” LOL We are proud ODS veterans. We deployed with the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB. My husband was a weapons loader on the F-15E Strike Eagles, the newest fighter in the inventory. We lost a jet on the first night of the war and one on the third night of the war. The first crew was KIA and the second crew was captured. I’ll never forget it.
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MSgt Dee Ann P.
MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi - we were one unit. I remember welcoming the Bitburg jets / pilots / maintainers in “Texas Stadium” and the first thing some of them asked me was: where’s the BX. I laughed because it was just a double wide tent in “The Mall.”
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