In the opening days of Desert Storm, Iraqi MiG-23s rose from the sands to challenge America’s F-15C Eagles. What followed was ...
Twenty years after the first Gulf War began: a familiar enemy, but a different result. On August 2, 1990, after a massive troop buildup, Iraq invaded Kuwait. As the West and the remainder of the Arab ...
MARLIN FITZWATER, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: In conjunction with the forces of our coalition partners, the United States has moved under the code name Operation Desert Storm. The liberation of ...
The F-16’s Desert Storm exploits—minimal losses (losing only three to enemy fire), and billions in damage inflicted on Saddam Hussein’s regime—cemented its status as a warfighting icon. The roar of ...
When Operation Desert Storm began in 1990, the F-14 Tomcat was already a proven fighter, being the only U.S. jet with a confirmed air-to-air kill, and it was expected to excel over Iraq. Though ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - More than three decades after serving together in Operation Desert Storm, members of the US Army’s 47th Support Battalion gathered in Odessa for a reunion filled with ...