Vipers of '91: Hill's F-16s at war - Hill Air Force Base
Jan 22, 2016 — Desert Shield/Desert Storm An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flies out on a mission during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and Mark 84 2,000-pound bombs.
United States Air Force order of battle of the Gulf War
The 1990–1991 Gulf War was the last major United States Air Force combat operation of the 20th Century. The command and control of allied forces deployed to the Middle East initially as part of Operation Desert Shield, later engaging in combat operations during Operation Desert Storm, were assigned to United States Central Command Air Forces ...
Hill F-16 squadron celebrating 40 years of combat ... - Air …
Mar 23, 2017 — All three squadrons of the 388th TFW played key roles during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. On Aug. 28, 1990, 26 days after Iraq invaded Kuwait, 24 F-16Cs from the 4th TFS departed Hill AFB for Al Minhad AB in the United Arab Emirates.
Fighter Wing, based at Al Minhad in the United Arab Emirates, and 16 from the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Doha in Qatar. Each carried two 2,000-pound bombs. They were supported by eight F-15s to provide air cover and eight F-4G Wild Weasels and two EF-111s to jam and attack enemy radars. The plan’s operational challenges were
Desert Storm:Hill looks back after 25 years - Hill Air Force Base
Jan 15, 2016 — HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- January 16th marked the 25th Anniversary of Desert Storm, the U.S. led coalition effort to destroy Saddam Hussein's war machine and his invasion to overpower Kuwait. It was the largest air campaign since World War II and established the United States Air Force dominant presence in the modern battlespace.
Desert Storm. They had flown their route entirely on instruments and in formation. The Apaches unleashed their Hellfire missiles, demolishing the radars and blinding the Iraqi air defense system at critical points. Soon afterward, low flying US fighter–bomber aircraft rushed through the breaches on their way to first-night targets in Iraq ...
25 years later: what we learned from Desert Storm - Air Force Times
Jan 21, 2016 — Twenty-five years ago this month, the U.S. launched Operation Desert Storm, designed to drive Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army out of Kuwait and back into Iraq.
against two Iraqi air bases in Kuwait during the opening round of Operation Desert Storm. “Rash” and “Chancer” flights took off before daybreak from Al Minhad Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The pilots navigated their Block 40 F–16Cs though darkness using their inertial navigation systems that Global Positioning Satellites updated every
Operation Desert Storm - GlobalSecurity.org
During Desert Storm, the air forces of the Arab allies (Saudia Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and United Araba Emirates) conducted a range of combat operations and were full participants...
Pilot Debrief - Vipers in the Storm
In August 1990, a group of F-16 fighter pilots assigned to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, deployed to Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates in support of Operation Desert Shield.