Citat:Iraq believed it was safe because of the KARI air defense system (KARI is Iraq spelled backward in French; France sold the system to Iraq). KARI netted together more than 150 batteries of Iraqi air defense missiles and anti-aircraft artillery, and more than 700 combat-capable xed-wing tactical aircraft. Iraq had thousands of surface-to-air missiles, as wellas shoulder-red anti-aircraft weapons.
Allied air commanders anticipated heavy losses. “[We]thought we would lose about 100 to 120 airplanes the rst twonights of the air campaign,” Loh said. “Attrition experts said 20 to 25 percent.” Even after air defenses were beaten down, Lohsaid, it was estimated that air losses “would tail to to about 5 or 10 per day for the next week or two.”
Instead, only 75 coalition aircraft were lost—and only 27 of those by U.S. forces—across the entirety of a five week bombing campaign before ground combat began, and four days of close air support and interdiction afterward.
Toni ::
Package Q je bio dnevni napad na Bagdad sa 72 F-16, podrska su bili 8 F-15 kao zastita, 8 F-4G Wild Weasel i 2 F-111 za elektronsko ometanje. Izgubljena su 2 F-16.
Citat:In this, the first part of my interview with "Kluso" Tollini, he talks about preparing for war, his time flying the Eagle at Kedena AB, Japan, and the planning process for getting ready to lead the first fighter sweep into Iraq that first night, Jan 17 1991.
In the second part of our interview, he'll describe leading his formation into Iraq through thunderstorms and lightning, and his wingman (JB Kelk) scoring the very first kill of the war. He will then describe his own kill (MiG-25) on 19 Jan.
Ne mogu da se setim gde sam video fotografiju britanskih Bukanira u zalivu (verovatno AFM ili Aircraft Illustrated) poređanih na stajanci kao u donjoj tabeli... obratiti pažnju na kodna slova
Serial - Code - Name(s)
XX788 - P - Linkwood, Laura, Laser Lips
XX892 - I - Glen Lossie
XW547 - R - The Macallan, Pauline, Guinness Girl
XW533 - A - Glenfarclas, Miss Jolly Roger, Fiona
XX889 - T - Longmorn
XW530 - E - Glenmorangie
XV863 - S - Tamnavoulin, Debbie, Sea Witch
XX885 - L - Famous Grouse, Caroline, Hello Sailor
XX894 - O - Aberlour
XV352 - U - Tamdhu
XX901 - N - Glen Elgin, Kathryn, The Flying Mermaid
XX895 - G - Glenfiddich, Lynn, Jaws
Citat:30 Years ago 12Sqn aircraft and crews took part in the first use of the Buccaneer in Gulf War 1, using laser guided weapons to support Tornado crews.
Citat:“I fired the first shots from an armed U.S. Black Hawk in combat,” the retired chief warrant officer four recalled. He was leading the two-helicopter flight when they were diverted to a Scud location. “I fired mini-guns from pretty close range, but then had a rocket system malfunction that limited our ability to destroy the launcher. I had our [forward-looking infrared] recorder going and there is a great picture of the gun run where you can see the mini-gun rounds impacting in and around the Scud. There was some speculation that these were decoys and that may be the case but, in the moment, it was quite the experience.”