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16 January: Coalition forces led by the U.S. start deploying to Kuwait via the Persian Gulf and the Saudi Arabian border, triggering the first official infantry combat. 16 January: President George H. W. Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Office on the beginning of US-Led Coalition forces strikes at the beginning of Operation Desert Storm. [8]
Operation Desert Storm was the US name of the airland conflict from 17 January 1991 through 28 February 1991 [35] Operation Desert Sabre (early name Operation Desert Sword) was the US name for the air and land offensive against the Iraqi Army in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations (the "100-hour war") from 24 to 28 February 1991, in itself, part ...
The Coalition lost a total of 75 aircraft—52 fixed-wing aircraft and 23 helicopters–during Desert Storm, with 39 fixed-wing aircraft and 5 helicopters lost in combat. [60] One coalition fighter was lost in air-air combat, a U.S. Navy F/A-18 piloted by Scott Speicher .
On 23 February 1991, the aerial bombardment campaign came to an end and the coalition began a large-scale ground offensive into Iraqi-occupied Kuwait and parts of Iraq. The Iraqi military was devastated in the fighting, and Kuwait was declared completely free of Iraqi troops on 28 February 1991.
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 (USCENTAF), the USAF component of the Joint United ...
The following are the approved campaign phases and respective inclusive dates for the Southwest Asia Service Medal ... (DESERT STORM) 17 January 1991 11 April 1991
Memorandum for Record, Operation DESERT STORM, Lt. Colonel Scott Marcy, Headquarters 3d Squadron, 2d ACR, 8 March 1991; Conference Papers from "73 Easting: "Lessons Learned from Desert Storm via Advanced Distributed Simulation Technology, 27–29 August 1991", J. Orlansky and J Thorpe, editors, IDA Doc D-1110, IDA, Alexandria VA, April 1992.
This is the order of battle for the Liberation of Kuwait campaign during the Gulf War between Coalition forces [1] and the Iraqi Armed Forces [2] between February 24–28, 1991.