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| Date Iraq invaded Kuwait | 2 August 1990 |
| Date United Nations authorized economic embargo on Iraq, and President George H. W. Bush announced Operation DESERT SHIELD | 6 August 1990 |
| CENTCOM commander | U. S. Central Command theater commander General H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
| Number of coalition aircraft in the area of operations by mid-January | 2,600 |
| Number of United States aircraft in the area of operations by mid-January | 1,900 |
| First phase of Desert Storm | Aimed at strategic targets in the heart of Iraq |
| Colonel John Warden headed what planning group? | conceptual air plan: "Checkmate" |
| Lt. General Charles A. "Chuck" Horner headed what planning group? | refined air plan: "The Black Hole" |
| Checkmate and The Black Hole became? | INSTANT THUNDER; 25 August 1990 |
| Second phase of Desert Storm | Suppress the Iraqi air defenses in the Kuwait Theater of Operations(KTO) |
| Date Desert Storm began | 17 January 1991 |
| Aircraft initially involved in first strike | Air Force-Army helicopters. Immediately followed by F-117A strikes |
| Third phase of Desert Storm | Reduce the combat capability of the potent Iraqi ground forces before the final coalition ground offensive |
| Fourth and final phase of Desert Storm | support for the ground campaign in the liberation of Kuwait |
| JFACC | Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC)-centralized command and control system. |
| Desert Shield/Storm JFACC | Headed by Lt. Gen. Charles A Horner during Desert Shield and Storm |
| ATO | Air Tasking Order (ATO)-provides assigned targets and missions to all of the aircraft flying in the theater. |
| KTO | Kuwait Theater of Operations |
| What is "tank plinking?" | A-10s and F-15Es destroyed the enemy's vaunted armored forces |
| number of TANKS destroyed | 1,800 |
| number of ARMORED VEHICLES destroyed | 1,000 |
| number of ARTILLERY PIECES destroyed | 1,500 |
| 1 - "A professional soldier understands that... | war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers... |
| 2 - "...All you have to do is... | hold your first dying soldier in your arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that his life is flowing out and you can't do anything about it. Then you understand the horror of war..." |
| 3 - "...Any soldier worth his salt... | should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for." |
| T-43 | Boeing T-43 Bobcat, Primary Function: Navigator Training |
| AIM-7 | AIM-7 Nickname: Sparrow, Primary Function: Air-to-air missile |
| AIM-9 | AIM-9 Nickname: Sidewinder, Primary Function: Air-to-air missile |
| AIM-120 | AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-To-Air Missile, Nickname: AMRAAM, Primary Function: Air-to-air missile |
| AIM-7 guidance system | radar guided |
| AIM-9 guidance system | infrared (IR) guidance |
| AIM-120 guidance system | active radar terminal homing |
