On Target Organizing and Executing the Strategic Air Campaign Against Iraq
THE USAF IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR On Target Organizing and Executing the Strategic Air Campaign Against Iraq Richard G. Davis Air Force History and Museums Program United States Air Force Washington, D.C., 2002 Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Air Force History and Museums Program, the U.S. Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other U.S. government agency. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Davis, Richard G. On target : organizing and executing the strategic air campaign against Iraq / Richard G. Davis. p. cm. — (The USAF in the Persian Gulf War) 1. Persian Gulf War, 1991—Aerial operations, American. 2. Persian Gulf War, 1991— Campaigns—Iraq. 3. United States. Air Force—History—Persian Gulf War, 1991. I. Title. II. Series. DS79.744.A47 D39 2002 956.7044'248—dc21 2002015525 Other Publications from the AIR FORCE HISTORY AND MUSEUMS PROGRAM NOTICE: This volume covers only strategic air operations over Iraqi territory. For coverage of air matters in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations, please read Perry Jamieson’s Lucrative Targets. Richard G. Davis, Roots of Conflict: A Military Perspective on the Middle East and Persian Gulf Crisis, 1993. Perry Jamieson, Lucrative Targets: The U.S. Air Force in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations, 2001. Steven B. Michael, The Persian Gulf War: An Air Staff Chronology of Desert Shield/Desert Storm, forthcoming. William T. Y’Blood, The Eagle and The Scorpion: The Desert Shield First Phase Deployment, forthcoming. William T.
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