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A Soldier holds one of the small lightweight GPS receivers used during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. (U.S. Air Force photo) Evolution of GPS: From Desert Storm to today's users
In a desert, it's easy to get lost. There are no roads, no signposts, nor vegetation to give locational clues. That was the grim situation facing U.S. and coalition forces during the 1990-1991 crisis in the Persian Gulf, known as Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
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2016
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein presents what he believes is the Air Force story of today, which is equal parts “challenge and opportunity” to a crowd of defense industry watchers March 10, 2016, at the Crowne Plaza Hamilton in Washington, D.C. Most of America still remembers the Air Force of Desert Storm, Goldfein said. At the time, there were 134 fighter squadrons across the Air Force but now there are only 55 fighter squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bryan Franks) Goldfein: Optimistic about future of airpower
Equals part challenge and opportunity -- that’s how Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein described as the current state of the Air Force March 10 during a Defense Programs Conference in Washington, D.C.
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2016
Maj. Gen. Vincent Mancuso, the mobilization assistant to the Air Force chief of staff, speaks to Air Force ROTC Detachment 330 cadets at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., Feb. 18, 2016. Mancuso, who served as an F-4 Phantom II pilot during Operation Desert Storm, spoke to the cadets about personal leadership lessons he learned as a young pilot during the conflict 25 years ago and how those lessons are applicable to the cadets as they begin their Air Force careers as officers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Zach Anderson) Air Force senior leaders share lessons learned from Desert Storm
During recent visits to Howard University and the University of Maryland, two Air Force senior leaders shared memories and lessons learned from Operation Desert Storm with more than 160 Washington, D.C., area Air Force ROTC cadets as part of the Air Force’s focus on the 25th anniversary of the conflict.
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2016
F-16A Fighting Falcon, F-15C Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft fly over burning oil field sites in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force archive photo) A look back at Desert Storm, 25 years later
Twenty-five years ago, the Air Force participated in Operation Desert Storm, the largest air campaign since the conflict in Southeast Asia. The campaign’s purpose was to drive the Iraqi military out of Kuwait, release the country from Saddam Hussein’s invasion and reestablish its sovereignty.
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