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counterpart on the opposite shift, get someone in there that can
do the job. Have faith in the people, and don't delude yourself.
Establish your routine early so you can be effective on "your"
shift.


JAN 20: DAY 4

- We launched 40 at 0545L. Two diverted to Doha and four went to
E1 Jouf for low fuel.

- Our pilots are having an extremely hard time getting tanker
support. I watched the morale of the troops go down when they
saw a whole package come back with their bombs. The weather over
the target area is so bad that the jets can't confirm their
targets and they will not drop bombs indiscriminately.

- There is no new news. Iraq is throwing the reporters out and
fabricating the story of Israeli intervention. Israel has come
out and officially said it will not respond, now.

- They changed the frag this afternoon to CBU's. We are going
after people targets now. The A-10's are really striking the
forces dug into Kuwait with great force.


              [(b)(1)sec 3.4(b)(6)]

- For the second goes, only 24 out of 40 slated launched due to
the nonavailability of tankers. This has been a serious problem
that has knocked out many of our sorties the past three days.


JAN 21: DAY 5

- The first go was reduced from 48 to 24 due to lack of tanker
support. We launched 23 out of 24. A/C 1144 had an AB No Light.

- Reports are that the weather over Iraq is now clearing. Now we
can get this show on the road and make up for lost time.

- The Patriot missile shot down 9 out of 10 SCUD's that were shot
at Riyadh.

- The second go was again fragged with Mk 84's. We launched 24.
All came back with reports of a highly successful mission.
Spirits are back up as the weather is clearing and we are back on
schedule for targets.

- The Iragi's are continuing their attacks against Saudi for the
second night. 
	

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