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04 05 211459Z JAN 91 00 			 CAT 7591

NO

MORE CANCELLED AND EVEN MORE LESS EFFECTIVE WITHOUT THE SUPERB

WEATHER SUPPORT BEING PROVIDED.

4. (U) FOLLOWING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM SITREPS AND CENTAF/REAR

UPDATE BRIEFINGS:

A.  17 JAN 91. CENTAF/REAR UPDATE BRIEFING. FIRST EVENING AIR

CAMPAIGN 1260 SORTIES FLOWN (727 USAF, 410 USN/USMC, 123 OTHER)

F-117S TARGET WEATHER EXCELLENT. ONLY FIVE OF 1260 SORTIES HAD

TARGET WEATHER ABORTS. RETURNING AIRCRAFT TO TAIF IMPACTED BY

SHALLOW GROUND FOG.  35 SORTIES CONNECTED WITH TANKERS AND THEN

LANDED. 15 DIVERTED TO JEDDAH. TAIF 02Z: 5 BROKEN 1/4 F.

B.  19 JAN 91. F-4G OUT OF GAS AT KKMC. PILOT EJECTED.

AIRCRAFT LOST. AIRFIELD WEATHER 31010 1/4 45FG WO2X. ACCIDENT BOARD

IN PROGRESS.

C. 19 JAN 91 CENTCOM SITREP 146. THE WEATHER (NOT WEATHER

SUPPORT) PREVENTED SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT OF MANY PLANNED SORTIES

IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. LOW STRATUS AND FOG IN NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA,

FORECAST AND OBSERVED CLOUDS OVER TARGETS IN VICINITY KUWAIT, SAUDI

ARABIA-IRAQ BORDER ALL HAMPERED PLANNED OPERATIONS. CENTAF REPORTED

FOUR PACKAGES AND ONLY TWO F-117S FROM FIRST LAUNCH WERE ABLE TO

ACQUIRE TARGETS. WITH RECENT BAD WEATHER IN IRAQ (STRATUS/FOG), TACC



SAME AS RELEASER
DOX, 47591 UNDER FILE: IMMED

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