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UNCLASSIFIED

(U) A flight of six ships, call sign "Ruff" flight (at the outbreak of hostilities the 69th's call signs were changed to different types of dogs, pointer, spaniel, ruff.. etc.), departed Al Minhad at 2300 hours (L), the mission, to bomb map coordinates 200 miles north of the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border.  The flight received little input enroute, and upon reaching the vicinity of their objective dropped their load of twelve MK-84's.  The next day they returned for visual confirmation and discovered a city in the general area they bombed; no other indication existed of what their target might have been. (44)  At the end of the first week of Operation Desert Storm, the 69 TFS completed 166 sorties.  The allied total for the week stood at more than 12,000. (45)

ATTACK ON THE POL FACILITY

	(U) On 23 January 1991 eight ships from the 69th combined with fourteen ships from the 4th to conduct a strike on a target just south of Baghdad.  Although the flight picked up a lot of radar warning signals, no missiles were fired at them.  The pilots completed their mission and returned to base without incident.  The next day eight aircraft (Husky and Collar flights) conducted a bombing attack on a Iraqi POL (petroleum, oil, and lubricants) site.  This time no outside agencies were needed to give the pilots BDA; the 69 War Log recorder,"...the fireworks were quite a sight to behold." (46)  The 69 the flew thirty sorties in support of Desert Storm on 24 January 1991. (47)
	(U) Throughout 25 January 1991, the 60 the maintained at least one flight of four aircraft on alert for SCUDs.  Pointer flight (Capt Dave Thorsen, 1Lt Steve Gurney, Cap Kenneth Stefanek, 1Lt Scott Long) flew to King Fahd AB, and from there received orders to hit two SCUD targets in northern and central Kuwait.  Anti-aircraft defenses consisted


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