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of both SAMs and triple A but did not deter the pilots from pressing their attacks and putting their bombs on target.   When they returned to King Fahd AB they swapped out their jets and ferried four broken ones back to Al Minhad for maintenance. (48)  

	(U) One of the problems King Fahd AB possessed as a forward operating location consisted of inadequate maintenance facilities, specifically regarding engines. No engine runs could be performed as there were no adequate tie-down pilots.      So when the maintenance personnel replaced or repaired an engine, the plane returned to A1 Minhad or engine run checks.    This problem did not affect the A-10 units that were stationed at King Fahd AB.   The A-10 maintenance personnel were able to improvise tie down points for the lower powered aircraft, but the more powerful F-16s required resources which simply did not exist at King Fahd AB.  The pilots therefore ferried aircraft back to A1 Minhad at low power settings. (49)

ATTACK ON THE ROCKET PROPELLANT PLANT

	(U) While Pointer flight attacked SCUDs, the 69th's Ruff 11 flight (Major Mike Cook, let Thomas Wark, Capt Scott Bishop, Capt David Johnson) struck Republican Guard positions with CBU-87 cluster bombs.   Additionally,  Mastiff flight  (Capt Doug Harris, 1Lt Kedar Padhye,    Capt Kenneth Thompson, Capt Scott Poppleton) returned to A1 Minhad after three days of shooting up anything that produced a significant radar return in the Basra area.   Lt Col Bob Hylton led Sheppard flight       (Lt Col Hylton, Capt Earle Thompson, Lt Col Mike Sweeney, Capt Mike Holloman) on a strike against a rocket propellant plant located on the Euphrates River.  Although fairly heavily defended, the flight fought their through and hit the plant. The production facilities themselves 

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