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were fairly 'oft," i.e., unprotected, but the storage facilities were hardened bunkers. Therefore, Lt Col Hylton led his flight down and destroyed the production facilities.   The storage bunkers could wait until later. (50) On 25 January 1991, the 69 TFS flew thirty eight sorties in support of Operation Desert Storm. (51)

	(U) The Iraqis continued 10 launch SCUDs against both Saudi Arabia and Israel. One of the missiles, launched a1 Riyadh, killed a Saudi national. Iraq also decided to engage in a bit of ecological terrorism and on 25 January 1991 Iraqi troops began dumping millions of gallons of crude oil from Kuwaiti oil fields into the Persian Gulf. (52)

	(U) A1 1445 (L) on 26 January 1991, eight F-16s of the 69 TFS made up part of a 24 plane package which went back to finish the destruction of the rocket propellant plant. Major Steve Nueller led seven other aircraft down through the cloud cover and delivered their K-84s from between 11,000-15,000 feet. As the planes egressed the target area, they could see that their targets, the bunkers, were in fact destroyed. The strike package returned without incident at 2020 hours (L). The 69 TFS continued to mount a constant flight of four ships on SCUD alert at King Fahd AB. The squadron's unique equipment (LANTIRN) made them the first choice at CENTAF Headquarters for these highly politically sensitive missions. (53)

SCUD HUNTING 

	(U) A typical SCUD mission consisted of (usually) two aircraft being scrambled from King Fahd AB. They then climbed to altitude, rendezvoused with a tanker, and received instruction as to the suspected - SCUD launcher site from either JSTARS (Joint Surveillance Target Attack 

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