3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR

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Subject: 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR                 

Box  ID: BX001301

Document Number:          3

Folder Title: OPORDS AND  COMMAND AND CONTROL                                                                 

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Unit: 3D AD       

Parent Organzation: VII  CORPS  










                                             HI'STORICAI. REF'ORNI FORMAT

                RFPOI."r/ALJTI ]()rc  CF,r F.,          Cli;ii-idlc-i-. li-. UNIT-, '/227t.1-i
                Aviation ACTIVII'Y/EVEI,41'-      IriiLt-vi.ew with CPT Jkcll PiCCiLtiO.,
                Commander, Charlie Company, 2/227th Aviation. DATE/TIIIE 017
                ACTI'VITY/EVENT: 21 February 1991 t.tntil. 28 February 1991
                DESCRIF'TTOII OF ACTIVITY/EVE14T:


                                                    HEADI,IOTES:

                21 February: A proposed Crossed Front Line of                 Troops (r7l-OT) (/-If:3
                    Infantry Division) Mission. Passage Point Time was 2345.
                    llission cancelled. All attack companies at FARP Chevy
                    returned to Forward Assembly Aret (FAA) EtLtttT,-

                22-23 February: Attempted Crossed FI-OT (48 Infantry Division)
                    llissiori. Pavsagc, Point Tim was 0053 an the 22nd And 015-1 on
                    the 23rd. Mission cancelled. All attack companies rc-,tLti-i-ied
                    to FAA Butts-

                24  February: Ground movement to Concord (North of tapline road).
                    Crossed at 1000 hours. Moved vicinity brigade across sector.
                    Moved north with brigade. Consolidated FARP Assets at FARP
                    Chevy. FARP Chevy stayed in pl@a           'r4.   Aircraft remained at
                    Chevy.    Mtin body and Tactical Operations Center (TOC) FARF:'
                    moved short.


                                                PEI;:SOI,IAL ll,[TERVIEWz



                CPT Jack Picciuto, Commander, Charlie Company, 2/227tl-k Aviatioit..

                21 through 24 February Overview:

                What was to be this unit's first niissioi-i, an aerial strike
                3.r,xrl, was cancelled three times in A row.              The pilots were
d-                 The s-taf-f-
                worl,-,. wts excellent.     There was sufficient detail and planriin(l-
                All. the pilots considered it dangerous, but were confident III(-?X
                Could do it, even though it was Cross-FLOI'.                Cross-FLOI' is wheat
                you takc- friendly forces deep in eneniy territory to perform @x
                (mission -to A specific target and return.              There would have, been
                no supporting firfs.         If a pilot or crew was shot down, it wott'.].(l
                lie very difficult to get the crew out.               We were scheduled to
                driv(? 35-40 kilometers into eneniy (Iraqi) territory-                   Sttppoi- I
                was tremendous. We even had Chinooks planned.                  In case of
                accident or mishap the Chinooks would help extract crew and
                ciircra-ft-    They carried a small ground force to secure the area
                should a pilot or crew get shot down.

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File Room = jul96_declassified
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Box ID = BX001301
Unit = 3D AD
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL
Folder Seq # = 4
Subject = 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date = 18-JUL-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 16-AUG-1996