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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                                                                 

Folder Seq #:          4

Unit: 3D AD       

Parent Organzation: VII  CORPS  










                        On 21 February the pilots were psyched. This was to be theii-
                        -fii-!;t battle mission.                We ti,.td [)Ianiicd on going abottt 100 feet
                        al)ovl, tli(, hard d(-(:I,, at itii Aii-si)(-(?d of@ ,kpl:)i-oxiniktely 100 Ignore-,..
                        All lights would litvl@ been bltcl,@ed Out.                            PiCtLtl-*? an Apache
                        (r)li--64) helicoptei- travL-Iii-kg @tt 110 niil.es an 1-ioLtr flying with i-i(:)
                        lights (in blaCI'OLti). We sat around all night the 21st waiting
                        to be used to no avail. Late in the i-tight. the mission was
                        c@tii(-.elled because of art iritelliqlnc:c? update-                           Additional target-,
                        at'id more movemes-its weri* il-kc? caltsc?-


                        Tti*:,- second night (22                             all ok-ki- Airci-afl. went up to Fuel
                        ai-id r@eSLtpply I-oint (FARr@) "Chevy," which was approximately 15
                        kilometers solttli of the Ir@aqi border.                           We were going to try the
                        mission a second time. We were living in Forward Assembly Area
                        (FAA) Bt.ttts and went to a holding area close to the border.
                        'Ti,iii5 mission w@ts ,]so cancelled.                      The reason was an Air Force
                        F.c@2 strike than. -m(, where Linib.Ic- to (--c)ordiiiat(- time changes.                                  it
                        was unfortunate, I')C-CaLti-,e ti-ie weather was great that night and
                        the crews were well rested. It was a real letdown.


                        The third night t4e attempted the mission (23 February), half tll(-,
                        comp.tnies had -flown tip into position, btat wore turned back
tion wts -@(?o high to change with the
                        Cross-FLOTs, again.

                        24 f@ebt-Ltary:

                        Ttiei--c-- was @4 c;i c)ttiiti                                  I jiir- (I-"L.) "Concord" (Nortti
                        of Laplii-te i-oA(i)-            t-Je@ crossed Pi. Caii(:oi-d at 1000 hotti-s and moved
                        in Lfie virini.ty (it ih(? BrigA(ie (Combat Aviation Brigade).                                        The
                        movement was across sector. We moved north with the brigade and
                        consolidated FARF" Assets at FARP "Chevy." FARP Chevy stayed in
                        place during this (iiove(nent.                    This meant that everyone moved
                        except for thosc@ wori-incj this Fol@-.                       It Also meant that the
                        ai.r(:rAft remained ii Ci-t(-@vy.                 It -,klso m(?.,.knt that the main body
                        ai,id 'TAC."Lic,,,xl                                  (10r) Ft-)I-




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Document 269 f:/Week-28/BX001301/OPORDS AND  COMMAND AND CONTROL/3ad history of operation desert storm and spear:0816961333481

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File Room = jul96_declassified

File Cabinet = Week-28

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