DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG 21-23 JAN 91

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Subject: DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG 21-23 JAN 91           

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000017

Folder Title: DUTY LOG  G3  21-23 JAN 91                                                                      

Document Number:       2004

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    SURVIVAL.
      C@W NS   SPOT Llr REPORTING   INDICATES THE IRAQIS MAY BE
    UTI                .3HTS ON BOARD THEIR AIRCRAFT TO SEARCH FOR
    TARGET AIRCRAFT. AN EF-111 PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON A NIGHT
    TIME MISSION, HE   NOTICED A PROBABLE MIRAGE FISHTER CONDUCTINS
      AT APPEARED TO   BE RANDOM SEARCHES WITH A NARROW BEAM SPOTLIGHT.
  * E MIRAGE TURNED AND MOVED IN TO THE REAR OF THE 5F-111, AT
    WHICH POINT THE US AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED A TACTICAL DESCENT OF
    15,000 FEET. WHEN THE US FIGHTER CONDUCTED EVASIVE MANEUVERS,
    THE LIGHT BECAME "BLINDING", AND THE IRAQI AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE
    LAUNCHED AN AAM. THE MIRAGE THEN ENGAGED THE EF-lil'S WING MAN
    AND LAUNCHED UP TO THREE MISSILES. THIS IS THE FIRST REPORT OF
    IRAQI AIRCRAFT UTILIZING SPOTLIGHTS ASAINST MNF AIRCRAFT. IT IS
    BELIEVED THAT THE MIRAGE WAS ALERTED TO THE US AIRCRAFT BY THE
    EF-Ill'S JAMMING STROBES. THIS PATTERN MAY BE SEEN AGAIN IN THE
    FUTURE, HOWEVER, IN THIS INCIDENT THE AAMS WERE FIRED AT TOO
    -LOSE OF A RANGE AND WERF INEFFECTIVE.
       D.          MPIF-@- THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST   OF IRAQI AIRCRAFT
    ATTRIIRZON SNCE OPERATION    DESERT STORM.

    AIRCRAFT                     LOST TO  DATE                    REMAINING
    MIS-29 FULCRUM                      .6                            31
    MIG 25 FOXBAT                       .1               .- .                 I
                                                                      31
    MIS 23 FLOGGER                      I                             122
                                                                      206
    MIS-21 FISHBED                      2
    MIRAGE F-I                          .6                            '71
    17/22 FITTER                        I                             'ls
    TU-22 BLINDER                       11
    UNIDENTIFIED FIGHTER                14
2(b) (1)        587
  4i'A. (U) AIR DEFENSE:



      B.                 AN AC-130 (TIME UNKNOWN) REPORTED BEING FIRED
    ON BY BOTH AN SA-6 AND SA-8 VIC 2955NO4415E, AFTER IT DESTROYED
    AT LEAST ONE EW RADAR IN THAT VICINITY.
                                                           THE AC-130 ALSO
    REPORTED 23/30/57MM AAA IN THE SAME VICINITY, AND AN SA-7 LAUNCH
    VIC-2958NO4439E.- THIS IS-.THE.FIRST INDICATION..OF,:MDBILE SAM
    SYSTEMS OPERATING IN THE AS SALMAN AREA OF OPERATIONS (C5NtAF
    INTREP 91-119). IS ABC BELIEVES THE MOBILE SAMS ARE PROBABLY IN
    SUPPORT 0                      OPERATING IN THE AS SALMAN AREA.
                         OTHER AIR@I)EFENSE-ACTIVI
                                                    TY REPORTED BY MNF
    PILOTS IN THE CORPS AREA OF OPERATIONS AND INTEREST, INCLUDES
    FOUR AAA SITES NEAR 29ION04624E, 2924NO464SE, 291IN04512E, AND

       5 USC 552(b) (1)



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