XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS OPERATION DESERT SHIELD CHRONOLOGY

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Subject = XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS OPERATION DESERT SHIELD CHRONOLOGY         

Parent Organization = CENTCOM     

Unit = ARCENT      

Folder Title = VOLUME 5   XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR 3D ARMY                                 

Document Number =          4

Box ID = BX000527





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                     missiles were aimed at Dhahran, that one was
                     engaged by a Patriot but that the other landed at
                     Al Kliobar, and that three large explosions were
                     reported in Dhahran. The message also identified
                     that Dhahran forces were at MOPP-4.@
    0600       Both 89th Military Police Brigade and ARCENT Support
                     Command report no evidence of a SCUD missile
                     impacting.
    0618       Two XM-93 Fox NBC reconnaissance vehicles depart
                     CHAMPION MAIN for DRAGON MAIN.
    0645       101st Airborne Division crosses its convoy start point.
    0646       First XVIII Airborne Corps C-130 lands at Rafha.
    0745       2d Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery reports
                     possible SCUD launch.
    0750       llth Air Defense Artillery Brigade Tactical Command
                     Post at King Khalid Military City projects the
                     impact opioint of the 0745 launch as being f@ing
                     Khalid Military City.
    0822       Further information indicates that the SCUD launch
                     reported at 0745 was a fa)-se alarm.
    0830       3d Armored Cavalry crosses its convoy start point,
    1200       Requirement for XVIII Airborne Corps to furnish gua"rds
                     for the Theater Ammunition Supply Point is
                     rescinded.
       )O      Company D, lst Battalion, 18th Infantry (197th Infantry
                     Brigade, 24th Infantry Division) closes into
                     Assembly Area WALNUT.
    1600       Company C, 124th Aviation (24th Infantry Division) _L?i
                     closes into Assembly Area WALNUT.
    1745       2d Battalion, 52d Air Defense Artillery (llth Air
                     Defense Artillery Brigade) reports detecting
                     multiple aircraft coming out of Tilil Air Base.
    1515Z      XVII1 Airborne Corps FRAGO #7 announce the publication
                     on 18 January 1991 of Change 2 to XVIII Airborne
                     Corps Operations Plan DESER'I' STOR@L with chariges to
                     Appendix 16 (Operations Overlay) to Annex C and
                     Annex K (Command and Coritrol Systems) .
    2138       Warning issued of SCUD launch; all-clear- sounded at
                     2150 and alert cancelled at 2155.
    2314       4th Squadron, 17th Cavalry [initially reported only as
                     US Navy SEALS] engages Daro Oil. Platforin, l@il.litig
                     4 Iraqi& and capturing 1'7.

    19 January (C+162) (lit2l
    0504       First XVIII Airborne Corps T@i@:Lical Coiiii)iarid most conn,oy
                     arrives in Assembly Area @FAPI,E (@i'f -165086).
    0750       Last XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Cojiiiiiaiid Y'c)st element
                     closes into Assembly Ai-ezx @)Al-'LL.
    A016-0829  Iraq launches three SCUD               I't-oiii I.Iie ti@1(ii Aiil3,
                     fixed launch Complex    L L) l,a r, cl I Si-@tt- I .
       21      Notification received that,          laid ttit,c-e SCUD
                     missiles tot,ai-d Israel.
    1000       82d Aii-borrie DivisioiilReiii, (,oiiiiii@ind I)ost reports closings,
                     into Assenibly Area Ell-t@ti (f,i'r 1313,59@1).
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Queued for Declassification = 25-AUG-1996
SAGWI Request = 11-APR-1997
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 18-APR-1997