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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                            south vicinity 29-15 North, -i,,-)-45 FEt@st
        @5          Platoon-sized e.leiiic@nt of 3ii Az-j)ior-L-,J                               s
                            platoon-sized li-a@ii border pati-oi, i-c@-6ii1t,iiig in
                            two American wounded in                        and z;i,, Irakii
                            prisoners of war.           [Fi,i-sL gz.-oLjriLl combat by XVTII
                            Airborne Corps elemental
     163OZ          XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #16 assigns X@'ITT
                            Corps Artillery, the 6tli
                            Division, and the 12t),i A%:j,,tLiort Dz@ip@
                                                                                 , (1(@ thE-. oi@
                            order mission to cori(iticl @iii                 I l@i @, i@ai.d oii an
                            Iraqi electr,onic %vat-fai-ta ,xi)d (iii-ccLio[i fiiidiiil,,
                            site at 29-52 North, 43-57 East.

     23 January (r+1.66) (Di-6)
     1630           Final (tfiir(3) serial of t i i (-@ x v r r I N i l@ I i L) t rt t@ (' o r- id i o I a i it
                            Coinriiand Post advance detachment. cluj@s itit-o IR@f'ati.


     24 January
     0729Z          XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #17 Lissi-.Iris to @ill itiajoi@
                            subordinate inaiieuve-ii coinriiaticts Llie. on order mission
                            to conduct deep operat@ioiis in zone from the f,iiie
                            of Departure to Phase Li-jiu, S@IASII Ltisiiig pi@iinai-ily
                            aviation assets to cic-ny l,fie eneitiy izillil-ect f,li-(@s
                            and to attrit mobile forces.
     1234           Unknown number of Iraqi fighters flew southeast alone.
                            the Baghdad-Basrah corridor; -;oitie turned sotittilat
 40                         the coastline and attempted to petic@Li-at,f-.                    CENT(-'O@t
                            raised theater air defense status Lo threat@ l@ED
                            and weapons TIGH'P. Four F-15s enga@.sed them,
                            shooting down two M.LG-23 FI,OGGEIZS and forcing the
                            others to break contact N,iciriity 2804N -1852E.
     1822           SCUD alert called when launch fi-oiii southern li-a,4
                            detected but subsequently, cancelled as erroneous.

     25 January (C+168) (D+B)
     043OZ          XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO 18 returns the 2d Brigade
                            Task Force from ARCENT control to tolst ;Airborne
                            Division control effective at 090OZ on 25 January.
     1857           SCUD    alert called after six missiles lalincheti toward
                            Tel Aviv; all intercepted by Patriot missiles.
     2245           SCUD    alert called after two missiles launched towetrd
                            Riyadh; both intercepted by Patriot missiles.


     26 Januarv (c+169) (D+9)
     0335           SCUD alert called after missile launched from SOLIthei,ti
                            Iraq; subsequently intercepted and d(--sti,o@,ed by
                            Patriot.
     060OZ          XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO 19 detaches the Unmanned
                            Aerial, Vehicle Platoon from the 51-5tli @filitii:-y
                            Intelligence Brigade effective 090OZ on 30 Jaiiii@iry
                            for attachment to VII C(

     27 Januarv       (C+1.7         D+10
                                             UNCLASSIFIED

Document 70 f:/Week-33/BX000527/VOLUME 5 XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR 3D ARMY/xviii airborne corps operation desert shield chronology:0418971637454
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File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-33
Box ID = BX000527
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = VOLUME 5 XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR 3D ARMY
Folder Seq # = 1
Subject = XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS OPERATION DESERT SHIELD CHRONOLOGY
Doc Seq # = 4
Doc Date =
Scan Date =
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