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- APPROXIMATELY 90% OF OUR PRIMARY OB~ECTIVES HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY

  OR COMPLETELY ACHIEVED


- HE HAS ABANDONED CENTRALIZED CONTROL OF HIS AIR DEFENSE WIT~IN

  IRAQ

  -- ENEMY RADAR-GUIDED SAM ACTIVITY IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT

  -- ACCOUNTS IN PART FOR LOW U.S  AND COALITION AIRCRAFT ATTRITION

     RATE (PILOT SKILL ALSO)


- WE HAVE FLOWN MORE THAN 105,000 SORTIES

  -- LOSS OF ONLY 35 AIRCRAFT IN COMBAT

         26 U.S   AND 9 COALITION

         IN LAST 8 DAYS WE HAVE LOST FIVE AIRCRAFT TO HOSTILE

         GROUND FIRE (1 A-10 ON 19 FEB,  1 AV-8B ON 23 FEB, 1 AV-8B

         ON 25 FEB,  1 OV-1O ON 25 FEB, AND 1 AV-8B ON 26 FEB)

         ON 26 FEB,  1 B-52 DAMAGED BY SA-2 SAMS

  -- DURING THE CURRENT BATTLEFIELD PREPARATION PHASE, RISKS TO OUR

     AIRCRAFT REMAIN SIGNIFICANT.

         IRAQI AAA ASSETS AND HAND-HELD SAMS PLAY A GREATER ROLE IN

         AREA DEFENSE.


- AIR TO AIR COMBAT

  -- WE HAVE DESTROYED 42 IRAQI AIRCRAFT (INCLUDING 6 HELOS)

         F-iS'S HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR 34 OF THE 42 AIR-TO-AIR KILLS

         WITH NOT ONE SINGLE COALITION AIR-TO-AIR LOSS

         NOT A SINGLE IRAQI AIRCRAFT HAS PENETRATED COALITION

         AIRSPACE SINCE THE WAR BEGAN

  -- AT LEAST 7 COALITION PILOTS HAVE 2 IRAQI AIR-TO-AIR KILLS EACH

     (SIX U.S. AND ONE SAUDI)

  -- TWO IRAQI FIGHTERS FLED TO IRAN ON 24 FEB. OTHERWISE,

     VIRTUALLY NO IRAQI AIR ACTIVITY.

  -- SINCE WE ACHIEVED AIR SUPREMACY, NOT ONE IRAQI AIRCRAFT HAS

     RISEN TO CHALLENGE ANY COALITION OPERATION.   THE IRAQI AIR

     FORCE, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, IS DEFUNCT.


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(INFORMATION cURRE~rT AS OF 27 FEB 1991)

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