IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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1. IRAO-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE



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COMBINE: COMPLETE



1.IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE



IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE







                                      AT TWO IRAQI AIR

BASES, LARGE NUMBERS OF COMBAT AIRCRAFT WERE UPLOADED WITH

EXTERNAL FUEL TANKS AND MUNITIONS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE CHEMICAL

MUNITIONS.





AIR ACTIVITY IN IRAQ



AT TALLIL AIRFIELD, TWO POSSIBLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CANISTERS

WERE ADJACENT TO A FITTER IN THE FITTER DISPERSAL AREA. ALSO,

APPROXIMATELY 25 CANISTERS HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE

SEPARATELY FENCED SUSPECT CHEMICAL STORAGE BUNKER IN THE

MUNITONS STORAGE AREA. ALSO, 16 ADDITIONAL FITTER WERE UPLOADED

WITH EXTERNAL FUEL  TANKS/UNIDENTIFIED MUNITIONS. TWO MIRAGE F.1

MULTIROLE FIGHTERS  WERE IN FLIGHT DEPARTING THE AIRFIELD. THESE

AIRCRAFT, TOGETHER WITH SIX ADDITIONAL MIRAGE F.1 WERE UPLOADED

WITH EXTERNAL FUEL  TANKS, AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES, AND OTHER

PROBABLE ORDNANCE.  SIXTEEN OF 17 FISHBED WERE ALSO UPLOADED

WITH EXTERNAL FUEL  TANKS; EIGHT ADDITIONAL ANTIAIRCRAFT

ARTILLERY POSITIONS WERE BEING OCCUPIED.



AT SHAIBAH AIRFIELD, AT LEAST 20 HIP, FOUR HIND, AND FOUR

FLOGGER RAVE DEPARTED               AT JALIBAH AIRFIELD,

SEVEN FULCRUM, SIX FOXBAT, AND SIX FROGFOOT WERE IN THE

AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREAS UPLOADED WITH MUNITIONS/EXTERNAL FUEL





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