1 MEF BOOMER BRIEF 13 DEC 90

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Subject = 1 MEF  BOOMER BRIEF  13 DEC 90                                  

Folder Title = I MEF - BOOMER BRIEFS   DEC 90                                                                  

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                               UNCLASSIFIED
   13 December 1990

   GEN BOOMER: All right.

   1STLT BELL: Sir, today the weather for Baghdad will be partly
   cloudy to overcast skies, with visibility five to seven miles of
   haze, two to four in precipitation; surface winds northwesterly
   10 to 15 knots, gusts up to 24. There will be a temporary
   condition where there will be two miles of thundershowers with
   blowing sand; high of 68 and low of 44. Kuwait, partly cloudy
   skies, surface visibility of five to seven miles; winds
   northwesterly at 12 to 15 knots, gusts up to 24; high of 72 and
   low of 46.

           As you were briefed, General, there was a record high of
   211 total sorties yesterday; 139 fighters, 40 transports, 13
   helicopters, one recon and 16 unidentified. This is the highest
   rate we have ever detected in the KTO and throughout Iraq.
   Wednesday tends to be the highest day throughout the week;
   however, the 139 fighters reported has been the total number of
   sorties we have seen over in several days. Although it was
   mostly routine, there were 45 night flights detected - 18 that
   were up in the 31 parallel on south.

           Of note, helicopters have been detected north of the
   Basrah area. We had 19 at two separate field locations, one in
   this vicinity here and one slightly north of there in the
   vicinity of an unidentified infantry division.

   GEN BOOMER: Excuse me a second. Bruce, do a comparison for me
   as to what that sortie rate, 139 yesterday, looks like compared
   to their total air force, compared to what we run throughout the
   theater on an average day.

   LTCOL BRUNN: Will do, sir.

   1STLT BELL: Sir, on the -- in comparing their flight activity
   and ours, it technically does not compare. We have been running
   a significant amount, both in American forces vice what they in
   in their inventory. They have about 1,000 aircraft; and by this
   flying 211 out of that 1,000, including their rotary wing, they
   are not even keeping up with western standards; but we tend to
   compare them to our standards. They very well may be quite
   capable of running on less than what we consider standard
   proficiency.

   COL FUCHS: Those are the ones we detect. We don't know how many
   we don't detect.

   ISTLT BELL: We are able to pick up some of them with our AWACS.

   GEN BOOMER: We probably don't miss too many.

   COL FUCHS: Sir, we have been flying about 1200 sorties a day in
   country for U.S. forces.


                              UNCLASSIFIED
                 Reviewed by DON GWDP on 19-Mar-1997

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