26 March (continuing)DOD reports over 411,500 U.S. personnel are in the theater (43,000+ Navy, 60,500+ USMC). To-date, 128,500 personnel have redeployed to the U.S. (42,000 Navy, 33,500 USMC) To-date, 393 Naval Reservists have been demobilized. DOD revises U.S. casualty data: 124 KiA~ 2 (Died from combat wounds). 107 Non-combat fatalities. 357 WIA. 21 MIA (4 Navy. 0 USMC). 0 POW. 27 March Naval forces continue counter air-defensive, combat air patrols, mine sweep- ing, and maritime interceptions operations. USS HALYBURTON (FFG-40) diverts a freighter in the N. Red Sea. Marine ground forces hold defensive positions. Fast Sealift Ship USNS ALTMR departs Saudi Arabia for CONUS with equipment. 23 other MSC ships are loaded out and underway. The first Navy air combatants to return to CONUS, Carrier Mr Wing 3 and Carrier Air Wing 17, embarked on US~ KENNEDY and USS SARA- TOGA (respectively), arrive at homepofls: NAS, Oceana VA Attack Squadron 75 Fighter Squadron 14 Fighter Squadron 32 NAS, Norfolk VA Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126 NAS, Cecil Field FL Attack Squadron 46 Attack Squadron 72 Carrier Air Wing 3 flew more than 11,000 sorties, totalling nearly 33,000 flight hours, during the seven and a half-month deployment. Squad- rons flew nearly 3,000 combat missions totalling 11,000 + combat hours, and delivered 3.5 million pounds of ordnance on enemy targets in Iraq and Kuwait. The air wing had no aircraft or personnel losses during combat operations. NAS, Oceana VA Attack Squadron 35 Fighter Squadron 74 Fighter Squadron 103 NAS, Norfolk VA Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 125 NAS, Cecil Field FL Strike Fighter Squadron 81 Strike Fighter Squadron 83 Carrier Air Wing 17 flew 12,500 sorties and 33,500 flight hours during the nearly eight-month deployment. Squadrons flew 2,694 combat mis- sions and delivered 4,047,000 pounds of ordnance on enemy targets. Th-e air wing scored the Navy's only air-to-air enemy aircraft kills of the conflict, but had three of its aircraft shot down. 28 March At D +70, naval forces continue counter air-defensive, combat air patrols, minesweeping, and maritime interception operations. USS WILLIAM V. PRATT (DDG-44) diverts a freighter in the N. Red Sea. Marine ground forces hold defensive positions. A-54
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