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[ (b)(2) ] BW/CW BUNKERS Filename:0133pgv.91p [ (b)(2) ] 16 FEB 1991 1015 [ (b)(6) ] FROM: DIA[ b.2. ] VIA: NMIST NET TO: NMIST CENTAF NMIST CENTCOM SUBJ: [ (b)(2) ] BW/CW BUNKERS 1. [ b.2. ] A. THE CW BUNKER AT TALLIL AIRFIELD[ (b)(2) ] INCURRED MODERATE DAMAGE. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] : "THE CW BUNKER HAS SUFFERED AT LEAST MODERATE DAMAGE BY A STRIKE SINCE 12 FEB 91 WITH S PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF. A DIRECT HIT ON A HIND HELICOPTER -A PARKING APRON HAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE ACFT. ANOTHER BOMB HIT NEXT TO AN APRON AND HAS PROBABLY INFLICTED AT LEAST LIGHT DAMAGE TO A HIND PARKED NEARBY. NO OTHER NEW DAMAGE TO THE FACILITY COULD BE SEEN. THE TWO FIGHTER ACFT PARKED ADJACENT TO THE 3,000-YEAR-OLD ZIGURRAT [ (b)(2) ] ON THE 12TH HAVE SINCE DEPARTED. TWO OTHER FIGHTERS ON A PARALLELL ROAD HAVE ALSO DEPARTED. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] ACFT DISPERSED ON NEARBY ROADS PREVENTS A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF THE TOTAL AOB. B. THE BUNKER AT KIRKUK AIRFIELD [ (b)(2) ] WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING RECENT COALITION AIR STRIKES. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NOTED SINCE 13 FEB. THE 5-SHAPED POSSIBLE CW BUNKER LOCATED WITHIN THE MUNITIONS STORAGE AREA HAS BEEN DESTROYED. AN ACFT MAINT HANGAR HAS SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE ALSO SINCE 13 FEB. PROBABLE REMOVAL OF MUNITIONS CONTINUED WITHIN THE MUNITIONS STORAGE AREA. ACTIVITY WHICH INVOLVED CARGO TRUCKS AND CRANES WAS NOTED AT SEVERAL HARDENED BUNKERS IN THIS AREA". 3. (U). [ (b)(2) ] First Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Back to Text |