| Air Deployment Missions: 18,466 as of June 7, 1991
3,980 by C-5 Galaxy transports
9,085 by C-141 Starlifter transports
1,193 by C-130 Hercules transports
395 by KC-10 Extender aerial refuelers
3,813 by Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers
509,129 passengers and 594,730 tons of cargo carried
U.S. Casualties: 147 battle deaths, 145 non-battle deaths, 1
missing in action
- Army: 98 battle; 105 non-battle
- Navy 5 battle; 8 non-battle; 1 missing in action
- Marines: 24 battle; 26 non-battle
- Air Force: 20 battle; 6 non-battle
- Women killed, 15
- Wounded in action: 467.
U.S. Commanders, U.S. Central Command, Operation Desert Storm
- Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA, commander in chief
- Lt. Gen. Calvin Waller, USA, deputy commander in chief
- Maj. Gen. Robert B. Johnston, USMC, chief of staff
- Lt. Gen. John J. Yeosock, USA, Army commander
- Lt. Gen. Walter Boomer, USMC, Marine commander
- Vice Adm. Stanley Arthur, USN, Navy commander
- Lt. Gen. Charles Horner, USAF, Air Force commander
Allied Combat Air Sorties Flown: More than 116,000
Coalition Aircraft Losses: 75 (63 U.S., 12 Allied)
- Fixed wing: 37 combat, 15 non-combat
- U.S. losses: 28 combat, 12 non-combat
- No U.S. losses in air-to-air engagements
- Helicopters: 23 (all U.S.); 5 combat, 18 non-combat
Estimated Iraqi Losses Reported by U.S. Central Command, March 7,
1991
- 36 fixed-wing aircraft in air-to-air engagements
- 6 helicopters in air-to-air engagements
- 68 fixed- and 13 rotary-wing aircraft destroyed on the ground
- 137 Iraqi aircraft flown to Iran
- 3,700 of 4,280 battle tanks
- 2,400 of 2,870 assorted other armored vehicles
- 2,600 of 3,110 assorted artillery pieces
- 19 naval ships sunk, 6 damaged
- 42 divisions made combat-ineffective
Enemy Prisoners of War Captured: U.S. forces released 71,204 to
Saudi control
Facts About Operation Provide Comfort (Relief to Kurdish refugees in
eastern Turkey and northern Iraq)
- Operation conducted by U.S. European Command, Army Lt. Gen. John M.
Shalikashvili commanding
- 11,936 U.S. personnel engaged at peak: May 21, 1991
- 21,701 total allied coalition personnel involved at peak
- Relief supplies delivered:
- 4,416.6 tons by ground transports
- 12,683.2 tons in 3,901 air sorties
- Maximum Kurdish refugee count in tent cities: 57,350, May 24, 1991
- U.S. relief provided:
4.79 million prepackaged ration meals
- 2,687.5 tons of bulk food
- 200,717 gallons of water
- 211,788 blankets
- 23,500 tents.
(From the 1991 "Defense Almanac") |
