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050			_aDS 79.744.A47 .C67 2017
100			_aCorrigan, Jim _eauthor
245		0	_aDesert Storm air war : _bthe aerial campaign against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War / _cJim Corrigan
260			_aGuilford, Connecticut : _bStackpole Books, _cc2017
300			_axviii, 254 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
505			_aPart I. Desert Shield -- Seeds of crisis -- Deployment -- Turbulence -- Instant thunder -- Black hole -- Part II. Desert Storm -- Leading edge -- First in -- Attack of the machines -- Bogeys and bandits -- Luck runs out -- Low level -- Basra raid -- Pain and suffering -- Package Q -- Eagles go hunting -- Great Scud hunt -- Search and rescue -- Desperation -- Bag of tricks -- Taking shelter -- Khafji -- Preparing the battlefield -- Kill box -- Missteps -- Close calls -- Part III. Airpower in the ground war -- Left hook -- Twenty-three tanks -- Missiles and misfortune -- Waning hours -- Vague victory.
520			_aThe air campaign that opened the Gulf War in January 1991 was one of the most stunning in history. More than 100,000 sorties were launched as American and other Coalition aircraft pounded enemy targets with 88,000 tons of bombs. This book reconstructs events through the eyes of the strategists who planned it and the pilots who flew the missions.
650			_aMILITARY CAMPAIGNS
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