Day 11: 27 Jan 1991

27 January 1991 (Sunday): DAY 11

GENERAL

v Giants beat the Bills, 20 to 19, in Superbowl XXV

v 110 Iraqi EPW's

v Schwarzkopf says: "If they won't fly up to meet us, we will fly down and destroy

their hardened shelters, one by one."

AIR WAR:

v 4 x Kills recorded by the McPeak Briefing

- 2 x F-15's engaged and killed (4) Mig-23's SE of Bagdad at 11:20 AM

v Sortie total now over 18,500 with 23 planes lost, 17 to combat

v 45 x Iraqi aircraft are considered destroyed by Press reports, (26) in air combat

v 39 x are estimated as being in Turkey

v F-111F's utilize GBU-15(v)-2/B LGB's to destroy two oil pipeline feeding

manifolds at the Al Almadi pumping station which were set by the Iraqi's to dump

crude oil into the Gulf waters.

- 4 x F-111F's from the 493rd TFS were launched

- aircraft had 2 x GBU-15, 1 x Data Link Pod, and ECM Pods

- one aircraft turned back in an airborne maintenance abort

- Capt Rick Walker / Capt Ken Theurer in A/C #1

- Maj Sammy Samson / Capt Steve Williams in A/C #2

- Capt Mike Russell / Capt Brad Seipel A/C #3

- A/C #1 & 2 each dropped one weapon at supersonic speed

- A/C #3 orbit at 50 nm and guided the weapons into the manifolds

v From 7PM Sat to 7PM Sun, 23 more aircraft fleed into Iran. New Total = 39

v USN A-6's attack and kill an Iraqi ship. Score to date:

... 8 vessels presumed destroyed

- one oil platform service ship

- 2 patrol boats, 1 tanker, and 4 unknowns

... 10 confirmed sinkings

- 4 mining vessels, 1 hovercraft, 3 patrol boats, and 2 unknowns

F-117 HIGHLIGHTS (27Jan/Day 11):

v Day 11/Wave Three: 6 x F-117's from the 416th TFS

4 x F-117's from the 415th TFS

- scheduled against two target complexes

- took off on Day 11/27th and hit targets on Day 11 with 1 x air abort

- Scored 9 hits with 18 PGM attempts (50%)

- targets were H-2 airfield and various SCUD Missile Sites

v Day 12/Wave One: 6 x F-117's from the 415th TFS

4 x F-117's from the 416th TFS

- takeoff during the evening of Day 11/27th to hit targets on Day 12/28th

- Scored 13 hits with 18 PGM attempts (72%)

- targets were airfields at: Balad and Rasheed

- Communications Facilities at Bagdad and Ad Dujayl

- the Salmon Pak Troposcatter Station

- the Iraqi Intelligence Service Headquarters in Bagdad

- a Biological Warfare Facility at Abu Ghurayb

v Day 12/Wave Two: 6 x F-117's from the 415th TFS

8 x F-117's from the 416th TFS

- takeoff during the evening of Day 11/27th to hit targets on Day 12/28th

- Scored 24 hits out of 26 PGM attempts (92%)

- Attack Iraqi Airfields at: Bagdad and Rasheed

- a Chemical/Biological Warfare Research, Production, & Storage

facility at Salmon Pak

- Highway Bridges at An Nasiriyah and Al Madinah

- the Bagdad Nuclear Research Center

KILLS:

v 4 x Kills on MiG-23's by 4 x F-15C's at 11:20 local, around 60 miles

south of Bagdad on a Fighter Sweep (it was Super Bowl Sunday). This encounter

lasted 8 - 10 minutes due to the time to intercept. Denny & Powell.

- 1 x MiG-23BN Flogger H by an F-15C, 36th TFW (Bitburg)

... 53rd TFS, flying out of Tabuk

... Capt Jay T. "OP" Denny

... 84-0025

... vectored towards targets, radar contact at 80 nautical miles

... at 40 miles the targets turned around unaware of the F-15's

... from 27,000 ft the F-15's dived on the descending MiG-23's

... targets were at 5,000 ft., 1st section in trail, and the 2nd

section (MiG-23/F-1) were "welded wing"

... the F-15's descended below the altitude of the targets

... (1) AIM-7 guide, exploded, but no Kill

... 1 x AIM-9 Hit and KILL

... Tail-On Day Shot

... call was made to not jettison tanks because the Iraqi formation

appeared to be non-reactive and poor tactically

... MiG-23's were noted to turn away after each lock-up

... Kill verified by CENTCOM and Officially awarded by TAC

- 1 x MiG-23BN Flogger H by an F-15C, 36th TFW

... 53rd TFS

... Capt Jay T. "OP" Denny

... 84-0025

... second Kill on this sortie, but after Powell got the two in formation

... 1 x AIM-9 Hit and KILL

... Tail-On Day Shot

... Kill verified by CENTCOM and Officially awarded by TAC

... after each pilot got two kills they turned and looked for the others

- 1 x MiG-23BN Flogger H by an F-15C, 36th TFW

... 53rd TFS

... Capt Benjamin D. Powell

... pilot call sign "COMA"

... 84-0027

... focused on the tight-formation

... 1 x AIM-7, fired at BVR (12NM), no fuze (guess), or passed

between the two tighly flying aircraft

... targets passed under the F-15, "Coma" split-S after them firing

two Sparrows coming through the inverted turn

... 1 x AIM-7 Hit and KILL

... Tail-On Day Shot

... Kill verified by CENTCOM and Officially awarded by TAC

- 1 x F-1 Mirage by an F-15C, 36th TFW

... 53rd TFS

... Capt Benjamin D. Powell

... pilot call sign "COMA"

... 84-0027

... second Kill for this Sortie

... 1 x AIM-9 Hit and KILL

... Tail-On Day Shot

... Kill verified by CENTCOM and Officially awarded by TAC

... this Mirage was on a bugout

... was attached to a MiG-23 in welded wing

LOSSES: None Reported

SCUDS:

v (3) SCUD's at Tel Aviv and Haifa and (1) at Riyadh , all intercepted by Patriot.

v To date (25) have bee fired at Israel and (26) at Saudi, 85% were intercepted

Gulf War 1991 Chronology

Day 11: 27 Jan 1991