Day 23: 8 Feb 1991

08 February 1991 (Friday): DAY 23

GENERAL:

v Wisconsin fires on radar sites and boat marinas using drones to aid in targeting

v Battleship New Jersey is de-commissioned in Philadelphia

v Saudi's now have over 1354 Iraqi POW's, including 418 deserters

v The Dutch Government agrees to send a Patriot Battery to Israel

v Cheney and Powell visit Saudi Arabia and Schwarzkopf, US has over 505,000

AIR WAR:

v Kuwaiti Mirage F-1's make their first combat missions on targets in Kuwait

v USMC A-6E's attack artillery positions around Umm Gudair in Kuwait

v French Jaguars continue to use LG AS-30 rockets to great effect, one destroying

a hardened shelter resulting in a large secondary explosion

v There are now 134 aircraft in Iran, 109 combat and 25 transports

v 13 aircraft fly to Iran this date

v A US Army truck mounted counter-battery radar was destroyed by a HARM

missile fired from a US Aircraft

v (4) SCUD launcher TEL's were destroyed

v UK to send 6 x more Buccaneers and 4 x TIALD equipped Tornado's arrive. Three

bridges and an oil refinery are taken out

v USN damages (1)TNC-45 and (1)Training Ship

F-117 HIGHLIGHTS (08Feb/Day 23):

v Day 23/Wave Three: 5 x F-117's from the 416th TFS

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

- takeoff during the p.m. of Day 23/8th to hit targets on Day 23/8th

- Scored 18 hits with 18 PGM attempts (100%)

- Chemical Warfare Bunkers at Samarra

- K-2 Airfield

- Signals Intelligence Facility at Ar Rutbah

- A Radio Relay Station at Ar Ramadi

- Petrolium pumping station

- Ammunition Depot and Storage Bunkers at Kirkuk

v Day 24/Wave One: 6 x F-117's from the 416th TFS

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

- takeoff before sunset on Day 23/8th to hit targets on Day 24/9th

- Tallil Airfield bunkers and military targets

- Scored 20 direct hits with 24 PGM attempts (83%)

v Day 24/Wave Two: 6 x F-117's from the 416th TFS

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

- takeoff before sunset on Day 23/8th to hit targets on Day 24/9th

- Communication Sites at Ar Ramadi, Sawaij Ad Dacha, & Al Kuwayt

- Scored 18 direct hits with 22 PGM attempts (82%)

- Rasheed & Al Taqaddam Airfields

- Liquid Fuel Rocket Facility at Shahiyat

- Motor Production Plant at Habbaniyah

- Chemical Warfare Production Facility at Habbaniyah

SCUDS:

v (1) fired at Riyadh but debris landed in a parking lot

v (1) SCUD launcher destroyed

Gulf War 1991 Chronology

Day 23: 8 Feb 1991