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File: 110196_aacha_09.txtJan 91 (Cont) 13 Jan The 37 TFWP started a gradual load out to prepare for hostilities with Iraq. 15 Jan The Joint Chiefs of Staff declared Defense Condition 2. 16 Jan The 17 TFWP received orders to execute its D-Day tasking against targets in Iraq; however, the first wave of F-117As did not take off until after midnight. DESERT STORM Jan 91 (Cont) 17 Jan Day 1, Wave One: At 0022 hours, the 415 TFS launched ten F-ll7As against a combined in- tegrated operations center/ground control intercept site at Nukhayb, two air defense control sector headquarters and the Iraqi Air Force Headquarters in Baghdad, a joint inte- grated operations center/radar facility at A1 Taqaddum, a telephone center at Ar Ramadi and two in Baghdad, an integrated operations center at A1 Taji, a North Taji military related facility, and the Presidential grounds at Abu Ghurayb. The 415th paved the way into Iraq for other Air Force units scoring 13 hits in 17 attempts. Day 1, Wave Two: The 37 TFWP sent 12 F-ll7As (three 415th and nine 416th jets) to repeat strikes on the Iraqi Air Force Headquarters, air defense sector headquarters, and telephone exchanges in Baghdad; the A1 Taqaddum integ rated operations center/ground control inter- cept facility; military related facilities at North Taji, and the Presidential grounds at Abu Ghurayb. New targets included the Salmon Pak troposcatter station; a television transmitter station, international radio transmitter, and the Presidential bunker in Baghdad; Rasheed Airfield; a joint integrated operations center/ ground control intercept site at Ar Rutbah; a troposcatter station at Habbaniyah; and the communications satellite terminal at Ad Dujayl. This wave scored ten hits on 16 attempts. 8
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