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File: 110196_aacha_12.txtJan 91 (Cont) 20 Jan (Cont) operations centers, chemical and biological warfare centers and research facilities, ammunition storage dumps, a signals Intel- ligence station, military related facili- ties, bridges, command and control bunkers, and an integrated operations center. An Air Transportable Hospital arrived at Fing Khalid on nine C-141s to provide rear echelon treatment for war casualties. 21 Jan Day 5, Wave One: The 415 TFS initiated the fifth night of combat operations one minute after midnight. Due to two air aborts, only ten jets flew their missions against the Taji biological warfare facility, the Salmon Pak troposcatter station, Tallil Airfield, a Tall King cedar station, the Latifiya satellite ground station, the Baghdad televison transmitter/radio relay terminal, and the headquarters for the Ministry of Defense and Iraqi Air Force in Baghdad. Stealth Fighter pilots achieved ten hits on 14 attempts. Day 5, Wave Two: This wave's tasking obli- gated the 416 TFS to fly 14 combat sorties, One jet ground aborted, The other 13 ac- complished their missions with weather impaired results against ammunition dumps, surface-to-air missile sites, Scud missile bunkers, a combined integrated operations center/ground control intercept site, a troposcatter station, and a Scud and Frog missile site. Attack areas included A1 Qaim, Salmon Pak, Ad Diwaniyah, Balad, Habbaniyah, An Nasiriyah, Abu Ghurayb, and Than A1 Kahawil. A combination of poor weather, unreliable aircraft systems, and target acquisition errors attributed to 14 missed targets of 21 attempted. Day 6, Wave One: The night's first wave against Iraq pitted 14 F-117As from the 415 TFS against a radio relay terminal, Iraqi Air Force Headquarters, the main signals intelligence station, the international radio communications transmitter-receiver, two telephone exchanges, and the nuclear 11
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