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 Jan 91 (Cont)
		
23 Jan (Cont)        Day 8, Wave One: The 415 TFS launched 13
		 of 14 scheduled jets against road bridges
		 in Iraq; however, bad weather limited the
		 pilots to three bomb drops at A1 Basrah, Um
		  A1 Aish, and A1 Khirr rendering only two
		 hits, one miss, and 23 no drops.

24 Jan 		Day 8, Wave Two: The 416 TFS's combat
		chedule also called for 14 sorties against
		bridges, communication centers, and an air
		field. All 14 F-ll7As launched on
		schedule, scoring 11 hits and five misses
		at Tajl, As Samawah, A1 Basrah, A1 Qurnah,
		An Nasiriyah, Ar Rumaylah, Umm All Aish,
		Tallil, and Jalibah. 
		
		 Day 9, Wave One: To increase the pressure
		 on Iraq, Headquarters Central Air Forces
		 tasked the 37 TFWP to resume flying three
		 waves of F-117As against military targets.
		 For the first wave, the 416 TFS sent 14
		 aircraft against airfields at Qayyarah
		 West, A1 Assad, and Firkuk. One aircraft
		 aborted after takeoff due to a lack of
		 tanker support; however, the other 11 jets
		 scored 20 hits with five misses.
		
		 Day 9, Wave Two: The 416 TFS launched the
		 day's second wave against highway bridges
		at Al Qurnah, An Nasiriyah, As Samawah, Al
		Kut, Al Fifl, Hachama, Samawa, Muftul, Ar
		Rumaylah, A1 Madinah, and Saqash. The
		 squadron dropped 20 bombs, scoring 14
		 direct hits and six misses.
		
25 Jan		Day 9, Wave Three: The wing's third wave
		combined resources from both squadrons.
		Seven 415 TFS and three 416 TFS jets con-
		centrated on enemy airfields; but bad
		weather made all 20 targets impossible to
		hit (l9 no drops and one miss) .

		 Day 10, Wave One: The 37 TFWP combined
		 unit operations again as the 415 TFS and
		 416 TFS each sent three F-ll7As after
		 several bridges at A1 Madinah, Ar Rumaylah,
		 Al Qurnah, Muftul, Al Fifl, Al Basrah, An
		Nasiriyah, and As Samarah and an airfield

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