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Ja91 (Cont)
		
 25 Jan (Cont) 	at Tallil. On these targets, the pilots
		 scored five hits, three misses, and five no
		 drops due to bad weather.
		
		 Six more F-117As flew from Langley Air
		 Force Base, Virginia, to King Khalid Air
		 Base. These aircraft were assigned to the
		 416 TFS for-maintenance and management.
		
		 Day 10, Wave Two: The wing launched this
		 wave in two groups: four 415 TFS jets took
		 off at 2200 hours; four more 415 TFS jets
		 launched at 2100 hours. All eight jets
		 Iraq  H-2 and H-3 airfields. The
		 wing's post-strike assessment indicated
		 eight hits, four misses, three systems mal-
		 functions, and three no drops due to bad
		 weather.
		
 26 Jan 		Day 10, Wave Three: For this wave, the 416
		 IFS sent eight aircraft to bomb Iraq's H-2
		 and H-3 airfields. Their relative success
		 reflected eight hits, three misses, and
		 five no drops for weather.

		 Day 11, Wave One: The 37 TFWP launched ten
		 aircraft. F-117As attacked Iraqi airfields
		 at Mosul, Kirkok, and A1 Asad; ammunition
		 depots at Kirkuk and Tikrit; and a joint
		 integrated operations center/ground control
		 intercept site at A1 Mawsil. This raid
		 proved largely ineffective as three F-117As
		 air aborted and attacks by the other seven
		 produced only eight hits with and six
		 misses.
		 
		 Day 11, Wave Two: The wing dispatched 13
		 Stealth Fighters (eight 415 TFS and five
		 416 TFS) to strike Iraqi airfields at
		 Oayarah West, A1 Asad, Hirkuk, A1 Muham-
		 med, and Tikrit. Also at Hirkuk, the
		 F-117A's bombed the integrated operations
		 center/ground control intercept site and
		 the air defense control sector facility.
		 The Qayyarah West Airfield went unscathed
		due to bad target weather, but the alter-
		 nate target at A1 Asad bore the brunt
		 
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