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Feb 91-(cont)
		
 5 Feb (Cont) 	Day 21, Wave One: Six 415 TFS and four 416
		 TFS jets attacked various missile produc-
		 tion and launch facilities. Pilots of the
		 of the 415 TFS struck production targets in
		A1 Maiden and Baghdad while the 416 TFS
		 went after launch sites at Iskandiriyah and
		 A1 Taqaddum. Both squadrons mounted
		attacks on the steel fabrication plant at
		 Taji. Wing aircraft released 17 of 18
		 bombs (one no drop) and scored 17 direct
		 hits. One aircraft aborted.
		
		Day 21, Wave Two: For this offensive,
		Headquarters Central Air Forces tasked the
		 37 TFWP to send 12 F-ll7As (six from each
		squadron j against hardened aircraft
		shelters on Balad Airfield. Also on the
		agenda were a telecommunications center at
		Jenoub; the A1 Jumhuriya fiber optics
		 bridge; a biological warfare facility at
		 Taji; and Several key targets in Baghdad,
		 including an ammunition depot, the Ministry
		 of Military Industry, and the headquarters
		 buildings for the Iraqi Intelligence
		 Service, Security Service, and Republican
		 Guard. Stealth pilots hit their targets 18
		times in 20 attempts.
6 Feb		Day 21, Wave Three: Twelve F-1l7As (six
		 from each squadron) accomplished this early
		 morning raid on enemy chemical and bio
		 logical warfare targets at Salmon Pak and
		 Samarra, and ammunition depots at Tlkrit
		 and Kirkuk. Pilots racked up 16 direct
		 hits and five misses. 
		 Day 22, Wave One: Hardened alcraft shel-
		 ters, ammunition stores, the fuel farm, and
		 the main runway at Rasheed Airfield became
		 the objects of attention on this raid as
		 six pilots of the 416 TFS and four of the
		 415 TFS squadrons crippled yet another cog
		in the Iraqi war machine. Fifteen direct
		 hits, two misses, and three no drops for
		 bad weather left a memorable impression on
		 Iraqi airmen at Rasheed.
		Day 22, Wave Two: The wing sent 14 jets -
		 (eight 415 TFS and six 416 TFS) to attack
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