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Feb 91 (Cont)

13 Feb (Cont)	 Naayim, and a commando camp at A1 Matla umm
		 A1 Aish. Tbis wave achieved 15 direct
		 scores and four pluses.
		
14 Feb		Saudi officials at Ding Khalid Air Base ap-
		 proved the wing's request to broadcast
		 Armed Forces Radio and Television Station
		 programs.

		 Day 29, Wave Two: Iraqi military barracks
		 at Dibdibba and garrisons at A1 Abrad; com-
		 munications sites at A1 Qashaniyah, Tall Af-
		 tahm, Hsiu Az Zabi, Dibdibba, Baghdad, Jen
		 oub, Maidan Square, Shemal, and A1 Hillah;
		 and airfield bunkers at Kirkuk were select-
		 ted as this wave's targets. The 37th com-
		 mitted 14 F-ll7As (six from the 415 TFS and
		 eight from the 416 TFS) to the attack.
		 Over the targets, the pilots precisely
		 dropped 17 bombs and missed with three
		 others.

		 Day 29, Wave Three: This night's final -
		 wave concentrated on communications sites
		 at Al Hillah, Al Kut, Baghdad, Al Qashan-
		 iyah,.A1 Basrah, and Az Zubayr; a radar
		 site at Ash Shuaybah; and the Navy Head-
		 quarters at Basrah. The jets delivered 13
		hits in 18 tries.

		Day 30, Wave One: No rest for the Iraqi
		 military machine this night as the 37 TFWP
		 routed ten F-ll7A sorties over enemy
		 targets in the first of three waves. The
		 first wave chiefly attacked hardened
		 aircraft shelters at A1 Asad and Shayka
		 Mazhar Airfields, along with a surface-to
		 air missile site at Shayka Mazhar and a
		 rocket motor test facility at A1 Musayyib.
		Stealth pilots struck successfully on 15 of
		18 attempts.

		 Day 30, Wave Two: The wing launched 14
		 F-ll7As against a possible nuclear facility
		 at Tarmiya, Rasheed Airfield, Harbala and
		 Taji ammunition depots, Dibdibba  command
		 post, and communications sites at A1 Bas-
		 rain, Tall At Lahm, Jalibah, and Sayyidaat.
		 Pilots scored 22 direct hits in 25
		 attempts.
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