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File: 110196_aacha_30.txtFeb 91 (Cont) 16 Feb (Cont) Two jets went after suspected missile facilities at Ash Shargat and the Shahiyat rocket engine test facility. The 416 TFS concentrated on the latter two targets. Stealth pilots attacked their assigned tar- gets with routine precision--l4 direct hits in 20 attempts. Day 32, Wave One: The 37 TFWP radically altered its flying schedule this evening. Rather than three waves with intermixed squadron forces, the wing set up a wave of 14 jets from each unit. The 416 TFS took off first to conduct strikes on hardened aircraft shelters at three airfields Tallil, Ubaydah Bin A1 Jarrah, and Kut A1 Navy. Two pilots also traveled to A1 Basra to attack the railroad yard there. One jet air aborted. The other 13 reached their objectives and hit 21 of 24 targets attempted. Day 32, Wave Two: The 415 TFS launched its 14 jets some two hours after the 416 TFS's takeoff. Four pilots revisited the A1 Basrah railroad yard, while others sought out the tactical direction finding site at Dibdibba, radio transmitters, receivers, and relays at A1 Jahrah, and a repeater station at As Samawah; the Um Qasr military barracks; and missile support facilities at A1 Jabrah. This wave delivered 24 precise hits in 27 attempts. 17 Feb Day 33, Wave One: For the thirty-third day of Operation DESERT STORM, Headquarters Central Air Forces tasked the 37 TFWP to fly 34 combat missions against Iraqi targets. Ten first wave pilots attacked an ammunutions depot and a steel fabrication plant at Taji; surface-to-air missile sites at Saad, Baghdad, and Habbaniyah; chemical/ biological warfare research facilities at Salmon Pak; and the new airfield at Wadi A1 Khirr. One aircraft air aborted. The remaining nine jets dropped 14 bombs in poor weather conditions, missing with all but five. 29
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