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Feb 91 (Cont)

18 Feb (Cont) 	Force headquarters in Baghdad. Fourteen
		 aircraft (eight 415 TFS and six 416 TFS)
		 achieved an impressive hit ratio by putting
		 26 of 28 bombs on target.
		
 19 Feb		Day 34, Wave Three: The third wave
		featured attacks on Al Asad Airfield and an
		 unidentified tunnel at A1 Caim. Pilots put
		14 of 19 bombs on target.
		
		Day 35, Wave One: The night's first wave
		concentrated on three familiar targets in
		Iraq: Baghdad 's nuclear research
		facilities; Karbalas ammunition storage
		facility; and Latifiya's solid propellant
		plant. Two F-ll7A's also bombed a
		suspected biological warfare facility at
		Latifiya. Stealth pilots scored on 28 of
		30 attempts on target.

20 Feb		Day 35, Wave Two: Jalibah Southeast A1-
		 field gas the sole target for ten F-117As
		 in the night's  second wave. Bad weather
		 inhibited all ten sorties and no bombs were
		 dropped.

		Day 36, Wave One: Four pilots of the 415
		 TFS and six of the 416 TFS attacked strat-
		 egic railroad bridges in Umm A1 Wasum and
		 A1 Haglaniya, and a ferti-
		lizer plant in A1 Qaim. The 415 TFS took
		 responsibility for targets in A1 Qaim, and,
		 upon reaching the phosphate and fertilizer
		 facility, four F-ll7As put eight bombs
		 directly on target. The 416 TFS pilots
		flew against the bridges in umm A1 Wasum
		and A1 Haqlaniyah and successfully put nine
		of ten bombs on their targets. Two of the
		six 416 TFS pilots also visited A1 Qaim,
		but their bombing attempts were unsuccess-
		 ful.

21 Feb 		Day 36, Wave Two: Targets for this wave
		included an ammunition storage facility in
		 Ad Diwaniyah, an arms plant in Al Iskandar-
		iyah, a rocket motor test facility in A1
		 Musayyib, an ammunition depot in Habban-
		 lyah, and A1 Tagaddum Airfield. Pilots of
		
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