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File: 110196_aacha_36.txtFeb 91 (Cont) 25 Feb (Cont) ious list again and added the Ab Dalli long-haul radio relay and A1 Musayyib rocket motor plant to that list. The 415 TFS sent four fighters to A1 Musayyib and Ab Dalli, while six 416 TFS jets struck out at the Abu Ghurayb and Baghdad targets. Weather conditions over Baghdad and Ab Dalli negated bomb release; but Stealth pilots successfully dropped eight bombs for direct hits an the Abu Ghurayb target and three out of four on the A1 Musayyib objective. Day 41, Waves 1, 2 and 3: Headquarters Central A1r Forces cancelled all 34 Stealth missions due to poor weather. 26 Feb Day 42, Wave One: Concentrating on a myr- iad of targets in Iraq, the wing initiated a 32-turn-32 flying schedules with each flying squadron contributing 16 aircraft per wave. In the first wave, the 415 TFS managed to launch 14 of 16 aircraft, but unfortunately lost two sorties to aborted a1r refueling tanker missions. Following several maintenance ground aborts and replacements, the 416 TFS managed to launch 15 of 16 aircraft. Unfortunately, poor weather conditions over Iraq persisted and the wing failed to drop 56 of its 58 bomb payload, and the two that did drop missed. 27 Feb Day 42, Wave Two: Poor weather continued to inhibit Stealth Fighter operations as the 17 TFWP took position over a Tamiya. rocket facility, a fuse factory at Narawan, the A1 Musayyib rocket motor production works, a terrorist camp at Salmon Pak, the Ba I ath Party Headquarters in Baghdad, the Shahiyat rocket test facility, an artillery plant in Habbaniyah, Baghdads Muthena Airfield, and H-2 Airfield. The wing managed to drop only eight of the 54 weapons it had brought over target, but all eight were direct hits. Day 43 Wave One: Tesm Stealth got back on track With ten launches from each fighter s and a bomb score of 32 for 32 as 35
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