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1990/Desert Shield
14 Aug (Contd)	(U) the first time in Air Force history,
			every MAC strategic aircraft was committed
			worldwide, with 99 percent supporting Opera-
			tion Desert Shield. (See Appendix 10 for
			management structure of intercommand trans-
			portation.)
			
15 August 	[(1) sec 3.4 (b)(6)]

16 August 	(U) Iraq offered, and Iran accepted, a 1988
			peace proposal ending their 10-year war. Iraq
			withdrew its forces from Iranian territory and
			released all Iranian prisoners of war In
			return, Iran pledged to support Iraq against
			the multinational forces gathering in Saudi
			Arabia.

			(U) JCS Chairman General Powell directed
			execution of a multinational maritime inter-
			ception operation to enforce economic sanc-
			tions against Iraq and Kuwait.

			(U) USAFE first supported a deploying TAC
			unit when 353d Tactical Fighter Squadron A-10s
			(354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach
			AFB, South Carolina) stopped overnight at
			Moron AB, Spain, enroute to King Fahd Airport,
			Saudi Arabia.

			(U) U.S. Army General John R. Galvin,
			USCINCEUR, issued a deployment order for the
			first European-based USAF aircraft to South-
			west Asia. Fifteen C-130Es from MAC's 37th
			Tactical Airlift Squadron, Rhein Main AB,
			Germany, flew to Thumrait, Oman, on 16, 27,
			and 28 August. Two TR-ls from SAC's 17th
			Reconnaissance Wing, RAF Alconbury, United
			Kingdom, deployed to Taif, Saudi Arabia,
			arriving 23 August.
			
17 August 	(U) USAFE had deployed 241 personnel to the
			USCENTCOM area of responsibility (map next
			page). (Also see Appendix 11 for USAFE person-
			nel deployment statistics.)

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