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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S                                                

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit  = 101ST ID    

Box ID = BX001611

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        communications. The FOB also positioned the division to '@cut the

        Iraqi escape route along Highway 8, and offered the threat of a
        Screaming Eagle attack against Baghdad itself. i74

              Even as FOB Cobra was being established, preparations were

        underway for Third Brigade's 25 February air assault to the
        Euphrates River. The rapid success of operations, combined with
        the threat i5f continued bad weather on the 25th, compelled the

        division to move up the PZ time for Third Brigade's mission. The
        insertion time was now set for 1055 on the 25th. 175

              Aviation Brigade was again called on to help prepare the

        battlefield. The 2-229th AATK and the 2-17th Cavalry conduct6d

        an aerial recon of AO Sabre from 1330 until 1800 on the 24th.

        Next, the 1-101st AATK and one company from the 2-229th AATK

        conducted a recon in zone of AO Eagle from FOB Cobra to Phase
        Line Viking. This second mission lasted throughout the night.   176

              The reconnaissance missions were intended to locate the

        MSR, pinpoint the Third Brigade landing zone and locate the road

        into AO Eagle. They were also to locate any enemy positions and

        interdict Iraq's lines of communication. Neither mission

        reported any enemy contact, but they firmly established the
        presence of the 101st in the Euphrates River Valley. 177

              With aerial reconnaissance ongoing, the next requirement

        was a ground recon. Third Brigade TF inserted their scouts to

        gather information for the assault. The scouts were oined by
        four Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) teams. 178



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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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Declassified = 06-MAR-1997