Gulf War 1991 - Operation Desert Storm in real time
Mar 5, 2020 4:05:15 GMT
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Post by lordroel on Mar 5, 2020 4:05:15 GMT
DAY 49 of operation Desert Storm, Day 6 of cease fire, March 5th 1991
At D + 49, in a prisoner exchange, 35 released Prisoners of War transit from Baghdad to Riyadh, 294 Iraqi Enemy Prisoners of War transit to Baghdad. U.S. POWs are transferred to USNS MERCY for medical treatment.
DOD announces cease-fire is holding, no incidents. Information exchange on location of land and sea mines continues. Mine clearing and equipment-collecting sweeps continue. To-date. 3.700 Iragi tanks. 2.400+ armored personnel carriers. and 2.600+ artillery pieces have been destroyed. damaged or captured.
Elements of 1st Marine Division withdraw from Kuwait to defensive positions in Saudi Arabia, 2d Marine Division shifts into 1st Marine Division's former positions.
Naval forces continue to conduct defensive counter-air operations to protect U.S. fleet, combat air patrols, maritime interceptions and minesweeping to clear A1 Ashwaba and other mined Kuwaiti ports. USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH 11), an embarked mine countermeasures squadron and four mine countermeasures ships, are leading minesweeping activities, aided by ships from UK, Netherlands and Belgium.
President Bush addresses joint session of Congress: "I can report to the nation: Aggression is defeated. The war is over."
USS WISCONSIN redeploys for home.
Marine AH-NJ Cobra helo is lost in a non-combat mishap. Both crewmembers were injured. U.S. aircraft losses to-date: 57 (35 fixed-wing-27 in combat, 8 in non-combat-and 22 helos-5 in combat, 17 in non-combat). To-date, 116,000+ sorties have been flown.
DOD revises U.S. casualty data: 115 KIA. 2 (Died from combat wounds), 78 Non-combat fatalities. 338 WIA, 26 MIA (5 Navy. 2 USMC). 0 POW.
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Photo: A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat from Fighter Squadron VF-84 Jolly Rogers flies past several burning Kuwaiti oil wells following the 1991 Gulf War. VF-84 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
At D + 49, in a prisoner exchange, 35 released Prisoners of War transit from Baghdad to Riyadh, 294 Iraqi Enemy Prisoners of War transit to Baghdad. U.S. POWs are transferred to USNS MERCY for medical treatment.
DOD announces cease-fire is holding, no incidents. Information exchange on location of land and sea mines continues. Mine clearing and equipment-collecting sweeps continue. To-date. 3.700 Iragi tanks. 2.400+ armored personnel carriers. and 2.600+ artillery pieces have been destroyed. damaged or captured.
Elements of 1st Marine Division withdraw from Kuwait to defensive positions in Saudi Arabia, 2d Marine Division shifts into 1st Marine Division's former positions.
Naval forces continue to conduct defensive counter-air operations to protect U.S. fleet, combat air patrols, maritime interceptions and minesweeping to clear A1 Ashwaba and other mined Kuwaiti ports. USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH 11), an embarked mine countermeasures squadron and four mine countermeasures ships, are leading minesweeping activities, aided by ships from UK, Netherlands and Belgium.
President Bush addresses joint session of Congress: "I can report to the nation: Aggression is defeated. The war is over."
USS WISCONSIN redeploys for home.
Marine AH-NJ Cobra helo is lost in a non-combat mishap. Both crewmembers were injured. U.S. aircraft losses to-date: 57 (35 fixed-wing-27 in combat, 8 in non-combat-and 22 helos-5 in combat, 17 in non-combat). To-date, 116,000+ sorties have been flown.
DOD revises U.S. casualty data: 115 KIA. 2 (Died from combat wounds), 78 Non-combat fatalities. 338 WIA, 26 MIA (5 Navy. 2 USMC). 0 POW.