I was on one of the two MH53 Pave Lows that were escorting the Apaches on that day. It was one of the greatest moments of my military career and one that I will never forget.
My friends where there they wouldn’t let my dad go I was 17 my dad wanted to go so bad but as a Master guns in the marines and his mos they said he was to important training people to do their jobs so they wouldn’t let him go but my friends got stories
I served in the U.S. Army during Desert Shield/ Storm. I remember being awakened in the middle of the night by the jets screaming overhead. That's when we knew things had gotten real. About six weeks later we were rolling through Iraq and trading rounds with an Iraqi tank brigade. It's difficult to believe that all of that was 32 years ago.
At the time, the Iraqi army was the 4th biggest in the world and they were just coming off an 8 year war with Iran, so they were extremely battle-tested and experienced. Also, this was when the US was almost at the apex of their power seeing as how the Soviet Union was in the process of collapsing.
Personally I don't know how much weight I put into troop numbers. Look at Russia in the Ukraine, they have way more troops but the quality of those troops is questionable at best. I personally would put more weight on a country like the US that has 100% voluntary service and less on countries with semi or mandatory service. I'd take well trained troops over OMG Zerg rush any day.
Glad you said that. I was like, 4th largest? Pretty sure any Iraq vet remembers that. (And it was drilled into me by the veterans. They trained me for round 2)
@@dimetime35c That's fair, but, again, Iraq had just spent 8 years trying to conquer Iran, so the Iraqi troops were largely battle-hardened in near-peer conflict. Putin's forces in Ukraine are, by now, largely untrained conscripts, and even the forces that went-in initially hadn't seen much combat outside battles in Chechnya and Georgia, where Russia faced much smaller forces that were far inferior to their own (incidentally, one of the biggest surprises in Ukraine is how quickly a mere 8 years of NATO-style training had turned the post-Soviet rabble that Putin had easily pushed-out of Crimea in 2014 into an incredibly effective combined-arms force). Iraqi forces certainly weren't technologically or numerically level with the US, but they were much more of a modern and cohesive fighting-force than America had faced since, say, the Korean War, and far larger, too. There were real questions about whether Saddam would be able to give the Coalition enough of a bloody nose to force negotiations, a la Vietnam. Also, America had been supporting Iraq rather heavily in an attempt to unseat the Islamic Republic as vengeance for their deposing of the tyrannical Shah, who was a close US ally, so having to turn around and fight the forces they'd just built-up was, uh, not great.
@@dimetime35c Actually they don't. The Ukranians have mobilized vast swathes of their male population and at the Kharkiv offensive they outnumbered the russians 6 to one. Yes a big chunk of the Russian conscripts was sent to the frontline to stop the blitzkrieg but some stayed and trainened and are definitely not NATO caliber but not cannonfodder.
@@aquilae1670 yeah fair point but personally I feel a volunteer army will overall perform better then one thats forced into service through drafts or mandatory service. The soldiers in a volunteer military are just that volunteers. They signed up because they want to serve, they want to be there and are going to give 100% of themselves to their units. A mandatory force will have people that don't want to be there and don't believe in the cause. You will spend more time just getting them to listen and have to constantly make sure they are staying motivated to fight.
You hit a bullseye with your point about the coordination. This was a full blown orchestra, ballet, opera all wrapped up in one. War is ugly, but the beauty of the planning and execution can't be understated. Military tacticians will be studying this for decades, if not centuries.
Within days not months the Iraq elite military was surrendering asap to the USA ground forces and we didn’t take the capital. At the time the Iraq army was considered to be the 9th most powerful force in the world but USA was marching without any opposition from the beginning really.
I remember watching the news coverage of this with my dad. The night bombing raids and see the tracer rounds was mind-blowing. I was just 10 and still can see it like it was yesterday
Seems like it was the first major war with modern live correspondence. A certain generation of US kids has Desert Storm in Technicolor as a crystalized memory.
I was at Desert Storm stationed with the F117 stealth fighter the first night will always be a memory that will never go away it was the first large scale test of stealth aircraft and we did not know how effective it would be turns out it does what it was designed to do. No F117 aircraft were lost to enemy fire for the entire Desert Storm
I remember being over there with the 24th Infantry Division from GA. Being buzzed by French Jets early in the mornings days before the air war started. Being on the ground looking up at what look like thousands of jets flying overhead was mind blowing 🤯 😳. Most proudest moment.
I was responsible for the 2nd Marines HQ communication. 32 radio nets. Hand built antennas. Factory antennas were unreliable. In the desert. No comm, no war!
I served in the US Navy during this time at a NATO Airbase in the Med. It was a crazy time. I mainly handled American, Brit, Spain, Italian, French, German, Canadian, Swedish and Turkish aircraft coming and going out of the hot zone. I never knew what or who was coming in, I only knew they were friendly. Nothing nasty got near us because of our defenses. Oh, I was crash crew and I also worked the transient lines (aircraft stopping for a short period and then leaving) when we got busy.
Thanks, you two for being interested in this video. I just what you to know that I am a U S Army Desert Storm Veteran. It has been thirty-one years now and I still look back on those years serving at that time.
What this doesn't cover is the immense logistical "tail" it took to support that level of air war activity. Having spent my tour in Vietnam working in and on that "tail" I can tell you it is mind-boggling!
My ship, the USS Independence CV-62, was up in the gulf Aug 5th. We were the first carrier on station dropping warheads on foreheads before any one was mobilized.
My dad was working on the subs during desert storm, managed to achive E-7 Chief petty officer before retiring. Always talked about how cool it was working with the subs.
I was Air Force reserve before this war and was discharged from the reserve just a year before this war started. A friend of mine was called up for active duty during this war. She was a flight nurse. My cousin’s husband was Army and stationed in Saudi Arabia for 2 years at this time. This was a great reaction video.
(Fighter Bombers) F4 Phantoms, F-14s, F-16s, F-15s, F/A-18s. (Bombers) Stealth F-117s, B-52s, stealth B-2s, F-111s. (Strike Aircraft) A-10 Thunderbolt II, AC-130 Hercules “ gunship “ , A-7 Corsair, A-6 Intruder, F-15E Strike Eagle. (Cargo) C-130. (Air Refueling Tankers) G-5 Galaxy. US has most Air superiority with the ability to mass produce vehicles for war if needed through branching out contracts to Factory’s like we did during other wars like WWII mass producing bombers 1 every half hour to hour.
Just wait till you get to part two. And the ground war parts one and two. Great channel. Great info. And specifically after you watch both ground war parts, go look up the battle of 73 easting. Which was a part of the ground war segment, and only barely touched on, without naming it. That was one of the most epic parts of all of this, and really shows what our M1 Abrams, do to T72’s, a hint, they do the same exact to T 80’s and 90’s and will do the same to the much vaunted. Bet never out of prototype T14 armata and not more than 20 something produced T14 armata’s. As they can’t make them, and the few they did, can’t get everything to work/doesn’t live up to reality. And can’t maintain them effectively either. Where as we have over 5000 M1 Abrams in storage, that can/do and all work, with minimal maintenance, mainly replacing various seals, refilling with oils and fluids, etc, going over stuff. Ours are stored to be made workable, fast and easy, with no detriment to actual use, and to be upgraded, and are constantly under an upgrade cycle, based on need/projected need. And we still keep making new variants. Even though we don’t need them to be made anymore, political/economic reasons why.
I was an 8-year-old kid living in Baghdad, on the receiving end of all of this. One madman dictator caused so much destruction and tragedy to the region. My heartfelt condolences go out to all those affected by this war, and the families who lost loved ones.
Besides the USMC breach of the defensive line. The British Tornado's had the hardest job. Those pilots are rock solid and take the most damage of any of the coalition forces.
I was there on the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) and clearly remember the opening of hostilities. We had been on station in the Persian Gulf since August of the year before and were more than ready to get his show on the road!
There's a really cool video out there showing a Tomahawk cruise missile following a road to it's target. It showed civilians looking up and seeing the missile flying overhead at very low altitude.
That night in the US was recorded to be one of the least violent and criminal activity reported by police departments they had received very few 911 calls for crimes being committed ever recorded ❤
I remember the war like it just happened; I had recently completed nine years of service in the Air Force and Air National Guard. Prior to the beginning of the conflict I received orders to prepare for active duty service as an air traffic control officer. The fast pace of the conflict meant that my orders were quickly rescinded.
3:35 "Six carrier battle groups are deployed in the region." "Okay" No, no, no, no, no, you didn't get that. SIX carrier battle groups. SIX! Most nations don't even have carriers. Only a handful of the very top nations have 1 or 2, and some of those aren't supported by a full carrier battle group. Send a CBG anywhere in the world, and you dominate the sea and air in that region of the world. You only ever have 2 CBGs in the same place at the same time when something serious is going on there. A gobsmacking SIX were deployed there at the same time. 😲
Just a little addition to the info. The B52s that fly from the US and flew so many missions were all buiilt between 1954=1963 (most after 1957) They built 742, there are about 70 still in service today. Think about that, the NEWEST B52 is 60 years old. They have had updates to new electronics, radars, and weapons over the years but they are still the original 8 engine jet designed so long ago.
I was deployed to the Gulf while this was ongoing. The Air Operations Order for each day required an entire rheem of paper (a stack roughly 4 inches tall) just to print out one copy
This was one of the most intense moments in my life time. Seeing all that was going on in real time was insane!!! There were TV reporters and cameras watching as the bombs began to fall on Bagdad. Watching all of this live made you think of just how insane the Iraq military really was!! Then you had Baghdad Bob as he was called telling everyone that Iraq was winning and destroying coalition aircraft.
When I was a kid I can remember all the aircraft flying over my grandmother's house. I remember my dad telling me they were having an airshow for my birthday and I actually believed it. I was only five at the time but still I could not believe how many aircrafts were in the sky at once.
Yes, it's always good to have a sound battle plan. However, an old military saying goes "No plan survives contact with the enemy." Meaning, that you can have the most foolproof plan at your disposal, but because you have no idea how the enemy will react to it, you will always have to make changes once you begin. Heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, said the same thing, in a slightly different way ..... "Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
The f-117 stealth fighters were an unproven concept in war but the Saudis nicknamed them ghosts cuz they weren't showing up on their radars. But the pilots didn't know if the technology was as good is they thought and they have no defensive weapons
When I was in desert storm, before the ground war started, we were in a “tent city“ in the Saudi Arabian desert region to go into Kuwait, and I was walking a couple miles to a tent, which was acting as our PX or store. I was stopped by a vehicle full of British Marines, and asked if I needed a lift which I gladly except it as opposed to walking. They were some of the nicest guys I have ever met.
Operation Desert Storm was an incredible sequence and orchestrated event. I encourage you both to keep watching videos and learning more about this. You’ll enjoy it.
I remember when this happened. I was with my friend from Iraq watching on TV. We were both in tears at work (we watched very mobile special needs kids, so we weren’t doing anything wrong by watching TV at work🤣🤷♂️ I remember him pointing to the TV near Sadam’s palace, and saying “That’s my parents house!” The sky was just almost constant red and yellow, or at least it seemed that way😭 I hope his parents survived. We lost touch as friends because I quit that ish job🤣🤷♂️
Fun fact about the f117 stealth bombers who were circling Baghdad. Every one knew they were there because of the engine noise lol you can hear them on British news anchors feed that was there.
I was in the service during this period, I wasn't directly involved, but an amusing thing occured during the cruise missile strikes, the Iraqui's were told to take down their road signs, as they thought the cruise missiles were reading them.
On interesting thing to note about the F-117 is the fact their early stealth technology prohibited any form detection of enemy radar search or lock on signals. So, if the aircraft were detected and tracked by enemy radars the pilots of the F-117 would not know, and their only warning would be if they could visually observe any SAM launch.
i play video games with a gentlemen that served in the AWAX air radar planes, really cool dude, love imagining a younger him sitting in one of these places making call outs
I was on the Donor Processing team, Naval Hospital Beaufort, South Carolina. We were tasked with send 200 units of both RBC's and Plasma, a day with Parris Island Recruit Depot & Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, we had enough of a donor pool to sustain not only our commitment, but 3 other Naval Hospital's quotas. By the time it was over we had collected, processed and shipped over 4200 units of blood products to the combat theater. Even saw one of our units being given to an Iraqi POW on CNN. Hours were long but nothing compared to my brothers & sisters in the sandbox. They will forever have my respect
I was recalled to active duty to serve in Desert Storm. It was my job to inventory, clean, process and return the personal effects to the next of kin of every one of the casualties. A very somber and challenging duty.
Phases of War can be found in JP3-0 Joint Operations...its latest update was 2017...Im more familiar with 2015 Joint Doctrine: Phase 0 mobilize, Phase 1 deploy, phase 2 air campaign for air superiority, phase 3 ground war, phase 4-5 recover/rebuild
In some cases sadly, Ones plan of attack against a foe usually goes out the window the the first contact with the enemy. Meaning, it's always good to have secondary plans. thankfully, they were not needed in this occasion
I couldn't have been more proud and scared to death as watched on TV knowing my brother... A Marine ... Served in Desert Storm... It was over quickly.. far quicker than we could of thought... I also remember that it was this conflict that America would never again treat our military personnel as horribly as the Vietnam vets were treated when they came home... It was a promise made and promise kept... I'm proud of serving our retired vets.. one of the greatest honors of my life... God Bless the USA and every county who came together to protect the world
Barksdale Air Force Base is very close to my house. It has been part of my life since my father was transfered there in 1958. I love watching the fighter planes and the huge B52's. Not one bomber from BAFB was hit during the bombing of Iraq through the entire war. Many people watched the spectacular return of the B52's in March. They did not head directly to the runway which runs north-south. They flew from the west over Shreveport, over the Red River into Bossier City then over the West Gate (the main gate) and the Base. It was thrilling to watch the magnificent machines parade overhead. Everyone was proud to see it and proud of our airmen.
A A-10 Pilot that I met a few times gave me his pilot helmet Hgu55 that hew wore in Desert Storm . Few with the Flying Tiger's . Helmet has over 80 mission's TY T-Bone.. for the helmet..
At the beginning of the Desert Shield, Iraq had the 4th largest army in the world. Their tech was their downfall. They were heavy invested in vehicles that were already 20 years out of date.
I was in the Navy during this time, but unfortunately I was stuck in Maine because my ship was being finished up at Bath Iron Works and was two months from commissioning. We had been hearing a lot about how large the Iraqi army was and it would likely be a long, hard war. However, one of our guys who was scary smart (the kind of guy that was promoted 1st increment the first time he took each advancement exam and eventually retired a Captain) knew a lot about the Middle East. He showed us history that showed that Iraqi soldiers were actually very quick to surrender. Sure enough, once the air and ground war started, we saw exactly that result. Looking back on it now, I don't think that the Iraqi soldiers were cowards. I think it was more that their upper echelons were very negligent of ensuring the soldiers on the ground were properly trained and, most importantly, supplied with food, water, and ammunition. When an army is not properly supplied and is poorly trained, it has no choice but to surrender. That's why the 101st Airborne at Bastogne never surrendered. They were poorly supplied, but their training was the best in the Army.
when you see the picture of the girl , the first person to sit on husseins throne is my friend Heather, she is aksi the first female critical injury of that war she from washington state... she took a missile to her truck, its on film, she also transported all the gold out... i have so many ppl that went over there but barely any came back just a handful of friends from high school...... the F117 stealth my mom and aunt worked on while was in high school, she was shocked at the fact they knew nothing for yrs about what they were actualky bldng, then to see it in tv destroying Iraq... still miss my friends from school ... 35yrs now, still like it was yesterday
I was there for Desert Storm. I was a forward Satcom (backpack satellite communications) tech, relaying positions, data, files, etc...as well as fully armed and involved in combat. It was one of those moments when we found out just how good we really are!
At no point did anyone including Iraq believe that Iraq could outrigth win. The Cold War was just ending so the US and NATO were totally unrivaled. The 35 Nations included obviously the US and the UK, which were the main forces in the second Gulf War... but many other first rate militaries like France and Canada and Australia, not to mention the Arab allies like Saudi Arabia who had a strong airforce which included the F-15 which was and still is undefeated in air to air combat. Iraq wasn't under the impression that they could win outright, instead what they wanted to do was inflict high casualities on Americans believing that after Vietnam the US had lost its will to fight, which is a great misunderstanding of what happened in Vietnam. The US was actually worried that they could have suffered as many as 200,000 casualties but they were still willing to commit, they fully expected a massive amount of casualities. They thought that this was going to be a seriously difficult war because Iraq had a large army, especially a large amount of tanks and a large airforce as well. Larger than the UK in fact. The biggest worry wasn't their tanks or airforce, which were largely comprised of equipment from the previous generation but their chemical weapons. Remember the reasoning for the 2003 invasion of Iraq? WMDs or weapons of mass destruction? Thats what they meant, chemical weapons which Saddam had used in the Iran/Iraq war and also against Kurds in Iraq. Iraq also had soviet scud missiles which were long range missiles (but not terribly accurate) that could be armed with chemical weapons. They weren't accurate enough to launch at strategic military targets but they could be used against a large body of troops or even more worrisome against Israeli cities. Which is what happened, fortunately the Iraqis didn't use chemical weapons against Israel which would have likely resulted in a nuclear retalitory strike against Iraq, but the threat was real. In fact the reason why Iraq was targeting Israel, who were not part of the coalition or involved in the war in anyway was to goad the Israelis into striking back which would have likely severed the relationship between the coalition and the Arab members, maybe even prompting the Saudi King to boot the coalition from Saudi Arabia, effectively ending the war. So Iraq didn't have a real chance at winning but they thought it was possible to stalemate the coalition long enough for the US to lose their nerve or to goad Israeli into the war dividing the coalition of its Arab members. They were wrong, obviously.
I am Desert Shield/Desert Storm. The day we broke up camp to the west winds to set up in the Neutral Zone for the ground campaign near Iraq we were told when the air campaign will start. General Swartzcoff ( spl) promised his combat troops that this was going to be Airland Battle doctrine and we'd have at least 2 week air campaign before deploying. That night I was monitoring the command net listening to my Sony multi band radio when you heard the sordies (spl) every hour. Then you could see the tracers light up the sky from Iraq air defense. They were shooting blind. While that was going on, Bet Midlers from a distance was playing on my radio. Odd the things you remember. Also, while we were setting up in the west, we had small skirmishes with Iraqi light forces trying to find us. This was a real nice overview. When ground campaign started, everything went so much faster than our original Opperation Order was planned. Real nice reaction. Peace. Stay safe. God Speed. ❤️🌹🤘
I served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. I was on a destroyer, USS Caron, that took part in the great Turkey Shoot. Allied ships where shooting chaff due to incoming missiles and the phalanx system would lock and shoot the chaff. We didn't find out till later it was shooting chaff not at incoming missiles. We learned a lot about our weapons systems then as many where new and untested in combat. Ship's that were not designated to fire Tomahawks later shot them days later as the main attacking ships ran out of missiles.
I live in the home city of seal team 6 and close to the world's largest Naval base. My area has every branch of the military. A lot of my friends, family and neighbors were in the armed forces and sent to serve in the Gulf war. It was a scary time for everyone. The USS Wisconsin was stationed in Norfolk when it was deployed to the Persian Gulf. I think it had been decommissioned but was brought back into service to fight in the Gulf war. Afterwards it was permanently retired. Now it's proudly docked on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk Va. It's open to the public. On the tour it was mentioned that the Wisconsin fired the first missiles. It was a surreal moment to walk on its deck and look at the huge guns that fired those missiles. I remember watching it all unfold live on TV.
I’m not trying to be obtuse or a know it all. I might be misunderstanding your comment but the Tomahawk Cruise Missiles were not fired from the guns. They were fired by pods retrofitted to the decks of the Wisconsin. I’m pretty sure they were removed when it was decommissioned as Tomahawks are still an active part of the US Military arsenal. Once again, just trying to clear up a possible misunderstanding.
@@NativeofVB Your welcome. Thanks for the clarifying response. That makes it an even better story. I used to walk by the USS Missouri every day on my way to work when the “Mighty Mo” was at Pearl Harbor for retrofit and the sub I was on was moored over on the surface fleet side of the base for some repairs. It was a massive ship and served in Desert Storm like the Wisconsin did.
@@mjc1389 Wow interesting! I believe they are identical ships. Iowa class battleships. They served side by side in the Gulf. They have a long history. Fought in WW2, Korean war & Desert Storm. You mentioned you were in Pearl Harbor while waiting for the submarine you were stationed on to be repaired. My son-in-law works at the ship yard repairing Naval ships and subs. Thanks for sharing. 😊
My pops is a veteran of the Gulf War. He has a plaque with the dates. Was part of Desert Shield. Goal was to train locals to be a police force. I’m a Veteran myself but not of any wars or deployments just served since 2013.
One of the main reasons was for this war was to protect the oil fields in Kuwait and the stability of nearby oilfields and countries, all of which were generally pretty weak compared to Iraq. When the Kuwait oilfields fell to the Sadam he controlled around 20% of the world's oil supply. If Sadam then went on and conquered Saudi Arabia, as it looked like he was planning to, Sadam would have controlled 45% of the world's known oil at the time. Hopefully that helps explain the huge international response.
We were definitely a superpower by Desert Storm. World War II was when we fully came on the world stage as an unquestioned superpower. By 1991, the Soviet Union was in the process of collapsing so this was the first war where we were the world's lone superpower.
Yeah, I was shock about that comment. U.S. is a superpower before 1st WW at least economically. Which country at the time can deploy a force to a different continent(s) and decidingly win the war? Only U.S.A
World War 2 might have been when it was on full display, but the US but it was 1908 when the US really became a superpower. By that time their economy and Industry were bigger than the UK and Germany combined.
I was 8. I'll never forget, there was a number you could call to ask questions on air and I asked why Sadam would burn the oil wells😂 It actually got played on,i watched on tv and heard myself. I was quite proud of that. Don't remember what news station though
Remember you can not Kick Ass with out Tanker gas.. the refueling effort was massive! Jim From Milwaukee, 128 Air refueling Wing is stationed in Milwaukee.
I was on one of the two MH53 Pave Lows that were escorting the Apaches on that day. It was one of the greatest moments of my military career and one that I will never forget.
Thank you for your service
My friends where there they wouldn’t let my dad go I was 17 my dad wanted to go so bad but as a Master guns in the marines and his mos they said he was to important training people to do their jobs so they wouldn’t let him go but my friends got stories
Salute to you, Sir.
Thank for your service!
Thank you for your service
I served in the U.S. Army during Desert Shield/ Storm. I remember being awakened in the middle of the night by the jets screaming overhead. That's when we knew things had gotten real. About six weeks later we were rolling through Iraq and trading rounds with an Iraqi tank brigade. It's difficult to believe that all of that was 32 years ago.
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Yeah, it's hard to believe it was that long ago. I was 20 years old and with Third Armored Division. I do remember that night when it all started.
Thank you for your service.
< Bradley Gunner i feel ya man
Thank You for your service ❣️
Retired Navy Chief Corpsman/Combat Medic. Was on board CVN-69 during Desert Storm. This brings back memories
Please watch all parts.
The Air War videos all predate the Ground War chronologically to the best of my knowledge.
The ground war video is fascinating as well. The logistics required to pull these operations off is staggering.
At the time, the Iraqi army was the 4th biggest in the world and they were just coming off an 8 year war with Iran, so they were extremely battle-tested and experienced. Also, this was when the US was almost at the apex of their power seeing as how the Soviet Union was in the process of collapsing.
Personally I don't know how much weight I put into troop numbers. Look at Russia in the Ukraine, they have way more troops but the quality of those troops is questionable at best. I personally would put more weight on a country like the US that has 100% voluntary service and less on countries with semi or mandatory service. I'd take well trained troops over OMG Zerg rush any day.
Glad you said that. I was like, 4th largest? Pretty sure any Iraq vet remembers that. (And it was drilled into me by the veterans. They trained me for round 2)
@@dimetime35c That's fair, but, again, Iraq had just spent 8 years trying to conquer Iran, so the Iraqi troops were largely battle-hardened in near-peer conflict. Putin's forces in Ukraine are, by now, largely untrained conscripts, and even the forces that went-in initially hadn't seen much combat outside battles in Chechnya and Georgia, where Russia faced much smaller forces that were far inferior to their own (incidentally, one of the biggest surprises in Ukraine is how quickly a mere 8 years of NATO-style training had turned the post-Soviet rabble that Putin had easily pushed-out of Crimea in 2014 into an incredibly effective combined-arms force). Iraqi forces certainly weren't technologically or numerically level with the US, but they were much more of a modern and cohesive fighting-force than America had faced since, say, the Korean War, and far larger, too. There were real questions about whether Saddam would be able to give the Coalition enough of a bloody nose to force negotiations, a la Vietnam.
Also, America had been supporting Iraq rather heavily in an attempt to unseat the Islamic Republic as vengeance for their deposing of the tyrannical Shah, who was a close US ally, so having to turn around and fight the forces they'd just built-up was, uh, not great.
@@dimetime35c Actually they don't. The Ukranians have mobilized vast swathes of their male population and at the Kharkiv offensive they outnumbered the russians 6 to one. Yes a big chunk of the Russian conscripts was sent to the frontline to stop the blitzkrieg but some stayed and trainened and are definitely not NATO caliber but not cannonfodder.
@@aquilae1670 yeah fair point but personally I feel a volunteer army will overall perform better then one thats forced into service through drafts or mandatory service. The soldiers in a volunteer military are just that volunteers. They signed up because they want to serve, they want to be there and are going to give 100% of themselves to their units. A mandatory force will have people that don't want to be there and don't believe in the cause. You will spend more time just getting them to listen and have to constantly make sure they are staying motivated to fight.
You hit a bullseye with your point about the coordination. This was a full blown orchestra, ballet, opera all wrapped up in one. War is ugly, but the beauty of the planning and execution can't be understated. Military tacticians will be studying this for decades, if not centuries.
Definitely, it was as close to a perfectly executed opening air attack as there's ever been.
It was a masterpiece of a military operation
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That shows you how important US Military Academies are. They get the best and brightest young men and women and educate them on a very high level.
Within days not months the Iraq elite military was surrendering asap to the USA ground forces and we didn’t take the capital. At the time the Iraq army was considered to be the 9th most powerful force in the world but USA was marching without any opposition from the beginning really.
I remember watching the news coverage of this with my dad. The night bombing raids and see the tracer rounds was mind-blowing. I was just 10 and still can see it like it was yesterday
Seems like it was the first major war with modern live correspondence. A certain generation of US kids has Desert Storm in Technicolor as a crystalized memory.
Me too i was also 10!
I was at Desert Storm stationed with the F117 stealth fighter the first night will always be a memory that will never go away it was the first large scale test of stealth aircraft and we did not know how effective it would be turns out it does what it was designed to do. No F117 aircraft were lost to enemy fire for the entire Desert Storm
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thank god the F117 exists, paved the way for the raptor and the lightning and eventually the NGAD and F/A-XX
Where was the 1 f117 shot down at. I thought it was Iraq but I guess not.
@@RichardL.1453 It was in Yugoslavia in 1999. The Slavs locked onto the F-117 while the bomb bay was open. The bomb bay is not stealthy
@wellifailed392 thanks.
I remember watching it all unfold on live TV. I even had a sull set of Upper Deck "Desert Storm" trading cards.
I still have that deck of cards one opened one still sealed
Mine are the playing cards
I remember being over there with the 24th Infantry Division from GA. Being buzzed by French Jets early in the mornings days before the air war started. Being on the ground looking up at what look like thousands of jets flying overhead was mind blowing 🤯 😳. Most proudest moment.
I was responsible for the 2nd Marines HQ communication. 32 radio nets. Hand built antennas. Factory antennas were unreliable. In the desert.
No comm, no war!
I served in the US Navy during this time at a NATO Airbase in the Med. It was a crazy time. I mainly handled American, Brit, Spain, Italian, French, German, Canadian, Swedish and Turkish aircraft coming and going out of the hot zone. I never knew what or who was coming in, I only knew they were friendly. Nothing nasty got near us because of our defenses. Oh, I was crash crew and I also worked the transient lines (aircraft stopping for a short period and then leaving) when we got busy.
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I just love how the British and Americans were like “let’s go B!tchs” 😂 as an American I’m glad we have y’all as besties ❤
One of the few other countries I trust to be true allies
Yes!! I'm studying to be a war historian and I thought I was the only person watching these. Please continue
Thanks, you two for being interested in this video. I just what you to know that I am a U S Army Desert Storm Veteran. It has been thirty-one years now and I still look back on those years serving at that time.
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What this doesn't cover is the immense logistical "tail" it took to support that level of air war activity. Having spent my tour in Vietnam working in and on that "tail" I can tell you it is mind-boggling!
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My ship, the USS Independence CV-62, was up in the gulf Aug 5th. We were the first carrier on station dropping warheads on foreheads before any one was mobilized.
My dad was working on the subs during desert storm, managed to achive E-7 Chief petty officer before retiring. Always talked about how cool it was working with the subs.
It’s really crazy because you can watch actual video of those Apache helicopters firing the first shots of the war
I was Air Force reserve before this war and was discharged from the reserve just a year before this war started. A friend of mine was called up for active duty during this war. She was a flight nurse. My cousin’s husband was Army and stationed in Saudi Arabia for 2 years at this time. This was a great reaction video.
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This is a fantastic channel, they have so many good videos and they put a lot of effort into their videos, I recommend more of them.
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@5:08 🤔🗯️Oh, we've been a superpower since 1898 but, conservatively speaking let's say since 1944 🇺🇸 And the young lady was correct we were on top lol
(Fighter Bombers) F4 Phantoms, F-14s, F-16s, F-15s, F/A-18s.
(Bombers) Stealth F-117s, B-52s, stealth B-2s, F-111s.
(Strike Aircraft) A-10 Thunderbolt II, AC-130 Hercules “ gunship “ , A-7 Corsair, A-6 Intruder, F-15E Strike Eagle.
(Cargo) C-130.
(Air Refueling Tankers) G-5 Galaxy.
US has most Air superiority with the ability to mass produce vehicles for war if needed through branching out contracts to Factory’s like we did during other wars like WWII mass producing bombers 1 every half hour to hour.
Just wait till you get to part two. And the ground war parts one and two. Great channel. Great info. And specifically after you watch both ground war parts, go look up the battle of 73 easting. Which was a part of the ground war segment, and only barely touched on, without naming it. That was one of the most epic parts of all of this, and really shows what our M1 Abrams, do to T72’s, a hint, they do the same exact to T 80’s and 90’s and will do the same to the much vaunted. Bet never out of prototype T14 armata and not more than 20 something produced T14 armata’s. As they can’t make them, and the few they did, can’t get everything to work/doesn’t live up to reality. And can’t maintain them effectively either. Where as we have over 5000 M1 Abrams in storage, that can/do and all work, with minimal maintenance, mainly replacing various seals, refilling with oils and fluids, etc, going over stuff. Ours are stored to be made workable, fast and easy, with no detriment to actual use, and to be upgraded, and are constantly under an upgrade cycle, based on need/projected need. And we still keep making new variants. Even though we don’t need them to be made anymore, political/economic reasons why.
I was an 8-year-old kid living in Baghdad, on the receiving end of all of this. One madman dictator caused so much destruction and tragedy to the region. My heartfelt condolences go out to all those affected by this war, and the families who lost loved ones.
Besides the USMC breach of the defensive line. The British Tornado's had the hardest job. Those pilots are rock solid and take the most damage of any of the coalition forces.
I was there on the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) and clearly remember the opening of hostilities. We had been on station in the Persian Gulf since August of the year before and were more than ready to get his show on the road!
There's a really cool video out there showing a Tomahawk cruise missile following a road to it's target.
It showed civilians looking up and seeing the missile flying overhead at very low altitude.
To quote country singer Toby Keith” Brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue .” 🇺🇸
That night in the US was recorded to be one of the least violent and criminal activity reported by police departments they had received very few 911 calls for crimes being committed ever recorded ❤
I remember the war like it just happened; I had recently completed nine years of service in the Air Force and Air National Guard. Prior to the beginning of the conflict I received orders to prepare for active duty service as an air traffic control officer. The fast pace of the conflict meant that my orders were quickly rescinded.
I remember that tomahawk whizzing past the reporter as he broadcast from his balcony. That look was hilarious.
3:35 "Six carrier battle groups are deployed in the region."
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No, no, no, no, no, you didn't get that. SIX carrier battle groups. SIX! Most nations don't even have carriers. Only a handful of the very top nations have 1 or 2, and some of those aren't supported by a full carrier battle group. Send a CBG anywhere in the world, and you dominate the sea and air in that region of the world. You only ever have 2 CBGs in the same place at the same time when something serious is going on there. A gobsmacking SIX were deployed there at the same time. 😲
Three of my cousins served in Desert Storm. Thank you for this informative video, and your reactions.
I love how skunkworks describe the rader cross section on the F-117 was like a grain of sand on the radar screen. Practically invisible to radar.
Just a little addition to the info. The B52s that fly from the US and flew so many missions were all buiilt between 1954=1963 (most after 1957) They built 742, there are about 70 still in service today. Think about that, the NEWEST B52 is 60 years old. They have had updates to new electronics, radars, and weapons over the years but they are still the original 8 engine jet designed so long ago.
I was deployed to the Gulf while this was ongoing. The Air Operations Order for each day required an entire rheem of paper (a stack roughly 4 inches tall) just to print out one copy
22:17 The mines have parachutes; plus the bomblets so the plane can still escape the blast radius while staying safe at low altitude.
The unarmed raven pilot mentioned was Captain Brent Brandon. You can watch the dogfight on Dogfights of Desert Storm.
This was one of the most intense moments in my life time.
Seeing all that was going on in real time was insane!!! There were TV reporters and cameras watching as the bombs began to fall on Bagdad.
Watching all of this live made you think of just how insane the Iraq military really was!!
Then you had Baghdad Bob as he was called telling everyone that Iraq was winning and destroying coalition aircraft.
What in depth planning! Wow! Very educational, TY.
When I was a kid I can remember all the aircraft flying over my grandmother's house. I remember my dad telling me they were having an airshow for my birthday and I actually believed it. I was only five at the time but still I could not believe how many aircrafts were in the sky at once.
Yes, it's always good to have a sound battle plan. However, an old military saying goes "No plan survives contact with the enemy." Meaning, that you can have the most foolproof plan at your disposal, but because you have no idea how the enemy will react to it, you will always have to make changes once you begin. Heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, said the same thing, in a slightly different way ..... "Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
The f-117 stealth fighters were an unproven concept in war but the Saudis nicknamed them ghosts cuz they weren't showing up on their radars. But the pilots didn't know if the technology was as good is they thought and they have no defensive weapons
When I was in desert storm, before the ground war started, we were in a “tent city“ in the Saudi Arabian desert region to go into Kuwait, and I was walking a couple miles to a tent, which was acting as our PX or store. I was stopped by a vehicle full of British Marines, and asked if I needed a lift which I gladly except it as opposed to walking. They were some of the nicest guys I have ever met.
Operation Desert Storm was an incredible sequence and orchestrated event. I encourage you both to keep watching videos and learning more about this. You’ll enjoy it.
I remember being a young child watching this unfold on TV
I remember when this happened. I was with my friend from Iraq watching on TV. We were both in tears at work (we watched very mobile special needs kids, so we weren’t doing anything wrong by watching TV at work🤣🤷♂️
I remember him pointing to the TV near Sadam’s palace, and saying “That’s my parents house!”
The sky was just almost constant red and yellow, or at least it seemed that way😭
I hope his parents survived. We lost touch as friends because I quit that ish job🤣🤷♂️
i still remember watching this war on tv when i was a Kid. also taili airfield is now called Nasiriyah Airport
Fun fact about the f117 stealth bombers who were circling Baghdad. Every one knew they were there because of the engine noise lol you can hear them on British news anchors feed that was there.
Google "73 Easting". Tank battle during Desert Storm
Congratulations to you both on the news of a pregnancy! You're going to make OUTSTANDING parents! Cheers from the USA
Wild weasel aircraft are jets that have anti radiation missiles, so like f 4 phantom e's
Can’t explain it, but I find your reactions fascinating. Thank you for sharing!
If you liked this video of the air war, you will love the 5 part series about the ground war.
I was in the service during this period, I wasn't directly involved, but an amusing thing occured during the cruise missile strikes, the Iraqui's were told to take down their road signs, as they thought the cruise missiles were reading them.
On interesting thing to note about the F-117 is the fact their early stealth technology prohibited any form detection of enemy radar search or lock on signals. So, if the aircraft were detected and tracked by enemy radars the pilots of the F-117 would not know, and their only warning would be if they could visually observe any SAM launch.
i play video games with a gentlemen that served in the AWAX air radar planes, really cool dude, love imagining a younger him sitting in one of these places making call outs
I remember my dad telling me about desert storm growing up. He was on the ranger, CV-61
I was on the Donor Processing team, Naval Hospital Beaufort, South Carolina. We were tasked with send 200 units of both RBC's and Plasma, a day with Parris Island Recruit Depot & Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, we had enough of a donor pool to sustain not only our commitment, but 3 other Naval Hospital's quotas. By the time it was over we had collected, processed and shipped over 4200 units of blood products to the combat theater. Even saw one of our units being given to an Iraqi POW on CNN. Hours were long but nothing compared to my brothers & sisters in the sandbox. They will forever have my respect
I was recalled to active duty to serve in Desert Storm. It was my job to inventory, clean, process and return the personal effects to the next of kin of every one of the casualties. A very somber and challenging duty.
Phases of War can be found in JP3-0 Joint Operations...its latest update was 2017...Im more familiar with 2015 Joint Doctrine: Phase 0 mobilize, Phase 1 deploy, phase 2 air campaign for air superiority, phase 3 ground war, phase 4-5 recover/rebuild
In some cases sadly, Ones plan of attack against a foe usually goes out the window the the first contact with the enemy. Meaning, it's always good to have secondary plans.
thankfully, they were not needed in this occasion
I couldn't have been more proud and scared to death as watched on TV knowing my brother... A Marine ... Served in Desert Storm... It was over quickly.. far quicker than we could of thought... I also remember that it was this conflict that America would never again treat our military personnel as horribly as the Vietnam vets were treated when they came home... It was a promise made and promise kept... I'm proud of serving our retired vets.. one of the greatest honors of my life... God Bless the USA and every county who came together to protect the world
America loves our British friends, it's fun seeing your reaction. Great job mates! ❤❤
I served in Operation Just Cause, Desert Shield/Storm… My unit followed the line charges, being the first unit through the mine fields…
i was in special black ops doing deep recon, it was one of the greatest moments of my career and im glad i got reminded of it as i'd almost forgot
Barksdale Air Force Base is very close to my house. It has been part of my life since my father was transfered there in 1958. I love watching the fighter planes and the huge B52's. Not one bomber from BAFB was hit during the bombing of Iraq through the entire war. Many people watched the spectacular return of the B52's in March. They did not head directly to the runway which runs north-south. They flew from the west over Shreveport, over the Red River into Bossier City then over the West Gate (the main gate) and the Base. It was thrilling to watch the magnificent machines parade overhead. Everyone was proud to see it and proud of our airmen.
My niece served in Desert Storm. And both boys served in Desert Shield. One was a jarhead. The other was a combat engineer in the US Army.
Operations room produce excellent videos. This whole series on Desert Storm is a must watch.
Its a fraction of the capabilities of the US military today
It was a fraction of their ability at the time
Here you can see the meaning of the US Military phrase "shock and awe".
I remember this so well. The bombing was at night and it was broadcast live. It’s was stunning
You should look for some actual battle videos from Desert Storm. It was the first time most of us saw "smart weapons" in action. Totally amazing.
It is you won't be disappointed in the ground war just as good as this video
I was on the USS Dubuque LPD 8 carrying 1000 marines and 2 seal teams
An amazing sight is the news reports from that night showing all the bomb blasts. the attack was known as “shock and awe.”
My son was in Desert Storm . He was a Navy Corpsman. I am proud of him. He does not talk about it, but talks about his friends he made in it.
A A-10 Pilot that I met a few times gave me his pilot helmet Hgu55 that hew wore in Desert Storm . Few with the Flying Tiger's . Helmet has over 80 mission's TY T-Bone.. for the helmet..
At the beginning of the Desert Shield, Iraq had the 4th largest army in the world. Their tech was their downfall. They were heavy invested in vehicles that were already 20 years out of date.
I was in the Navy during this time, but unfortunately I was stuck in Maine because my ship was being finished up at Bath Iron Works and was two months from commissioning. We had been hearing a lot about how large the Iraqi army was and it would likely be a long, hard war. However, one of our guys who was scary smart (the kind of guy that was promoted 1st increment the first time he took each advancement exam and eventually retired a Captain) knew a lot about the Middle East. He showed us history that showed that Iraqi soldiers were actually very quick to surrender. Sure enough, once the air and ground war started, we saw exactly that result. Looking back on it now, I don't think that the Iraqi soldiers were cowards. I think it was more that their upper echelons were very negligent of ensuring the soldiers on the ground were properly trained and, most importantly, supplied with food, water, and ammunition. When an army is not properly supplied and is poorly trained, it has no choice but to surrender. That's why the 101st Airborne at Bastogne never surrendered. They were poorly supplied, but their training was the best in the Army.
I remember this day. We could hear a lot of aircraft buzzing around that night. We didn’t know anything at the time though. 1st Armored DIV.
when you see the picture of the girl , the first person to sit on husseins throne is my friend Heather, she is aksi the first female critical injury of that war she from washington state... she took a missile to her truck, its on film, she also transported all the gold out... i have so many ppl that went over there but barely any came back just a handful of friends from high school...... the F117 stealth my mom and aunt worked on while was in high school, she was shocked at the fact they knew nothing for yrs about what they were actualky bldng, then to see it in tv destroying Iraq... still miss my friends from school ... 35yrs now, still like it was yesterday
Thanks for showing this. Very informative !
The last great tank battle is a great watch as well during Desert Storm (73 Easting)
I was there for Desert Storm. I was a forward Satcom (backpack satellite communications) tech, relaying positions, data, files, etc...as well as fully armed and involved in combat. It was one of those moments when we found out just how good we really are!
At no point did anyone including Iraq believe that Iraq could outrigth win. The Cold War was just ending so the US and NATO were totally unrivaled. The 35 Nations included obviously the US and the UK, which were the main forces in the second Gulf War... but many other first rate militaries like France and Canada and Australia, not to mention the Arab allies like Saudi Arabia who had a strong airforce which included the F-15 which was and still is undefeated in air to air combat.
Iraq wasn't under the impression that they could win outright, instead what they wanted to do was inflict high casualities on Americans believing that after Vietnam the US had lost its will to fight, which is a great misunderstanding of what happened in Vietnam. The US was actually worried that they could have suffered as many as 200,000 casualties but they were still willing to commit, they fully expected a massive amount of casualities. They thought that this was going to be a seriously difficult war because Iraq had a large army, especially a large amount of tanks and a large airforce as well. Larger than the UK in fact.
The biggest worry wasn't their tanks or airforce, which were largely comprised of equipment from the previous generation but their chemical weapons. Remember the reasoning for the 2003 invasion of Iraq? WMDs or weapons of mass destruction? Thats what they meant, chemical weapons which Saddam had used in the Iran/Iraq war and also against Kurds in Iraq. Iraq also had soviet scud missiles which were long range missiles (but not terribly accurate) that could be armed with chemical weapons. They weren't accurate enough to launch at strategic military targets but they could be used against a large body of troops or even more worrisome against Israeli cities. Which is what happened, fortunately the Iraqis didn't use chemical weapons against Israel which would have likely resulted in a nuclear retalitory strike against Iraq, but the threat was real.
In fact the reason why Iraq was targeting Israel, who were not part of the coalition or involved in the war in anyway was to goad the Israelis into striking back which would have likely severed the relationship between the coalition and the Arab members, maybe even prompting the Saudi King to boot the coalition from Saudi Arabia, effectively ending the war.
So Iraq didn't have a real chance at winning but they thought it was possible to stalemate the coalition long enough for the US to lose their nerve or to goad Israeli into the war dividing the coalition of its Arab members. They were wrong, obviously.
You would be amazed at what some munitions can do and have for some time.
I am Desert Shield/Desert Storm. The day we broke up camp to the west winds to set up in the Neutral Zone for the ground campaign near Iraq we were told when the air campaign will start. General Swartzcoff ( spl) promised his combat troops that this was going to be Airland Battle doctrine and we'd have at least 2 week air campaign before deploying. That night I was monitoring the command net listening to my Sony multi band radio when you heard the sordies (spl) every hour. Then you could see the tracers light up the sky from Iraq air defense. They were shooting blind. While that was going on, Bet Midlers from a distance was playing on my radio. Odd the things you remember. Also, while we were setting up in the west, we had small skirmishes with Iraqi light forces trying to find us. This was a real nice overview. When ground campaign started, everything went so much faster than our original Opperation Order was planned. Real nice reaction. Peace. Stay safe. God Speed. ❤️🌹🤘
The operations room also covers the Band of Brothers battle movements. And is also very interesting.
I served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. I was on a destroyer, USS Caron, that took part in the great Turkey Shoot. Allied ships where shooting chaff due to incoming missiles and the phalanx system would lock and shoot the chaff. We didn't find out till later it was shooting chaff not at incoming missiles. We learned a lot about our weapons systems then as many where new and untested in combat. Ship's that were not designated to fire Tomahawks later shot them days later as the main attacking ships ran out of missiles.
The B-52 is an incredible platform. By the time it leaves service (scheduled to be sometime in the 2040-2050's) it will be close to 100 years old!
I live in the home city of seal team 6 and close to the world's largest Naval base. My area has every branch of the military. A lot of my friends, family and neighbors were in the armed forces and sent to serve in the Gulf war. It was a scary time for everyone. The USS Wisconsin was stationed in Norfolk when it was deployed to the Persian Gulf. I think it had been decommissioned but was brought back into service to fight in the Gulf war. Afterwards it was permanently retired. Now it's proudly docked on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk Va. It's open to the public. On the tour it was mentioned that the Wisconsin fired the first missiles. It was a surreal moment to walk on its deck and look at the huge guns that fired those missiles. I remember watching it all unfold live on TV.
I’m not trying to be obtuse or a know it all.
I might be misunderstanding your comment but the Tomahawk Cruise Missiles were not fired from the guns.
They were fired by pods retrofitted to the decks of the Wisconsin.
I’m pretty sure they were removed when it was decommissioned as Tomahawks are still an active part of the US Military arsenal.
Once again, just trying to clear up a possible misunderstanding.
@@mjc1389 The guns were fired and the first one that was fired was pointed out on the tour. The cruise missiles I think came second. Thank you.
@@NativeofVB Your welcome. Thanks for the clarifying response. That makes it an even better story.
I used to walk by the USS Missouri every day on my way to work when the “Mighty Mo” was at Pearl Harbor for retrofit and the sub I was on was moored over on the surface fleet side of the base for some repairs.
It was a massive ship and served in Desert Storm like the Wisconsin did.
@@mjc1389 Wow interesting! I believe they are identical ships. Iowa class battleships. They served side by side in the Gulf. They have a long history. Fought in WW2, Korean war & Desert Storm. You mentioned you were in Pearl Harbor while waiting for the submarine you were stationed on to be repaired. My son-in-law works at the ship yard repairing Naval ships and subs. Thanks for sharing. 😊
You should watch the live footage of that night its was dark but looked daylight cause so many missals in the air just explosions everywhere
My pops is a veteran of the Gulf War. He has a plaque with the dates. Was part of Desert Shield. Goal was to train locals to be a police force. I’m a Veteran myself but not of any wars or deployments just served since 2013.
One of the main reasons was for this war was to protect the oil fields in Kuwait and the stability of nearby oilfields and countries, all of which were generally pretty weak compared to Iraq. When the Kuwait oilfields fell to the Sadam he controlled around 20% of the world's oil supply. If Sadam then went on and conquered Saudi Arabia, as it looked like he was planning to, Sadam would have controlled 45% of the world's known oil at the time. Hopefully that helps explain the huge international response.
You absolutely must watch all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We were definitely a superpower by Desert Storm. World War II was when we fully came on the world stage as an unquestioned superpower. By 1991, the Soviet Union was in the process of collapsing so this was the first war where we were the world's lone superpower.
Yeah, I was shock about that comment. U.S. is a superpower before 1st WW at least economically. Which country at the time can deploy a force to a different continent(s) and decidingly win the war? Only U.S.A
World War 2 might have been when it was on full display, but the US but it was 1908 when the US really became a superpower. By that time their economy and Industry were bigger than the UK and Germany combined.
I was 8. I'll never forget, there was a number you could call to ask questions on air and I asked why Sadam would burn the oil wells😂 It actually got played on,i watched on tv and heard myself. I was quite proud of that. Don't remember what news station though
Remember you can not Kick Ass with out Tanker gas.. the refueling effort was massive! Jim From Milwaukee, 128 Air refueling Wing is stationed in Milwaukee.