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Within how many hours of the order President George W. Bush gave to announce Operation Desert Shield did Air Force Military Airlift Command C-141 and C-5 transports deliver the Army 82nd Airborne division and elements of the Air Force 1st tactical Fighter Wing? 18 What operation eclipsed the Berlin Airlift as the greatest air deployment in history? Operation Desert Shield What war represents the first extensive broad-based employment of space support capabilities? During this conflict coalition forces employed more than 60 military satellites as well as commercial and civil sector systems. The Gulf War At 0100, 17 January 1991, what three Air Force Special Operations helicopters led nine Army Apaches on the first strike mission of Operation Desert Storm? MH-53J Pave Low Under the command of the United States Central Command Air Forces, 2,700 aircraft from 14 countries and services implemented the master attack plan of Operation Desert Storm-- who was the commander? Lieutenant General Charles A. Horner The first week of Desert Storm focused on achieving air supremacy and destroying the enemy's command and control system. Which pilot flying an F-15C scored the first air-to-air kill, downing an Iraqi MiG-29? Captain Jon K. "JB" Kelk What new term did the A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthogs" and F-15Es introduce as they destroyed the enemy's armored forces? Tank plinking Despite 2,767 sorties (22 percent of the strategic air phase), air patrols did not destroy a significant number of scud missiles during the Great Scud Hunt. What frustrated this effort? Iraqi camouflage, decoys, and employment tactics What system's combat debut in Desert Storm provided precision positioning and navigation to joint and coalition forces? Global Positioning System What gave timely warning of the launch of Iraqi Scud missiles to United States forces in theater and allowed Patriot batteries in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait sufficient time to engage the incoming Iraqi intermediate range ballistic missiles? Defense Support Program What was the first conflict to highlight the force enhancement capabilities of space-based communications, intelligence, navigation, missile warning, and weather satellites? Gulf War Although precision-guided munitions accounted for only 8 percent of the 88,500 tons of bombs dropped during Desert Storm, what percent of the destroyed targets were they responsible for? 80 percent What was the name of General Schwarzkopf's famous outflanking maneuver by the coalition ground forces that applied the final blow to the Iraqi military forces? Hail Mary What operation was an UN-led relief effort in which the United States airlifted 38 million pounds of food for suffering refugees near the Kenya-Somalia border and Somalia? Operation Provide Relief *It is a RELIEF that people in Somalia won't starve* What operation airlifted hundreds of Pakistani soldiers under the UN banner to Somalia in an attempt to alleviate the Somalia civil unrest problem? Operation Impressive Lift **Alleviate= to LIFT the problem* In what operation did President George Bush authorize the Marines to assume control of the airport, allowing flights to resume in and out of Somalia so that food could reach those in need? Operation Restore Hope What airlift operation brought 32,000 U.S. troops into Somalia? Operation Restore Hope *Troops went there to restore hope to people* When did Operation Restore Hope officially end and the UN once again assumed control of the mission 4 May 1993 On 4 May, 1993 Operation Restore Hope officially ended. How many of the 25,000 U.S. troops originally deployed remained in Somalia? Fewer than 5,000 Factional fighting within Somalia caused the relief effort to unravel yet again after the UN once again assumed control. How many United States special forces troops were killed and wounded in an effort to capture members of one clan on 3 October, 1993? 18 personnel killed, 84 wounded