Desert Storm's goal was to expel Iraqi forces from neighboring Kuwait, which Saddam Hussein's military had invaded months before. The U.N. had put forth the deadline of Jan. 15 for Iraq to ...

Army Apache crews were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross 34 years after their combat operation kicked off Operation ...

Operation Desert Storm began Jan. 17, 1991, after Iraqi forces who had invaded neighboring Kuwait refused to withdraw. The conflict is now commonly known as the Gulf War. Here are six important ...

It is the morning of January 16th 1991. Within the next 24 hours, coalition forces will undertake a precision aerial campaign against Iraqi forces, in what will be known as Operation Desert Storm.

U.S. and coalition ground forces rolled across the desert from Saudi Arabia with the goal of routing Iraqi occupiers out of Kuwait. That mission took just 100 hours. Two Desert Storm veterans ...

Desert Storm. The effort to push Iraqi forces back to their own territory represented the largest international military effort since World War II and the biggest U.S. operation since Vietnam.

He shared his Desert Storm story to commemorate the anniversary of the battle, that liberated Kuwait and drove back Iraqi forces. While 33 years have passed, Kasten remembers it like yesterday.

A Revolution from the Start The opening attacks of Desert Storm were a radical departure in the conduct of war. Over 150 discrete targets — in addition to regular Iraqi army forces and surface-to-air ...

Operation Desert Storm had commenced with air strikes against ... two weapons particularly dreaded by the Iraqi forces as their military correspondence demonstrated. One of the documents from ...

Operation Southern Watch began in the aftermath of Desert Storm as Iraqi forces continued to brutalize internal dissidents. To protect vulnerable populations, the U.S. and allies enforced a strict ...

and Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm. The Iraqi forces, though technologically advanced and massive on paper, were battle-hardened veterans of the Iran-Iraq War, which they ...