The 1990–1991

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was the last major

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combat operation of the 20th Century. The command and control of allied forces deployed to the

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initially as part of

Operation Desert Shield The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

, later engaging in combat operations during

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, were assigned to

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(USCENTAF), the USAF component of the Joint

United States Central Command The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Tas ...

. United States Air Force units were initially deployed to

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

in August 1990, being assigned directly to CENTAF with a mission to defend the kingdom. In November 1990, the decision was made to enhance the force into an offensive-capable one, and additional units were ordered deployed to CENTAF. As a result, CENTAF set up a table of organization which established provisional Air Divisions to prevent too many units reporting directly to CENTAF headquarters. These were as follows:Gulf War Air Power Survey, Vol V, A Statistical Compedium and Chronology, ADA 279745, p.21-25, accessed at https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a476253.pdf, 2015. Also accessed at http://www.afhso.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100927-065.pdf, October 2015. * The 14th Air Division (Provisional) commanded deployed primarily

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and

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units with the mission of destroying enemy air, missile and ground forces, as well as enemy infrastructure targets. To accomplish this mission, the 14th-controlled

A-10 Thunderbolt II The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic ...

ground attack aircraft;

F-15C Eagle The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force selected McDonnell Douglas's ...

and

F-16 Fighting Falcon The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful ...

fighters;

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light tactical bombers; EF-111 Raven electronic combat aircraft and the

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stealth attack aircraft. The division also provided electronic warfare, reconnaissance, and in-theater attached

Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...

refueling support. * The 15th Air Division (Provisional) commanded deployed

units with a reconnaissance and electronic warfare mission focused on defeating enemy ground base air defenses and increasing the effectiveness of friendly formations. Aircraft deployed included

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tactical reconnaissance;

F-4G Phantom II The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and B ...

anti-radar;

EC-130H Compass Call The EC-130H Compass Call is an electronic attack aircraft flown by the United States Air Force. Based on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the aircraft is heavily modified to disrupt enemy command and control communications, perform offensive counter ...

electronic warfare and two prototype E-8A Joint Stars battle management and command and control aircraft. * The 1610th Air Division (Provisional) controlled

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C-130E/H Hercules theater airlift, aeromedical evacuation and

Air Force Special Operations Command Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is the special operations component of the United States Air Force. An Air Force major command (MAJCOM), AFSOC is also the U.S. Air Force component command ...

forces.

deployed strategic electronic warfare and reconnaissance units also attached. * The 17th Air Division (Provisional) commanded primarily provisional air refueling wings created from active-duty

KC-135 The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner. It is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transpo ...

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units of the Strategic Air Command's

Fifteenth Air Force The Fifteenth Air Force (15 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base. It was reactivated on 20 August 2020, merging the previous units of the Ninth Air Force ...

and SAC

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KC-135 units deployed within the CENTAF AOR. * The SAC

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commanded deployed Air Refueling and

B-52 Stratofortress The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air ...

Bombardment Wings located outside of the CENTAF AOR. * The

7440th Composite Wing The 7440th Composite Wing (Provisional) was a List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force, Major Air Command-controlled (MAJCON) temporary Wing (air force unit), wing of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), active in Turkey in 19 ...

was a

(USAFE) Provisional Wing under Joint Task Force Proven Force that flew combat missions over Northern and Central Iraq from

Incirlik Air Base Incirlik Air Base ( tr, İncirlik Hava Üssü) is a Turkish air base of slightly more than 3320 ac (1335 ha), located in the İncirlik quarter of the city of Adana, Turkey. The base is within an urban area of 1.7 million people, east of t ...

, Turkey.

Aftermath

After the end of combat operations, most of the combat forces of CENTAF returned to their home stations. The provisional organizations established were inactivated; their temporary nature meaning that no official lineage or history was retained by the USAF. On 13 March 1991 Headquarters

activated the 4404th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) at

Prince Sultan Air Base Prince Sultan Air Base ( ar, قاعدة الأمير سلطان الجوية) (PSAB) is a military air base located in the closed-city of Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. History There was formerly a large United States presence there during Opera ...

, Al Kharj, to replace the provisional Air Divisions. The original assets of the 4404th TFW came from the 4th TFW (Provisional), which had operated during the Gulf War. The long-term effect of the deployment and organization of Air Force Wings and Groups to CENTAF for the Gulf War eventually led to an Air Force-Wide reorganization of its Cold War command structure; the result being the modern Air Force organization structure which exists today. Air Force Expeditionary units, which are activated and inactivated as needed to support deployments were developed, replacing the "Provisional" units of the Gulf War.

14th Air Division (Provisional)

Brigadier General

Buster Glosson Lieutenant General Buster Cleveland Glosson (born March 14, 1942) was the deputy chief of staff for plans and operations at the headquarters of the United States Air Force (USAF) in Washington D.C. He was responsible to the secretary of the Air F ...

served as commander, 14th Air Division (Provisional), and director of campaign plans for U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. *

1st Tactical Fighter Wing The 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, VA. where it is a tenant unit, being supported by the 633d Air Base Wing. Its 1s ...

(Provisional) : Deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia : Headquarters:

King Abdul Aziz Air Base King Abdulaziz Air Base () , also known as Dhahran Air Base and formerly Dhahran International Airport, Dhahran Airport and Dhahran Airfield, is a Royal Saudi Air Force base located in Dhahran in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Located west ...

, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia * 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The base is named for U.S. Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a test pilot from Goldsboro who died in an airplane crash near Norbeck, Maryland, ...

, North Carolina : Headquarters:

, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia * 33d Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Eglin Air Force Base Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County. The host unit at Eglin is the 96th Test Wing (formerly the 96th Air Base Wing). The ...

, Florida : Headquarters: King Faisal Air Base, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia * 37th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Tonopah Test Range Airport Tonopah Test Range Airport , at the Tonopah Test Range (Senior Trend project site PS-66) is southeast of Tonopah, Nevada and northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a major airfield with a runway, instrument approach facilities, and nighttime i ...

, Nevada : Headquarters:

King Khalid Air Base King Khalid Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة الملك خالد الجوية) (KKAB) is an airbase of Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) sited in the south-west of Saudi Arabia, near Khamis Mushait. History The airbase, with code KMX, has a paved runway ...

, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia * 48th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

RAF Lakenheath Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, north-east of Mildenhall and west of Thetford. The base also sits close to Brandon. Despite being an RAF sta ...

, England : Headquarters:

Taif Air Base King Fahad Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة الملك فهد الجوية) (ICAO: OETF) (KFAB) is a Royal Saudi Air Force military base located in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Overview Operational Aircraft: Eurofighter Typhoon - 72 ordered, of which all ...

, Taif, Saudi Arabia * 354th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Myrtle Beach Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Early history On 16 October 1939, Myrtle Beach Town Council resolved that the community "is in dire need of a modern municipal airport". The ...

, South Carolina : Headquarters:

King Fahd International Airport King Fahd International Airport ( ar, مطار الملك فهد الدولي; KFIA) , also known as Dammam International Airport or simply Dammam Airport or King Fahd Airport, is the international airport serving Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The airp ...

, Dammam, Saudi Arabia * 363d Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Shaw Air Force Base Shaw Air Force Base (Shaw AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately west-northwest of downtown Sumter, South Carolina. It is one of the largest military bases operated by the United States, and is under the jurisdict ...

, South Carolina : Headquarters:

Al Dhafra Air Base Al Dhafra Air Base ( ar, قاعدة الظفرة الجوية) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately south of Abu Dhabi and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force. Facilities The a ...

, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates * 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah : Headquarters:

Al Minhad Air Base Al Minhad Air Base ( ar, قاعدة المنهاد الجوية, , also just Minhad Air Base) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately south of Dubai and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air ...

, Dubai, United Arab Emirates * 401st Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Torrejón Air Base Torrejón Air Base (Base Aérea de Torrejón de Ardoz) is both a major Spanish Air and Space Force base and the co-located Madrid–Torrejón Airport, a secondary civilian airport for the city and metropolitan area of Madrid, east-northeast of th ...

, Spain : Headquarters:

Doha International Airport Doha International Airport ( ar, مطار الدوحة الدولي) is an airport in Doha, Qatar. It was Qatar's commercial international airport until Hamad International Airport opened on 27 May 2014. While all scheduled commercial traffic ...

, Qatar *

4410th Operational Support Wing (Provisional) __NOTOC__ Year 441 (Roman numerals, CDXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Seleucus without colleague (or, less fr ...

: Deployed from Eglin AFB, Eglin Aux Fld#3, Florida : Headquarters:

King Khalid Military City King Khalid Military City (KKMC) ( ar, مدينة الملك خالد العسكرية; transliterated: ''Medinat Al-Malek Khaled Al-Askariyah'') is a special city in northeastern Saudi Arabia and about 60 km south of Hafar al-Batin city, d ...

, Saudi Arabia

Air Division, Provisional, 15

* 35th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

George Air Force Base George Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located within the city limits, 8 miles northwest, of central Victorville, California, about 75 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California. Established by the United States Army Air C ...

, California : Headquarters:

, Qatar * 552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Tinker Air Force Base Tinker Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, surrounded by Del City, Oklahoma City, and Midwest City. The base, origina ...

, Oklahoma : Headquarters:

, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia * 41st Electronic Combat Squadron (Provisional) : Deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona : Headquarters: Bateen Air Base, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : EC-130H Compass Call (Tail Code: DM), 27 August 1990–17 April 1991 * 4411th Joint Stars Squadron : Headquarters:

, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia : E-8A Joint Stars, December 1990-March 1991 (2 Aircraft)

1610th Air Division (Provisional)

* 314th Tactical Airlift Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Little Rock Air Force Base Little Rock Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock AFB is the primary C-130 Hercules training base for the Department of Defense, training C-130 pilots, naviga ...

, Arkansas : Headquarters: Al Bateen Air Base, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates * 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Pope Air Force Base Pope Field is a U.S. military facility located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 15 November 2012 ...

, North Carolina : Headquarters:

RAFO Thumrait RAFO Thumrait airbase is a military airport located near Thumrait, a town in Dhofar Governorate, Oman. The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) are the operators of RAFO Thumrait, and is home to two RAFO squadrons of F16s. The United States Air Force ...

, Oman * 435th Tactical Airlift Wing (Provisional) : Deployed from

Rhein-Main Air Base Rhein-Main Air Base (located at ) was a United States Air Force air base near the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was a Military Airlift Command (MAC) and United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) installation, occupying the south side ...

, Germany : Headquarters:

Al Ain International Airport Al Ain International Airport ; ar, مَطَار ٱلْعَيْن ٱلدَُوَلِِي; transliterated: Maṭār Al-ʿAyn Ad-Duwalī) is an airport located west or northwest (login required) of Al Ain in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of A ...

, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates * 1640th Tactical Airlift Wing (Provisional) : Detached from Headquarters

, Scott AFB, Illinois : Headquarters:

Masirah Air Base RAFO Masirah is a military airport located on the island of Masirah in Oman. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organ ...

, Oman * 1650th Tactical Airlift Wing (Provisional) : Detached from Headquarters

, Scott AFB, Illinois : Headquarters:

Sharjah International Airport Sharjah International Airport ( ar, مطار الشارقة, Maṭār aš-Šāriqa) () is an international airport located east-southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is spread over an area of . It has one runway, making it the only air ...

, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates * 1670th Tactical Airlift Group (Provisional) : Detached from Headquarters

, Scott AFB, Illinois : Headquarters:

, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia * Air Force Special Operations Command (Provisional) : Detached from Headquarters AFSOC, Hurlburt Field, Florida : Headquarters:

, Dammam, Saudi Arabia * 1612th Military Airlift Squadron (Provisional) : Detached from Headquarters

, Scott AFB, Illinois : Headquarters:

, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia : C-21 Learjet, (8 Aircraft) : C-12 Huron (7 Aircraft) : RU-21 Learjet (7 Aircraft) Provided Special Air Mission transport for CENTAF/CENTCOM leadership and civilian VIPs from coalition nations and the United States.

17th Air Division (Provisional)

* 1700th Strategic Wing (Provisional) : Detached from Headquarters

, Ramstein AB, Germany : Headquarters:

, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia * 1701st Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia * 1701st Strategic Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia * 1702d Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

Seeb International Airport Muscat International Airport , formerly Seeb International Airport, is the main international airport in Oman and is located in Seeb, 32 km from the old city and capital Muscat within the Muscat metropolitan area. The airport serves as the ...

, Muscat, Oman. * 1706th Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters: Cairo West Airport, Egypt * 1708th Bombardment Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia : 20 B-52G Stratofortresses. The lead unit within the 1708th BW (P) was the 524th BS/379th BW from

Wurtsmith AFB Wurtsmith Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force base in Iosco County, Michigan. It operated from 1923 until decommissioned in 1993. On January 18, 1994 it was listed as a Superfund due to extensive groundwater contaminati ...

, Michigan. Aircraft and crews were also drawn from the 62d and 596th BS/2d BW

Barksdale AFB Barksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in northwest Louisiana, United States, in Bossier Parish. It is contiguous to Bossier City, Louisiana, along the base's western and northwestern edge. Barksdale AFB ...

, Louisiana; 69th BS/42d BW at

Loring AFB Loring Air Force Base was a United States Air Force installation in northeastern Maine, near Limestone, Maine, Limestone and Caribou, Maine, Caribou in Aroostook County, Maine, Aroostook County. It was one of the largest bases of the U.S. Air Fo ...

, Maine; 328th BS/93d BW,

Castle AFB Castle Air Force Base (Castle AFB, 1941–1995) is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base in California, located northeast of Atwater, northwest of Merced, and about south of Sacramento. The Central Valley base in unin ...

, California, and the 668th BS/416 BW at

Griffiss AFB Griffiss Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force installation in the northeastern United States, located in Central New York state at Rome, about northwest of Utica. Missions included fighter interceptors, electronic research, i ...

, New York. B-52 operations at Jeddah were not possible prior to the initiation of combat so the wing gained its aircraft when the conflict began. Six aircraft from the 42d BW were moved to Jeddah from Diego Garcia on 17 January, and 10 more flew in from Wurthsmith, attacking targets en route. Although launched from Wurtsmith and flown by 379th BW crews, three of the aircraft came from the 93d BW at Castle and two from the 42d BW at Loring. * 1709th Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia * 1712th Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

Al Banteen Air Base Abu Dhabi International Airport ( ar, مطار أبو ظبي الدولي) is an international airport in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The airport, located east of Abu Dhabi city, is the second largest in ...

, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates * 1713th Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

7th Air Division

* 801st Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

Morón Air Base Morón Air Base is located at in southern Spain, approximately southeast of the city of Seville. The base gets its name from the nearby town of Morón de la Frontera while is located inside Arahal municipality territory. Currently the bas ...

, Spain * 801st Bombardment Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

, Spain : The 801st BW (P) consisted of 28 B-52G Stratofortresses and was formed around a nucleus provided by he 2d Bombardment Wing at

, Louisiana and drew aircraft from the crews of the 524th BS/379th BW,

, Michigan; the 668th BS/416th BW at

, New York and from 69th BS/42d BW at

, Maine. One B-52G (52-6503) was sent from the 340th BS/97th BW at

Eaker AFB Blytheville Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base from 1942, until it closed in 1992. In 1988, the facility was renamed Eaker Air Force Base in honor of World War II General of the Eighth Air Force, Ira C. Eaker. It was located no ...

, Arkansas. * 802d Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

Lajes Field Lajes Field or Lajes Air Base (; pt, Base Aérea das Lajes), officially designated Air Base No. 4 (''Base Aérea Nº 4'', BA4) , is a multi-use airfield near Lajes and northeast of Angra do Heroísmo on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portug ...

, Azores, Portugal * 804th Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

, Turkey * 806th Bombardment Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

RAF Fairford Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, England which is currently a standby airfield and therefore not in everyday use. Its most prominent use in recent years has been as an ...

, England : The 806th BW (P) was formed around a cadre of air and ground crews provided by the 97th Bombardment Wing,

, Arkansas. It consisted of a total of 11 B-52G Stratofortresses, also being drawn from the 668th BS/416th BW at

, New York; 596th BS/2d BW,

, Louisiana, and the 328th BS/93d BW at

, California. * 807th Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

, Turkey * 810th Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

, Turkey * 4300th Bombardment Wing (Provisional) : Headquarters:

Diego Garcia Diego Garcia is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, a disputed overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is a militarised atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of the 60 small islands o ...

, British Indian Ocean Territory IOT : The lead unit for the 4300th BW (P) was the 69th BS/42d BW from Loring AFB, Maine.Baugher, Joe
Service of Boeing B-52G Stratofortress, 2003
/ref> Aircraft were also drawn from the 328th BS/93d BW at Castle AFB, California. Six aircraft were transferred to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 17 January 1991 and they were replaced by six B-52Gs from the 1500th SW (P) at Andersen AFB, Guam.

References

Department of Defense Final Report to Congress, "Conduct of the Persian Gulf War," April 1992
* Smallwood, 2005, 'Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War'', Potomac Books Inc, * Mixer, Ronald E., ''Genealogy of the Strategic Air Command'', Battermix Publishing Company, 1999 and Mixer, Ronald E., ''Strategic Air Command, An Organizational History'', Battermix Publishing Company, 2006. * Steijger, Cees 1991, ''A History of USAFE', Airlife Publishing Limited,

* ttp://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f117_3.html Baugher, Joe, 2005, Developmental and Operational History of the F-117 Nighthawk
F-117A: Desert Storm

* ttps://www.scribd.com/doc/59441762/Gulf-War-Air-Power-Survey-Series-Vol-1 Gulf War Air Power Survey Series Volume I, Part 2 Command and Control, pp 475-476 {{Gulf War, state=collapsed * 20th-century history of the United States Air Force Orders of battle United States Air Force units and formations by war

Aftermath

14th Air Division (Provisional)

Air Division, Provisional, 15

1610th Air Division (Provisional)

17th Air Division (Provisional)

7th Air Division

See also

References