54th Fighter GroupThe 54th Fighter Group is an active unit of the United States Air Force stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico and assigned to the 49th Wing of Air Combat Command. The group was reactivated in March 2014. The group was first activated as the 54th Pursuit Group during the buildup of the Air Corps just prior to World War II. It served in Alaska during the Aleutian Islands Campaign, earning a . It then returned to the United States and served as a training unit.
Air Combat CommandThe Air Combat Command (ACC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and it is the direct successor to Tactical Air Command. Air Combat Command is headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia, United States.
United States Air ForceThe United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is a part of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and is one of the six armed forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its origins to 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the Air Force was established by transfer of personnel from the Army Air Forces with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
Fifteenth Air ForceThe 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 Twelfth Air Force into a new numbered air force responsible for generating and presenting Air Combat Command's conventional forces.
Holloman Air Force BaseSource:Federal Aviation AdministrationHolloman Air Force Base (IATA: HMN, ICAO: KHMN, FAALID: HMN) is a United States Air Force base established in 1942 located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, which is the county seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The base was named in honor of Col. George V. Holloman, a pioneer in guided missile research. It is the home of the 49th Wing (49 WG) of the Air Combat Command (ACC).
96th Test GroupThe 96th Test Group was a United States Air Force unit, based at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. It was a Geographically Separate Unit (GSU), assigned to the 96th Test Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War (c. 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War.
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NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmentalmilitary alliance between 32 member states (thirty in Europe and two in North America). Founded in the aftermath of World War II, NATO was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. The organization serves as a system of collective security and deterrence, whereby its independent members agree to defend each-other from attack by any outside party.
General Atomics MQ-9 ReaperAmerican unmanned aerial vehicleThe General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is a medium-altitude long-enduranceunmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF).
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia1999 military operationBelligerentsNATOBelgiumCanadaDenmarkFranceGermanyItalyNetherlandsNorwayPortugalSpainTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited StatesFR YugoslaviaCommanders and leadersWesley Clark(SACEUR)Rupert Smith(DSACEUR)Michael C. Short(AIRSOUTH)James O. Ellis(AFSOUTH)Javier Solana(Secretary General of NATO)John W. HendrixSlobodan MiloševićDragoljub OjdanićNebojša PavkovićSpasoje SmiljanićMilan ZecStrengthNATO:1,031+ aircraft30 warships & submarinesTask Force Hawk114,000 regulars20,000 police1,270 tanks825 armoured vehicles1,400 artillery pieces100 SAM launchers14 modern combat aircraftCasualties and losses3 jet aircraft destroyed3 jet aircraft damaged2 helicopters destroyed46 UAVs destroyed2 soldiers killed (in a training mission)3 soldiers captured2013 Serbian MOD estimate:1,008 killed (659 soldiers and 349 policemen)5,173 woundedAcc.
Gulf WarBelligerentsUnited StatesUnited KingdomFranceSaudi ArabiaEgyptKuwaitCoalition:Afghan mujahideenArgentinaAustraliaBahrainBangladeshBelgiumCanadaCzechoslovakiaDenmarkGermanyGreeceHondurasHungaryItalyJapanLuxembourgMoroccoNetherlandsNew ZealandSomaliaNorwayOmanPakistanPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaSenegalSierra LeoneSingaporeSouth KoreaSpainSwedenSyriaTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesIraqCommanders and leadersGeorge H. W. BushDick CheneyColin PowellNorman SchwarzkopfChuck HornerJohn J. YeosockWalter E. BoomerStanley R. ArthurRobert B. JohnstonMargaret ThatcherJohn MajorFrançois MitterrandKing FahdKhalid bin SultanHosni MubarakSheikh Jaber Al AhmadSaddam HusseinTariq AzizIzzat Ibrahim al-DouriIyad FutayyihHussein Kamel al-MajidAbid Hamid MahmudMuzahim Saab HassanSalah Aboud MahmoudAli Hassan al-MajidAlaa Hussein AliStrength Over 950,000 soldiers3,113 tanks1,800 aircraft2,200 artillery systems 1,000,000+ soldiers (~600,000 in Kuwait)5,500 tanks700+ aircraft3,000 artillery systemsCasualties and lossesTotal:13,488Coalition:292 killed (147 killed by enemy action, 145 non-hostile deaths)776 wounded (467 wounded in action)31 tanks destroyed/disabled28 Bradley IFVs destroyed/damaged1 M113 APC destroyed2 British Warrior IFVs destroyed1 artillery piece destroyed75 aircraft destroyedKuwait:420 killed12,000 captured≈200 tanks destroyed/captured850+ other armored vehicles destroyed/captured57 aircraft lost8 aircraft captured (Mirage F1s)17 ships sunk, 6 captured Total:175,000–300,000+Iraqi:20,000–50,000 killed75,000+ wounded80,000–175,000 captured3,300 tanks destroyed2,100 APCs destroyed2,200 artillery pieces destroyed110 aircraft destroyed137 aircraft flown to Iran to escape destruction19 ships sunk, 6 damagedKuwaiti civilian losses:Over 1,000 killed600 missing peopleIraqi civilian losses:3,664 killed directlyTotal Iraqi losses (including 1991 Iraqi uprisings): 142,500–206,000 deaths (according to Medact)Other civilian losses: 74 killed in Israel, 230 injured1 killed in Saudi Arabia, 85 injuredPersonalEarly lifeSaddamismFamilyUdayQusayRaghadRanaSajida TalfahRise to power1959 Mosul uprisingRamadan Revolution17 July RevolutionFirst Iraqi–Kurdish WarYom Kippur WarSecond Iraqi–Kurdish War1974–75 Shatt al-Arab conflict1975 Algiers Agreement1979 Ba'ath Party PurgePresident of IraqIran–Iraq WarInvasion of IranDujail massacreAnfal campaignHalabja massacreInvasion of KuwaitGulf Warmissile attacks IsraelSaudi Arabia1991 Iraqi uprisings1999 Shia uprising2003 invasion of IraqBattle of Baghdadstatue destructionHuman rights recordAl-Qaeda link allegationstimelineWeapons of mass destructionOperation OperaInternational tripsDespositionCaptureInterrogationTrialExecutionreactionsElections1995 presidential referendum2002 presidential referendumNovelsBlood QuranZabibah and the KingThe Fortified CastleMen and the CityBegone, DemonsPersonalFamilyElectoral historyEponymsHonorsBibliographyBush School of GovernmentPoints of LightPost-presidencyDeath and state funeral43rd Vice President of the United StatesTransitionTenureReagan administrationInaugurations firstsecondReagan assassination attemptForeign policyVice presidential campaigns1980electionselectionconventiondebates1984electionconventiondebates41st President of the United StatesPresidencytimelineTransitionInaugurationPresidential libraryTenureThousand points of lightInvasion of PanamaBroccoli commentsGulf WarDecade of the BrainVomiting incidentOperation Restore HopeNAFTAInternational tripsPardonsPoliciesCannabisEnvironmentalForeignAppointmentsFederal judgescontroversiesSupreme Court candidatesThomasPresidential campaigns1980primariesconvention1988electionprimariesconvention"No new taxes"debates1992electionprimariesconventiondebatesThe Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States in response to Saddam Hussein invading neighboring Kuwait on 2 August 1990.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.