Operation Desert Storm began with an overwhelming and unprecedented air assault, marking the start of the Gulf War and the ...

In 1991, Iraq had the fifth largest army in the world. ... After the Gulf War started, he concluded Iraq’s peace with Iran and raised his occupying force levels to 300,000.

Thirty-two years ago this week, the Gulf War commenced. On Jan. 17, 1991, after a deadline to withdraw from Kuwait was ignored by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, former U.S. President George H.W ...

The Gulf has been on tenterhooks in recent weeks, until news of the ceasefire between Iran and Israel was met with a ...

The Senate repealed the 1991 authorization for use of military force (AUMF), which was used in the Gulf War to defend Kuwait against Iraq's invasion, and the 2002 AUMF, which authorized military ...

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The Gulf War (1990-91) ... F-16A, F-15C and F-15E aircraft fly over Kuwaiti oil fires set by the retreating Iraqi army during Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force photo) The War Was Pretty Short.

The last time the United States held a national military parade was in June 1991, timed to welcome returning veterans of the ...

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- The Gulf War of 1991 had ramifications far beyond the Middle East. One of the most significant of these involved the role of the Soviet Union, which was in decline as a ...

Basically, the Israeli attack plan was a hybrid of the 1967 surprise attacks carried out by the Israeli air force on Egyptian ...

The US has a number of military bases in Iraq, including two air fields - the Al-Harir and Al Asad air bases - and dozens of ...

Arab countries on Sunday strongly condemned the US air strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, warning of serious ...