I was there, arriving on 10 August 1990. We were there for months, flying patrols, preparing, watching, training, waiting, and growing. That day, when the air war began, I was up at 0345 preparing for our flight. We were airborne and over bad guy territory less than 90 minutes later. I was young, just 27, but most of my fellow Marines, especially the enlisted ones, were 18-21 yrs old. They were eager to fight, not knowing what that meant. The old guys who had been to 'Nam, knew it wasn't something to wish for, rather, something you just did when ordered to. I'll never forget learning from those old salts, and it would be just over a decade later when I would be the old salt, helping our new guys learn how to fight the war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq. Time flies.... That is the only constant in all this.

I was nine in 91. I watched this every single night on the news. I had this entire video documentary set on vhs.

I turned 5 on the 9th of August and I remember my dad telling me they were having a airshow for my birthday

I was living in Japan at that time and I hailed a taxi to take me from the station to my home. When he realized I was an American he wouldn’t charge me He was ashamed that Japan wasn’t helping to free Kuwait from Iraq. They mostly admired bush at that time

i remember watching this on the news back in "91" i was in school at the time and i think was only 7 yrs old when all this was happening. ever since then i was fascinated with military vehicles and aircraft i'm now 38 yrs old and still fascinated with military vehicles and aircraft including ships. thank you for uploading this bro i really enjoyed watching it. keep them coming

I always remembered the music. I was 7 or 8 when this came out. 93ish.

I was drunk in a bar, turned 21, Savannah Georgia. 2 days later, airlifted with the rest of the new guys for the 24th infantry. Still have my Desert Shield lighter zippo.

I was there and lived it but it still motivates me see things I wasn't part of.

Flew a lot of missions in the B-52 during Desert Storm from low level misions in the opening hours to high altitude strikes later in the war. No B-52's mentioned.

They said shock and awe. I don’t know who was in more shock and awe, me or the Iraqis. We put such display of power it was far behind my comprehension at that time. The TV guided bomb rides right into the target was awe inspiring. I watched the coverage 24/7. Proud of our military men and women. 🇺🇸

I remember hearing the aircraft taking off that first night. We were just across the water from Dahran.

The naval commanders of the sub feet not being able to play war was " Not to their liking, " this Captain said. How do you think we felt fixing the fighter group aircraft, refueling aircraft, cargo aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, just about anything with wings that flew in that war, but removed even further, not the ones on the front lines like you saw in the beginning, you know the guys with their fist in the air seeing their comrades off to fight. We were stuck on a small island out in the middle of the Atlantic fixing the broken ones on their way. Gassing up others, making sure troops got off to be feed and back on to go fight, putting out fires from hot brakes, servicing needed repairs at all hours of the morning and all conditions on every jet going that way, things like, water, oil, gas, minor/major repairs, new tires, you name it, etc. We went from not one aircraft stationed on that rock to over 280 at one time with a maintenance group of 38, and Eastern Comand never sent help after our base commander asked many times. As far as I'm concerned we all, from the jets that dropped the bombs to the ones that pushed a pencil were all important during this war. We were all needed and we all were just as important as the bomb droppers...for me it has to be, and it also has to be important to those in a sub protecting the other ships, because that war injured me for life and even killed me. After a medical discharge for blowing out my back. Working hours on end with no days off for almost half the war my body just didn't make. I got so tired and my body so used up all it took was a sneeze while holding a refuel line and pop the war was over for me, I was told the sound of the pop could be herd 30 feet away. It sent shards of disks pieces into my static nerve, I never recovered after being MedEvac back to the states the war lasted how long a couple years I've been in horrific pain for 34 years, later a pain pump was planted in my spine, at the age of 29 I would never be able to hold down a job even after achieving my masters degree. But some how I had to support a wife and three girls as far as loosing my life. I was diagnosed in 2014 with cancer from chemical exposure during that war. I sit on the edge of my bed now, old and fighting a different kind of war, but one thing I know sooner or later I'll lose that war. So when I here anyone even captain's on submarines lower there part in this war I get a little upset. There's too many out there that are injured and weren't even at the front line, the forgotten ones, but the job they did was needed that's why we're are called a team !

Went active duty for a yr to support this effort at Charleston AFB S.C.

I did my 4 year hitch in the USN onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt from 1986 to 1990. I joined her one month after she was commissioned and I left her just before Desert Storm started. It was Desert Shield when I got out. But I was still there in my heart. Many of my friends were there aboard the TR and I was following every move that we made. I was glued to CNN. Nice job breaking this video down into chapters. I know that's a shit ton of work. Most would just upload it and be finished. That's worth a like and sub.

Great, I was in Task Force 843 Patriot and Hawk and went in through the western breach with 2nd Armored Division. The Air Force and Navy did an awesome job before we went in.

Brilliant, Well done Mick Guardia.

In the opening scene, the F-14 Tomcat in burner is a VF-1 bird aboard USS Ranger (CV-61). If you're the cameraman, and look to your left about 30 feet, and I was the SENSO sitting in the back seat of the Viking parked getting ready to taxi looking at the CNN camera crew take that shot. USS Ranger... the "Night Carrier" in the Gulf.

I was a shooter/final checker with VAQ-139 on the independence for desert shield relieve by the Midway before the storm had started. Our EA-6B was a awesome plane!. Proud to have been a small part of it! Although wished we could of stayed on station, but 111 days at sea had everyone ready for a port!. 🤙

I was 14 when this happened and boy was it exciting to watch on tv. Me and my classmates would follow the news. In fact, we'd been following it for months prior. 8:26 I've always seen this guy as the real life doctor from family guy.

I so enjoy your uploads Mike. I was reared as a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol from 13 to 18. A great imprinting in my life. It has forever left me with a love of aviation. The resolution and audio of your videos is superior to other channels and makes them most enjoyable. You rock Mike.

The F111 were out of RAF Lakenheath, 48th Liberty Fighter Wing. I live very close to that airfield and hear the F15e and F35a taking off every day.

I was with 2/2 cav when it began. We could not see the aircraft overhead as it was dark. But when you put the night vision glasses on you could see the sky full of aircraft and the flashes of light as targets in Iraq were being pummeled.

Amazing video, thank you for the post. 1989-1993 I was just a kid, serving as an Army infantryman with the 25th ID in Hawaii. My buddies and I watched the coverage of the Gulf War constantly on the nightly news, wondering if we were going to get our turn to deploy. Though we were packed on pallets and ready to fly, we never got the call. We were a light infantry division and this was a mechanized war. Maybe if Bush had gone into Baghdad like 43 did, we'd have deployed but we didn't. At that time, and today, I felt such pride for the men and women who answered the call, the world was a very different place back then...

Classic goodness. Thanks for the hard work getting all these amazing videos. Good work Mike!

I retired from the Navy in December 1989, a few months later this war kicked off. I remember complaining to my father-in-law that after 20 years of preparing to fight a war, we finally get into one just after I retire from the service. I felt so unused! That's how life goes. I was over 40 and the armed services want you out of there by then. You're aging and starting to lose abilities. It's time for you to go. I understood that, but it was hard to take.

The last statement of col. McBoom brought me to tears this old veteran was a crew chief and felt that way. My jet was the best maintained!

It’s strange to think this was all thirty years ago, I can still remember sitting in our HAS at K.A.A.B. in Saudi waiting for the CAP Tornado’s to return each night, pulling on a respirator every time the air raid siren went off to warn of an incoming SCUD missile.

Very cool documentary. Well done on the research and presentation.loved it

I was with B 3/82nd Field Artillery 1st Cavalry Division in defensive positions at Hafar Al Batin Saudi Arabia. I was awoken by my section chief and told to take my NAP pill for the Air War had begun.

Interesting Video, Served on the USS Saratoga (CV-60), when all this happened and we had 3 aircraft from our Air wing alone shot down, an F-18, A-6, and a F-14.

2 others and I arrived at Bateen AB 4 days after Kuwait was captured. Our job was to mark out our C130 flight line. The next day they started coming in every 30 minutes. That was a lot of work. For the next 6 months our acft were flying missions some training some actual. It was all part of getting us, our acft and flight crews desertized. Shortly after the war started we were all humping. Making sure our air crews flew the safest C130’s. They were moving Army troops to where they needed to go. I was a 15 year veteran supervising my crew chiefs. I was never more proud at we accomplished. This was where all the training worked.

I remember vividly watching the news, my father and most of my friends fathers(and some mothers) went over there. We were a marine corps family. So proud of them and always will be. The sad thing was the way they were discarded and disassembled when they returned. They called it military downsizing. We called it political posturing.

Watching the Wild Weasels take off from ground is in stark contrast to the same plane launching from a Carrier catapult! 45 seconds+, compared to 0.45 seconds.

Many thanks for sharing👍

What a work of art. Every middle schooler should be taught this. A textbook example of an integrated air assault utilizing multi spectrum warfare. In fact screw it. Teach it in preschool so the young admirals and generals learn!

Awesome vid.. thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

I remember being a very very young kid and watching the news footage of the nighttime airstrikes. I think it might even of been live

THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU, FAM!❤

I used to have this series on VHS!

I remember when this happened. You could tell when the Air War was starting. As my GPS got super accurate. The night it started. This was in the days they used Differential Global Positioning System Satellites. To prevent an enemy from using our own satellites against the United States. They no longer use it.

I was at Spangdahlem afb Germany when that happened and we sent most of the munitions for the Air Force bombs and guns. We also sent them a rolling bench stock to support the F4 and F16 as they forgot to send them when they deployed from the states.

The Warthog is all 0300's favorite plane. I'm an 0351. I love how they have information on the glass written in grease pencil. Nothing has ever come close to a Warthog in close air support. C-130 Spooky and the Cobra's are nice...But that gun scares everyone off.

love watching this

You say Tornado, I say Tornado.

God bless every soldier that fought in the war they're the heroes of the 🌎💞🙏💯

Thank you. I enjoyed the upload.

The Iragi tank Battle KZfaq Video 73 Easting is a masterpiece of Tank warfare.

Today, on military news, The two most british pilots literally ever lol

I Remember that night, I was with the 101st in Saudi Arabia at King Faud airport looking up and wondering at that time..... it's time to go to work!!!! Air Assault!!!

We need to bring back the f14 tomcat and improve and upgrade the hell outta it I'll bet other pilots would agree 👍

I was a naive hawkish 5 year old taking a crap in my family's upstairs bathroom when the news hit. Everything I'd read in magazines had predicted that the U.S. would do nothing against the Iraqis and would fail if they tried. (Except for an interview with Colin Powell (RIP)). My Mom came up to the staircase landing and hollered up that we had just started "bombing the hell out of Iraq!" I just remember goosebumps popping up on my arms.

Awesome channel dude!

I had just left the Navy when Desert Shield commenced. Needless to say, I was watching very closely and Praying for my brothers and sisters so that they could come home. I remember the news media making such a fuss over Iraq's war making capability. In reality, most of their equipment was at least 20 years behind what we had. Yes, the Iraqi air defense was potent but not after visits by our Ravens and the EA-6. You can't shoot what you can't see. I think what was most impressive was the number of countries who made up the coalition and that Bush stuck to the UN Resolution. Hindsight is always 20/20 but our mission was to eject Saddam from Kuwait and that is exactly what happened. Now for my Air Force friends; the A-10 was DEVASTATING. There is no way in hell that I could possibly imagine what it must've been like to be an Iraqi conscript, sitting in a T55, hull down in the desert with Hawg drivers overhead. God that must be scary. And the Apaches; don't want to leave out our Army birds.

Great shots of F4Gs!

Well done!

good stuff, keep up the good work

@00:01 - that intro music straight from the Super Nintendo. Sound like some Star Fox stuff.

F4's did some sam suppression. But the main work horse was the EA-6B prowler. F4 doesn't even come close to prowler capabilities.

Fun fact: 40% of all munitions used were practice rounds, mostly employed in providing footage for the press.

Sadly did not mention the B 52 or the air refueling tankers that supported all.. Tankers first up last to land,,

Glad to watch yer video Yo

Flashback! I had this video.

I arrived Kuwait Christmas day and was in the desert 10 Days later, on guard duty that morning the jets were flying over head

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18:14 the Exocet missile is an air to ship missle. Not an Air to Air.

I remember this when we were in high school. We all thought we were going to get drafted. LOL!!

My husband was overweight there with Marine Air wing.Hia Co and senior warrent officer were takin after their plane crashed.They were messed up bad by the Iraqos, reeally bad.They came home i was a wreck the whole time.

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Crazy how close the the v1 flying bombs and tomahawks are in principle lol

i love these vids

Incorrect the first shots of the air war was fired by Col Cody of the 101st aviation BN AH-64 Apaches grouped with 2 blackhawks and 2 CH-53 Sea Stallions! They took out the radar sites on the border on land to create a 20 mile wide corridor of clear airspace, then the Navy and Air Force aircraft went in. I was there at King Fahd Airport with the 101st Airborne Eagle Dustoff when the Aircraft took off. Woke me up in fact!

Cross-threaded the appliance at 34:50.

War is a bad business losing business. Nobody wins in war every body loses less or more

Big problem for Sadam husein y sus equipment ?. Thanks you for the video !.

Can you believe it's been 30 years?

Steve's callsign was "Tater" and is supposedly alive and retired in the South. Check 6! And thank you

FIGHTER PILOTS, VERY DISCIPLINED AND COOL UNDER FIRE 🔥 😎. I have a ton of respect for are US airman, highly educated and dedicated!! It's like getting shot down by college professor lol .

This video left out an extremely important aspect.... Operation Senior Surprise (Secret Squirrel)

Could KZfaq fit in anymore adverts to block out the sun.

😢war is crazy. So much funds to develope killing equipment. Doomsday my friend sad thought. God blessings😢. Brooklyn NY

I still have nightmares of all the dead that we came in contact with.

I watched fighters n kc135 tankers take off all day every 5 min from MD DILL

Did you include the hitting of our own?

The last time the battleship was used in combat.

The F-111 was not really a Carrier type Jet,,, but it did have a "Tail Hook"

Man, I miss F-4s.

13:06 oh yeah

What is a Jagwar and a Tornardo? Never heard of them before.

This is great. Although this is incorrect in that Iraq did shoot down a Coalition fighter.

Also. I was at the Killing field. and saw the incredible quatity of Iraqui armored material. destroyed.

If you think this was quick the Iraqi navy was wiped out in a single day!

“Get some!”

Kinda weird seeing the old single seat F-18. Was the super hornet the first 2 seater?

2024 and still fighting in this region. For all the religious significance in the region, they fight a lot!

Great work . Very interesting. Never heard the Tornado pronounced like that though.

To just think about the logistics of this. All the countries involved. The refueling of forward units. To keep friendly fire to a minimum.

Thomahawk F22, future car

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The narrator is having a rough time pronouncing Tornado!