Air Deployment Missions: 18,466, as of June 7, 1991
| 3,980 by C-5 Galaxy transports
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| 9,085 by C-141 Starlifter transports
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| 1,193 by C-130 Hercules transports
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| 395 by KC-10 Extender aerial refuelers
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| 3,813 by Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers
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| 509,129 passengers and 594,730 tons of cargo carried
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U.S. casualties: 148 battle deaths, 145 nonbattle
deaths
| Army: 98 battle; 105 nonbattle
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| Navy 6 battle; 8 nonbattle
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| Marines: 24 battle; 26 nonbattle
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| Air Force: 20 battle; 6 nonbattle
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| Women killed, 15
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U.S. wounded in action: 467.
U.S. Commanders, U.S. Central Command,
Operation Desert Storm
| Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA, commander in chief
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| Lt. Gen. Calvin Waller, USA, deputy commander in chief
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| Maj. Gen. Robert B. Johnston, USMC, chief of staff
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| Lt. Gen. John J. Yeosock, USA, Army commander
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| Lt. Gen. Walter Boomer, USMC, Marine commander
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| Vice Adm. Stanley Arthur, USN, Navy commander
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| Lt. Gen. Charles Horner, USAF, Air Force commander
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Allied Combat Air Sorties Flown: More than 116,000
Coalition Aircraft Losses: 75 (63 U.S., 12
Allied)
| Fixed wing, 37 combat, 15 noncombat
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| U.S. losses, 28 combat, 12 noncombat
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| No U.S. losses in air-to-air engagements
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| Helicopters, 23 (all U.S.): 5 combat, 18 noncombat
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Estimated Iraqi Losses: (Reported by U.S. Central
Command, March 7, 1991)
| 36 fixed-wing aircraft in air-to-air engagements
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| 6 helicopters in air-to-air engagements
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| 68 fixed- and 13 rotary-wing aircraft destroyed on the ground
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| 137 Iraqi aircraft flown to Iran
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| 3,700 of 4,280 battle tanks
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| 2,400 of 2,870 assorted other armored vehicles
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| 2,600 of 3,110 assorted artillery pieces
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| 19 naval ships sunk, 6 damaged
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| 42 divisions made combat-ineffective
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Enemy prisoners of war captured: U.S. forces
released 71,204 to Saudi control.
Facts About Operation Provide Comfort (Relief to
Kurdish refugees in eastern
Turkey and northern Iraq):
| Operation conducted by U.S. European Command, Army Lt. Gen. John M.
Shalikashvili commanding.
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| 11,936 U.S. personnel engaged at peak, May 21, 1991.
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| Total allied coalition personnel involved at peak, 21,701.
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| Relief supplies delivered: 4,416.6 tons by ground transports and 12,683.2 tons
in 3,901 air sorties.
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| Maximum Kurdish refugee count in tent cities, 57,350, May 24, 1991.
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| U.S. relief: 4.79 million prepackaged ration meals and 2,687.5 tons of bulk
food; 200,717 gallons of water; 211,788 blankets; and 23,500 tents.
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(From the 1991 "Defense Almanac")
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