Eglin AFB: A Look Back - 30th Anniversary Operation Desert Storm
March 02, 2021
March 02, 2021
EGLIN AFB, Florida, March 2 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news:
In early August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait to annex its rich oil reserves and offset Iraq's growing debt from the Iraq-Iran war. President George H.W. Bush immediately ordered ground, sea and air forces to Southwest Asia as part of a multinational coalition to persuade Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait, an operation known as Desert Shield.
By the end of the . . .
In early August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait to annex its rich oil reserves and offset Iraq's growing debt from the Iraq-Iran war. President George H.W. Bush immediately ordered ground, sea and air forces to Southwest Asia as part of a multinational coalition to persuade Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait, an operation known as Desert Shield.
By the end of the . . .