thedrifter
04-30-05, 12:55 PM
Desert Storm Stats
Operation Desert Storm
Air Deployment Missions: 18,466, as of June 7, 1991
3,980 by C-5 Galaxy transports
9,085 by C-141 Starlifter transports
1,193 by C-130 Hercules transports
395 by KC-10 Extender aerial refuelers
3,813 by Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers
509,129 passengers and 594,730 tons of cargo carried
U.S. casualties: 148 battle deaths, 145 nonbattle deaths
Army: 98 battle; 105 nonbattle
Navy 6 battle; 8 nonbattle
Marines: 24 battle; 26 nonbattle
Air Force: 20 battle; 6 nonbattle
Women killed, 15
U.S. wounded in action: 467.
U.S. Commanders, U.S. Central Command, Operation Desert Storm
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA, commander in chief
Lt. Gen. Calvin Waller, USA, deputy commander in chief
Maj. Gen. Robert B. Johnston, USMC, chief of staff
Lt. Gen. John J. Yeosock, USA, Army commander
Lt. Gen. Walter Boomer, USMC, Marine commander
Vice Adm. Stanley Arthur, USN, Navy commander
Lt. Gen. Charles Horner, USAF, Air Force commander
Allied Combat Air Sorties Flown: More than 116,000
Coalition Aircraft Losses: 75 (63 U.S., 12 Allied)
Fixed wing, 37 combat, 15 noncombat
U.S. losses, 28 combat, 12 noncombat
No U.S. losses in air-to-air engagements
Helicopters, 23 (all U.S.): 5 combat, 18 noncombat
Estimated Iraqi Losses: (Reported by U.S. Central Command, March 7, 1991)
36 fixed-wing aircraft in air-to-air engagements
6 helicopters in air-to-air engagements
68 fixed- and 13 rotary-wing aircraft destroyed on the ground
137 Iraqi aircraft flown to Iran
3,700 of 4,280 battle tanks
2,400 of 2,870 assorted other armored vehicles
2,600 of 3,110 assorted artillery pieces
19 naval ships sunk, 6 damaged
42 divisions made combat-ineffective
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.
11,936 U.S. personnel engaged at peak, May 21, 1991.
Total allied coalition personnel involved at peak, 21,701.
Relief supplies delivered: 4,416.6 tons by ground transports and 12,683.2 tons in 3,901 air sorties.
Maximum Kurdish refugee count in tent cities, 57,350, May 24, 1991.
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.
(From the 1991 "Defense Almanac")
Ellie
Operation Desert Storm
Air Deployment Missions: 18,466, as of June 7, 1991
3,980 by C-5 Galaxy transports
9,085 by C-141 Starlifter transports
1,193 by C-130 Hercules transports
395 by KC-10 Extender aerial refuelers
3,813 by Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers
509,129 passengers and 594,730 tons of cargo carried
U.S. casualties: 148 battle deaths, 145 nonbattle deaths
Army: 98 battle; 105 nonbattle
Navy 6 battle; 8 nonbattle
Marines: 24 battle; 26 nonbattle
Air Force: 20 battle; 6 nonbattle
Women killed, 15
U.S. wounded in action: 467.
U.S. Commanders, U.S. Central Command, Operation Desert Storm
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA, commander in chief
Lt. Gen. Calvin Waller, USA, deputy commander in chief
Maj. Gen. Robert B. Johnston, USMC, chief of staff
Lt. Gen. John J. Yeosock, USA, Army commander
Lt. Gen. Walter Boomer, USMC, Marine commander
Vice Adm. Stanley Arthur, USN, Navy commander
Lt. Gen. Charles Horner, USAF, Air Force commander
Allied Combat Air Sorties Flown: More than 116,000
Coalition Aircraft Losses: 75 (63 U.S., 12 Allied)
Fixed wing, 37 combat, 15 noncombat
U.S. losses, 28 combat, 12 noncombat
No U.S. losses in air-to-air engagements
Helicopters, 23 (all U.S.): 5 combat, 18 noncombat
Estimated Iraqi Losses: (Reported by U.S. Central Command, March 7, 1991)
36 fixed-wing aircraft in air-to-air engagements
6 helicopters in air-to-air engagements
68 fixed- and 13 rotary-wing aircraft destroyed on the ground
137 Iraqi aircraft flown to Iran
3,700 of 4,280 battle tanks
2,400 of 2,870 assorted other armored vehicles
2,600 of 3,110 assorted artillery pieces
19 naval ships sunk, 6 damaged
42 divisions made combat-ineffective
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.
11,936 U.S. personnel engaged at peak, May 21, 1991.
Total allied coalition personnel involved at peak, 21,701.
Relief supplies delivered: 4,416.6 tons by ground transports and 12,683.2 tons in 3,901 air sorties.
Maximum Kurdish refugee count in tent cities, 57,350, May 24, 1991.
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.
(From the 1991 "Defense Almanac")
Ellie