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F-16A Fighting Falcons F-15C and F-15E Eagles fly over burning oil fields during Desert Storm 4
CHAPTER ONE PERCISE DESTRUCTION On January 17 1991 the United States and more than three dozen other nations attacked the country of Iraq Their mission To dislodge Iraqi forces from the tiny country of Kuwait Six months earlier without warning Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Kuwait Iraq seized Kuwait’s precious oil fields posing a threat to the entire region Now the United States and its allies hoped to liberate Kuwait and dismantle Iraq’s war machine 5
