During the 42 days of "Operation Desert Storm" our squadron
flew
1303 combat missions and delivered 3.2 million pounds
of weapons.
Two of our pilots became POW's as their aircraft were lost to Iraqi surface-to-air
missiles during the first daylight raid on Baghdad.
Alongside our F-16C/D's, and also flying combat missions into Iraq
and Kuwait,
were our 'hangar mates' the "Desert Cats" CF-18's of
the Canadian
Armed Forces, and our hosts, the Qatar Emiri Air Force's
Mirage
F.1EDA's of 7 Squadron. Flying local area defense were
the
Mirage
F.1C's of the French Air Force's 12 Wing.
Doha Air Base was a busy
place...
