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The Persian Gulf War was a showcase of the combined arms capability of the United States. Yet, Iraq still had a formidable military, including these fighters.
They were built to drop nukes in Europe—not fly over desert warzones. But in 1991, six aging Blackburn Buccaneers were yanked ...
Desert Storm is an interesting chapter of U.S. military history that doesn't get a lot of attention.On the Price of Freedom, ...
After the Gulf War started, he concluded Iraq’s peace with Iran and raised his occupying force levels to 300,000. Iraq conscripted three fourths of men between ages 15 and 49.
Its 24/7 live coverage of the Gulf War was what set CNN apart and attracted viewers from around the world. Only a few months into his role as CNN's military affairs correspondent, Wolf Blitzer ...
Gulf War Illness affects about 30% of the 700,000 people who served in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Symptoms include fatigue, headaches, gastrointestinal problems, cognitive impairment and pain.
Ian Allwood, a Gulf War veteran and Gulf War Illness advocate in Australia, said that he was deeply thankful for the research. "To be believed means the world to us," he said in a statement.
Gulf War Veterans may be eligible for a variety of VA benefits, including a Gulf War Registry health exam, the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, health care, and disability compensation ...
Today, researchers at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center are leading a wave of studies to solve the mystery of Gulf War Illness, a cluster of unexplained symptoms reported by 25 to 65 percent of ...
Florida has executed Gulf War veteran Jeffrey Hutchinson for the shooting deaths of his girlfriend and her three children despite a letter from 129 veterans arguing that Hutchinson's mind was a ...