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.

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