Crowded Baghdad Skies Frustrate Kitty Hawk Pilots
Aboard the USS Kitty Hawk in the Persian Gulf pilots report Baghdad airspace crowded with coalition planes raising collision risks. They stack aircraft at differing altitudes while continuing laser guided bombing of Iraqi targets. Fatigue grows among crews as daily flight hours hit about 15 with crashes and mechanical issues surfacing.
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Cindi Mark Johnson
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de. Gree Kausner
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Marines aid wounded along road south of Baghdad
Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 evacuated war casualties and civilians from a destruction strewn zone south of Baghdad. A helicopter carried a three year old boy with fatal shrapnel injuries and his wounded father. six Iraqis were loaded on board and a wounded Marine with multiple wounds was evacuated. Pilots, known as the Purple Foxes, donated cash to buy comforts for ground troops as they resumed missions amid ongoing danger. Convoys of U.S. tanks pushed north toward Baghdad as crews endured long days of alert and travel.
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Andrew Lamont
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Marines Hunt Iraqi Division In Grueling Desert Pursuit
Southeast of Baghdad Iraq Marines of the 1st Battalion 5th Regiment 1st Marine Division chased the Al Nida division of the Republican Guard for three days near Baghdad. They found wrecked trucks abandoned uniforms and frightened civilians while enduring 104 degree heat with little water. On a night arrival they fired at shadows believing enemy positions were near. One armored carrier showed damage from a Hellfire missile but no bodies were found.
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Iraq
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1St Marine Division
al Nida
Republican Guard
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Michael Gary
Gary
Shortages Drive Ingenuity At Camp Udari Kuwait
Supply demand remains high as combat units in Camp Udari Kuwait prioritize essentials over gold or ammo. Maj. Peter Bacon of the 2nd Battalion 20th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, directs a scavenger hunt to an Army junkyard outside Doha to requisition needed parts.
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Kuwait
Peter Bacon
20Th Meld Artllery
4Th Infantry Division
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Bacon
St. Louis
Doha
Qatar
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