Fast Facts About Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
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.
Information Courtesy of American Forces Information Service
