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An overhead view of an Iraqi Scud missile assembly and launch area during Operation Desert Storm, showing several missile storage containers and, at bottom center, two assembled missiles mounted on vehicles. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)
An overhead view of an Iraqi Scud missile site during Operation Desert Storm. The blackened earth at center marks the spot from which a missile was fired. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)
An overhead view of Iraqi Scud missile storage bunkers, one of which is still burning, following a strike by A-7E Corsair aircraft from Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) and Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) during Operation Desert Storm. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)
An overhead view of an Iraqi airfield during Operation Desert Storm, showing four destroyed aircraft and, at center, an intact aircraft at the end of a taxiway. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS)
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Two reinforced concrete aircraft hangars at the Ahmed Al Jaber Airfield show the results of a coalition bombing strike during Operation Desert Storm. The hangars had been suspected of housing Iraqi aircraft. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)
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An overhead view of an Iraqi Scud missile site following a strike by Allied aircraft during Operation Desert Storm. Two of the trenches still have covers on them, indicating that they may contain intact launch vehicles. The photograph was taken from a fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Country: Iraq(IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/02/1991
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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