European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 5, 1991 the stars and stripes Page .3 War in the Gulf Gulf War summary reported monday _ Over 2,700 Allied missions flown. Five saudis missing in action. Since Start of War Quot Allied sorties Over 44,000 missions flown losses reported by allies 12 americans killed in action 15 americans non combat deaths 105 americans non combat deaths in operation desert shield before War. 42 missing in action including 24 _ americans fight British one italian and nine saudis. 27 Allied planes lost 21 in combat including 14 american five British one kuwaiti and one italian. Non combat losses six planes including four american one British and one saudi and 4 american helicopters to non combat causes. More than 30 iraqis killed. More than 630 iraqis taken prisoner. 126 iraqi planes destroyed. A battalion size Marine task Force monday hurled 155mm artillery fire at iraqi ground radar and infantry positions near the umm Godair Oil Field in southwestern Kuwait. Marine Light armoured vehicles exchanged Cannon and Small arms fire with iraqi troops in  were fired at a shuttle bus sunday night in Jidida slightly injuring two american service members with flying Glass. No one was apprehended. . Fighter bombers monday knocked out about 25 iraqi tanks in enemy territory and destroyed an iraqi rocket Battery after it. Opened fire on Allied  pilots see Eastern saudi Arabia up British pilots arc taking bold advantage of the air supremacy gained through More than two weeks of nighttime raids on Iraq air bases by beginning Daylight raids to Pound new iraqi targets. 7a. A a a Royal air Force Pilot Paul Reid climb clout of his Tornado or. My 1 cockpit after bombing a missive iraqi fuel depot in Broad Daylight saturday arts proclaimed a we left it smoking quite  a your first Daylight raid was very successful a said of Loup capt. Clifford Spink commander of Tornado fighter and bomber squadrons in Eastern saudi Arabia. A the boys came Back with big grins on their faces and said they put the bombs right where it hurts a Spink said. A we Are putting the pressure on where it counts and there is no letting up a he said. A the air superiority if not supremacy that we have gives us a great Deal of tactical  the upbeat report ironically came amid another report that Royal air Force and British aerospace officials were unable to determine what has caused the loss of six Tornado ids interdict or strike ground attack aircraft in nearly 2,000 Raf sorties. One Piloti flight it. Richard Goodwin of 9 Squadron said the losses could be due to the stress of night flying at Low altitudes and the need for intense concentration on the target and radio silence to avoid detection. He said the losses have declined As the Tornado so role has shifted largely from Airfield attack which often requires Low level flight directly Over heavily defended. Targets. -7.7 7 -7. A. / a targets for the British italian and saudi Tornado attack Crews now appear primarily to be Supply dumps convoys and troop concentrations. But said one Tornado Pilot a a it a surprising How Many munitions it takes to Stop operation of an Airfield and How quickly they can have them operating again often in 24  7the Tornado themselves though also Are highly resilient. A Squadron Leader Les Hendry senior engineering officer. Of 3i Squadron said one Tornado was hit by what the Crew thought was an iraqi ground to air missile began experiencing some sloppiness in the planets Jhan doing but made it Back to base safely. There Hendry found both the rudder and elevators had been shredded two Large holes had been punched in the vertical Stabilizer skin and fuel tank the afterburner had been damaged the left Aileron was hit and the left Wing had holes in several places. Also Large pieces of the missile passed Between the Pilot and navigator and in front of the Pilot severing hundreds of control wires. Nevertheless Hendry said he and his Crew after six Days of work had the Tornado Back in the air. From a Media Pool report cleared by British military censors British Royal air Force bombers carrying out Daylight raids monday attacked Bridges in Iraq and a Large Barracks and a silkworm missile site in Kuwait. And love it Tornado crew1 two Quot wingspan. 45 it. 7.5 in.  wept length Overall 54 it. 10.25 in. Engines. It. 1 1 two Turbofan Max. Speed. 920 Mph combat radius a 7 a. A 663 Miles heavy weapons Load first flown ,. 1979 source Jane s All the world s aircraft aps amps