European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                War in the Gulf Gulf War summary since Start of War a Allied sorties. More than 97,000 missions flown. Reported by allies. 52 kilted in action including 28 americans and 24 Otter allies. 50 americans listed As non combat deaths. An additional 105 americans listed As non combat deaths in operation desert shield before War. 51 missing in action including 30 americans 10 British one italian and 10 saudis. 13 prisoners of War including nine americans two British one italian and one kuwaiti. 45 Allied planes lost 36 in combat including 27 american six British one kuwaiti one italian and one saudi. One american helicopter Tost in combat. Non combat losses nine planes including seven american one British and one saudi fourteen american helicopters to non hostile causes. More than 20,000 iraqis taken prisoner. 135 iraqi planes destroyed plus six helicopters. More than 270 iraqi tanks destroyed. Scale of Miles eighty tanks from iraqis crack Republican guard reportedly rumbled South monday toward advancing Allied forces in Kuwait and Southern Iraq. Hafar Al Batin co 03 .9 co t3 c. Cut re 0. Al it 50 a . Battleship and Allied warplanes including . B-52s, fired monday on iraqi missile batteries on fail aka Island. A run i the . Marine s 1 St and 2nd divisions reached the outskirts of Kuwait City on sunday along with a Parachute drop by elements of the army s 82nd airborne div Allied sources said. Allied Arab forces were expected to link with them on tuesday. Iraqi forces set fire to More kuwaiti Oil Wells and other. Facilities and at least 517 wellhead were burning. The . Army s 101st airborne div airlifted More than 2,000 men 50 humvee and howitzers and tons of fuel and ammunition More than 50 Miles into Iraq on sunday. Another 2,000 men from the 101 St rolled Over the Border into enemy territory. Iraq fired a silkworm anti ship missile at Allied ships in the persian Gulf. It was intercepted by a sea Dart missile fired by a British destroyer. An iraqi scud missile wrecked a building housing . Soldiers in Dhahran saudi Arabia on setting off a huge fire eight to 12