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On 25 June 1996, terrorists bombed the U.S. base at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia which housed personnel at King Abdulaziz Air Base supporting Operation Southern Watch. The attack killed 2 USAF officers, 17 USAF enlisted airmen, and injured an additional 372 people.
urface-to-air missile systems to southern Iraq. Operation SOUTHERN WATCH forces sub-sequently met Iraq's refusal to remove the threatening missile systems by attacking both missile sites and...
On average, 5,000 U.S. Airmen supported Operation Southern Watch on each rotation, but during periods of crisis as many as 15,000 USAF personnel supported the operation. When Saddam Hussein and his forces challenged the southern no-fly zone, JTF-SWA responded quickly.
With the president's announcement, U.S. Central Command activated Joint Task Force Southwest Asia, a command and control unit for coalition forces monitoring the no-fly zone. The mission was dubbed...
The "Gunfighters" of the 366th Wing deployed to Saudi Arabia supporting Operation Southern Watch between 04 February and 01 July 1997. The deployment gradually built up to 1,200 people which represents about one-third of Mountain Home's active-duty population.
(U) Like Operation Northern Watch, Southern Watch developed after the close of the Gulf War when the coalition victory provided a minority sect of Muslims in a portion of Iraq the opportunity to rebel against the central dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.
Operation Southern Watch was similarly born of Iraqi repression, this time against the so-called “marsh Arabs” of southern Iraq. In response to air attacks against this group, the US announced that Iraq, after Aug. 27, 1992, could not fly military air-craft below the 32nd parallel. Pa-trols for Southern Watch initially were flown by French ...
In the south, Operation Southern Watch was underway to watch over the persecuted Shi'ite populations. This operation was launched on 27 August 1992 with the mission of preventing further human rights abuses against civilian populations.
26 August 1992 -- President Bush announced Operation Southern Watch, which banned all Iraqi flights south of the 32d parallel. He imposed the new restrictions in response to Saddam Hussein’s...
13 Mar 2003 - COALITION FORCES TARGET IRAQI RADAR SYSTEM 13 Mar 2003 -- In response to Iraqi threats while monitoring compliance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN...