Battle of Kuwait International Airport information
Battle of Kuwait International Airport
Part of the Persian Gulf War
The "heel" of Kuwait
Date
February 27, 1991
Location
Kuwait City Airport
29°14'15"N 47°58'26"E
Result
American victory
Belligerents
United States
Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Myatt[1] Colonel Fulford Jr[1]
Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Gen. Hamdani[2]
Units involved
1st Marine Division 2nd Marine Division Bravo Company, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division 2nd Armored Division's Tiger Brigade 3-41 Infantry's Straight and Stalwart Battalion Task Force United States Army Special Forces[1]
Heavy casualties Thousands captured Hundreds of Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers destroyed or captured[7][8][9]
1 British Airways Boeing 747-100 destroyed
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Gulf War
Invasion of Kuwait
Kuwaiti Bridges
Dasman Palace
Failaka
British Airways Flight 149
Coalition intervention
Khafji
Wadi al-Batin
Naval operations
Ad-Dawrah
Qurah
Maradim
Bubiyan
Air campaign
Air to Air combat
Dhahran & Riyadh
"Package Q" Air Strike
Ras Tanura
Samurra
Amiriyah
Liberation of Kuwait
Order of battle
73 Easting
Al Busayyah
Phase Line Bullet
Medina Ridge
Highway of Death
Jalibah
Norfolk
Kuwait International Airport
Post-ceasefire
Rumaila
Safwan
Two destroyed Iraqi T-62 tanks on the battlefield, February 1991.The battlefield at Burgan Oil Field where the United States Marine Corps destroyed 60 Iraqi tanks during the 1st Gulf War, February 1991.A United States Marine Corps tank bears witness to burning Iraqi tanks and Iraqi soldiers leaving their fighting positions at a battle that took place at Burgan Oil Field during the 1st Gulf War, February 1991.Marine Artillery played a huge factor in disrupting Iraqi counterattacks during the 1st Gulf War, February 1991.
The Battle of Kuwait International Airport occurred on February 27, 1991, during the 1st Gulf War. It was a tank battle between the United States (as part of the Coalition of the Gulf War) and Iraq. Despite being a very large battle it is often overlooked compared to the other battles which took place during the war. No less than elements of 18 divisions total participated in this battle. US Army Special Forces units and multiple Iraqi Commando units were also in theatre. In reality the battle took place over a span of three days despite the primary battle at Kuwait International Airport lasting only one day. Much of the combat actually took place en route to the airport. The battle featured the "Reveille Engagement" which went on to become the biggest and fastest tank battle in United States Marine Corps' entire history.[10]
^ abcWashington Post Moore p.A01
^M60 vs T-62 Cold War Combatants 1956-92 Nordeen&Isby P.75
^philly article
^U.S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991 With the 1st U.S. Marine Division in Desert Shield and Desert Storm Cureton P.97
^TAB H - Friendly-fire Incidents
^M60 vs T-62 Cold War Combatants 1956-92 Nordeen&Isby P.66
^Washington Post Moore P.A01
^bravocompany4thtankbattalion.org
^M60 vs T-62 Cold War Combatants 1956-92 Nordeen&Isby P.73
^Col H. Avery Chenoweth (2005) Semper Fi: The Definitive Illustrated History of the U.S. Marines
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