Today in Gulf War History - December 27th [C+142] Major General James L. Jamerson, HQ USA= Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations is appointed JTF Proven Force Commander. COMUSCENTAF reports that 1,800 radios funded by the government of Japan, along with base stations and repeaters funded by the US Air Force, will fill seventy percent of a long-standing communications requirement at the deployed wings. COMUSCENTAF requests expeditious shipment of 1.3 million sandbags to the AOR for air base defense. 2d Mobile Army Surgical Hospital departs Dhahran area with 288 personnel to join 5th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in forward area. Iraqi air activity totals 191 sorties, with fighter aircraft accounting for 151. USClNCCENT believes that Iraq has reached a goal of flying 25 percent of its air sorties at night.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:00:01 +0000