Combat Search and Rescue in Desert Storm

by Darrel D. Whitcomb

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Budgetary, political, and organizational changes left the USAF unprepared for the combat search and rescue (CSAR) mission going into Desert Storm. Colonel Whitcomb relates his and others? experiences from CSAR in Southeast Asia and examines the organization that was established to provide CSAR services in the Iraq-Kuwait theater of operations. He traces each incident from beginning to end along with the tactical and sometimes strategic implications. Scores of interviews, e-mails, and show more published works provide a compendium of lessons learned and recommendations gleaned from those who flew the missions and made the decisions in Iraq. show less

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History, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
956.704424History & geographyHistory of AsiaMiddle East (Near East)Iraq1920-1979-
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DS79.72 .W54History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of Asia
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