Domain Dominance

摘要

Thirty years pass in a flash, More than 80 percent of today's Air Force was not born when Maj. Gregory "Beast" Feest, flying an F-117 Nighthawk, dropped the first bomb of Operation Desert Storm at 2:51 a.m. Baghdad time on Jan. 17,1991. U.S. and allied forces had spent five months building up to that moment, gathering a force of more than 500,000 in Saudi Arabia, and all the gear needed to house, feed, and support them. Another 200,000 supported the operation, whether in the U.S., Europe, or elsewhere in the Middle East. CNN was a new media sensation, sharing live daily briefings from the combined forces commander, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, on-the-scene reporting-and airing grainy, black-and-white videos showing bombs guided to their targets with stunning precision and devastating results.