OPERATION DESERT STORM Evaluation of the Air Campaign

[Bushmanni]

Stumbled upon interesting document.

 

http://www.gao.gov/archive/1997/ns97134.pdf

[Lusik]

Great find Bushmanni. I will have something to read this evening. :)

[cichlidfan]

Should make for interesting reading.

 

At your request,

the Department of Defense (DOD) reevaluated the security classification of

the original report, and as a result, about 85 percent of the material

originally determined to be classified has subsequently been determined to

be unclassified and is presented in this report. The data and findings in

this report address (1) the use and performance of aircraft, munitions, and

missiles employed during the air campaign; (2) the validity of DOD and

manufacturer claims about weapon systems’ performance, particularly

those systems utilizing advanced technology; (3) the relationship between

cost and performance of weapon systems; and (4) the extent that Desert

Storm air campaign objectives were met.