#GULF WAR

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U.S. Air Force F-15Es, F-16s, and an F-15C flying over burning Kuwaiti oil wells during the Gulf War, 1991

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Aftermath of the Gulf War in Al Ahmadi Kuwait (1991) photog. Steve McCurry

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RAF Victor K2 tanker aircraft during a stop at Jubail Naval Airport, Saudi Arabia

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F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY #58

The F-14A+, later designated the F-14B, was first introduced in March of 1990 to VF-143 Pukin’ Dogs. They would deploy later that year in August to the Red Sea due to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

The main difference between the F-14A and the F-14A+/B is the replacement of the TF-30 engines with F110 engines.

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Dear Elia, Thanks for the flowers. I finally got through to my family. My brother insisted that nothing serious happened. The scud hit the neighborhood, he joked, because it smelled the amba. As for my relatives in Baghdad, I have no idea. This war has only intensified my schizophrenia. As an Arab Jew, the dilemma of my identity has become almost dizzying. Most of my family was born and raised in Baghdad, and now lives in Israel, the U.S., England, and Iraq. When my grandmother arrived in Israel in the early 50s, she was convinced that the European Jews she encountered who looked, spoke, and ate so differently were actually European Christians. Jewishness for her generation was associated with Middle Easterness. My grandmother, who lives in Israel and still speaks only Arabic, had to be taught to speak of us as Jews, and them as Arabs. We Iraqi Jews have lived in Mesopotamia since the Babylonian exile, yet once in Israel, we were stripped of our history and forced to repress our nostalgia. We even came to question our own identity. For years, my sister dyed her hair blonde. My uncles and cousins have been arrested and beaten when they were mistaken for Palestinians. The dream of one people reunited in their ancient promised land has led us to abandon our affectionate memories of life before Israel. Yet, 40 years after we were forced to leave Baghdad, my family and I still long for its sights and sounds. My anxiety and pain during the scud attack on Israel does not cancel out my anguish for the victims of the bombing of Iraq. Yours, Ella.

Homage By Assassination (1992), dir. Elia Suleiman (watch)

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Gossip gossip!!! It seems that this year we are going to have another call of duty based on the gulf war (90s) It would be a direct continuation of cold war.

As long as they bring Russell Adler to me again I'm more than happy.

That's all I ask for

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US 82nd Airborne paratrooper during the Gulf War 1991 he Is armed with a M16A2 assault rifle.

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Handley Page Victor tanker aircraft at Jubail Naval Airport following Operation Desert Storm, 3 March 1991

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This Game Boy, owned by a US Army medic, survived a barracks bombing during the 1990-1991 Gulf War. Despite being partially melted it still functions and is now displayed at the Nintendo Store in New York with a plaque explaining its history.

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Guys omg ahhhhhhhh it’s trueeeeee Black ops 6 leaked name I’m so freaking hyped und excited I can’t wait😭🧡

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Aftermath of Gulf War in AL Ahmadi, Kuwait (1991)

Steve McCurry

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Hornets & a Herc flying over the burning oil fields of Kuwait (1991

@AcePilotAV via X

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Gulf War Homemade SA80 / L85A1 Front Grip

I went down a bit of a rabbit hole with this video. After spotting an L85A1 with an ad hoc front grip in some footage from the Gulf War I did some digging. There's a rich history of British soldiers fashioning home made foregrips so we take a look at a few of those too.

Check out the accompanying blog here