Blake Hall
Last weekend marked the 25th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, the military initiative that began on Jan. 17, 1991. To commemorate this anniversary, the U.S. Air Force released an infographic to sum up the airpower deployed during the Gulf War.
No matter what branch you serve, you have to admit that the Air Force pulled out all the stops during Operation Desert Storm. According to the infographic, the Air Force deployed 68,830 airmen and conducted 69,406 sorties.
The infographic also breaks down exactly how many sorties each type of aircraft participated in. The A-10, the slow-moving bomber that recently avoided retirement thanks to ISIS, completed a good 8,000 sorties. The F-16, the aircraft that will be replaced by the F-35, completed 13,000.
The conflict also marked the first time the Air Force relied on surveillance and stealth aircraft to conduct missions. Stealth jets like the F-117 flew publicly in combat 1,300 times.
View a high-res version of the infographic here.
