On the morning of 24 February 1991, the 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault) successfully conducted the largest air assault
operation in the history of warfare. Led by COL. Tom Hill’s
1st Brigade, 66 Blackhawks and 30 Chinooks lifted off at 0727
Hours to seize FOB Cobra, a forward base 85 miles inside Iraq
as well as numerous other critical objectives deep inside enemy
territory. The swift, deep, and critical strikes of the 101st
Airborne Division embodied General Schwartzkopf’s notion
of the “Lightning of Desert Storm.”
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