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         chart also shows ihe sectots from wt~icIi tI)C SC~~l)s art fired wtien ~hey go after LI)e
inajar population CeflIcT'. Jt's a ve~' large ai~a. Dcspitc `lit slzt of the area, ~~ I~ovc n~as~agcd 10
destroy ail of their fixed siles  30 fixed sites   and we're quite confidcnt of Lhat. We've destroyed
aji ofthcirinajcrniissilcproduction facillties. Tt)e pilots have reported to us niorc tl~an 50 kills to
~te~ but ~aIn~ we don~i confirm that until we have l)aid infonnation.

      I ~o1d you ~at1ier, ~hat we have no ~eIai~d air supremacy      IBy &c0aring air su~rcmiCYtt1)lit
gives ~s the ability souse Some new &ac(ics w~ wene n~t able to usc before. 1'~~ going 10 have
Oencral Olosson CO(nC back up )ber: an~ show ~Ot) SO!fle flirn that ~      ~i1J speak ~ liseif.

     Oene~ Olosson: First. by wa~ of settiJig Lile sta~e, tl)C first video you'll sec Is ai~ air-to~air
~a&ement `dtb ~ ~J5C And a MIO-25 ~oxbai. What actu~ly rran~plros ii an att~n~pt to attack a
flight of F~l~'s exiting out of Iraq. The F-l~ C shoots down the trailer in tl~c Foxbat. when he
~ncbed tis Tnisslle, tIie ~xtat ~as doin~ over 700 knots. The pilot tjected betore the rnissiic
      ~ afr-~~, ~( ~ `Jr-c

     When I ptc~ec~ ~p tile ;£pe. you will iee the flight lead pulling to shoot down the othcr kad,
Cr Lk~ m)iet M)O-25. Nttte the mdio ~nninology. if you w}ii. ana b~w be c~pnsses atd has ~wal
~n:rol cf£he si~tIon to the extent of &cllln£ bis wwgrnan, wake s::rc yo~~~~ not g~ after bu?ncr.
.~1ake i~you41t only in inUitary Cfull mi1i~ary powtr as opposed to after.burner) powe:.ttcause hets
looking at a Foxbat that has a plume of ftre crnning out tl)e tail, so he wants 10 make sure that `S
who it is, bccausc t1~ere are fn~ndlies vtry close by, oti~er airplai~cs.

~n)e'iUb~,sswecaIlit, isarectanzular box, and if y~u'll iook in ~hat icill t~~~~ wimen it
 an :b~~i£ht barid corner. you will ace `be M)O-~ bl~w np. Roll ~ sp)c. p)~sc.

        ~ow Ibis iay 19 January. There's countlcss footage of these tl~ings after 19 J~uaty.
Every tim~! ~ lhtm I ~ct ~Ir sick, I don'~ know wbat's going ~. B~i these, 1 `liink it's o~viou£ to
anybody wttat's ~oing on.

     The bingo fuel tatIl you he~ was, ~bviously, te's ~etting low 01) fL2t~. `fliat's the MlG.2S
fl~bt there A beat seeking missile he launched, an~! it missed. Now, a radar t))jS5iiC. Tiic l~eat seeker
jniss~~, ~he second one'i a radar

      Next, I'll put you in the cockpit ot anT-13E for an air~o-ground sortie. `mrougl~ the help
tfaingeti~ig~od stttd a NAY (navigational) pod on the F'13E, I'll let you lookinio'~tbC n181)t sky of
bbq - ~      ana~£ `isbile SwL~s, and £ho~ yoQ bow     as Ouieral Sc~~ewmr*c~pt flid -- we have
changed our tactics a little bit from the standpoint of being able to do th\i1~5 we could not do earlier
because of die SAM thi~at.

     The white indicates hoL You'll see on the FLIR pod that the three erectol launchers or
snobile SCUDs are turning into the storage area to jOlt) rour others. ~1~cn, when you notice black, it
indicates cold, and you'U see these get darker as tl)is fLIn~ g~~s 01). Now the pilot is n'aneuvering 10
cirop laser-guided bombs on this target. There art a total of ~ 1 vehicles in this area. All of tliese aje
alitady loaded with SCUD missiles. As you can see, these have ~eady b~i' fired.

     Now, we'll sht)w you a slow triotion so you can actually see tlic boznb impacting. Notice thc
bombs comc through, impact, watch fl~is one roll. ~~}`e next Lhing you0ll 5CC is a scconda~ explosion

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