It has been 30 years since the First Gulf War. It was the first time since Vietnam that the US military went all out and it helped set the stage for our current foreign policy. I was actually born just as the conflict was winding down. Here are some the stories of the many US and UK servicemen, mostly pilots and air crewmen, who participated.
Gen. Paul T. Johnson, US Air Force A-10 Warthog pilot:
Keith Shiban, USAF B-52 bomber pilot (part 1 of 2, second part on YouTube):
Adam Robinson, Royal Air Force Tornado navigator (part 1 of 2, second part on YouTube):
Capt. Nick "Mongo" Mongillo, US Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot who shot down an Iraqi MiG-21, one of the Hornet's first and only air to air kills:
Lt. John Peters, RAF Tornado pilot who was shot down and captured:
Jeff Guinn, USAF F-111 Aardvark pilot:
Rick "Kluso" Tollini, USAF F-15 Eagle pilot who shot down an Iraqi MiG-25 (part 1 of 2, second part on YouTube):
Col. Kevin "Smells" Gross, US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier pilot (part 1 of 2, second part on YouTube):
Col. Caesar "Rico" Rodriguez, USAF Eagle pilot who shot down two Iraqi MiGs and a Serbian MiG years later during the Kosovo War:
Rich Goodwin, RAF Tornado Pilot:
Col. William F. Andrews, USAF F-16 Falcon pilot who participated in a harrowing close air support mission for a special forces team on the ground and would later be shot down and captured:
Capt. Todd "Shanghai" Sheehy, USAF A-10 pilot who shot down an Iraqi Mi-8 helicopter, one of only two A-10 pilots ever to score an air to air kill:
Chris Ryan, Royal Army Special Air Service commando who participated in the ill fated "Bravo Two Zero" mission to destroy Iraqi Scud missile launchers:
