"Paul Repacholi" wrote in message

matt weber writes:

I believe EF-111A's were used in First Gulf War, but I suspect the
last time they carried weapons was probably over Libya..

Nope, the bombing mission that took out the air raid shelter in
Bagdad. Loaded on East coast, flew to DG with tankers, checked,
dropped and returned to US. At the time, they where the only AC that
had the range, and could handle the length of the bomb. F-15s can now
carry the bomb, but without the legs.

WTFO

I can only assume you're talking about the initial GBU-28 strikes in Gulf
War 1. Those targets were not in Baghdad; more like 20 miles outside it.
Don't confuse them with the Amariya attack, which was appparently done by
F-117s.

The F-111/GBU-28 missions were absolutely NOT flown direct from the United
States. The bombs were flown direct from the US to Saudi Arabia, but that
was in a C-141 cargo plane. They were delivered to the target by F-111s
operating out of Taif air base in Saudi Arabia.

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