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U.S. Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down in an F/A-18 Hornet on January 17, 1991, the first night of the war. The announcement early Sunday of the discovery of Speic ...
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21 facts about the First Gulf War

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, also known as “Stormin’ Norman,” was a highly decorated and respected veteran of the Vietnam War. He ...
(CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. In response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the United States and other countries launched military operations ...
In February 1991, during the opening days of the Persian Gulf War, USS Missouri was bombarding Iraqi positions near Kuwait when two Seersucker missiles were launched at her. The first failed, but the ...
The breakout NBC reporter of the 1991 Persian Gulf War weighs the pros and (mostly) cons of U.S. involvement in another Middle East conflict - and assesses the abilities of today's news media to ...
(CNN) — Concern is rising in Gulf Arab states about the possibility of environmental contamination or reprisal attacks if Israel or the United States strikes Iran’s nuclear facilities just ...
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. forces and diplomatic personnel in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have been placed on their highest level of alert, raising to five the number of Persian Gulf countries covered ...