Air Deployment Missions: 18,466 as of June 7, 1991

• 3,980 by C-5 Galaxy transports
• 9,085 by C-141 Starlifter transports
• 1,193 by C-130 Hercules transports
• 395 by KC-10 Extender aerial refuelers
• 3,813 by Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers
• 509,129 passengers and 594,730 tons of cargo carried

U.S. Casualties: 147 battle deaths, 145 non-battle deaths, 1 missing in action

• Army: 98 battle; 105 nonbattle
• Navy 5 battle; 8 nonbattle; 1 missing in action
• Marines: 24 battle; 26 nonbattle
• Air Force: 20 battle; 6 nonbattle
• Women killed, 15
• Wounded in action: 467.

U.S. Commanders, U.S. Central Command, Operation Desert Storm

• Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA, commander in chief
• Lt. Gen. Calvin Waller, USA, deputy commander in chief
• Maj. Gen. Robert B. Johnston, USMC, chief of staff
• Lt. Gen. John J. Yeosock, USA, Army commander
• Lt. Gen. Walter Boomer, USMC, Marine commander
• Vice Adm. Stanley Arthur, USN, Navy commander
• Lt. Gen. Charles Horner, USAF, Air Force commander

Allied Combat Air Sorties Flown: More than 116,000

Coalition Aircraft Losses: 75 (63 US, 12 Allied)

• Fixed wing: 37 combat, 15 non-combat
• US losses: 28 combat, 12 non-combat
• No US Losses in air-to-air engagements
• Helicopters: 23 (all US); 5 combat, 18 non-combat

Estimated Iraqi Losses Reported by U.S. Central Command, March 7, 1991

• 36 fixed-wing aircraft in air-to-air engagements
• 6 helicopters in air-to-air engagements
• 68 fixed- and 13 rotary-wing aircraft destroyed on the ground
• 137 Iraqi aircraft flown to Iran
• 3,700 of 4,280 battle tanks
• 2,400 of 2,870 assorted other armored vehicles
• 2,600 of 3,110 assorted artillery pieces
• 19 naval ships sunk, 6 damaged
• 42 divisions made combat-ineffective

Enemy Prisoners of War Captured: U.S. forces released 71,204 to Saudi control

Facts About Operation Provide Comfort (Relief to Kurdish refugees in eastern Turkey and northern Iraq)

• Operation conducted by US European Command, Army Lt. Gen. John M. Shalikashvili commanding
• 11,936 US personnel engaged at peak: May 21, 1991
• 21,701 total allied coalition personnel involved at peak
• Relief supplies delivered:
  • 4,416.6 tons by ground transports,
  • 12,683.2 tons in 3,901 air sorties
• Maximum Kurdish refugee count in tent cities: 57,350, May 24, 1991
• US relief provided:
  • 4.79 million prepackaged ration meals
  • 2,687.5 tons of bulk food
  • 200,717 gallons of water
  • 211,788 blankets
  • 23,500 tents.

(From the 1991 "Defense Almanac")