The Gulf War VMA-311

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some 311 harrier pilots in 1991


in 1988 vma-311 received first av-8b harrier , shortly thereafter headed harm’s way again. on august 11, 1990, after iraqi invasion of kuwait, vma-311 deployed in support of operation desert shield, leading other marine fixed-wing squadrons saudi arabia based out of king abdulaziz naval base. while there, tomcats forward deployed fixed-wing squadron. on january 17, 1991 while in support of operation desert storm squadron became first utilize av-8b in combat when flight of 4 harriers destroyed iraqi artillery position in support of battle of khafji. during 43 days of air combat operations, tomcat pilots flew 1,017 combat missions , delivered 840 tons of ordnance against enemy targets throughout kuwait , southern iraq.



a vma-311 harrier landing on uss tarawa in 2001







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