According to the U.S. Military the following is a breakdown of casualties in Operation Desert Storm:
U.S. Casualties: 147 battle deaths, 145 non-battle deaths, 1 missing in action
* Army: 98 battle; 105 non-battle
* Navy 5 battle; 8 non-battle; 1 missing in action
* Marines: 24 battle; 26 non-battle
* Air Force: 20 battle; 6 non-battle
* Women killed, 15
* Wounded in action: 467.
In addition:
Coalition Aircraft Losses: 75 (63 U.S., 12 Allied)
* Fixed wing: 37 combat, 15 non-combat
* U.S. losses: 28 combat, 12 non-combat
* No U.S. losses in air-to-air engagements
* Helicopters: 23 (all U.S.); 5 combat, 18 non-combat
(From the 1991 "Defense Almanac")
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Desert Storm-Eject Iraq from the nation of Kuwait Iraqi Freedom-Remove Saddam from power
The US launched Operation Desert Storm because of Kuwait's annexation and Iraq's invasion. The war began in 1990 and ended in 1991.
George Herbert Walker Bush was the US President during Operation Desert Storm. He is the father of another later President, George Walker Bush.Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the Iraqi President during Operation Desert Storm.
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Yes, desert storm had tanks in it.