Narrated air strikes CVW-2 USS Ranger A-6 Intruders of VA-145 & VA-155 February 1991

Accession Number F04858
Collection type Film
Measurement 40 min 19 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description Digital Betacam/colour/sound
Maker United States Navy
Place made Kuwait, Persian Gulf
Date made February 1991
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
Copyright

Item copyright: External copyright

Description

Northern Arabian Gulf, Kuwait and Southern Iraq 28 January-16 February 1991. Night time bombing missions by United States Navy Grumman A6-Intruder aircraft from USS Ranger attack squadrons VA-145 and VA-155 during the Persian Gulf War. Images were recorded through the Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera operated by the A-6 Bombardier Navigator. Shows precision guided bomb attack on an Iraqi Silkworm surface to surface missile site 28 January. Precision guided bomb attack on an Iraqi missile patrol boat 29 January. Precision guided bomb attack on a Silkworm missile site 30 January. Precision guided bomb attack on an Iraqi missile patrol boat 30 January. Silkworm missile sites 30 January. An attack with Mk 20 Rockeye cluster bombs on a gun emplacement trench. Iraqi naval vessels hit with a guided precision weapons. Thermal power plant, Southern Iraq hit with a string of unguided iron bombs on 7 February. A surface to air missile support facility attacked with Mk 20 Rockeye cluster bombs. Title: "USS Ranger/CVW-2 night attacks from 10 Feb - tanks at railroad station - battlefield interdiction". Shows rail facility and tanks waiting for shipment attacked with cluster bombs. Iraqi military emplacement attacked with cluster bombs. Iraqi vehicles attacked with cluster bombs. Iraqi tank position attacked with laser guided bomb. Large group of Iraqi vehicles attacked with cluster bombs. Title "The night belongs to USS Ranger/CVW-2". Title "USS Ranger/CVW-2 Night attacks 14 February 1991 - ammo storage/warehouse facility - battlefield interdiction". Iraqi facility attacked by two A-6 Intruders with 12 x 500lb iron bombs. Laser guided bomb attack on Iraqi tank. Revisit to Iraqi facility attack by iron bombs. Title: "Happy Valentines night from USS Ranger CVW-2". Title " USS Ranger/CVW-2 night attacks 15 February 1991 - battlefield interdiction". Iraqi military outpost Southern Iraq attacked with 6 unguided iron bombs. Iraqi military vehicle Southern Iraqi attack with 6 x unguided bombs. Revetted Iraqi artillery attacked with 6 unguided bombs. Iraqi pattern of revetted armour using unguided bombs. Title "The night belongs to USS Ranger/CVW". Title "USS Ranger/CVW-2 16 Feb 1991 - Night time battlefield interdiction". Iraqi military vehicles attacked with a string of unguided bombs. Iraqi tank attacked with laser guided bomb. Iraqi revetted position attacked with 6 x 500lb bombs. Iraqi bunkers attacked with string of unguided bombs. Iraqi military positions using 6 x Rockeye cluster bombs. Title "the night belongs to USS Ranger/CVW-2". [The Digital Betacam is a copy from a NTSC VHS]