Gulf War - The First shots of the war
Time: Thursday Jan 17, 1991
Place: Kuwait
Details: On 17 January 1991 the 101st Airborne Division Aviation Regiment fired the first shots of the war when eight AH-64 helicopters successfully destroyed two Iraqi early warning radar sites.
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