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The Iraqis were very adept at camouflage. This U.S. Navy TARPS photo shows an Iraqi Tu-16 Badger bomber, already unserviceable at the outbreak of war, placed at an airfield to attract coalition fire - which it did. (U.S. Navy)

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SOURCE: Desert Victory: The War for Kuwait. Norman Friedman, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1991.


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