glen profitt, warfare and another for air lift operations.each air division by function and that way we could provide the command and control we needed to execute the war. >> we began to open locations throughout saudi arabia. and as we began to get more operating locations, we moved tankers into location s locatio. >> the coalition would have eventually close to 3,000 planes. these fighter and attack planes patrolled the desert providing cover for the largest military air lift in history. air laft, the hidden part of air power. it was the fastest way to get enough men and material over to defend the desert kingdom. the prig deer general that commanded the air lift forces -- >> then the deployment of the c-5s, 141s, the craft aircraft, the kc-10s, they all just hauled as much as they could as fast as they could 37 very early on, it was evident that desert shield was going to surpass by far the number of strategic air lifts that we had ever had before. >> military and civilian cargo planes delivered 91,000 troops and 72,000 tons of cargo in th

glen profitt, warfare and another for air lift operations. we were able to define each air division by function and that way we could provide the command and control we needed to execute the war. >> we began to open locations throughout saudi arabia. and as we began to get more operating locations, we moved tankers into location s locatio. >> the coalition would have eventually close to 3,000 planes. these fighter and attack planes patrolled the desert providing cover for the largest military air lift in history. air laft, the hidden part of air power. it was the fastest way to get enough men and material over to defend the desert kingdom. the prig deer general that commanded the air lift forces -- >> then the deployment of the c-5s, 141s, the craft aircraft, the kc-10s, they all just hauled as much as they could as fast as they could 37 very early on, it was evident that desert shield was going to surpass by far the number of strategic air lifts that we had ever had before. >> military and civilian cargo planes delivered 91,000 troops and 72

glen profitt, warfare and another for air lift operations.ch air division by function and that way we could provide the command and control we needed to execute the war. >> we began to open locations throughout saudi arabia. and as we began to get more operating locations, we moved tankers into location s locatio. >> the coalition would have eventually close to 3,000 planes. these fighter and attack planes patrolled the desert providing cover for the largest military air lift in history. air laft, the hidden part of air power. it was the fastest way to get enough men and material over to defend the desert kingdom. the prig deer general that commanded the air lift forces -- >> then the deployment of the c-5s, 141s, the craft aircraft, the kc-10s, they all just hauled as much as they could as fast as they could 37 very early on, it was evident that desert shield was going to surpass by far the number of strategic air lifts that we had ever had before. >> military and civilian cargo planes delivered 91,000 troops and 72,000 tons of cargo in the