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Description Destroyed aircraft at the Kuwait International Airport during the 1991 Gulf War. The aircraft at left is Flight 149, the British Airways Boeing 747-136 G-AWND "Coniston Water". The destroyed aircraft on the right is a Kuwait Air Force McDonnell Douglas C-9K. They were perhaps unintentionally blown up by allied aircraft during the invasion after allied forces intervened on 18 February 1991.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Princeton (CG-59) 1991 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author USN

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