Operation Desert Storm Victory Patch VP-17 500 combat sorties and 16

500 combat sorties and 16

The 9th Marine Regiment holds a distinction that placed it at the very beginning of America's longest 20th-century war

conducting surface surveillance

air-to-ground weapons delivery

Air Force crews sat alert in bombers and missile silos

Operation Desert Storm Victory Patch VP-17 500 combat sorties and 16Operation Desert Storm Victory Patch Embroidered Patch Hundred Hour War, Lifetime of Pride Operation Desert Storm was swift, decisive, and overwhelming. This victory patch commemorates the coalition forces who liberated Kuwait in February 1991 a campaign that demonstrated American military power at its most effective and restored confidence in the armed forces a generation after Vietnam. Operation Desert Storm began on January 17, 1991, with a massive