Corgi AA35901 Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawk - 'Double Vision', 101st Airborne Division, Iraq, 24th February 1991 (Desert Storm). Non limited

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After the Army of Iraq invaded and captured Kuwait, the first Army command to send troops to Saudi Arabia was the XVIII Airborne Corps. The Corps was made up of the 82nd Airborne Division, the 24th Infantry Division (MECHANIZED) and the 101st Airborne Division. GÇÿDouble VisionGÇÖ led a flight of UH-60A Black Hawks low over the Iraqi desert during the opening assault of the ground war and as the lead assault element they each carried fifteen fully equipped combat troops, extra weapons, rations, water and other equipment deep into Iraqi occupied territory.