Title

Gulf War - downed plane and RAF progress

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

20 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:28

Description

Defence Secretary Tom King speaks at an MOD press conference about developments in the Gulf War including use of new reconnaissance planes to track down SCUD missiles; another RAF Tornado jet going missing with 2 crew; ongoing aerial bombardment and ground operations.

Contributors

Tom King

Keywords

Military aircraft; Military personnel; Pilots; Missing persons; Aerial bombardment; Missiles; Military operations; Casualties; Wars (events); Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Operation Desert Storm (1991)

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