Editing Lockheed MC-130 (section)

====Desert Storm====
[[File:MC130E.jpg|thumb|MC-130E Combat Talon I of 711th SOS, 1996–present]]
The 1990 [[invasion of Kuwait]] by [[Iraq]] resulted in the deployment of four Combat Talons and six crews of the 8th SOS in August 1990 to [[King Fahd International Airport]] in Saudi Arabia as a component of ''[[Gulf War#Operation Desert Shield|Operation Desert Shield]]''.<ref>Thigpen (2001), p. 345. 64-0559, −0562, −0567, and −0568.</ref> During ''[[Operation Desert Storm]]'', the combat phase of the [[Gulf War]] in January and February 1991, the Combat Talon performed one-third of all [[airdrop]]s during the campaign, and participated in psychological operations, flying 15 leaflet-drop missions before and throughout the war.<ref name="fact"/> Combat Talon crews also conducted five [[BLU-82]]B "Daisy Cutter" missions during the two weeks preceding the onset of the ground campaign, dropping 11 bombs on Iraqi positions at night from altitudes between {{convert|16000|ft|abbr=on}} and {{convert|21000|ft|abbr=on}}, once in concert with a bombardment by the battleship [[USS Wisconsin (BB-64)|USS ''Wisconsin'']].<ref>Thigpen (2001), pp. 264–265.</ref>

Two 7th SOS Talons deployed to [[Incirlik Air Base]], Turkey, as part of ''Operation Proven Force''. They supported the first [[search and rescue|Joint Search and Rescue]] mission over Iraq, attempting to recover the crew of ''Corvette 03'', a downed [[F-15E Strike Eagle]]. However permission from the Turkish government to fly the mission was delayed for 24 hours, and the crew was not recovered.<ref>Thigpen (2001), p. 361. After the war it was found that both F-15E crewmen had died in the crash.</ref>