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Jan. 29, 1991
Iraq launched its only offensive of the Gulf War, attacking the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji, and was promptly clobbered by coalition airpower, to include U.S. Air Force A-10s and AC-130s. By Feb. 1, the city was retaken.

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