>Also, didn't we have airbases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait? Yes, I believe Al Jaber Kuwait had already constructed one of the largest post-Vietnam expeditionary

>Also, didn't we have airbases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait? Yes, I believe Al Jaber Kuwait had already constructed one of the largest post-Vietnam expeditionary airfields* with multiple US squadrons (including F/A-18s) present before the war officially began. * "Expeditionary Airfields (EAFs) are portable airfields that can be constructed, used, broken down after the completion of a mission and moved to another site for re-use."[1] [1] http://www.cassholdings.com/AM2.htm http://www.cassholdings.com/AM2.htm