Operation Desert Storm

noun

1. the codename for the US-led UN operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraq (1991)

Example Sentences

Marine Corps boot camp and Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War, developing the grit that earned him salesman of the year for seven years straight at his job.

From Seattle Times

During Operation Desert Storm, he spent close to two years at bases in Europe, but he returned to the U.S. and Whiteman Air Force Base in western Missouri when his wife became ill.

From Salon

Boutte was an Air Force veteran who deployed in Operation Desert Storm.

From Seattle Times

Pentagon officials have said the shells they will send to Ukraine are an improved version of a type used in 1991’s Operation Desert Storm.

From New York Times

In 1991, in preparation for Operation Desert Storm, the military announced plans to grant only certain members of the press access for the purpose of covering military activities in the Persian Gulf.

From Seattle Times