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The 35-Hour B-52 Mission That Launched Desert Storm | Secret Squirrel with Col. Trey Morris
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Before the first bombs hit Iraq in 1991, seven B-52s quietly lifted off from Louisiana on a mission so classified most of the crews hadn't known it existed months earlier. In this episode of Combat Story , AJ Pasciuti sits down with Trey Morris , retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former B-52 Electronic Warfare Officer, to break down Operation Senior Surprise—nicknamed Secret Squirrel —the 35-hour, 14,000-mile strike that helped launch Operation Desert Storm . This wasn't just another bombing mission. It was the first combat use of GPS-guided cruise missiles, the longest combat sortie in history at the time, and a zero-fail test of endurance and leadership. Minutes after takeoff, Morris'…