A Marine F/A-18D from VMFA-121 circles Al-Burqan oilfield in southern Kuwait, February 1991. Al-Burqan was the scene of a pitched battle between troops, tanks, and aircraft of the 1st Marine Division and an Iraqi armored brigade and an armored/mechanize
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