F-111Fs and F-15Es teamed up to hit retreating elements of the Iraqi army with CBU-87 cluster bombs fleeing Kuwait. Despite heavy AAA and thunderstorms, the attack was successful.
The Highway of Death refers to a road between Kuwait and Basra on which retreating units of the Iraqi army were attacked and completely destroyed by American aircraft and ground forces during the United Nations Coalition offensive in the Gulf War, on the night of February 26-February 27, 1991, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of vehicles and the deaths of an unknown and disputed number of Iraqi soldiers and some civilians. The scenes of carnage on the road are some of the most recognisable images of the war.
The Highway of Death is known officially as Highway 80, and it runs from Kuwait City to the border towns of Abdali (Kuwait) and Safwan (Iraq), and then on to Basra.
