Troops will launch a lightning assault on Baghdad’s Saddam International Airport as part of a planned offensive to overrun the Iraqi capital within 72 hours of the outbreak of war, according to a report in the London Telegraph.
British troops will support American soldiers from the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions.
The airborne assault on Saddam International Airport will begin within hours of President Bush giving his military commanders orders to invade Iraq.
The war will begin with waves of cruise missiles, followed by bomber and ground attack aircraft striking Iraqi command and control centers.
The raid on the airport – the likes of which haven’t been seen since WWII –will use combat jets armed with satellite-guided bombs to destroy air defense sites and kill troops guarding the airfield before ground forces arrive.
Troops jumping from just 250 feet will then assault the airfield.
