[Pontiac]

Remember Operation Desert Storm when the turbines in our helicopters and aircraft were destroyed in a few days of operation by the desert sand.

The military had to quickly come up with and install special air filters on the aircraft to keep them operational.

[rktman]

Yup. What a fiasco?

[spokeshave2]

Remember Operation Desert Storm when the turbines in our helicopters and aircraft were destroyed in a few days of operation by the desert sand.

If you see any of the older semi trailers in ME countries....the cabs are stripped bare of paint by wind blown sand erosion.