During the same time, Iraq began dispersing aircraft and air defense capabilities in preparation for more aggressive U.S. airstrikes to enforce the "no-fly" zones over northern and southern Iraq.
The meter on top of the dash showed that the hour-long, 13-mile pass through congested Brooklyn, running the air-conditioner the entire time and being aggressive on the throttle, drained the battery by about 20 percent.
The Cold War was over, but in two successive military campaigns during the 1990s, air power had done the heavy lifting required to defeat aggressive dictators.