Iraqi front-line forces were totally paralyzed by 80,000 bombing sorties carried out over a six week period, allowing the allied ground assault to come to an end just 100 hours after it started; having come into its own with the Second World War, from now on the role of the air force will be to wear down enemy combat strength and morale so as to keep their own side's forces intact.
經過六星期、八萬架次轟炸，伊拉克的第一線部隊徹底癱瘓，以致在陸戰開始一百個小時內，戰爭就宣告結束；充分顯示二次大戰才初嶄頭角的空軍，今後將在戰爭中擔任主角，成為挫折敵人軍力、士氣，以及保存己方實力的利器。