Invasion of Kuwait main air bases of Kuwaiti Air Force, whose aircraft consisted mainly of Mirage F1s and Douglas (T)A-4KU Skyhawks. Meanwhile, certain targets in the capital of Kuwait City were bombed by Iraqi aircraft. Despite months of Iraqi sabre-rattling, Kuwait did not have its forces on alert and was caught unaware. The first indication of the Iraqi ground advance was from a radar-equipped aerostat that detected an Iraqi armour column moving south. Kuwaiti air, ground, and naval forces resisted, but were vastly outnumbered. In central Kuwait, the 35th Armoured Brigade deployed approximately a battalion of Chieftain tanks, BMPs, and an artillery battery
Youth Association of Kuwait Youth Association of Kuwait The Youth Association of Kuwait () is the mainstream nationalist youth organization in Kuwait which was founded in 2009 under the name National Democratic Youth Association. It aims at building a new generation of Kuwaitis that are interested in community service and helping youth achieve their goals. Also, the association is concerned with youth issues such as education, unemployment and youth activism. A group of young nationalists discussed establishing a youth organization in 2006 to improve the cultural and social situation of youth, thus they established the nucleus of what was known later as the National