The firepower and precision of the 2-6 feint fooled the Iraqi army as to the main coalition effort. The 2-6th continued to reinforce the Tri-border area with tactical reserves, helping pave the way for the successful encirclement of the Iraqi Army from the west.

United States Army aviation digest (alternate titles: U.S. Army aviation digest; Army aviation digest; Aviation digest) was published February 1955 -March/April 1995.