Brown reported four U.S. AWACS aircraft deployed to Saudi Arabia and agreement to provide ground radars. The response to the war strengthened surveillance on the southern side of the Gulf.
Brown outlined command links joining U.S. surveillance aircraft, Saudi ground defenses and American naval forces. Introducing a rapid-deployment headquarters remained conditional on a larger U.S....
Brown proposed bringing forward previously approved Saudi F-15 deliveries. His memorandum linked the issue to preserving Saudi cooperation with U.S. regional security efforts during the war.
Brown recommended retaining the Saudi AWACS deployment while mutually acceptable. He also called for studying the war’s military lessons to test assumptions behind U.S. Persian Gulf strategy.
