I think ODS is an aka for the Second Gulf War, not just for the air campaign or the US air campaign.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Operation%20Desert%20Storm
--Yooden
True, I'll add it as a misnomer. --
drj
If most people use it, it cannot be a misnomer. See
Gulf War/talk: The right name would be
Second Gulf War to differentiate from the
First Gulf War. However, most people hearing
Gulf War will think Kuwait, just as most people hearing ODS will think
Gulf War --
Yooden
Even the Air Force link on the first page of Google seems to indicate this ("Airpower in Operation Desert Storm"). --
Yooden
Operation Desert Storm has two meanings:
1) an operation within the Gulf War.
2) synonym for the entire Gulf War.
If you disagree with the current (my) wording... Change it! I did make an effort to point out that it has two meanings! --drj