AH-64 Mission - Desert Storm Beginning (Reference Resource)

[Toni Carrera]

Hi All,

I am sure for some of us Mission Editors will be already way in to the mission ideas for the upcoming release of the AH-64D. Although, in 1991 the 'D' variant did not exist, the 'A' certainly did

For those that are looking for some more details of the opening salvo of the initial Air Campaign, here is a useful (to me) article listing the units in play on both sides - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_air_campaign

I am not looking to argue about historical accuracy, or whether this size socket set was used to fix a certain bolt deep in the bowels of the gear box, it is just a guide for how the war kicked off and the units involved, which may be useful to some

If this has already been posted, I apologise, I am not looking to steal anyone's thunder

Toni

[Toni Carrera]

Hi All,

With regard to the radars of the enemy, and the famous start of the war, I know these Apache's punched a, I think, 20 mile wide corridor for allied aircraft to proceed with their sorties throughout the rest of the night

My question is, what line up of Radars would they have that linked back to the Iraqi Command and Control, as well as 7 airfields. How would it be laid out, such that a group of Apaches, would be relatively close together, approx. 4 miles away from targets, for a synchronised volley of Hellfires?

Thanks

[truebrit]

I have a similar thread for an F/A-18C mission to attack the Iraqi H-3 airfields which we have in game now. There is some references there you may fine useful. The Desert Storm video has loads of Apache missions discussed but not too much details. It seems AH64's and A-10's worked together a lot of the time.

 

[Toni Carrera]

@truebrit

Wow, you are going back in time with this thread. Thank you for the additional information though, I am just trying to learn how to tame the beast, or at least manage to keep it on a leash, before I even try to code some kind of 'Let's all fire missiles at the same time' with all the other AI

If we are all lined up side by side, and one AH-64 fires a single hellfire, it kind of loses the intended effect

So if anyone knows to get all the AI Flights to fire at least one hellfire at the same time as the other 7, please feel free to enlighten me

Toni