Completely missing airbases

[LeopardLenin]

My question to ED is, are they planning to add airbases to Iran and other countries south of Iraq? 

@NineLine  would you be able to answer my question? even if you dont know yet I think everyone would appreciate some Communication.

Because there is a MASSIVE shortage of them, here is the list i put on the main Iraq forum post.

**  Please correct me if i have missed any or named one already in "DCS: Iraq" **

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  Kuwait:

-Ali Al Salem Air Base

-Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base

 

Qatar:
-Al Udeid air base

-Dukhan/Tamim Airbase
 

Bahrain:
-Riffa Air Base (Helo base)

-Sakhir Air base
 
Iran
-Dezful air base

-Omidiyeh air base

-Shiraz (possible exception due to it being in "DCS: Persian Gulf")

-Mehrabad air base

-bandar-e-Bushehr air base

-Hamadan air base

-Esfahan air base 

 

Saudi Arabia
-King Saud air base

 

 

Edit: Also would like to mention that when i asked this first in the main forum i was met with "Have you looked at the map in the FAQ?" from 9L... And didnt get another repsonse.

Edited November 25, 2024 by LeopardLenin

[Snoopy]

Both bases have been key to historical and current operations in the region.

Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait....key base for Operation Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, Inherent Resolve, and many other War on Terror operations.  

https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/386th-Air-Expeditionary-Wing/News/Tag/149339/ahmed-al-jaber-air-base/

https://nara.getarchive.net/topics/al+jaber+air+base+kuwait

https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/407th-Air-Expeditionary-Group/Fact-Sheets/Article/1884342/332nd-air-expeditionary-wing-fact-sheet/

• Al Jaber was the scene of heavy U.S. bombing during the Gulf War. Iraqi forces took the base and occupied it until the last days of the war. https://irp.fas.org/imint/gwaps_02.htm
• Operation Southern Watch used by A-10s assigned for CSAR if any US assets went down in Southern Iraq.  F-117s were deployed to the base in 1996 when Saddam threatened Kuwait (personally deployed there twice in 1995 & 1996).
• Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Operation Inherent Resolve, base used to launch strikes against ISIS (was scheduled to deploy there in 2015 until last minute change to go to Incirlik)

Al Udeid AB, Qatar....key base for the War on Terror and other operations home of the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) that "controls" air operations across the region.  

https://www.afcent.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/217803/combined-air-operations-center-caoc/

https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/379th-Air-Expeditionary-Wing/

• Serves as logistics, command, and other items for US Central Command.
• Played a role in every operation since War on Terror started.
• Home of US Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC)

Edited October 21, 2024 by Snoopy

[Snoopy]

Video of tent city at Al Jaber, 1996...

 

 

[Alpiinoo]

+1

I think these bases should definitely be for at least Southern Watch ops.

Edited October 23, 2024 by Alpiinoo

[USA_Recon]

+1 this would be more important than some of the bases listed in that other initial post.
 

[LeopardLenin]

@BIGNEWY @NineLine 
I would appreciate some communication and transparency about this subject.

[rob10]

NineLine responded to your post in the main thread.  The FAQ has what is *currently* planned, maybe the ones you are asking for might be added down the road, but if they were planned they'd have included them in the list in the FAQ.  Why would you expect more communication/transparency than that?

[LeopardLenin]

@rob10 I cant seem to find this answer from Nineline. Did he answer a similar question from someone else? or mine specifically.

And if that is what they said, why arent more important iran-Iraq war, Desert storm and OIF airbases planned atleast?

Edited November 25, 2024 by LeopardLenin

[Mammal]

I was deployed to Mosul, on the FOB Diamondback side. Would be cool to at least see Mosul International airport modeled too.

[LeopardLenin]

11 hours ago, Mammal said:

I was deployed to Mosul, on the FOB Diamondback side. Would be cool to at least see Mosul International airport modeled too.

Yea id love to also list out the Iraqi missing airbases but i didnt because here are so many random clusters of airbases that go by 2-3 different names each and i dont wanna go through that. Also becaue it seems there are much more Iraqi bases than anywhere else shown in the FAQ but there is an obvious lack of them just by looking at the FAQ.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

Both are listed to be included

[Snoopy]

57 minutes ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

Both are listed to be included

Now yes (thankfully), originally no.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

1 hour ago, Snoopy said:

Now yes (thankfully), originally no.

Oh yes, I mean with the updated info, they are part of the map now.

[THUG024]

Looks like the satelite image of the airfield is appropriate, although I heard almost all the buildings including the terminal and cargo areas have been demolished. Google maps shows that as well. Attached are some in game shots.  I saw somewhere in the forums it’s wip…so we can hope.  I was there 2006-2008, pretty sure I remember every pebble.

[THUG024]

In fact in the FAQ interactive map:

[Stratos]

What about some airports in Iran? so we can replicate the 1980/1988 Iran-Iraq war?

[fnslayeroc]

What about H1 airbase? how you gonna do h2 and h3 dirty like that? also what about ruwaishid? Also in Iran, Busheshr... that airbase, and area is home to dozens of sam sites....mainly cuz, nuclaer power plant....

Edited December 12, 2024 by fnslayeroc

[draconus]

Looks like new FAQ (https://forum.dcs.world/topic/365676-dcs-iraq-release-faq/) added some of the requested air bases

Quote

 

Based on customer feedback we have decided to add the following airfields to the current development plan:
Kuwait

• Ali Al Salem Airfield
• Ahmad al-Jaber Airfield

Bahrain

• Sakhir Airfield
• Riffa Airfield

Qatar

• Al Udeid Airfield
• Dukhan/Tamim Airfield

Planned Iraq North Features during Early Access:

• H2 and H3 airbases to support Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom

 

Only one Iran air base got added to the plans for now, though: Shiraz.

[Stratos]

In purple the Iranian AB that fall inside the detailed zone, feel free to point me to others I could have missed.

 

[draconus]

1 hour ago, Stratos said:

In purple the Iranian AB that fall inside the detailed zone, feel free to point me to others I could have missed.

 

You're wrong about Hamadan location.

[Stratos]

Maybe a bit more north?

I would have loved to see Tabriz, but is too far north.

[draconus]

7 hours ago, Stratos said:

Maybe a bit more north?

[Stratos]

Updated. Thanks draconus.

[LeopardLenin]

Only seeing this now, im very grateful they are adding these airbases. Would still like to see something in Iran but an improvement nonetheless.