Mongol193 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 (edited) The southern part of the Iraq Map in DCS has lots and lots of Air Bases planned in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, but very few inside Iraq. I created a Map which shows planned (blue) Air Bases, and missing Air Bases (red) that were operated by the Iraqi Airforce during the Gulf War period (1991-2003) There is a huge vacuum in the Southwest portion of Iraq, and also North of Basra, eventhough there are historical Air Bases to fill these voids. All of the aforementioned are single Runway Air Bases with Taxiways, Parking spaces and sometimes with "trapezoids" Bunker installations. Example from the Jalibah Southeast Air Base: Most were also Targets during both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Some even played a role during the Iran-Iraq War, notably the ones North of Basra. The ones I am unsure of are Amara new and Qalat Salih, because I could not find any source of them being attacked or used in that Time period. Updated Map with 4 additional Air Bases suggested by other users. (Runwayshid, Al-Murasant / H3 Northwest, Mudaysis, An Nukhayb) Below are a couple of sources for these Air Bases, they are all already marked on the graphical Map inside DCS, and are also already textured as per the satellite imagery: Kut Al Hayy (globalsecurity) Qalat Sikar (Wikipedia) Jalibah Southeast (Wikipedia) Al salman North (mentioned in this Wikipedia Article as "Al salman some 150km inside Iraqi territory") Ghalaysan New (Mentioned in Page 4 of this Article from arsof-history) Wadi Al Khirr (globalsecurity) Ar Rumaylah Southwest (Wikipedia) Amara New / Amara Air Base (Wikipedia) Qalat Salih (only mentioned by name in this list from globalsecurity) Additional Air Bases suggested by other users: Ruwayshid (Wikipedia) Mudaysis (Wikipedia) Al-Murasant / H3 Northwest (Wikipedia) An Nukhayb (only mentioned by name in this list from globalsecurity) Edited January 28 by Mongol193 Added further Air Bases upon suggestion 2 1
HwSpring Posted January 28 Posted January 28 There were quite few more important and relevant bases in South/South-Western region: Ruwaished Airbase Al-Mursanat Airbase (H3 North-West) Mudaisis Airbase Al Nukhib Airbase These are still quite well visible on Google Earth. Maybe aside of Al-Nukhib - which is pretty much gone - turned into some other military base/ FOB since then. You can still see, where runway was but not much more of the layout survived. Nevertheless, it would be amazing if we got these places... 1
Mongol193 Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 (edited) Here is a further visualization from our version in DCS and a quick Google Maps screenshot of these Air Bases with coordinates and notes: Kut Al Hayy, (32°06'56.0"N 46°22'49.0"E), with hardened shelters still visible in 2003 photos from Source above. Qalat Sikar, (31°50'13.0"N 46°18'23.0"E), with hardened shelters visible in 1995 from source above. Amara New, (31°49'11.0"N 47°04'51.0"E), with hardened shelters as per source above. Abandoned after Desert Storm. Qalat Salih, (31°27'28.0"N 47°17'28.0"E), still have not found a Source for this one. Google Maps show rounded Shelters, these could be Coaltion installations and not Iraqi ones with their distinct trapezoid shape. These can very well be Iraqi Installations as per this source. Wadi Al Khirr, (31°25'25.0"N 43°11'15.0"E), with 12 hardened shelters in 1991 as per source above. Silhouettes still visible today on Google Maps. Ghalaysan New, (30°55'00.0"N 43°40'33.0"E), faint silhouettes of possible hardened shelters are visible today on Google Maps. Al Salman North, (30°38'59.0"N 44°34'10.0"E), silhouettes of hardened shelters visible today on Google Maps. Jalibah Southeast, (30°32'44.0"N 46°36'14.0"E), with hardened shelters as per source above, silhouettes of shelters still visible today on Google Maps. Ar Rumaylah Southwest, (30°21'19.0"N 47°06'36.0"E), with hardened shelters as per source above. Edited January 29 by Mongol193 Linked Coordinates to Google Maps, added source for round shelters belonging to Iraq 1
Mongol193 Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 vor 3 Stunden schrieb HwSpring: There were quite few more important and relevant bases in South/South-Western region: Ruwaished Airbase Al-Mursanat Airbase (H3 North-West) Mudaisis Airbase Al Nukhib Airbase These are still quite well visible on Google Earth. Maybe aside of Al-Nukhib - which is pretty much gone - turned into some other military base/ FOB since then. You can still see, where runway was but not much more of the layout survived. Nevertheless, it would be amazing if we got these places... Thanks for the suggestions! I have added them to the original forum post. As for H3 and Ruwayshid, ED has already planned to add Air Bases in that Region. We are getting H2-Base and H3 Southwest in the future! As for Mudaisis and An Nukhib they would be great to fill the void between the H2/H3/Ruwayshid Region and the already planned Najaf Airport! 1
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