Desert Storm - Mission 01 - Task Force Normandy

[beachav8r 360]

January 17, 1991 - 0210

The kickoff of Operation Desert Storm started in the early morning hours of January 17 when a pair of MH-53 Pave Low helicopters escorted a strike force of AH-64 Apache helicopters to a jump off point near a pair of Iraqi radar installations. The mission for the Apaches was to blow a hole in the Iraqi sensor network to allow droves of coalition aircraft to pour through.

Though the original mission originated in Saudi Arabia, for our purposes we'll start near enough to the origination point.



The MH-53s had precision navigation capabilities and they ended up marking the final waypoint prior to the attack with clusters of chemical lightsticks from which the Apaches were able to take a final position update.

* FSX MH-53 - None available for SF2!





Skimming low over the desert is demanding flying. The SF2 helicopter modeling is rather poor. Eagle Dynamics or Belsimtek - we are waiting on you! (Or Combat Helo please!)







I have no idea how to get my wingmen to turn their lights off.



Approaching the attack area we hover behind some high ground to the south...





Target acquired: "Party in ten..."



Hellfire away!







Missiles ripple off the rails and it is all over in a minute...



Closing in to clean up with the canon...





Send the code messages for mission success: "California AAA, Nebraska AAA"



Through the gap in the radar coverage, F-111 and F-15E aircraft entered Iraqi airspace on missions toward the interior. The air war offensive has begun.

BeachAV8R

Yes, I'm pulling a Brett Favre/Michael Jordan..

[Stratos 3,168]

Excellent as always!

[stuntman 170]

Hey beachav8r, is it a single mission, or a campaign mission? 

[beachav8r 360]

Hey beachav8r, is it a single mission, or a campaign mission? 

 

It's just a quick mission I put together. I'm thinking I'll fly a full AV-8B campaign with some sorta specialized single missions thrown in for story-telling purposes..

 

BeachAV8R

[Centurion-1 1,228]

Nice writeup! Yeah, it would be great if we had better helicopter integration in SF2 for sure, and waiting for DCS to "get there" is so tedious 

[Stratos 3,168]

Nice writeup! Yeah, it would be great if we had better helicopter integration in SF2 for sure, and waiting for DCS to "get there" is so tedious 

I will be happy with a ArmA style chopper control.