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File: 081996_jul96_decls1_0219.txt
Subject: 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR
Box ID: BX001301
Document Number: 3
Folder Title: OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL
Folder Seq #: 4
Unit: 3D AD
Parent Organzation: VII CORPS
Wc-, saw kn UH-60 fly by us. We guessed that tie had
just picked up the KlAs. (4s he was passing us '. CW.-S Kelly, in
OLli- (4pixchc.@, c)v(?r t-tic, radio. He vt.Ate(i thAL thc-
Blao-P@liAwP@ had just blowii "c[iA,ff" i.ii his -face. riie -flares looll@d
lit,(-? heiti-seeking missiles, they iltf-,t got brighter and brighter.
We (ILiessod that wliat the p@i.lot had 'thought that the
distant 'Flar( s were rtdar guidc.,(l mi.ssi I(,s. As a note, Chctff is
oiily good foi- radar seet@irig missiles, wl-k!Lcli the flares wei-(., not..
We (.@c)ntii-iued to the battle ;iositioti-
Oji(:.? tie rearl-it-d the fi-oi-kt tines we i-iotired a big scrknilDlL- of
Bra(iJ.L,ys and till (Abrams) t.%nls firirig to the east. They didn't
al3p(?ar to be in any order. We came over them and then back to
up a battle position to -the Southeast. We slowed to a
sixty foot 1-iover over the III tanks and ti-ie Bradleys. We had
Our gttn-, and sights pointing to the southeast, searching for
esifatny vehicles (this was at grid I:,U 711,11cO). It wk-, still
raiiiing. I saw droplets of rain on my windscreen. Good
conditions for Apaches: the enemy couldn't see us, but we could
see them. It gave us quite the advantage. Plus, with the rxin,
we were not kicking up sand with our rotor wash that would
normally allow the enemy to see us- For the next 15 minutes it
r radio range, ILT Nick
E',nc,lsc)n tnd S(zT Ray Will,-.inson circlp@ their OH-58 a few
kilometers to our west to relay our messages to our Battalioi-i
IOC). We could see hotspoCiK downrange tnd even burning
vehicles, but couldn't idei-iti-fy ai-kythi.nq as enemy or friendly
of the rain. Eventually, RoAcly--6 Came on t@iL* rxcjio %nci
'lol(J its tie were clear to fire the vehicles that were in ti-ie
vici.nity of the burning T--72 (Iraqi tank) downrange. At th@it
point we started pumping off Hell-fires (missiles) and rockets at
i.hc- targets downrange. I remember one Fiellfire shot where CW3
,.Iim Kelly and WCI Steve Lee fired a Hellfire right over the tol:)
of t ItrAdILy fighting vehicle (while at a 31 foot hover to the
i-(,,%r of that Bradley). The Brkdl(-y crew was so 1-iappy to
ttT@ llily threw t vigorous thLtmbs-Ltp to the Apache crew as the?
ll(,J 11 i r(, blasted of f.
,'.I klit, time that we were engaging tti(-@ enemy, itierc, were
to our i-igi-it side and 13etweei-i aircraft. During the
the Bradleys to our right side and those to our rc.-ar
f,it-(@d tlieii- cannons next to and I:)etween our ApAches.. They were
.@iriti(j trkcc.,r rounds L)etweevi Our canopies downrange. At onc,
I)c)iiit., [ asked CW" McNamara to slide left. The rounds looked
I I-(- they were a bit 100 CIOSC' to OtAr canopy. At that point,, we
;.j(,i-L, more afraid of ti-ie Bradley fire than the enemy at that
ose.
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Document 269 f:/Week-28/BX001301/OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL/3ad history of operation desert storm and spear:0816961333481
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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-28
Box ID = BX001301
Unit = 3D AD
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL
Folder Seq # = 4
Subject = 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date = 18-JUL-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 16-AUG-1996