Document Page: First | Prev | Next | All | Image | This Release | Search
File: 081996_jul96_decls1_0221.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
At tl-kat point, all of the Apaches, oi-ir.- by on%-. started callini7i
spot reports to ot.ti- lead @tircraft, (7f-11' Will.s. Yet, nobody roLt)(I
identify the vc@hicles, they were dit(i in or bILti-i-y or whatever.
We were between l@)C-)O and :['@00 metars- C,PI tklills asked us -for
grid coordinates of the vehicles downrange. We sent grids of-
ttic@ vehicles that wl*rc, only 400 -Lo I..'OO fncters east of the 73 14S
grid] irie. Within that ran(](, was An array of armor vehicles.
As we? call cl these grids 'Lo CF"r Will.s aircraft, he orderecl LIS
not to engage b(?cAtis(? the vc2lti(:Ie,s were too close to the 7:3
grielliric,. We continued moving @ast. Finally, when CW3 lIcNanizis-a
and I were only 982 (netc.-rs away, I heard W01 rripps and CW2
Hogtte, rtclio th@tt tl)ey haci @i positive ID on an MTLB (Irtqi troop
carrier) . We were at grid [:'U 725110. CW3 Crater came back and
said. "yott arc, clc@Ai- to firc.,." They fired a Hellfire and the
MTLB exl-jlodc,(i into fi-ag(neiits. TliL@n '. WOI liardy and CW2
Pct,iining-tc)n @rtric)ttric(-.,d th@.t,t ltic.?y had troops in the open. L@ead
said yot.t clear to fire.
They 'fired t piir of MPSII i-ocl,.Lts (MLtlii purpose sLtb-mLtnitions)
wliicl-i exploded in ti-ie air over the trooops and killed them. Then
a vehicle dc)wnrtnge turned a spotlight on and shined it on WOI
,e and (,W," Kelly (the hired Apache). Then it shone on WOI
Fribbs Vince f.Wt" tiOgLtC?. Th(,y immediately took evasive action to
the left. Fiiiilly, he(? sliotlightei- held his ligi-kt steady -for
sevc-@ra.1 ,(,conrJs on tW2 Ilic:llamztra and me.
I- ot- .1, m(ifn(li.t I io.ks Confused. T. (-oLtldn'-t tLI'l
going to rtic)c)-L At us 01- VLti-rendL'r. I callc-d
"I.(,ad" ((F'l to,ill@s) and st.:ttcd Ih,,tt "'i is getting spotlighted."
Lc,itcl was too busy to ,xriswc-,r. ']'hen CW2 McNainera took the gun
from me and using his HMD (@ielm(-t Mounted Display) looked at the
t;trget and firecj @-t,t it ic) suppress it. The spotlight went out.
I used Lli(, TADS (target arqLti-,itioi-i designation system), zoomed
i.ti c)ii ili(- t.,-,rci(@'i Aiscl -fi.rc,(l (nor(.' IlLtl-St. to ensure it was
d(@@tcl.
A)@ f-tv(- c-I Llic, Lc) engage targets in the, ir(-a
Lt'it.tj to,- '9 armored vehicles (mostly
ilie@ vc@tiicils were a mixture of
I-,(-?rs(ini-ik-I (,Arri(.-?rs, s,rr:-60s, T-55 (t@knks),
,itF,([ it rottlilc, cif tilli(it-riti'flC?Cl Ar,morc.?cl personnel carriers in the
vehicles,, as approximxtely
,(J@ it., with lii!@ 30(nrn- I never saw so many
r)c,c)r)lc.- r@Ltnriiricj @-,c) 1,-tst in fti>, li-fc-. Thc@y were running first to
ilic? @Rrfnoi-(,(i kli-ktil lic, L@iigkgc.,d and destroyed it (-iust as
iii(@y wc,i-c, 'tc) ttt(, vc,liiclc?).. ,.xnci Ltien away from it. An
to trader, from .'Lrl Apache .1'
Document Page: First | Prev | Next | All | Image | This Release | Search
Document 269 f:/Week-28/BX001301/OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL/3ad history of operation desert storm and spear:0816961333481
Control Fields 17
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