History, Politics And Current Affairs

How quickly one forgets.... No doubt SECDEF had CENTCOM, once Powell became President, wargame options for Iraq, including the "Minimum" force option (OIF's Drive to Baghdad, basically, with its shortcomings). and one would expect that the current CINC-CENT has had Tampa send him an overvi...

All right, a new chapter. BZ as usual, and so to business: One way to get around the cease-fire re: Africa... The Navy aircrew and Marines were no doubt hoping to get redeployed elsewhere, but a "Training and Advisory" mission... And no doubt the P-3s and MIM-120s are "On loan" u...

Just caught up on several chapters. Good work. Just how much of the Faw Peninsula have the Iranians taken at this point? I ask because at some point very soon, even accounting for extended-range shells, the New Jersey is going to become just a long VLS nest as the front moves beyond the range of he...

And the last target:

And another day in the KTO: The morning of 28 May dawned bright and hazy, as usual, as another flying day began. The first package on the cats was led by VA-115's Skipper, CDR Compton. He took four A-6s, four Golden Dragons Hornets, two Freelancers Tomcats, and the usual VAQ-136 Prowler to the Shayk...

There were some proposals kicked around at March, but the needs of the G/H force with what they had available: aircraft needed for nuclear alert, EASTERN EXPRESS missions, and even replacement crew training meant the airframes couldn't be upgraded. They were just too badly needed.

They did. SAC liked having Ds with the Big Belly mods to put 108 500-lb bombs on target.

56th IB needs an artillery battalion: there should be a few NG or Reserve 155 battalions from which a battalion could be sent to attach to the brigade.

You do mean Western Czechoslovakia.... That does remind me once again: after a CVW-5 update, the Battles of An Nasiriya and Al Khidhr will be covered. CENTCOM will be encountering Soviet ground forces in Iraq, with the political fire to follow. First, I do have to wargame them out. GDW's Sands of Wa...

Good start for the next series. BZ as usual, and so to business: Moving north of the DMZ in Korea... the Norks will, as usual, fight very hard. 25th ID and the ROKs are finding that out. Lucy Hargraves is now a Sergeant. Not unusual, and not unexpected. Now, what did the Gurkhas leave her unit? A co...

Good riddance to bad rubbish… By the way, where did Carson serve out the rest of the War? Glasgow AFB, Montana. It was a SAC base until the 1970s, then closed. TAC arrived in 1985, and postwar, it was extensively upgraded for SAC again. Carson went to Minot, where they finally had the court-martial.

Yes. That will be coming shortly.

The Soviets picked up the redeployment from the UK to the States. Some of the "Peace" types who occasionally picketed the base were found out to be assets for the Soviets, along with other sources like satellite recon and scanning the media.

Last run of the day, and no, the crews don't like this one.... Over North-Central Texas: 1600 Hours Central War Time: In 512, Major Wiser was seething. Corvette Flight had just come off the tankers and was preparing to get down low for their ingress into enemy territory when AWACS called. “Corvette ...

There may not be a single successor to Saddam when BORIS is executed, but there may be two or three who might be willing to form a government that would be more...receptive to Soviet advice. (the Battles of Al Khidir and An Nasiriya have yet to be told, where Soviet forces fight alongside the Iraqi...

They do have some ideas, There's a few people in the RCC, who, despite being sycophants and yes-men at RCC meetings, are good at what they do. One who could play a role is Tariq Aziz: the former Foreign Minister and TTL, Deputy Prime Minister. He's well educated, speaks English fluently, and is well...

I'll agree with James' analysis. The Soviets are more limited in their support for Iraq as they can only fly in what they can via the air corridor over Eastern Turkey. There may not be a single successor to Saddam when BORIS is executed, but there may be two or three who might be willing to form a g...

The 335th goes to Fairchild AFB, just in time for Armistice Day.. Armistice Day and Beyond Laredo AFB, TX: 12 October, 1989, 1000 Central War Time Even though it was nearly Mid-October, it was still hot in Laredo, as it was in much of Texas. The state had been devastated by the war, and in many area...

Agreed. He would've been involved in war-crimes prosecutions as well as going after anyone accused of collaborating in a POW camp.

The idea was to have 4-6 ASW helos (SH-2 and later, SH-60).