satishkumarcsc
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Thats why you need the LCH ASAP.
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Neutralising radar stations behind enemy lines using attack helicopters? Well the NATO can have that luxury as those helicopters will operate in an environment completely bereft of enemy air power or air defence except for the odd shoulder fired stuff. The total air dominance enjoyed by the US/NATO in Iraq or Afghanistan permits such use.
Pilots of the two flights, eight AH-64A Apache attack helicopters of 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) fired the first shots of Operation Desert Storm. Codenamed "Normandy", in remembrance of the 101st "Screaming Eagles" airborne operation during World War II, the dangerous mission consisted of simultaneous attacks designed to knock-out two key early-warning radar installations in western Iraq at precisely 0238 hours, 17 January 1991. Both radar sites, each hit by a team of four Apaches, were destroyed within a time span of 4.5 minutes. Each pilot's primary target became the secondary target for adjacent Apache team members.
The first combat mission of the Gulf War was launched at 1300 hours 17 January 1991 from a staging airfield in western Saudi Arabia, with the two teams of Apaches flying about 90 minutes to the two radar sites about 35 miles apart. The Apache crews observed a radio blackout until 10 seconds before unleashing up to 27 HELLIFRE missiles that destroyed 16 to 18 targets at each site. The near perfect mission opened a 20 mile wide corridor all the way into Baghdad, Iraq. Moments later, some 100 U.S. Air Force jets streaked across the border for an undetected bombing run on Baghdad that marked the start of Operation Desert Storm's punishing air war. By the end of the day 900 coalition aircraft passed through the corridor.

Because Army is just not satisfied with the commitment shown from AF Pilots in the time of need..In the last CLAWS seminar (when all hell broke out ), IA openly termed the Heli Pilots as "cowards - who did not want to go on tough missions" and wanted the tactical rotor wing under their control..
Re interoperability: This is the major hindrance in real time scenario..Army plans the operation and it takes a lot of time to convey the same and IAF ready to ferry the soldiers with equipment ..We all saw what this "interoperability" did in Kargil..
Spats are common everywhere dude,everyone preaches for the bigger chunk of the defence pie as well as their share of concerns to be addressed.Isn't that the whole point of strategies like the Cold Start,to find a point of convergence amongst the forces?It's better that the three branches start seeing eye to eye on issues rather than letting them do their own thing in isolation.
Kargil scenario is never going to play out again with Nishant,Heron,and searchers filling in the Army on recon data.The IAF did eventually step in and do it's job now didn't it?