Vietnam Ii: a War Novel Episode 3 (V2)
““Party in ten.” said U. S. Army 1st Lieutenant Abraham into his radio microphone as he fired Hellfire missiles into a PAV early warning radar site. His trigger pull launched Operation Jungle Storm. A split second after his missiles left the rail I pulled the trigger on our Apache’s weapons sending Hellfire missiles into the operations building. At 2:39 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1991, Lt. Abraham, the pilot of the lead AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, led a joint Army-Air Force strike team making a sec...ret, nocturnal attack on selected Vietnamese radar stations.
The Stealths that hit Hanoi got most of the press, but Apaches were the ones that fired the first shots of the war. Before the Stealths even crossed the border Task Force Normandy, consisting of a dozen helicopters including eight missile-firing Apaches with a ninth backup in case someone fell out, a combat rescue UH-60A Black Hawk for contingencies, and two Air Force MH-53J Enhanced Pave Low IIIs equipped with a terrain-following and global positioning navigation system to bring the attackers to their destination without mistake crossed the Vietnamese border. We were the first American military force in Vietnam since the end of V1.MoreLess
The Stealths that hit Hanoi got most of the press, but Apaches were the ones that fired the first shots of the war. Before the Stealths even crossed the border Task Force Normandy, consisting of a dozen helicopters including eight missile-firing Apaches with a ninth backup in case someone fell out, a combat rescue UH-60A Black Hawk for contingencies, and two Air Force MH-53J Enhanced Pave Low IIIs equipped with a terrain-following and global positioning navigation system to bring the attackers to their destination without mistake crossed the Vietnamese border. We were the first American military force in Vietnam since the end of V1.MoreLess
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