Iraqi Tankers Never Knew the "Apache" Was Hunting in the Dark

Iraqi tank crews called the AH-64 Apache "it sees in the dark." Captured war diaries, field journals, and interrogation transcripts from the 1991 Gulf War reveal what Desert Storm looked like from inside Iraqi T-72s - crews who couldn't see, hear, or fight back against an enemy that hunted them with thermal imaging from miles away. This is the story of the Apache's first war told from the losing side, from the radar-killing opening strike of Task Force Normandy to the hundred-hour ground war, and how the lessons of 1991 came back at Karbala in 2003. Sources and further reading in the bibliography below. Bibliography: 1. Atkinson, R. "Crusade" (1993) 2. Bourque, S. "Jayhawk! The VII Corps in the Persian Gulf War" (2002) 3. Clancy, T. & Horner, C. "Every Man a Tiger" (1999) 4. Cordesman, A. & Wagner, A. "The Lessons of Modern War, Vol. IV: The Gulf War" (1996) 5. Bishop, C. "AH-64 Apache Units of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom" (Osprey, 2005) 6. Scales, R. "Certain Victory" (1993) 7. Woods, K. et al. "Iraqi Perspectives Project" (2006) 8. DoD. "Conduct of the Persian Gulf War" (1992) 9. 101st Airborne Division. Task Force Normandy after-action report (1991) 10. Hallion, R. "Storm Over Iraq" (1992) #DesertStorm #AH64Apache #GulfWar #MilitaryHistory #AttackHelicopter #TaskForceNormandy #ThermalImaging #IraqWar #Hellfire