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                                 CAMPAIGN: CHAD/LIBYA



HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:


     In 1969, the ruling monarchy in Libya was overthrown by a group
of military officers led by an obscure Colonel and his secret army
organization.  This Colonel soon rose to unchallenged power through
assassination and intimidation.  The Colonel's name was Mu'ammar
al-Qadhaffi.  For years, Libya has been regarded as an international
pariah; indulging in military mis-adventures and supporting worldwide
terrorism.
     In the mid-eighties Qadhaffi ordered his military to attempt an
invasion of Chad to the south.  The annexation of Chad has long been
a major goal in his trans-Saharan ambitions.  t is Qadhaffi's dream
that all the Arab states (and any weaker non-Arab state nearby) would
be unified into an Arab super-power with himself , of course, as it's
leader and Tripoli as it's capital.  This unification would be
pursued by force if need be.  His adventure in Chad would not prove
fruitful for Qadhaffi.  Chad had a powerful ally: France.   France
has had ties with Chad since its colonial days and was not ready to
see it absorbed by it's northern neighbor.  Eventually, logistics
proved Qadhaffi's undoing.  The long land supply route through the
desert proved difficult to protect and he did not have access to the
proper aircraft to supply his forces by air.  After weeks of bitter
fighting, he was forced to cede the battle and withdraw his forces
back across the border.  However, Qadhaffi is nothing if not
persistent.  He also had learned an important lesson.  In the years
since he has been using his countries large oil revenues to quietly
amass the guns, tanks, and planes that he might need in the future,
and storing them in sealed, revetted warehouses.
     It is almost certain that Qadhaffi had other intentions besides
political.  Chad is a country rich in mineral wealth.  Some of that
wealth, it turns out, is in the form of Uranium ore.  Uranium is an
ore that is sorely lacking in any of the territories that Libya now
controls, and one that Qadhaffi has found exceedingly difficult to
acquire through other channels.  It is therefore plainly apparent
that it is in the best interests of not only the Western nations in
general, but in the United States interests in particular, that Chad
remain outside of Libyan control.



CAMPAIGN RATIONALE:

     After years of waiting patiently for his moment, Qadhaffi is
once again ready to step into the international spotlight.  He has
accumulated quite an impressive arsenal, much of it from former
republics of the Soviet Union.  It is also rumored that Libya had
invited Russian nuclear scientist and ex-Soviet military personnel
come come and serve as highly paid advisors and trainers.
     It would appear that money talks.  Libya has acquired everything
from MiG-29's to TU-22's, and the hard currency starved Russia is
only too glad to contract for the training of his pilots.  With the
forces of the United States and other Western nations spread out in
the various hot spots that have erupted since the end of the cold
war, Qadhaffi feels the time is right to make another try for Chad.
     In a desert country such as Libya, it is impossible to keep
large troop movements a secret.  When Qadhaffi's army began massing
on the border the U.S. quickly deployed a small expeditionary force
to the area.  It was hoped that this emergency deployment would be
enough to cause Qadhaffi to hesitate and give the European allies
time to mobilize and send additional troops to augment.   This
Support however, has not materialized.  Preoccupied with their own
regional conflicts and economic troubles, the European politicians
realized that they just didn't have the political capital for such an
effort.  Even France has elected to sit this one out, reasoning that
the U.S., now committed, would add what ever troops necessary to
avoid a humiliating defeat.
     The French politicians may or may not have been correct.  The
President is also under many of the same domestic pressures.  His
allies in Congress have told them that there is simply no support for
a larger commitment of troops.  The deployment is not popular in the
States and characterizations of "quagmire" and "Vietnam" have been
tossed around.  It is in this environment of political chaos that
Qadhaffi decides to cast the die and hurl his army and air force at
the numerically weaker American force.
   Your squadron has only been in country for two weeks.  You are
still operating from a temporary highway airstrip until host nation
forces can prepare a more suitable airfield.  You must hold firm
against the Libyan assault.  If U.S. forces take too heavy of
casualties too early, public opinion might force the President into a
humiliating withdrawal, leaving Qadhaffi to continue into Chad
virtually unopposed.
     Desperate situations call for desperate measures.  The U.S. has
adopted a strategy of dropping Airborne troop far behind enemy lines
in order to capture and hold certain key positions.  The goal of this
strategy is to force Qadhaffi to divert forces from the frontal
attack in order to contain these pockets of resistance.  It is hoped
that this will stall the Libyan advance.  However it is vital that
Air superiority be achieved so that these positions can be supplied
by air.  Without sufficient supplies and support these vulnerable
outpost will be crushed.  Command is gambling alot on your boys
ability to rule the sky.  Our superior air power is about our only
advantage here.
      You and your men have got your job cut out for you on this one.  Good
luck, and good hunting.