Aviation Assets.

[Abbott Shaull]

Hearing the local Coast Guard Helo fly by had me thinking.

What would the US or for that fact any NATO member would have in actual usable helos. I know the US Divisional Aviation Brigade has been quite enlarged, by moving assets from upper levels down and new units.

Yet, in the t2k original time-line. Would there be enough left around, especially in Europe to be of much use. I do understand the Middle East assets having a large number of them left, then again with the 101st Air Assault and 6th Air Combat Cavalry Brigade accounted for the large number still in operational use by both units after Army helos were consolidated into those two units.

Yet, in Europe and Korea, we don't get any information on if there any that are still operational at any level, at least from the modules. I know there were air modules in the Challenge Magazine. Also in Krakow there was 1 Helo. From what I have seen of helo compliment at Pact Divisional level and losses this wouldn't seem too far fetch. I mean they make a big deal of giving AFV info even if they M728 CEV or LAV-75, but only give helos to 6th ACCB and 101st. I am sure there are more helos in Europe than that, granted fuel was the main problem, but somewhere I am sure someone would try to consolidate them into such units as the pre-war 11th and 12th Aviation Brigade and scrounging up what every they could find for fuel....

So as GM are we to assume that most Helos have been consolidated at some level above Division or are there too few to even worry about. Yeah, I know their is limit supply of fuel for them, but I still find hard to believe that even the limited Offensive of 2000, that NATO didn't try to get something of operational unit to support the 3rd German Army at least even if they didn't have enough to give assets to Corps levels.

I do know Grae had the 5th Mechanized down to few aircraft that were grounded due to lack of fuel for the most part.

Any thoughts.