New scenario for testing: A failed union, 1994
Posted: Wed May 20, 2026 6:32 pm
Hello everyone, I've got a new scenario for you to test. The scenario depicts the air war during the first day of the 1994 Yemeni civil war.
Scenario description:
Officially, Yemen united on the 22nd of May 1990 when the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), led by Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), led by Ali Salem al-Beidh, officially united.
But after years of negotiations, there were still major rifts between the Northerners and Southerners. As a result of this, despite earlier agreements, the Northern and Southern militaries never merged.
During the unification process, the Southerners felt increasingly politically and economically marginalized.
In August 1993, former PDRY leader Ali Salem al-Beidh left for Aden. During the unification talks, it was decided that three brigades of the southern army would be stationed in northern Yemen, and two northern brigades would be deployed in the south.
Because of the breakdown in negotiations, Beidh attempted to recall the southern brigades from the north but was refused by Saleh, and the Northern Republican Guard surrounded the southern brigades.
After numerous small-scale clashes between these units, the southern brigades were ordered to extract themselves to the South.
This resulted in a major confrontation between the southern 3rd Armored Brigade and northern forces around Amran and a series of smaller clashes between the 25th Armored Brigade and the northerners around Dhamar.
In the end, only a battalion of the 3rd Armored Brigade managed to reach Aden, and the 25th Armored Brigade was further surrounded.
Following these clashes, the southerners started planning to destroy the northern units deployed in the south. They decided that air superiority was required to complete this operation, and the PDRYAF was ordered to prepare an aerial offensive against the YARAF and various leadership and economic targets in the North.
V1.2 changes:
- Added scoring tresholds
- Added markers for cities
- Cleared log
- Grouped PDRY ground forces
- Fixed some spelling errors.
Scenario description:
Officially, Yemen united on the 22nd of May 1990 when the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), led by Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), led by Ali Salem al-Beidh, officially united.
But after years of negotiations, there were still major rifts between the Northerners and Southerners. As a result of this, despite earlier agreements, the Northern and Southern militaries never merged.
During the unification process, the Southerners felt increasingly politically and economically marginalized.
In August 1993, former PDRY leader Ali Salem al-Beidh left for Aden. During the unification talks, it was decided that three brigades of the southern army would be stationed in northern Yemen, and two northern brigades would be deployed in the south.
Because of the breakdown in negotiations, Beidh attempted to recall the southern brigades from the north but was refused by Saleh, and the Northern Republican Guard surrounded the southern brigades.
After numerous small-scale clashes between these units, the southern brigades were ordered to extract themselves to the South.
This resulted in a major confrontation between the southern 3rd Armored Brigade and northern forces around Amran and a series of smaller clashes between the 25th Armored Brigade and the northerners around Dhamar.
In the end, only a battalion of the 3rd Armored Brigade managed to reach Aden, and the 25th Armored Brigade was further surrounded.
Following these clashes, the southerners started planning to destroy the northern units deployed in the south. They decided that air superiority was required to complete this operation, and the PDRYAF was ordered to prepare an aerial offensive against the YARAF and various leadership and economic targets in the North.
V1.2 changes:
- Added scoring tresholds
- Added markers for cities
- Cleared log
- Grouped PDRY ground forces
- Fixed some spelling errors.
And the northernmost brigade is just there for show, as I couldn't find any info about them being attacked during the start of the war.
