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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = 1997 Sable Conflict
| partof      = 
| image       = [[File:1997Sable.jpg|500px]]

| caption     = '''Top left''': Notreceauen [[Prévoyance Portée]] combat aircraft conduct close air support operations in defense of the encircled [[5e Brigade d'Infanterie de Montagne]] outside of [[Sable]]. '''Top right''': Notreceauen infantry from the 14e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins, 5e Brigade d'Infanterie de Montagne during the Battle for Sable/ '''Bottom left''': Aisling [[Cazadores]] from the [[Cazadores|2nd Cazador Battalion]], [[Second Division (Temuair)|Second Division]] advancing towards Notreceauen positions outside of Sable. '''Bottom right''': An Aisling [[Olheiros|Olheiro]] {{wpl|Forward air control|forward air controller}} observing the Sable Gap.  
| date        = May 1, 1997 - August 31, 1997 ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days |month1=5 |day1=1 |year1=1997 |month2=8 |day2=31 |year2=1997}})
| place       = [[Temuair|Aisliong]] - [[Notreceau|Notreceauen]] border within the [[Vi Castis Mountains]] 
| result      = [[Sable]] reverts from {{wpl|De facto|''de facto''}} Notreceauen control to full Aisling control.
| combatant1  = {{Flag|Temuair}} 
| combatant2  = {{Flag|Notreceau}}
| commander1  = {{Flagicon|Temuair}} [[List of Aisling Emperadors|Lino Avila]] <br> {{Flagicon|Temuair}} [[Nataniel Godoy]] <br> {{Flagicon|Temuair}} [[Tomás Cabana]] <br> {{Flagicon|Temuair}} [[Antón Mira]] <br> {{Flagicon|Temuair}} [[Román Rengel]]
| commander2  = {{Flagicon|Notreceau}} Hector Tremblay <br> {{Flagicon|Notreceau}} Simon Duguay <br> {{Flagicon|Notreceau}} Edmond Béringer
| strength1   = {{Flagicon|Temuair}} '''Initial''': 21,000 <br> '''Peak''': 36,000
| strength2   = {{Flagicon|Notreceau}} '''Initial''': 6,550 <br> '''Peak''': 31,400
| casualties1 = {{Flagicon|Temuair}} 1,412 killed <br> 3,142 wounded <br> 53 captured 
| casualties2 = {{Flagicon|Notreceau}}
| casualties3 =  X civilians killed 
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}}

The '''1997 Sable Conflict''' was an {{wpl|war|armed conflict}} fought from May 1 until August 31, 1997, between the armed forces of [[Temuair]] and [[Notreceau]]. The combat was generally confined to the area around the town of [[Sable]], a border town between the two nations located in the [[Vi Castis Mountains]]. The conflict was ended on August 31, 1997, when the government of Notreceau agreed to turn over control of Sable to Temuair, which is known by the Aislings as Sabaiza. 

==Background==

The town of Sabaiza was taken by Notreceauen forces during the [[Third Peninsular War]] as they advanced through the Vi Castis Mountains and into Temuair proper. Through the following decades, Temuair launched a series of operations to retake lost territory, including the [[Fourth Peninsular War]] from 1955 - 1960, <something in the late 60's and early 70s>, [[Operation: Firefly]] in 1985, each time regaining some, but not all, of its territory lost during the Third Peninsular War. Following the end of hostilities during Operation: Firefly, the town remained under Notreceauen control, and was officially referred to by its Notreceauen name: Sable.

==Order of battle==
===Aisling Forces===
* [[Grupobatalla Godoy]] 
** [[Alpinoes|3/1 Alpino Para-Rifle Battalion]] 
** [[Alpinoes|3/2 Alpino Para-Rifle Battalion]] 
** [[Alpinoes|3/3 Alpino Para-Rifle Battalion]] 
* Remaining battalions of the [[Alpinoes|1st Alpino Brigade]] 
* [[Second Division (Temuair)|2nd Division]] 
* [[Cazadores|2nd Cazador Battalion]]
* Elements of the [[Olheiros|1st Olheiros Battalion]]
* [[21st Bombardment Wing]] 
* [[18th Fighter Wing]]
* [[6th Fighter Wing]]
* [[3rd Tactical Fighter Wing|3rd Fighter Wing]]

===Notreceauen Forces===


==Timeline of events==
===Perpetration===

The initial battle plan called for one parachute battalion, the [[Alpinoes|3/2 Alpino Para-Rifle Battalion]] to be supported by a squad of [[Olheiros]] and the [[Cazadores|2nd Cazador Battalion]] after the initial landing, with the reaming forces of the [[Second Division (Temuair)|2nd Division]] pushing across the border and linking up with the parachute forces. The use of {{wpl|air assault}} forces were not considered due to the towns extreme elevation, and the problems inherent with operating helicopters at high altitudes.  However, reconnaissance activity conducted by the [[Imperial Air Force of Temuair]] and members of the Cazador team selected to insert across the border at the start of the operation, determined that there was a full brigade operating in the area around Sable, as opposed to the regiment initially anticipated. 

With this discovery, the plan was modified to include three parachute battalions, all drawn from the involved Aplino brigades. An {{wpl|ad hoc}} {{wpl|Kampfgruppe|grupobatalla}} or battle group, was formed and included the [[Alpinoes|3/1 Alpino Para-Rifle Battalion]], [[Alpinoes|3/2 Alpino Para-Rifle Battalion]] and [[Alpinoes|3/3 Alpino Para-Rifle Battalion]] of the [[Alpinoes|1st Alpino Brigade]]. [[Grupobatalla Godoy]] was commanded by ''Coronel'' [[Nataniel Godoy]], the brigade commander of the 1st Alpino Brigade. Due to the high and varied elevation of the town, and the limited confines of the anticipated landing zone, it was decided that only infantry would be dropped into the town, as there was an extremely high chance that any airborne combat vehicles dropped could land off target in the valley below or worse, be destroyed on landing by the rough terrain.

===Initial attacks===

The initial assault against Notreceauen forces began at 0330 am local time. Pathfinders from the [[Olheiros |1st Olheiros Battalion]] had been infiltrated across the border into the area surrounding Sable through the previous week. Their mission was to locate and {{wpl|Laser designator|designate}} targets for destruction prior to the initiation of a parachute assault against Sable proper. The Olheiros were to pinpoint and designate {{wpl|surface-to-air missile}} sites and Notreceauen {{wpl|radar|early warning radar}} instillation before converging on Sable to direct airstrikes against targets in the town and to assist the Aisling parachute forces in ultimately securing the town. 

The initial airstrikes were carried out by [[Athar A-3 Sombra|Athar LA-3 Sombra]] aircraft from the [[18th Fighter Wing]]. The {{wpl|stealth aircraft|stealth}} {{wpl|attack aircraft}} were able to avoid detection by the remaining Notreceauen radar instillations and destroyed approximately 85% of their designated targets. 

In an attempt to provide further protection for the transport aircraft ferrying the parachute forces, a diversionary air attack was launched at 0445 local time from [[Bieito-Cambra Imperial Air Force Base]] in [[Piet]] by the [[21st Bombardment Wing]] and escorted by fighters from the [[6th Fighter Wing]]. The [[Parada-Vara B-5 Jaguar|Parada-Vara B-5A]] bombers and their escort of [[Athar L-5 Víbora|Athar L-5F]] fighters were directed to launch a large scale attack against Notreceauen Air Force installations in and around [[Passerville]], as well as the Notreceauen naval facility in Passerville. It was hoped this maneuver would draw a large response from the Notreceauen defenders, and thereby give the transports a good chance of reaching their target without being intercepted. 

The aircraft transporting Grupobatalla Godoy took off from Bieito-Cambra Imperial Air Force Base at 0515 hours and, escorted by fighters from the [[3rd Tactical Fighter Wing|3rd Fighter Wing]], moved towards the airspace above Sable.

===Parachute landings and the Battle of Sable===
[[File:MBAS-1.jpg|thumb|left|Coronel Nataniel Godoy and the Tenente Coronel [[Antón Mira]] from ''Grupobatalla'' Godoy ]]

===Encirclement of the 5e Brigade d'Infanterie de Montagne and the defense of Sable===

===Notreceauen counterattack===

===Ceasefire===

==Outcome and aftermath== 

[[Category: Temuair]]
[[Category: Notreceau]]
[[Category: Wars in Pardes]]