Back To Page 9 I set to ripple off all four of the bombs I carry in one pass and rest the CCIP pipper on the bridge. “Bombs away!” “One’s off to the southeast!” “Shack! One, that’s a kill!” Just then, my SPO-15 blared a warning! “SAM launch! Sacha, break left, now! Two in hot!” […]
Back To Page 10 Vasily bore in on his target while I frantically evaded the incoming missile. “Rockets away!” “Cobra 412. I see the launcher. In hot!” The Su-25 rolled in, grimly seeking the launcher as I extracted from the target area. There was no need, in my mind, to endanger our forces further, and I […]
Back To Page 8 It is my turn, now. I switch to zem-lya ground attack mode and center my CCIP cursor over the bridge. “Viper lead, in hot!” A muffled curse from Vasily, and grunting, as he carried out a hi-G maneuver. “There’s a SAM down there! SAM launch!” As I rolled into my bomb run, I […]
Back To Page 7 I release APP-50 combined chaff-flare cartridges and push the aircraft vertical, my throttles against their stops. Green tracers spray beneath me. “One off to the southeast! They knew we were coming!” “Nyet, Sacha, I think they were just in the right place at the right time. I see him. Two […]
Back To Page 6 The Su-25 flight leader tells his wingman to break for target. They are on their attack run. “Cobra 411. I have an enemy convoy on the road making for the bridge!” “I see it.” This from the wingman. “And there are vehicles on the bridge, this is their advance guard! We’re too […]
Back To Page 5 I am worried about the possibility of Georgian interceptors in the area. Although GCI has given us no such warning, I feel it is better safe than sorry. I initialize my N019 radar, slip into DVB Scan mode, and key into the GCI datalink. Instantly, I see the silhouettes of […]
Back To Page 4 “Viper 711, clear to take off. Good luck, Sacha!” I acknowledge, and firewall the throttles. This is not normal procedure for Russian pilots; this is somewhat showy and wasteful of fuel. However, our target is close, I am carrying an external tank, and it is good to fly again! Vasily […]
Back To Page 3 I climb the ladder, and Kulikov’s men snug me into the tight cockpit. You do not step into a MiG, not really; rather, you pull it on over you like you do your VKK-15 coveralls! They pull tightly on the IPS-72 harness, to ensure that I will not bounce around […]
Back To Page 2 Arriving at the operations center, we both sprinted inside, into the Commander’s office. There, our Commander, a lean, wiry man with a grey crew-cut and intense blue eyes, intently studied a map spread across his conference table. With him were two pilots in flight gear, one a major, one a […]
Back To Page 1 I never expected that we actually would fight the Georgians. We have never been completely peaceful allies since our glorious Soviet Union fell, but only four years ago I watched in horror as a flight of Georgian Su-25 attack aircraft committed suicide, dashing themselves against the immovable wall of an […]
by Cat Prelude It has been about five years since the first fictional piece I wrote for SimHQ starring Alexandra Dmitrieva Andreeva, known to her friends and family as “Sacha”, and detailing her adventures in an alternate world where the War on Terror included an Islamic takeover of an autonomous area in Georgia, a war with […]
Back To Page 3 And, since it really addresses most of the weapons that the AI in the Third Wire series are truly capable of using, I chose the Mirage Factory Weapons Pack for that reason and for the simple fact that it simply looks much better than the models provided in the stock […]
