A LOMAC Mission Report: The Tkvarcheli Train Robbery
A Lock On: Modern Air Combat Mission Report by Cat So, my friends, it is another day and again you find us here at Sochi after another sortie, for Muqtadeh is still out there and his plans for the freedom-loving Georgian people are nefarious. Things go badly for Muqtadeh, and we are pleased to be […]
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Back To Page 8 Returning to base I get vectored to final, throw down the gear, confirm 3-green, turn on the landing lights and place the master arm in OFF. On final I can see there is a bunch of wind from the left… …requiring me to crab well to the left to stay […]
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Back To Page 7 The first is a flight of J-7s (MiG-21), 4-ship and the second is a much more ominous J-11 (Su-27) 2-ship. With relatively clean racks (still have the multiple ejector racks and fuel tanks) and 4 missiles each I briefly consider taking on the air-to-air role and turn toward the J-11s. […]
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Back To Page 6 As we approach the coast I watch in disbelief as a missile arcs up in front of me. Seeing the relative motion and noting that my missile light and tone aren’t warbling I can tell the missile isn’t aimed at me. Indeed, the unfortunate target is one of the F-15C […]
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Back To Page 5 I continue in my hard RIGHT turn, pulling all the way around until I’m basically headed toward one of the egress waypoints. As I continue around to the right I can see the smoke billowing from both my strike and the attacks by my wingmen. That runway is definitely out […]
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Back To Page 4 As I reach the IP I roll into a hard left turn and start searching the horizon for the airfield. I slew the radar cursor so that it is resting squarely on the main runway, hit the designate button on my HOTAS and then order my wingmen to “ATTACK MY […]
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Back To Page 3 After a couple minutes we go feet-dry as the beach flashes below the cockpit rim. With the TFR giving me a smooth, undulating ride we flash by some high-rise buildings, no doubt startling the occupants, many of whom are looking DOWN at us! I decide to skirt a bit around […]
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Back To Page 2 The tower clears our flight for departure and I push the throttle to the stops and the afterburner kicks in as my wingman looks on. My heavily laden aircraft eats up runway and staggers into the air under the heavy load. Maybe the extra fuel wasn’t such a good idea! […]
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Back To Page 1 Recon imagery shows the airfield layout and runway heading. I have adjusted the inbound waypoint course (yellow arrow) to roughly correspond to the runway heading thus giving a fairly straight run-in from the IP. Intel reports the airfield is defended by light caliber weapons and the 227th Air Defense Battalion […]
OCA Strike: A Falcon 4 Air to Ground Mission Report
by Guest Writer Chris “BeachAV8R” Frishmuth This article is a sample of the ongoing Falcon 4 campaign mission reports being posted in the SimHQ Falcon 4 Forum and is representative of one of the many different mission types I’ve been flying. In order to prevent a disruption of the continuity of the campaign I’m currently flying and […]
A LOMAC Mission Report: Quit Toying With Him, Sacha! Page 7
Back To Page 6 I bring up BO3B return mode and vector for the ILS beacon. I do not look forward to this approach. It will be 100 percent socked in. I release Vasily at the beacon and am cleared for ILS approach in to runway 01. I descend through wet, gray cotton, breaking out […]
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Back To Page 5 “Do you see him, Vasily? Where is he?” “I have lost him, we were with our heads in the clouds too long…wait, is that a wing? Right side, Sacha, fast, he is there, descending in a left turn away from us.” “Can you get a radar lock?” “Nyet. This Turk is good.” […]