Oswald Bastable 0 Posted July 29, 2009 (edited) I didn't see any missions with B52s so I went and hacked one up. On their way downtown. They are suppose to hit the rail bridge but they seem to enjoy bombing residential areas instead. B52 Strike mission Edited July 29, 2009 by Oswald Bastable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted July 29, 2009 I modified the Going Downtown scenario in WoV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted July 31, 2009 Modified the mission a bit. I have two flights of the NV 923rd up intercepting immediately as three flights of the NV 921st rise up from their airfield. A flight of B52s is in route downtown after the SEAD and diversionary F-105D attacks. Download B52 Strike 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted August 1, 2009 Working on my B52 project, bombers appear right away with you behind them. Heading out of Laos Bombers in route "Downtown" Bombs just short of target, many civilians killed Photo Recon pass Egress, lots of Flak Ooops Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted August 1, 2009 Decided to change the mission time to dusk, bombers coming in from the sun. Mission file Download Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted August 1, 2009 Bombers were able to finally hit rail bridge in Hanoi. Interesting you can see the bomb shock waves because of the dusk lighting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsawan 624 Posted August 1, 2009 Nice, any chance for WOE especially anti-ship Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) Just focused on WoV at the moment. Hope to provide some full scale Linebacker missions eventually. Reading a copy of LINEBACKER: The Untold Story of the Air Raids over North Vietnam Karl J. Eschmann I'll probably try to modify the mission to play in '72 next, should be a lot a Air Defense. Two other flights of 105s are still on Strike mission. I'll probably change them into SEAD or Wild Weasel, Edited August 1, 2009 by Oswald Bastable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted August 4, 2009 On the Attack Air Battle Thud Ridge Check 6! Buffs over Thud Ridge Heading Home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+swambast 717 Posted August 4, 2009 At last, some good refreshing B52 Vietnam missions, great work and thanks man! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted August 10, 2009 Changed the mission to 1972, should be some flak over Hanoi You are F-4E escort for Austin, 4 cells of B52s. Two hunter-killer groups of F-4s & F-105s precede you in SEAD missions. Download Mission file Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted August 10, 2009 You need some B-52Gs from 1972 in there as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted August 10, 2009 Yes Dave I agree :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted August 10, 2009 Well I added some early B52Hs to the strike mission from a package in the downloads area. This isn't the newest B52s that Dave has been working on but I think he worked on this package in some capacity. Everything started out OK But then things got interesting... At first I thought the USAF Thunderbirds had hijacked my B52s but then I realized that they were doing evasive maneuvers and probably needed to be set up as individual planes instead of a twelve plane squadron. I thought some flak had gotten some of my Big Birds but closer look I realized two bombers had collided Of course all this jigging and jagging made a horrible bomb run Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted August 12, 2009 Updated B52 strike Backed up the SEAD missions and their escorts so everyone arrives over target more at the same time. Some of the enemy flights were flying low circles over their airfields. Tweaked them so that they get some alt. You start behind the bombers but you probably want to use the extra fuel in your tanks to AP to the front of the attack formations. Download file Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SandyC 2 Posted September 21, 2009 Brilliant pics, especially the spherical orange sunset and the pressure bursts! Spectacular air-to-air collision as well. I had the same problem with the Buffs jinking and weaving and cavortin' around the sky as well when I set up big Linebacker strikes. I am away from my games machine, so this is from memory. A while back when I was making those missions, someone gave me advice in these forums about how the real formations flew in Vietnam. If I remember correctly, he said the Buffs flew line astern with vertical gaps of 500 feet between them in cells of three to avoid jetwash effects. The first bomber was lowest and the third highest. By setting each bomber as a single ship, I was able to run in large, accurate formations that flew straight and level in the correct historical formation and walked the bombs across the target (in this case a NVN airfield). It was a bit of a pain but trial and error on KMD did the trick. A massed B52 strike is something majestic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks for the advice Sandy I use to enjoy in "European Air War" the large bomber formations. What a great flight sim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Navy81 1 Posted October 7, 2009 Every time I attempt to download the B-52 mission file (regardless of which one), I get the "page not found" screen. Do you have another location for the download? Thanks. Deke Navy81 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Spectre_USA 7 Posted October 7, 2009 All the pics are missing too. Lost interest in a couple of months, maybe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted October 9, 2009 Sorry changed my hosting When I get a chance this weekend I will repost some of the missions and pics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oswald Bastable 0 Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) I think I got all the links fixed with my new hosting Here is a new mission file, Its just you, the bombers and the enemy. The other SEAD flights with their escorts were chewing up the NVPAF. Link:B52 strike 8 Watch out without SEAD SAMS will be shooting One B52 hit by SAM Without SEAD escort Migs get some attacks in on B52s Mig kills B52 Edited October 12, 2009 by Oswald Bastable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites