beachav8r Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) This mission approximates a strike that occurred later during the air war when Saddam Hussein, in an act of desperation, opened the oil manifolds that pump crude oil to ships waiting at an oil loading terminal off the coast of Kuwait. Instead of pumping the crude oil into ships, the oil was spewing into the Gulf, creating an enormous environmental disaster. War planners were tasked with coming up with a plan to stop the oil from flowing. After careful consideration, a strike against the pumping station that provided the positive pressure to the pipeline was slated. The strike was performed by F-111s using electro-optically guided GBU-15 bombs. Codenamed "Duck Mission", the strike was ultimately successful in stopping the flow of oil into the Gulf.I utilized Fastcargo's awesome F-111 Super Vark Pack (Version 2.4) in order to get the LGBs I used in the mission. I could not find an EO capable bomb such as the GBU-15, so I went with GBU-16s instead.Heading north over the Gulf on the short flight to the island housing the pump station...The skies south of Kuwait are quiet as the coalition air cover pushes all enemy activity to the north...Soon the ground mapping radar starts to pick up the island...At around 30 miles out, we transition from low level to 15,000' and turn on the ECM gear...I select the GBU-16/B and the "Pave Penny" locks on to the target building...At about five miles out, I hit the pickle button twice, sending two one-thousand pounders on the way...For good measure I order my wingmen to attack as well. About 15 seconds later my bombs hit..followed a few second later by my wingman's...It looks like we nuked the island! There is not a peep from the RWR and the entire mission was uncontested.I drag the flight down to low level and exit the direction we came. Wingman #3 screams past the smoking wreckage of the facility...The mission is an easy success. The F-111 is another awesome aircraft that saw action in the Gulf War and a personal favorite. I'm sure we'll see more F-111 action in future AARs.BeachAV8R Edited March 28, 2014 by beachav8r 2 Quote
KJakker Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Nice mission report. Odd that you don't have any GBU-15's. I just checked and "Desert Storm Part 1 For SF2 1.0" has six different variants of the GBU-15 in it. Quote
beachav8r Posted March 28, 2014 Author Posted March 28, 2014 Can mods change thread titles? I mistaken labeled this one Mission 04 and it supposed to be Mission 05.. Doh! Quote
+Fubar512 Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Can mods change thread titles? I mistaken labeled this one Mission 04 and it supposed to be Mission 05.. Doh! Done. 1 Quote
beachav8r Posted March 28, 2014 Author Posted March 28, 2014 Done. Damn..impressive level of service and speed. With that said..uh..can a mod please deposit one million dollars into my Paypal account? * It was worth a try... BeachAV8R 1 Quote
+Fubar512 Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Damn..impressive level of service and speed. With that said..uh..can a mod please deposit one million dollars into my Paypal account? * It was worth a try... BeachAV8R Sure....do you take Confederate dollars? Quote
+Baltika Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Great AARs, Beach Have had my head stuck in some RL c*** for a while, you are reminding me why simming in general , and SF2 in particular, is so great. Thanks, man Quote
beachav8r Posted March 29, 2014 Author Posted March 29, 2014 Sure....do you take Confederate dollars? LOL..I thought you were going to offer me pre-Gulf War Iraqi Dinars (someday they will be worth a fortune I tell ya!) Quote
Centurion-1 Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 I like the F-111, would be awesome if some skinner would give new 4096x4096 textures though *wink wink* Yes, I am obsessed with high-res skins at the moment Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.