April 2020: VFA-14 Tophatters:
Based on the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) navigating Gulf of Dhimar in multinational "Operation Dragonbreath".
Our mission is to help Dhimar counter the increassing terrorist attacks, neighbouring Paran is in deep turmoil and there have been repeated attacks against border cities, some of them even including APC and targetting our troops in the ground.
During early morning we got a call from USMC troops, codename Ravagers, while on foot patrol they got ambushed by enemy APC's and infantry squads in the market of the town.As QRA aircraft we are sent to deal with the threat and help the marines in the close quarters of the city.
The bad guys...
At the carrier deck
We were launched with a heavy load, so we need to refuel on the way to the coast.
After the refuel, we head to the coast, apporaching Moshak
Marines are heavy pressed, and we start picking our targets in the streets of the city
JDAM away.
The USAF boys are heavy at work as well.
Rifle:
Shack!
Our job is paying in gold, but we're getting fired as well.
But now the enemy is in full retreat, the marines were able to disengage, and the help is on the way...
Is now time to get back to the carrier.
Circling...
busy deck.
And parked, time for some late breakfast.
The mission was a total succes, killed 3 BTR60 and 2 BTR 152, the USAF killed some guys on the ground, so I got this...
The mission was really fun, had to spend sometime designing it to have everything in place, but it was both fun and entertaining, and above all I felt like a real pilot in a close quarter situation. I aligned each shot to avoid hitting buildings in the ground, and tried to follow all the procedures I read on real operations books. SF2 still has some great potential! During the flight I palyed a real firefight between US troops and talibans, so it was more realistic trying to save those guys on the ground.
Sorry for so much pics, hope you enjoyed.