Lt. James Cater

http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268927234/gallery_18150_399_71633.jpg 20SEP79 Embarassing! Two of us make an unopposed low level run on the target and miss with 5 SnakeEyes each! Gunned down two MIG- 21s as we were forming up to head home but still, we failed in our primary mission. Looks like dive bombing from now on.

A Porter basically keeps the place clean. Ashtrays, bottles, trash, bathrooms, sweeping, mopping, wiping, etc, etc. On graveyard shift you do more detailed work so as to get things ready for the next rush of guests. On my team you can be expected to high dust(10-40 feet in the air cleaning), deep clean bathrooms (From ceiling to the grout, all in one shift), wax jobs on corridors, Powerwashing outside walls and valet areas( all night in the dead of winter), shampooing carpet in casinos, deep cleaning multioffice areas (vents to carpets, all in one shift), deep cleaning the restarants(ceiling to carpet, mostly in one shift) as well as a few other things i can't readily think of at the moment. We also have to do a few things that is not even close to our departments job turf, but to make an example of their inability to get the job done. Just last week i came out of a three week stretch of stripping, prepping and waxing service corridors. We had many hassles and one of my crew beat the hell out of someone who dared walk across one of our freshly waxed but still not quite dry floors.

Pungent Stench-Been Caught Buttering

Just got in a few minutes ago from a meeting at work. The entire Porter department at the Hotel/Casinos here at the Nevada/Southern California border were told that their positions were being outsourced today except for a small specialized Team that does all the worst, most intense, dirtiest, sometimes near impossible jobs. I happen to be one of the 5 guys in the Team and we aren't affected in the least. I'm pretty well known in the company for my extremely profane agressive trash talking when the Teams' performance or even existence was questioned. A few times i would mention (loudly) that we were the quite simply the best in the company and anyone not with us wasn't worth a damn to do anything but the most routine tasks. So much for others looking down on Elitism!

http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268927234/gallery_18150_399_82151.jpg http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268927234/gallery_18150_399_45861.jpg http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268927234/gallery_18150_399_89651.jpg http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268927234/gallery_18150_399_70216.jpg http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268927234/gallery_18150_399_57512.jpg 18/19SEP79 So this is my new campaign. The first was a rather cut and dried mission. I'm still peeved at my wingman getting outmanuvered and shot down. The mission on the 19th was a doozy! Took off on a Recce mission with Pilot Officer Clive Spence. The weather was beautiful and we plotted the course with hunting for the enemy before turning for home. The Recce run was no big deal, we flew low and noted some Soviet AAA in the area that was no threat to us. What was enticing was a big fight about 50 miles away due west of the target area and a bogie that was not too far away from us and headed north west from the same place were were going. As soon after we turned to follow the bogie, the action started. First off, it was a major surprise when a flash of light behind me got my attention. Apparently, Spence, who was behind me after the turn was hit and exploded. At first i thought we flew over a gun position we didn't see but when i pulled the plane into a tight turn i could see a pair of MIG-21s. Tanks punched and into the enemy i go. After a few turns i noted two things. One-the MIGs split and it was one on one. Two- The one i was fighting was defensive and manuvered well to deny me a good sight picture. After a bursts i realized that it would be a waste of ammo with this guy and decided to see what would happen if i gave him an out. I broke and dove west as if i was running for home and he took the bait. He went off at high speed east as i whipped the plane around and selected a Sidewinder. I closed on him slowly but he had too big a head start and i was woried that if i went too far he would lead me to some SAM sites somewhere. So at 3.9 miles i got a good tone and let fly. I was hoping my speed would give the missle a boost and that's what most likely occured, it tracked the Mig down and got him. I was satisfied with that alone and so turned back west. By this time i knew that survivors from the brawl we were monitering on the radio would be coming this way and that's what happened. Got a number of choices and picked out a lone MIG-27. The fist gun run damaged him, couldn't get the angle on the second and so decided to dispatch him with a missle. I had to be a bit patient with him seeing as he was doing all he could to avoid being an easy target. At one point, he was in a slight climb and wings level so i fired and the missle tracked true. The next two kills were rather spectacular. Turing after the missle kill, a pair of Mig-27s went streaking by me at high speed. Pulling on their six at about mile and a half, i went full burner and dropped the nose to get more speed. Closing in, i fired a few short burst at the element leader and got him as i closed to within 400 meters. Furiously kicking the rudder, i put the sights on the wingman, fired and had to pull up hard to avoid the sudden disintergration of his aircraft. Reapeating the process with another 27, i ran out of ammo just as i got to the perfect range. Oh well,so back onto the planned course and back home. I didn't see weather Spence got out or not so they've listed him as MIA. Provided he did bail out and was ok, he was in a decent place to E and E.

Just dropped by to give a quick report on Peterson. He's flying a CF-5 for the RCAF in 1979 WOE and had a semi succesful first mission doing CAS over the Fulda gap. Got two MIG 21 gun kills after missing with the AIM-9s. Lost his wingman (who bailed out fine) and vows revenge! Screenshots and specific info next post.

http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268336756/gallery_18150_399_96395.jpg http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268336756/gallery_18150_399_46817.jpg For some reason i was on a roll with this guy and didn't want to jinx him so i was avoiding details until his tenth mission. Well, got distracted by concern for my fellow pilots in in a hazardous situation and was a sitting duck for a MIG-19. I got a new guy by the name of Paul Peterson. He should be flying Thuds in WOV Gold but don't quote me on that. I'll post his missions as they happen. I should be flying again tommorrow.

Take a real close look. There's a big difference between them.

http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268336756/gallery_18150_399_21033.jpg 21OCT86 Nailed by a SAM just after taking the pics. Already got a new guy...Edward Jensen. Flying a F-105 in the 8th TFS USAF. Starting 26OCT62. Already did two missions, will details in a few hours.

Jedi are averse to the true power of the force. Do some research about the Sith and you will find a more rational path.

Just to let you know that i just reupped my membership. With all the great things you could find here that took a lot of time and effort for someone to make, i would advise anyone here for more than a few days to give something! Cater

http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268336756/gallery_18150_399_79913.jpg http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1268336756/gallery_18150_399_83223.jpg 19/20OCT86 Looks like things have kicked off and so we are in business! The first mission took me and my back seater Timmy the Comp, on our way to Czechoslovakia. Ivan picked the right waether to lauch an offensive because it is truly lousy weather to fly in. Rain, clouds and zero visibility in some areas. We took off and made our way towards Neuburg at 20,000ft. We knew this would probaly entail lots of low level flying so we also carried a 600gallon tank in addition to he usual wing tanks. Once past the nav point we veered south east and began the long flight to the IP climing to 25,000 to get a little more fuel endurance just in case. By now we had hear reports from action going on over the central area of the front. Seems that the Soviets were up in force and came for a fight! For Timmy and me, it was a matter of keeping watch on the RWR and our fuel gauges. The closer we got to the IP the more we noticed a indication that certainly meant a early warning radar had us and certainly were letting someone know where we were going along with all kinds of info about us as well. About 35 miles from the IP we noticed that the RWR flickered a few times as if something out there was trying to lock us at long range. It was getting rather persistent, so 20 miles from the IP we went on down. When we hit the IP and turned towards the target area i noted with dismay that a radar still had us. To us, that indicated that something was at altitude with a look down capability. Hoping against my worst fears we flew on. No matter what, we could not escape the tracking and all we could hope was that there were no SAMs in the area. At 15 miles out the worst became reality. It came out of the clouds ahead of us at 11 0'clock and we got a perfect view as it flew past us. MIG-29!!!!!!! Damn if we didn't run into the best thing Ivan had to get us! At least we had the satisfaction of knowing he would take him a bit to turn on our 6 so we got straight and level at 1,0000ft and hit full burners. By now we realized that there were no sams but lots of guns se we lit up the ECM and pumped out chaff as we overflew the target and took our photos. Now the trip home was going to be interesting! Full bore and back on our route. Sure enough the MIG was right on us. Timmy could see him when i was jinking and dodging trying to keep him from getting a lock on us for a missle shot. Damn was he fast! I always wished they could have made made a photo version of a F-105. I've always heard the Vietnam guys tell me that there was nothing faster ever made for low level work and now i really wanted to be in one badly. The weather and terrain both helped and hindered. The German/Czech border is pretty hilly and so was made for low level flyers. The problem was sometimes not seeing a bit of dirst and trusting to the instruments and the terrain aviodance feature on our radar. When the MIG fired the first missle, i knew we would have to do something more desperate. Rolling left, i pulled for all we were worth and broke all the way into the bastard. Bet he wasn't expecting that! Pulled hard again, back onto course and full burners to get the speed up. This went on a few more times, i almost killed us when i broke into a missle that was coming and when past the Mig, i rolled us onto oue backs intending to immelman and dive to get more speed. What i didn't anticipate was getting disorientated. Forget about it, i lost all track of up down the ground, our course, the MIG,...EVERYTHING! By chance saw a pactch of ground and figured it all out. Timmy was in as bad a shape as i was and to make it worse, we had more company. The RWR showed that two more were out there on us. Oh well, if we are going to be a victory marker on some plane, let's make the pilot work for it. Every few seconds i would check our fuel and we seemed to have plenty, but how long before we had to make a straight line run and be predictable? Finally we got a real break. Pulling hard once again i began what was to be a horizontal figure 8 pattern and sure enough the MIG went on by us. I saw a large flash and thought it was a missle shot but lo and behold! THE MIG-29 HIT THE DIRT!!!!! We were so happy! Back onto course and a few manuvers later we learned that our new pursuers were Mig-23s. Now i felt really confident about getting away, now way is that Russkie hunk of junk catching us now. and sure enough, they broke off soon after. So back to Neuburg at low level we went. Zooming over the base at about 100 ft i then pulled the stick back and full burneres to the heavens. It was nice to see the sun again! Our second mission was a bit easier. Our flight path actually took us BEHIND a large mass of enemy fighters and so we got in and out with no problems. The only hassle was heading home. We were flying at 30,000 heading parallel to the front lines, a MIG-23 came up from our 9 and tried to set up on us. Yeah right! We broke into him and played chicken then split S'ed back onto our original flight path on full burners. He got the hint and decided to go home. You better be riding something better than that to catch us!