Vampyre

I'm a pessimist at heart so what can go wrong will go wrong. When things do go awry I just count my blessings and move on. Theres no sense in dwelling on things that have happened in the past and can't be changed. I have shelter, food and family and am grateful to have this and so much more. Too many times we get hung up on the trivial, unnessary things in life. We in the "civilized" world live a life of privilege and safety that many in the world do not have and we tend to allow this to complicate our lives far too much. I've been to many different places and seen the truth of this. Even when everything seems bad it all works out in the end. This isn't really aimed at anyone, it's just my take on things. Besides, it could always be worse... at least your mom didn't tell you she and your sister were crack ho's, your dad was their pimp/dealer and he wants you to take over the family business. Oh, and you don't have anyone trying to kill you with Automatic weapons, Mortars, Rockets and RPG's on a daily basis... and you don't have to collect refridgerator boxes to live in because it's really drafty under the bridge... and the list could go on and on. It could be so much worse.

Hmmm... Look what We have here. Another HVA for my Mirage. I love beating up the air defenses. I got back to base and realized the Russians had invaded. A gem from my previous campaign. I love mixing oil and firecrackers... er... CBU's.

Well, this one is good enough for me. The moderators can move it if they wish but I think I'll keep posting in this thread as I do not wish to repost yet again. The title fits well. I did a search for "stories" and this was the first thread I found that had what I was looking for. I had originally thought to make this Thirdwire only but felt everyone could learn a thing or two or maybe some new things if all flight sims were included in the mix. Thanks for enlightening me on the other parts of the forum and I'll keep that in mind for next time.

I just posted this in the Thirdwire mods file announcement section and thought a dedicated thread on combat stories would be a good thing to start. As usual someone else had thought of it first so I am resurrecting this thread to post some of my combat stories in. I hope you enjoy them. I fought the new Su-27's (they were the black white and grey camo'd versions) on my second mission with the ADV and came out on top. It was 4v4 engagement on the SoCal map with the Su's on top of us almost as soon as I took off (my wingmen had not all taken off before my first Skyflash shot). First shot from both sided was simultanious, Skyflash and R-27 both impacted the mountain as the fireing Su and I dove to avoid each others shots. I popped back up over the ridgeline and shot another Skyflash but had to duck back down to avoid an R-73 thereby losing my lock. Before I dove below the ridge I managed an AIM-9 shot that nailed the Su-27 while I was running below the ridgeline. Scratch one! I decided to pop over the ridge again with my nose pointed toward where I thought the bad guys might be and was rewarded with the sight of three Su-27's angling for a SARH shot on number 4. I got a radar lock on one and popped a Skyflash at him and locked another up with an uncaged sidewinder and sent it his way. Both went defensive the one breaking lock with the Skyflash and the other taking the winder in the wing. The winder shot ended up being a kill. Scratch two! With just two left and no losses yet I pressed the attack against the guy that had just broke lock and evaded my Skyflash. I followed him around the top of a mountain and boresight locked for a Skyflash shot but ended up shooting a winder at him. He spoofed the winder so I shot another from a closer range and this one struck his port engine and fireballed him. Scratch three! I searched the sky and my RWR but could not locate the last Su-27. It turns out he had probably crashed while evading a missile shot from my #3. With all of my wingmen finally formed up I proceeded to make my waypoints and no further enemy aircraft were detected. We RTB'd and made an uneventful recovery.

I fought the new Su-27's (they were the black white and grey camo'd versions) on my second mission with the ADV and came out on top. It was 4v4 engagement on the SoCal map with the Su's on top of us almost as soon as I took off (my wingmen had not all taken off before my first Skyflash shot). First shot from both sided was simultanious, Skyflash and R-27 both impacted the mountain as the fireing Su and I dove to avoid each others shots. I popped back up over the ridgeline and shot another Skyflash but had to duck back down to avoid an R-73 thereby losing my lock. Before I dove below the ridge I managed an AIM-9 shot that nailed the Su-27 while I was running below the ridgeline. Scratch one! I decided to pop over the ridge again with my nose pointed toward where I thought the bad guys might be and was rewarded with the sight of three Su-27's angling for a SARH shot on number 4. I got a radar lock on one and popped a Skyflash at him and locked another up with an uncaged sidewinder and sent it his way. Both went defensive the one breaking lock with the Skyflash and the other taking the winder in the wing. The winder shot ended up being a kill. Scratch two! With just two left and no losses yet I pressed the attack against the guy that had just broke lock and evaded my Skyflash. I followed him around the top of a mountain and boresight locked for a Skyflash shot but ended up shooting a winder at him. He spoofed the winder so I shot another from a closer range and this one struck his port engine and fireballed him. Scratch three! I searched the sky and my RWR but could not locate the last Su-27. It turns out he had probably crashed while evading a missile shot from my #3. With all of my wingmen finally formed up I proceeded to make my waypoints and no further enemy aircraft were detected. We RTB'd and made an uneventful recovery.

Keep in mind that the current CVW-8 Electronic Attack squadron, VAQ-141 Shadowhawks, will be going to CVW-5 when they make the transition to EA-18G's. I assume the current CVW-5 Electronic Attack squadron, VAQ-136 Gauntlets, will be assigned to CVW-8 although I had heard that the VAQ squadrons could be assigned to different air wings on a rotational cycle. Also, they will probably be assigned about five to six aircraft per squadron.

Thanks Bobrock for your beautiful Tornado F3. I killed 2 Mig-21Bis Fishbed N's and 3 Mig-29 Fulcrum C's on my first intercept mission.

As usual your aircraft are outstanding Bobrock! Thank you very much for this fine and long awaited aircraft. Now to get it into my ODS mod...

Downed two more F-15's with guns and two Turkeys with Super 530F's today. This Chapparal gunner is going for a ride.

It's been another successful day for the Iraqi Air Force. We are slowly gaining air superiority. Mmmm...Eagle, its whats for breakfast. x2 And this cat that was caught unaware.