EricJ

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: CINCPACFLT 2 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NAF ATSUGI HEADED FOR KUWAIT TO REPLACE COMBAT LOSSES FOR VFA-2. VFA-137 AIRCRAFT WILL BE OPCON TO VFA-2. AIRCRAFT DUE TO LAND WITHIN 24 HOURS.

NE203 and NE207 depart for Kuwait.

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: VFA-2 REQUEST SHUTDOWN OF BUSHEHR AB

TO: JFC SHAPE DET 1 FROM: VFA-2 REQUEST NUMBERS OF AIRCRAFT AT BUSHEHR TO: JFC SHAPE, CINCPACFLT FROM: VFA-2 SENDING REQUEST FOR VFA-137 TO SEND 2 AIRCRAFT TO SUBSTITUTE FOR COMBAT LOSSES

Was only a flesh wound... got shaken up pretty bad though... frakkin J-10! And yes indeed Florian! But yeah a couple days is good but the war must go on though...

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: VFA-2 AFTER COORDINATING WITH CENTCOM DOWNED PILOTS WERE RESCUED BY TF 445 PERSONNEL AND RETURNED TO ALI AL SALEM AB.

Squadron or just the jet?

-I have full maintenance assets as well, just not a missing stabilator -

Outtakes from last mission

TO: CVW-11 FROM: VFA-2 REQUESTING MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE WITH DAMAGED AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE IS STARBOARD STABILATOR AND FUSELAGE NEEDS CHECKING. AIRCRAFT CANNOT BE LANDED ON CARRIER.

Mission: Strike on munitions warehouse in Tehran Aircraft: 1 x F/A-18F NE101 After verifying damage on Tehran SAM/AAA sites the mission was given by USCENTCOM personnel who provided information on the munitions warehouse. NE101 departed Ali Al Salem and proceeded at low level to Tehran. Upon reaching the area NE101 detected and engaged two J-10 aircraft. NE101 launched two AMRAAMs with one destroying one aircraft and missing the other. NE101 continued pressing on the remaining aircraft, attempting to surprise it by launching an AIM-9X, damaging it but was also hit by a close range missile and severely damaged. For some unknown reason the J-10 pilot did not press the attack and NE101 launched both JSOWs which eventually struck and destroyed the warehouse. NE101 reports firing his last AIM-9X but missing the J-10 as he was egressing at low level. Upon realizing his damage NE101 did what was called a "gear check" which was determined from reviewing the gun tape that he did it while still in Iran. Aircraft lost the right stabilizer and reviewing the tape showed that the pilot had difficulty in most flight with a port leaning flight profile but managed to successfully land the aircaft without further damage.

Taking a break from Operation Darius

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: VFA-2 STRIKE ON BUSHEHR AMMO BUNKER SUCCESSFUL.

Mission: Ammo Bunker Strike against Bushehr AB Aircraft: 1 x F/A-18F (NE111) NE111 departed Ali Al Salem at 0642 heading solo to Bushehr AB. Flight had no incidents except for lock on by threat radar (no launch). NE111 launched one JSOW striking the bunker. NE111 then launched a second JSOW, destroying the bunker. Aircraft landed safely with no incident.

If you're doing them I'll wait.

-Well... they started showing up so who knows, even trainers need combat experience- TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: VFA-2 RECIEVED 18 AIM-120C AMRAAM MISSILES PLUS 5 AIM-9X, TOTALLING: 30 AIM-120C 22 AIM-9X

-honestly more than enough but that's my opinion-

For some reason the AIM-120C has been a real poor performer with AI, here's a fixed version: AIM-120C.7z

KeyboardChap, here's my specific loadout (due missile availability) for my F/A-18s: [OperationDariusEscort] Loadout[01].WeaponType=AIM-9X Loadout[01].Quantity=1 Loadout[09].WeaponType=AIM-120C Loadout[09].Quantity=1 Loadout[10].WeaponType=AIM-120C Loadout[10].Quantity=1 Loadout[17].WeaponType=AIM-120C Loadout[17].Quantity=1 Loadout[18].WeaponType=AIM-120C Loadout[18].Quantity=1 Loadout[27].WeaponType=AIM-120C Loadout[27].Quantity=1 Loadout[30].WeaponType=AIM-120C Loadout[30].Quantity=1 Loadout[02].WeaponType=AIM-9X Loadout[02].Quantity=1

TO: VAQ-142 FROM: VFA-2 REQUEST APPROVED, NE103 AND NE110 WILL BE ATTACHED TO YOU.

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: VFA-2 REQUEST FOR MORE AMRAAMS WAS APPROVED, C-17 FROM DIEGO GARCIA ON THE WAY TO REPLENISH EXPENDED MISSILES.

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: VFA-2 REQUEST SOF FORCES RETRIEVE DOWNED PILOTS VICINITY BADR AB. DURING STRIKE ON BADR AB ONE AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN AND PILOTS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE.

Mission: OCA Strike against Badr AB Aircraft: 1 x F/A-18F plus four escort F/A-18F NE100 performed the strike on the airbase while NE102, NE109, NE105, and NE107 performed the escort flight to BadrAB. Flight left approximately 0040 local hours while the escort flight left approximately 0020 in order to sweep the area of enemy CAP. NE102 detected and engaged two F-14As, which were both shot down. After that the escort flight detected two F-4 Phantoms coming from the east. They began to engage the Phantoms, the AIM-120C software fixed and destroyed one. Two minutes into the engagement the escort flight was ambushed by two Mig-29s, with NE109 being shot down. Remaining crewmembers did have voice contact as pilots did eject safely. However it is believed that NE102 while maneuvering became disoriented and crashed into a mountain while in ACM with MiG-29s. NE100 managed to successfully destroy the runway at Badr AB. All enemy aircraft (2 x MiG-29, 2 x F-14A, 2 x F-4E) were shot down. Losses: 2 x F/A-18F (NE102 and NE109)

TO: JFC SHAPE DET 1 FROM: VFA-2 ACKNOWLEDGE INTELLIGENCE, NOTHING LIKE A PARTY TO: VAQ-142 FROM: VFA-2 REQUEST USING YOUR SEAD ASSETS TO DESTROY SAM/AAA ASSETS IN THE BUSHEHR AREA TO ALLOW FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT IN AO

Just a note Dave, Shiraz AB was historically an F-14 base so that's one out of two, unless... And from what I can tell Badr AB is TFB 8 so I'll roll with that.