EricJ

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: VFA-2 VFA-2 ACKNOWLEDGES

Looking good Veltro! Night training

Mission: Night recon over Bushehr Aircraft: 1 x F/A-18F NE105 performed the night recon over Bushehr. No incidents other than being fired upon by an SA-15 twice, aircraft returned successfully. Intel department will provide JFC Shape with recon information after being looked through.

@Stary... yes it can be.

Mission: OCA Strike against Ahvaz AB Assets: 2 x Strike Aircraft (F/A-18F) and 2 x Escort (F/A-18F) Target: Shiraz AB Runway Left Ali Al Salem, NE103 developed same issue with Arming System and after deliberation NE110 was sent anyways solo. NE111 and NE108 provided escort. NE110 proceeded to Ahvaz without incident and ten minutes into the flight 2 F-4Es left out of Bushehr in which the Escort flight intercepted. NE111 also had issues with the AIM-120C missiles, expending all and none flew to the targeted aircraft. NE111 fired one AIM-9X and destroyed the aircraft. It became quite apparent squadron air to air skills have deteriorated as NE111 ended up in front of remaining F-4E. NE110 had to engage remaining fighter, in his opinion, "It shouldn't take two aircraft to down a [expletive removed] Iranian F-4!" NE110 fired one AIM-120C and destroyed remaining F-4E. NE110 destroyed Ahvaz airport with one GBU-31 and engaged two HAWK CWARs at Ahvaz and Omediyeh Army Station. No other threats presented themselves and Ahvaz suffered extensive damage, and all aircraft returned safely. Be advised Bushehr is next, only it's going to require some planning. Air recon mission planned for (Game time) the night.

Talk about German efficiency!

Taking a break from skinning and doing some flying...

Managed to clean up the intake emblem

lol I think he meant "painting" Intake patch detail. needs to be touched up but looks a lot better than the original. Note this is a request from Viggen, which I don't see him having a problem making this available for public download.

Issue seems to be a file format error, try this version. Mig-29_WFT.7z

That I don't remember, I followed the instructions in the appropriate topic and got it working, should be indexed I would believe. http://combatace.com/topic/60932-formats-for-carriers-and-warship-with-the-mission-editor/

If you want I can upload, though no idea why you can't.

58 FS F-35A WIP

Odd... What I do is open a planningmap, paint black over the terrain, then red for water, then save as 256 colors...

Pretty cool download! I've mainly kept it to the CAG and CO birds but may get around to working a file for each aircraft

Mission: Strike against Bandar-e Kangan Silkworm Battery Assets: 2 x Strike Aircraft (F/A-18F) and 2 x Escort (F/A-18F) Target: Comm/Control Building Deployed 2 hours after previous Shiraz AB strike, NE111 and NE108 on order from USCENTCOM, flew to Bandar-e Kangan to permit freedom of movement of the Persian Gulf. Aircraft departed Ali Al Salem at 1005 local and did not encounter any hostile aircraft though AWACS did inform flight of two Seaqeh leaving Tehran. No other aircraft were spotted in the AOR. Upon approach NE108 (Ens Sheets) fired one AGM-65E Maverick, destroying the target and surrounding buildings. Tor-M1 systems were spotted and engaged by NE111 acting as cover for the inexperienced NE108, destroying three systems and one HAWK CWAR system. Two of the three Tor systems were engaged in Bandar-e Kangan civilian areas. No reported civilian casualties. All aircraft returned unharmed.

Me: F/A-18F w/ 1 x ATFLIR, 2 x AGM-65E, 2 x AGM-154 JSOW, 3 x AIM-9X, 2 x AIM-120C Opposition: F-7M Airguard Stand-In with 2 x PL-5s... I think The fight started off neutral and since Operation Darius is off and running I decided to keep my loadout to what I'm used to fighting with. Anyway the F-7M isn't terribly difficult to fight against, just remember that it's a derivative of the MiG-21 and to expect it to fight like one, and you won't be disappointed. It got me in an energy circle for a couple of turns and after nosing up it decided to keep on for a few seconds and tried to force me to overshoot. I applied the speedbrakes and decelerated (which the stock Fox Super Hornet doesn't have a problem doing). After letting him get cocky I fed him a 9X, shooting him down (which it took a bit for him to splash in the water) but otherwise it was fairly straightforward. Takeaways is that it's a derivative of the MiG-21 so fighting it like a MiG-21 will get you the same results.

The emblem... needs some work but again it's still WIP. Though I'll probably leave out the serial number due to lack of info.

By request

Outtake from last mission, returning to Ali Al Salem

Mission: OCA Strike against Omidiyeh AB Assets: 2 x Strike Aircraft (F/A-18F) and 2 x Escort (F/A-18F) Target: Shiraz AB Runway Flight of 2 x aircraft (NE100 and NE102) left Ali Al Salem at 0830 local hours and headed for Shiraz AB. Shiraz had 2 x Tomcat on CAP and 3 x Seaqeh. Upon flying east vicinity Kuwait City the USS Ticonderoga fired on both Tomcats, destroying the aircraft. NE106 and NE109 met the attackers, with NE106 having defective AIM-120s (exploded in midair, will have maintenance check current lot) and expended all AIM-120s (all five), but engaged one Seaqeh with AIM-9X and destroyed aircraft. NE109 had a similar issue with one missile, but managed to fire a working version and destroyed one Seaqeh. NE106 also fired one AIM-9X and destroyed the remaining Seaqeh. Proceeded to target but was engaged by HAWK system, wingman survived but due to heavy surface to air missile fire I had to press onto the target. Engaged an SA-5 radar (Square Pair) with one AGM-88C, destroying it. Managed to reach Shiraz and employed one GBU-31, severely damaging the runway. After multiple missiles Ens Smith managed to survive, and NE100 attacked the Hawk CWAR with the remaining JDAM striking the CWAR north of Bushehr (Bushehr AD Battery 1), destroying it. All remaining aircraft landed safely.

(Omidiyeh should be down for awhile due my strike mission but not forever, gotta work on that airfield though getting rid of the Tomcats is going to be interesting as well, thanks both.)

(Armament for the Tomcats? Older 9P Sidewinders?)

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: VFA-2 REQUEST INTELLIGENCE ON AIR ASSETS ON AIRFIELDS IN DESIGNATED KILLBOX (SEE ATTACHED)

And as a note Teras I'm not totally interested in a complete rear cockpit for the Super Hornet two seaters, much like for the Strike Eagle, just to allow the ability to see the rear pilot is fine.