Mission: SEAD Bushehr AD Battery 3
Aircraft: 4 EA-6B’s (NL520, NL521, NL522, NL523) and 2 F/A-18F’s (NE103, NE110)
Took off at 1919 hours lead pair armed with four HARM-88D’s and second pair armed with two HARM-88D’s and six Mk.82 Snakeye. En-route to target NE103 shot down one F-4E using six AIM-120’s and NE110 shot down another with two AIM-120’s. Strike group advanced to target area with NL522 and NL523 engaging targets on Kharg Island but failing to score any hits. NL522 was hit by a SAM and destroyed with the crew ejecting. NL520 and NL521 attacked main target with both aircraft launching four HARM-88D’s. NL520 destroyed one Hawk CWAR, one Hawk PAR and one ZSU-23-4. NL221 did not destroy anything.
(The problem is that the AI has no idea how to use the HARM-88D properly. I may just have to let them use something else like Mavericks.)