✪ Location: Persian Gulf
✪ Files: Mission
✪ Type: AG Strike / AA
✪ Credits: Wags
Situation:
Over western Iraq on day one of Operation Desert Storm, United States Navy F/A-18C Hornets operating off the USS Saratoga in the Red Sea racked up the first air-to-air kills by Hornets. This mission also showcased the Hornet’s ability to rapidly transition from an air-to-air engagement to delivering bombs on target. This mission is not a recreation of that mission, but rather takes inspiration from it. An outstanding insight into the historical engagement can be found here on the Fighterpilot Podcast.
Ahead of you at Waypoint 1 is Shiraz airbase with the Sector Operations Command (SOC) as your primary target. Bullseye MANNY is 20 nm to the northwest at your waypoint 4. The second element is assigned the POL facility. Fight your way to the target and destroy it with Mk-84 bombs to accomplish your mission. Bringing up the rear is a flight of Hornet’s with AGM-88 HARMs to suppress SA-6 SAMs in the area.
Objective:
Destroy the SOC at waypoint 1, ref briefing images.
Threats:
Multiple SA-6 SAM sites are situated in the Shiraz area. These will be targeted by the SEAD flight. Short-range air defenses in the target area include 23m AAA and SA-13 SAMs.
Briefing Post-Mission:
La misión empieza desde el aire a pocas millas del objetivo. No tienes punto así que no tienes que dar ordenes como líder. Debes configurar rápidamente el armamento Aire-Aire (2x AIM-7 Sparrow) pues te van a atacar de frente varios MiG-21. Tras derribarlos deberás programar el armamento Aire-Tierra (4x Mk-84). Antes de atacar objetivo debes esperar a que la escolta SEAD acabe con los SAMs. Se recomiendo atacar desde mucha altura para evitar la AAA y los manpads.
ANOTHER VERSION:
This is a remix of Wags' "Hornet Mission of the Week" - fleshed out to include a carrier start, additional briefing docs, additional ambient radio messages for the ingress, and a few small revisions. The "core" mission remains the same - fight your way into the AO, bomb the target, and get home in one piece.
✪ Plane: F/A-18C Hornet Lote-20
Situation:
Carrier Group 7 - Persian Gulf Conflict - Day 4. Your primary target is Shiraz Sector Operations Command (SOC), located at WP4 by SHIRAZ Airbase. Fight your way to the target and destroy it with Mk-84 bombs to accomplish your mission. A second element of Hornets is tasked to strike the nearby POL facility. Bringing up the rear is a flight of Hornet’s with AGM-88 HARMs to suppress SA-6 SAMs in the area.
Tasking:
Ingress to target as briefed - push from WP2 at 1745L, maintain formation with your flight lead to the AO. Destroy the SOC at waypoint 4, ref briefing images. Return safely to the Stennis - ref briefing images for comms/beacon information.
Threats:
Multiple SA-6 SAM sites are situated in the Shiraz area. These will be targeted by the SEAD flight. Short-range air defenses in the target area include 23m AAA and SA-13 SAMs.
Briefing Post-Mission:
La misión empieza desde el aire a pocas millas del objetivo. No tienes punto así que no tienes que dar ordenes como líder. Debes configurar rápidamente el armamento Aire-Aire (2x AIM-7 Sparrow) pues te van a atacar de frente varios MiG-21. Tras derribarlos deberás programar el armamento Aire-Tierra (4x Mk-84). Antes de atacar objetivo debes esperar a que la escolta SEAD acabe con los SAMs. Se recomiendo atacar desde mucha altura para evitar la AAA y los manpads.
ANOTHER VERSION:
This is a remix of Wags' "Hornet Mission of the Week" - fleshed out to include a carrier start, additional briefing docs, additional ambient radio messages for the ingress, and a few small revisions. The "core" mission remains the same - fight your way into the AO, bomb the target, and get home in one piece.
✪ Plane: F/A-18C Hornet Lote-20
✪ Location: Persian Gulf
✪ Files: Mission
✪ Type: AG Strike / AA
✪ Credits: Kabalum
Carrier Group 7 - Persian Gulf Conflict - Day 4. Your primary target is Shiraz Sector Operations Command (SOC), located at WP4 by SHIRAZ Airbase. Fight your way to the target and destroy it with Mk-84 bombs to accomplish your mission. A second element of Hornets is tasked to strike the nearby POL facility. Bringing up the rear is a flight of Hornet’s with AGM-88 HARMs to suppress SA-6 SAMs in the area.
Tasking:
Ingress to target as briefed - push from WP2 at 1745L, maintain formation with your flight lead to the AO. Destroy the SOC at waypoint 4, ref briefing images. Return safely to the Stennis - ref briefing images for comms/beacon information.
Threats:
Multiple SA-6 SAM sites are situated in the Shiraz area. These will be targeted by the SEAD flight. Short-range air defenses in the target area include 23m AAA and SA-13 SAMs.
