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Vahakyla posted:We are proud to be the first permanent US presence in the South American Area of Operations, and we look forward to being able to contribute to the fight! Naval aviators arrive and immediately take credit for some poo poo that isn’t true and uses the wrong terms to boot.
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🚀✈️ Greetings, fellow VFA-101 aviators! 🚀✈️ Just dropped in to share some news straight from the tarmac of Comandante Luis Piedrabuena! Yours truly just had the privilege of commanding a trial landing of a fully loaded, max weight F-14 Tomcat. Picture this: taking off from Puerto Santa Cruz with a full load of fuel and stores, soaring up into the skies above, with the weight of the squadron (and thousands of pounds of bombs) on my wings. The engines roaring, as we sliced through the air like a knife through butter. But hey, that's just another day in the life of a Tomcat pilot, right? Now, here's where it gets really exciting. As we approached the runway at Comandante Luis Piedrabuena airport, I knew it was time to put my skills to the ultimate test. With nerves of steel and precision in my veins, I executed a landing approach that would make even the most seasoned carrier pilots nod in approval. Smooth as silk, we touched down with grace and finesse, leaving plenty of room to spare. The runway was ours, and we conquered it like true champions of the sky. So, to all my fellow VFA-101 aviators, remember this day. For today, we proved that the F-14 Tomcat isn't just a machine – it's a symbol of power, precision, and the ability to land almost anywhere. Until next time, keep reaching for the skies! Fly high and stay legendary, EdEddnEddy Ace Pilot, VFA-101 Grim Reapers Squadron Take Off.  Landed. Just have to fly it on the glideslope of a normal carrier approach.  P.S. Yes the livery is wrong. The ground crew didn't want the livery to be a part of my plane in case it ended up all over the tarmac in this test. Track File of the flight.
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mlmp08 posted:
  Supremo Comandante SCAD General del Aire Carlos - FAP We greatly appreciate your help in this fight. We request the support of USMC Hornets (Option 2). Not only we have the PLAN close to our beaches but we also have too many hostiles on land for comfort. I have no doubts the MAGTF will help us a lot with them and the Hornets can also help with the PLAN threat. It'll also be good to be able to count with USMC pilots being available frequently. Welcome to the Battle for South America, Marines.  Arriba, siempre arriba
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 Weather Update  Notes: The person responsible for mixing up dates and days has been flogged, we're on track now. Temp in °C, wind direction from, in kts, etc.
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General Humberto, You discover that the Cav Recon of the 11th Mech Brigade is in a meeting engagement with PLA troops near highway 255 and San Gregorio. While this is worrysome news in its own right, you are far more upset about the fact that you discover this first on the internet, before any proper reports have made it to you.  
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 Admiral Ileana Maria Sampaio South American Combined Armada Service Support Order: Deploy Seabees Suggested Aircraft: C-130 Hercules (freeware) / C-160 Transall (payware) [Medium Cargo] Payload: 10 PAX & 9,000 kg Route: Villa O’Higgins Airport, Chile to Puerto Santa Cruz, Argentina to Villa O'Higgins Airport, Chile (SCOH > SAWU > SCOH) Distance: 680 km / 370 nmi Though American weapons and equipment have regularly been delivered to CSAD, they have been hesitant thus far to deploy military forces of their own. With the Chinese forces expanding their invasion of Argentina and Chile, and things going poorly for NATO forces in the Pacific, the United States has decided to reinforce CSAD troops and stall the PLA before the occupation can fully take hold. Under the auspices of USSOUTHCOM, American forces have been ordered into the South Atlantic theater to stabilize the situation and support South American troops. Three US Navy frigates are steaming south to join the Chilean Navy, and a small squadron of graying F-14 Tomcats have been refitted and delivered to EAN Comandante Luis Piedrabuena, Argentina. In addition to the naval forces, the United States Marine Corps are now getting into the game - a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) is being deployed to EA Puerto Santa Cruz. Part of Joint Task Force-Bravo, this small Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) represents the first American “boots on the ground”, and thus is a significant escalation in commitment by NATO. They will primarily be focused on sustaining a squadron of F/A-18 Hornets, but the Marines will also defend the twin American air bases on the eastern coast of Argentina. While US contractors have already delivered a range of supplies for the F-14s, the deployment of even a small MEU requires additional resources in order to meet the standards of the American military. US Navy Seabees - a group of rapid construction experts - have already begun prepositioning supplies and personnel at the Villa O’Higgins Airbase in Chile. Everything from munitions and spare parts to food and recreational equipment need to be provided for. The American way of war has always been one of dominating military force backed by overwhelming logistics - and these Seabees are the tip of that spear. As they say, “Construimus, Batuimus”. We build, we fight. Deliver this Seabee Engineer Reconnaissance Team (SERT) and their cargo to the frontlines. Be aware that military control over the Argentine Sea remains in flux, despite our best efforts. The USMC forces are still in transit, and the area is lightly defended by CSAD forces. As such, your route must not be allowed to be “feet wet”. Get in, give those Marines their crayons, and get out. These expert Seabees are parachute-qualified if the pilot determines that landing is too risky. Low-altitude parachute-extraction system (LAPES) delivery of the freight cargo is authorized. quote:Take note, this mission can be performed either in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, or in DCS. There are free C-130 mods available for both platforms, and the airports exist in both games (the South Atlantic map is required in DCS). While neither mod is perfect, this is a great opportunity to check out the software and get some practice in. C-130 missions occur regularly during primetime DCS games, and the aircraft is very capable for MSFS Service Support Orders as well. «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!« 
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Admiral Ileana Maria Sampaio South American Combined Armada Service Support Order: Gregores Depot Suggested Aircraft: Airbus A320 (freeware) / Boeing 737 (payware) [Heavy Passenger] Payload: 35 PAX & 12,000 kg Route: Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras to Antofagasta, Chile to Gobernador Gregores, Argentina (MHPR > SCFA > SAWR) Distance: 7,240 km / 3,900 nmi Due to the Chinese offensive in the eastern area of operations known as AO Arrow, CSAD forces have been pushed back and are no longer able to operate flights out of EA Rio Gallegos or EAN Rio Chico. Gallegos was previously a major Air Force base, a logistics hub, and an anchor for allied forces in the region - but now it is the front line. Our airbases at Puerto Santa Cruz and Puerto San Julian have also become threatened by the wide-ranging PLAN fleets, who have been able to dominate the Argentine Sea with their numerous Type 054A Frigates. Subsequently there has been a general scramble for military hangar space, as well as a refactoring of supply routes. With all this in mind, Naval Logistics has been re-evaluating potential airbases that were previously deemed too remote to be militarily useful. Fortunately, we have been able to identify Gobernador Gregores Airport as an excellent logistics hub. Gregores has a large 2,600 m / 8,530 ft asphalt runway, and it is centrally-located between several of our airbases on Ruta 40. Supplies delivered to Gregores could be driven to El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Piedrabuena, or San Julian within a few hours. Adding to the importance of this hub, US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons are establishing operations at EAN Piedrabuena and EA Santa Cruz. The Americans set high standards for delivering equipment to their troops, and expect them to be met. The current CSAD logistics hubs of Villa O’Higgins and El Calafate are in the west, and struggle to reach the eastern air bases that must rely only on ground transportation from Comodoro Rivadavia. To this end, the Marines have begun moving supplies from their MAGTF staging ground at Soto Cano Air Base, in Honduras. They have military C-130s carrying Seabees flying from Villa O’Higgins into Santa Cruz to build up their capabilities, in addition to the organic MEU assets, but USSOUTHCOM wants CSAD support in setting up a secure logistics hub to supply their operations. Transport a team of logistics officers and civilian military contractors, as well as 12,000 kg of non-critical supplies and equipment, to establish EA Gdor. Gregores and ensure that our forces have access to a rear-echelon depot. Given that this is an intercontinental flight, American commercial pilots can be made available to fly the first leg of the route from Honduras to Chile, or the second leg from Chile to Argentina. However, CSAD remains responsible for providing a pilot for at least one of the two legs.  quote:The Gdor. Gregores Airport (SAWR), along with the nearby Hipica Air Club, are two airports that were added to the DCS South Atlantic map relatively late in development. The bases haven't been explored in TLAW, largely because they are fairly distant from the frontline. However, the shifting battlelines offer a good opportunity to check them out. Gregores also likely exists in the base MSFS2020 game as well, as it has its own non-directional beacon, but has been redesigned and improved in the FSonFS mod. «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!«
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With the deployment of USMC F/A-18C detachment (6x F/A-18s, no more of which than 4x can be flown in a mission at a time), come the following in-game assets. Some stuff at the end won't appear in map. -6x Hornets themselves, from VMFA-232 (Red Devils) -1x AN/TPS-63 Early Warning and Control Radar and Section (simulated in DCS by undomed FPS-117). Deploying from MACS-2. This unit can be placed essentially wherever, within some reason. In reality, this was an old 2-D radar used for filling gaps or early warning at the far edge of the battle area. It's moveable but not mobile. Comes with a rather small detachment of a few vehicles and a shelter. 2-D means it gives distance and range, but not altitude (DCS does not have a way to simulate this limitation AFAIK). These were very old and antiquated by 2010, and were fully retired from service in the 20-teens with the advent of the G/ATOR radar, which is a GaN AESA radar. Note: It looks like the FPS-117 needs an ECS to turn on EPLRS data based on my understanding in the miz editor. Here is an AN/TPS-63 uncamouflaged in a garrison environment.  -1x AN/TPS-59(v3) long-range surveillance and control radar (simulated in DCS by undomed FPS-117). Deploying from MACS-2. This unit can be placed far forward of the F/A-18 homebase, but cannot / should not be placed carelessly close to the front where it is likely to die to artillery or air attack.This is the primary USMC Tactical Air Operations Center (TAOC) sensor. It can provide detection and warning of ballistic missiles, but does not support ballistic missile engagement. Just lets you warn people on the ground to take cover and might give very rough indication of launch area (not good enough for targeting by a longshot). Note: It looks like the FPS-117 needs an ECS to turn on EPLRS data based on my understanding in the miz editor. Comes with associated TAOC(-) of controllers and air planners.  Marines also come with logistical and force protection elements, but this special purpose MAGTF has rather little ground combat element power at this point. This is a fighter-heavy SPMAGTF for now rather than a full MEU.
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Supremo Comandante SCAD General del Aire Carlos - FAP Get ready for tomorrow (Sunday, March 21st) because we're hitting those outposts again. The fjords must be free of any threats against our aircraft. Once again, outposts at AO DART must be destroyed. Skyhawks must be escorted during the mission to guarantee their safety against any threat. The utmost priority is to ensure the success of the C-130's airdrop mission on that AO. Go and poke the PLAAF in the eyes. Our American camaradas will be joining us with their F-14s and F/A-18s. They will be dealing with the enemy's supply lines and the PLAN in the other AOs. If necessary, they can assist on AO DART as well. Arriba, siempre arriba
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Admiral Ileana Maria Sampaio South American Combined Armada Naval Aviation Orders: "Joint Operation Ahab" - 21 MAR 10 AO Arrow (Río Gallegos) The arrival of the highly-trained and well-equipped American aviators is a welcome reprieve for our forces. The F-14 Tomcats of the USN VFA-101 "Grim Reapers" are excellent air superiority fighters. Based at Naval Air Station Cmte. Luis Piedrabuena, they will join Dodge Squadron and add combat air patrol capabilities to the Super Étendards' naval strike skillset. The F/A-18 Hornets of the USMC VMFA-232 "Red Devils" are modern and versatile multirole fighters. Based at Air Base Puerto Santa Cruz, Devil Squadron will be adept at many roles and will often operate in tandem with Dodge Squadron. Along with the naval and marine aircraft and attendant personnel, the Americans brought a small amount of support equipment and security troops. These forces will mostly be focused in the Santa Cruz region to protect and sustain the newly-established US bases there. There are two major electronic radar sections that will be established by USMC personnel. The first is an AN/TPS-63 Early Warning and Control Radar and Section; it will be sited in the hills of BA Puerto Santa Cruz and intended to protect the US forces there and ensure they can react to enemy incursions in a timely fashion. The second is a AN/TPS-59(v3) Long-range Surveillance and Control Radar; it will be sited near BA Río Gallegos to offer improved information to our forces operating near the frontline. These postings will be subject to subsequent review by the American base commander and the squadron leaders. AO Dart (Patagonian Fjords) With our eastern areas of operations continuing to radically shift due to the effects of the Chinese invasion from Tierra del Fuego, command has opted to conserve our aviation forces and focus them in the west while SACA submarines work to dismantle the overwhelming PLAN fleets. We believe that a concerted push may allow us to take back large swathes of Chilean territory, cut off supplies to the Punta Arenas offensive, and put the Chinese onto their back foot in the region. Following success in the previous mission, Joint Operation Ahab intends to destroy the build up of PLA forces in AO Dart, and allow our fleets to move in and cut off Seno Skyring and Seno Otway from further reinforcement. The Air Force will be providing a SEAD flight and a strike flight to this operation, as well transporting an Army special operations C-130 drop. The F-14s of Dodge and the F/A-18s of Devil will join together and provide a Combat Air Patrol for AO Dart - keeping an eye out for hostile fighters and ensuring that the C-130s are able to complete their mission successfully. Once air superiority is established, and the SEAD aircraft have cleared the area, Ford Squadron will sweep in and attack the island of Isla Carlos III (V1) where the PLAN have once-again established a Silkworm anti-ship site. Meanwhile, Air Force strike assets will attack the remaining combat outpost. This should largely erase PLA forces in the AO, and allow our troops to move in safely. Addendum: Recent success in training and recruitment efforts has allowed for an expansion of this operation. The Dodge and Devil squadrons will be able to operate near full strength, which should provide ample CAP coverage for the AO. The Royal Navy Gr.9 Harriers of Enfield Squadron will be joining JO Ahab to act as airborne forward air controllers (AFACs) for our other strike forces, as well as contributing their own munitions to the fight. Armed with a variety of LGBs and other air-to-ground munitions, they will act as the overwatch for Ford and Springfield. Help them find their targets and look out for MANPADs, anti-air cannons, or surface vessels. Make sure there aren’t any surprises. As part of this display of CSAD military might, a secondary target has been developed in AO Bolt. The PLA 4th BDE (designated V2) has been attempting to break out of the Punta Arenas region towards Skyring Sound and threaten FARP Dinibor and Puerto Natales. Thus far they have been stymied by the mountainous terrain and repeated airstrikes by naval and army aviation forces, and are stalled near the beach. Given that the return flight plans for Dodge, Devil, and Enfield flights already pass over this area, this could be a good opportunity for our modern jets to display their multirole capabilities. While the primary goals of escorting Ascot's C-130s and destroying targets in AO Dart remain your priority, the admiralty authorizes carrying a limited number of A2G munitions for this secondary goal (subject to flight leader decision). Naval intel notes that V2 has previously been protected by MANPADs, small anti-air batteries, and littoral vessels. It is recommended to take no risks and strike from altitude - Enfield's electronic FAC capabilities may prove very useful in this regard.  «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!«
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USS Ford, Rentz, and Gary are close to the western side of the continent, and will be placed on the map.Kaal posted:
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 General of the Combined Armies, CSAD Army Move orders, Mar 15-19th   Original positions/New positions The EA 11th BDE is to form a defensive line, and fight hard to hold a defensive line with only minimal to moderate ground given to absorb enemy attacks. The 1st BDE has been directed to make an assault against the PLA landed BDE's, and the tank column is less than a day's travel from that front by the 19th. The EA 9th is ordered to consolidate their lines and keep their support units close together to provide coverage against aerial threats. The brigade is ordered to continue the hard fighting if the PLA 7th Armored continues it's advance. The rest of the deployed units along the front line are ordered to begin systematically digging in, with their attached engineering units providing fighting positions for armored vehicles while the troops dig foxholes and the beginnings of trenches and fighting positions. Ongoing Mobilizations Vahakyla posted:TO: GENERAL HUMBERTO The 10th BDE is to make best speed along HWY 3 to Rio Gallegos to join the fight in AO Arrow. Utilize as many civilian heavy haul trucks, heavy equipment/mining equipment trailers, etc alongside the unit's indigenous road logistics capacity to reduce wear on the armored vehicles and improve road speed. Please advise on ETA to Rio Gallegos city once underway. NASAMS+Saber Radar  The NASAMS battery near Rio Gallegos is ordered NW with it's Avenger escorts, and will be supplemented by the following: Vahakyla posted:The Army can choose to place a SABER radar somewhere on the map. It will partake in the Link 16 network and feed tracks to AWACS without bringing AWACS itself closer. The Saber radar will deploy with the NASAMS battery and help provide a higher quality radar picture to the air forces while allowing the NASAMS radars to stay silent longer before going active when bandits are approaching. Marker is on the map, next to the NASAMS. All SAM systems and any co-located radar sites are ordered to increase their dispersion to more doctrinally sound levels, to prevent single ARM shots wiping out half the battery. ASTROS Fire Mission  The Astros battery has returned to SB Bolsa De Tenancia and refitted to a fresh set of SS-30 MLRS rockets cartridges. They are to move forward, coordinate with the armored cavalry recon of the EA 11th Mechanized on the heights overlooking the PLA Marines, and deliver a fire mission to the air defense and artillery units of the PLA 2nd Brigade. They will displace immediately back to SB Bolsa de Tenancia to reload and avoid counterbattery fire Seamos libres, que lo demás no importa nada! General Humberto, EA 
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 SM Luis Marcelo Martinez Amphibious Commandos Group - IMARA Operation Guillotine Report: c/o Col. Gabriela Fernandez, Chilean Military Intelligence Thanks to the AN/PRC-119 SINCGARS long-distance radio pack carried by Sgt. Jorge "Aguja" Briceño, we remain able to provide status reports back to command in regular intervals. Our special operations mission is proceeding well, and the team remains combat effective despite suffering some injuries in a recent firefight (several of our team members were scraped up and Briceño suffered a punctured lung, but has been recovering rapidly under medical care). Guillotine Team has made contact with the Punta Arenas Resistance, which is hiding in the forests of the Magellan National Reserve. Led by a woman known as La Gaviota (The Seagull) a group of irregular soldiers are operating behind enemy lines and harassing Chinese forces. The group is estimated at platoon to company strength with mostly small arms. They have contact with a larger body of civilian refugees. We recommend coordinating military and humanitarian supply air drops, and evacuating the civilian population as soon as possible. If we can provide support to these irregulars they may help crack open Punta Arenas and strangle the Magellan supply routes that are feeding the PLA offensive in the area of operations. La Gaviota has offered us some useful intel related to tensions between PLA army and naval forces that have been strained by our repeated attacks. They want our assistance in conducting an assault against a military compound in the heart of Punta Arenas. Success could eliminate the leadership of the regional ground forces, and even drive a wedge between the army and the naval forces supplying them: Elendil004 posted:“We’ve seen the cracks developing between the Army, stretched thin trying to push north, and the Navy tasked with both supplying the Army, and policing us. Leadership from both sides is coming together for what amounts to a planning conference at the field HQ at Simon Bolivar plaza. We’ve reconned the target before, and it’s well protected, but now that we have elite soldiers to show us the way, it’ll be easy, no?” Kaal posted:
”Stirps Virilis” 
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 Briefing tent, FARP Sophie A mousey looking RAF officer peeks in, then breathes a sigh of relief to find pilots and members of the brass present. He straightens his papers, pushes his glasses up onto the bridge of his nose, and walks in. Immediately, one of the pilots stands up and blocks his path. "Pardon, you made the plan for last flight, yeah?" The pilot doesn't wait for his response, snatching his papers and looking at the map. "Right, you sit down, I've got this." "But-" "No, lad." The pilot walks to the lectern as the briefing officer takes a seat, and he gasps as the pilot lets his papers and maps fall to the floor. "Right, Good mornin' lads, I'm Lieutenant Reginald Richards, and I'm here to brief my flight. Pull up the slide, please."  "Right, we'll be taking off, forming up, and taking a bit of a northerly route to point Lanus while we wait for Ford flight to form up and SEAD to do some work. Once we hear Ole called, we'll fly in to point V1 here, where a member of Ford flight the other day noticed the PLA was setting up in their mountains. We'll be up high, keeping an eye on the sky with our RWR and look for targets to smash and watch out for any MANPADs. We'll be carrying some guided bombs and rockets to smash anything they miss, and once we're done we're headed back North. If we've got anything left, we'll hit V2, some ground forces massing up near FARP Dinibor and smash them with any rockets and bombs we have left along with the Yanks in Devil and Dodge. If not, we'll fly over Dinibor on our way home. Any questions? Ah, we'll be carrying some safety blankets for Ford, in the form of Sidearms in case SEAD fell asleep on one of those PLA emitters, and maybe a Sidewinder or two in case we find ourselves in a London alley up in the air and need to knife-fight. Right, that's the brief. See ya out there."
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Ford Mission Strike I'd like you to go blow up Isla Carlos III... The Admiral certainly knows the way to an attack pilot's heart. The PLA is setting up in Isla Carlos, again. They still haven't learned their lesson so we're going out there with a massive strike package to remove them. Elements from multiple flights will be participating in this operation. Dodge and Devil will be providing CAP, Springfield will be striking other targets in the AO and Rattler providing SAM suppression. We'll also have to keep an eye out for a C-130 flight, Ascot, and not collide with them as they will be using the same Fjords for cover that we are. We'll depart the Mayo when Dodge and Devil are approximately 15 minutes away from the target area. I don't know how long we'll have to wait but that will give us time to debug any issues; we have not launched from the Mayo in quite some time. Our flight plan will have us hiding behind the mountain range north of the Strait where we will wait until Rattler and Enfield have had time to perform any suppression of obvious enemy air defenses. One the code word Olé has been transmitted we will rush in around the point and plaster the northern site of Isla Carlos. Ordinance permitting we will also strike the southern portion of the island. It is a short flight so we are going loaded for bear. While it is foolish of the PLA to continue to try to occupy this island they are not fools. Expect more air defenses than previous missions. Manpads and AAA is guaranteed. Enfield and Rattler will attempt to locate and destroy short range SAM systems such as SA-8 and SA-15s but they're tricky units to deal with. We are carrying a full load of flares for this operation and should not be shy to use them. We'll try to stay at a reasonably high altitude of 8000' over the target to avoid AAA fire and give us more time to react to SAM shots but it is inevitable we will lose altitude during the attack so keep moving. Do not target fixate. Pay attention to what is going on outside your cockpit and take defensive measures against any missile launch. Map  Loadout
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Same plan except: Departure/Return: El Calafate Target: T5 Loadout: Rockets and Bombs since we are based closer to the AO Corky Romanovsky posted:Springfield Flight - Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana - 2112 Combat Squadron - Mirage F1
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 Rattler 1 FLIGHT PLAN F-16A MLU OBJECTIVE Destroy the SA-11 at Coffee Island. WEATHER SOme scattered clouds at 12k. INTEL PLAAF has very few J-11s available, and J-15s have not been this far. We'll likely encounter one or two J-11s, or a few more J-7s since visibility is good for them to fly. EXECUTION Milpower takeoff, climb to 30,000. Proceed without delay to DIEGO, then fly to LANUS and wait for strikers to get closer. We hunt the SA-11 with Wild Weasel tactics, and finish it off with JDAMs after HARMing it. F-18s and F-14s provice our CAP. BINGO: 2500lbs. I understand this is a small amount, but this is a combat environment and we need to hang out here as long as strikers need us. We are unlikely to need multiple instrument approaches since weather is decent, so you have to nail your landing. WP1: El Calafate, SAWC WP2: DIEGO WP3: LANUS WP4: T1 WP5: T2 WP6: T3 WP7: T4 (Coffee Island) WP8: T5 Loadout: 1 and 2: JDAMs and AMRAAMs. 3: HARMs. Center fuel tank.  
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Vahakyla posted:BINGO: 2500lbs. I understand this is a small amount, but this is a combat environment and we need to hang out here as long as strikers need us. We are unlikely to need multiple instrument approaches since weather is decent, so you have to nail your landing. Switching to secondary bingos.
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Ah yes, the famous alternate-universe Primus song, "Jerry Was a Viper Pilot"
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In fact the 2500lbs for Bingo was not enough. I had to divert to Puerto Natales.
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 PLAN shipping hub at Coffee Island destroyed (known as T-4). Replenishment ships and landing ships sunk or damaged. 2x J-11s lost and another number of J-7s lost. PLAGF 4th Brigade's push toward FARP Dinibor slowed down. PLA cruise missile attacks into Rio Gallegos continue, raining on the city, port, and airport. Coffee Islands: 
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Some screenshots from the mission. The target, a set of islands (Coffee Island) with a natural harbor:  Classic F-14 picture: Palm trees and airplane mechanical problems. (They did get airborne after sorting some things out).  Devil headed out to set CAP.  C-130s flying low in the fjords on the way to their drop.  Rattlers on the way to conduct SEAD/DEAD.  The Devils spread for intercept, as the enemy probes with a multi-axis attack of a J-7 from the northeast and 2x J-11s from the southeast. All three enemies are killed without losses.  The target SA-11 won't flip on its radar, so Vaha goes low in his F-16 to try to get its attention while the HARM shooters overwatch. Some SHORAD engages him butt misses, and eventually the SA-11 is picked up visually by targeting pod.  With the radar threat down and fuel a concern, the F1s go in.  An SA-9 gets the lead F1.  After the SA-9 fires, one of the Rattlers spotted the trail and put a JDAM on it. The Harriers enter the fray with Mavericks and laser JDAMs.  The Devil (F/A-18C) lead tags two J-7s back to back (second AMRAAM unpictured).  The surviving Mirage rolling in.  Crushes this ship. Incidentally, the MIrage flight lead ejected and landed right next to this ship...  There were a lot of pictures of this: A-4s putting rockets and bombs on things from down low.  Meanwhile, the Harriers continue to plink with JDAMs from up high.  Headed home.   Solid results as far as killing air defenses, wrecking the buildings on site, and sinking or very severely damaging multiple ships in harbor, particularly the cargo carriers. 
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To: General Humberto From: 4th ARBDE, AO Bolt 21 MAR 2010 Sir, The PLA troops are pulling back front wide at our brigade's AOR. We currently have no troops in contact. Do you want us to pursue, or hold our position?  The PLA ground troops on AO Bolt are retreating in front of BLUFOR troops. The PLA 4th Brigade near FARP Dinibor has retreated significantly along highway Y-50 towards South East  
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 Comandante, Please excuse my absence. I have just returned from visiting our allied units at the front lines and am prepared to file this report on my analysis of the enemy. (hands the commander a folder) The first sheet you see is my staff's executive summary (EXSUM) of the intelligence that was provided by a source within the resistance forces currently hiding in and around Magellan National Reserve. The source is code-named Seagull. Sir, currently this is single-source intelligence, as you're aware this means it has not been verified. We are currently working with our allies to see if they are seeing similar intelligence. We currently have no reason to not trust the source. The second is my report to you about the current operations status of the Chinese force.  quote:
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Enfield 1 AAR Tacview's on the fritz and I can't load the track file, so no pretty pictures from me today. BLUF: Overall mission was a rousing success for Enfield. Jons did great on his first flight with a Harrier, we got some good eyes on target, kept a bit of situational awareness for Ford, and blew plenty of stuff up which always feels great, and our Bingo was set perfectly. At first. More on that later. Had some weird stuff with the navigation, but we worked through it. Blow by blow: We started up, verified our loadouts and changed some stuff, messed with some keybindings and checked our waypoints, and everything looked good except W 3 to the secondary mission area was set to the south side of the sound, so I moved it to the northern shore. Double checked Laser codes, good to go there. Once we were ready, we asked Condor for a callout when SEAD was just about to pass us, and we waited, nothing crazy. We had a discussion on fuel, and set our Bingo at 1200 lbs, which was perfect. Once we got the callout, I topped off fuel and we "taxi"ed to the "runway" and got up with no issue. Once up in the air, we formed up and started on our way to W1, erring a bit further West to avoid flying over any pointy sticks in the water, where we noticed our W1 had changed between startup and take-off, something like 20mi south of the FARP and entirely useless for us, but after futzing with the computer a bit we realized it didn't change our other waypoints, just added W1 in front of them all. Navigation sorted, we were adequately en route to LANUS, and as we were passing it we were given the go-ahead to procede to V1, now W3 vice W2. As we approached, we set our TPODs up and got to searching the target area for targets, and passed to Ford that there were some ships in the bay area around the Target, and I got a good laser lined up on a cargo ship and got my Maverick on target while my wingman got a bomb on another ship about the time ABM called for everyone to hold as SEAD was still working. Whoops. Once we had actual permission to engage, we exhausted our bombs doing some damage to ships and ground targets with only one instance of forgetting to fire the laser for guidance, whoops. After Ford egressed, we still had some ordnance left so we proceded by a northerly route to our secondary target, W4 or V2. About 30mi from Coffee Island, my wingman reported that he hadn't found me, so we spent some time trying to figure out how to find each other, when we should have just asked Condor to vector to the other. In fact, I distinctly turned down assistance, as I believed we were about to form up. Eventually, we did form back up and made way down track. We passed the West edge of the sound and flew East along that northern coast, scanning for targets. At this time, I also relaxed Bingo to 1000 lbs. Eventually we found some infantry and vehicles and set to work. I missed with two or three rockets because I didn't notice my laser had turned itself off, but we got a couple vehicles while we were being pinged by an HQ-7, probably fired at. I sent a Sidearm to shut it up to great effect, except they had a second emitter which I later killed with my last laser guided rocket on our way out, a pass or two after we hit our new Bingo. We flew high to try to be as efficient as we could, making it withing visual range of the FARP with about 500 lbs of fuel between the two of us, so I sent Jons to do his landing first while I stayed higher and repositioned a bit. Shortly before touchdown, Jons' engine cutout, and he landed as best he could with no power. I then came in, believing I had enough fuel for a vertical landing. If I had come in heading West, I may have been right, whoops. As it is, my engines died while I was at about ~50kts and about ~50-70 feet altitude. DCS registered it as a landing, though I did crunch the left wing gear a bit. All told, an excellent success I believe, for my second Harrier flight and Jons' first. I'll be much more mindful of Bingo in the future, for sure, and in the event of two target areas, I'll ensure we form up before proceding to waypoint, especially if I've changed my waypoint and my wingman hasn't. My loadout was also terribly asymmetrical, which I would advise against in the future. I took one Maverick, one APKWS, one Sidewinder, one Sidearm, two bombs and the TPOD, and I was fighting to keep a reasonable trim almost the entire flight. Sidewinder didn't do us any good, I'd have rather taken another Sidearm for the HQ-7, though I'm not sure if I'd have rather a second APKWS pod or another Maverick. Overall, good flight, and I'm happy with it. There's room for improvement, but it won't be hard to implement.
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Rattler 1 AAR 11: Vaha 12: Rowen 13: Burnt 14: Zeph Task: SEAD/DEAD over Coffee Island, with deliberate target as the SA-11 there Right on startup we ran into an issue. The F-16As prepped for Rattler were unable to accept HARMs. However, Burnt and Zeph took the C-model vipers of Jedi flight. Not much time was lost. Enroute was uneventful, but we burned some 500-700lbs of gas circling at DIEGO, waiting for CAP planes to arrive. I could’ve waited on departure a bit more and refueled. We briefed each other in the air and discussed using myself and Rowen as Wild Weasels and having 13 and 14 rotating to have a HARM shooter ready at all times. We’d then DEAD the launcher with JDAMs. On ingress from LANUS, we retrogaded once to avoid J-11s but they were quickly splashes by F-18s with excellent work. We then went to work, but struggled to light up the SA-11. Last operation the SA-11 had lit up only after our fighters turned tail and one got shot in the back. This time, nothing. I as the lead initiated wild weaseling in the west side, keeping mountains ready as terrainmasking. Never got the SA-11 to light up, but got multiple HQ-7 launches on me. 13, Burnt, launched a HARM on it, and 12 Rowen drove a JDAM into it right after, knocking it out. At this point time was becoming an issue. We had been unable to locate the SA-11 but strikers had to go in to stay within fuel limits. Springfield flight entered the island area and shortly afterwards were struck by a SA-9. It was fortunate in that regard that 12 Rowen saw the trail and launcher, and JDAMd it. Shortly afterwards, Rowen also spots the SA-11, cold, and destroys it. We drop bombs on various other AAA guns as strikers go to town and I bingo out at the briefed 2500lbs. This was a problem on return. 2500lbs was not enough. Somewhere near DIEGO I have 1400lbs and decided to divert to Puerto Natales, SCNT. The moment I said I will divert, 13 Burnt took command automatically and started directing the wingmen. That was really cool, and I could focus on landing safely. All Rattlers returned safely. Destroyed: 1x HQ-7 1x SA-11 TELAR 1x SA-9 Various AAA guns or objects of similar shape Losses: None Considerations: -better fuel planning -war is hell. We can’t wait forever for SEAD. The strikers should have ingressed earlier and we just assume the risk. Someone might die, but the mission has to be completed. We pushed fuel limits of all aircraft too far by waiting in a too risk averse state.
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Kaal posted:Service Support Order: Gregores Depot March 22nd, 2010  Hey there Gilbercitos, sorry for the slightly longer than usual time in between hearing from me! Seems my last post got me in some trouble, I guess publicly posting about an Avianca pilot flying a XXXXX ruffled some feathers with the wrong people. Or maybe it was using the company credit card to purchase XXXXXXX? Either way, part of my punishment was a two leg long haul sunrise to sunset combi flight. 35 passengers, and 12,000kgs of cargo, to be delivered to the middle of nowhere; Gobernador Gregores, Argentina. Good thing I brought petty cash, I'm pretty sure the company credit card has been locked. Anyway, let's sign off on this thing and hit the skies!  Leg 1    Early morning legs are both beautiful and brutal. The commute to the airport is always quick and easy, because there's almost nobody else, plus you have a front row seat to the sunrise. On the other side? I'd rather be in bed. The urge for sleep still gnaws at the back of your head while you shuffle through security and go through the endless checklists for planning and preflight. Still, you fight it off with a combination of coffee and regular breaks to stand and stretch in the galley.       The flight was pretty by the book, nice tailwind, and a little interesting volcanic scenery to see as we flew down the coast. Antofagasta was fairly busy with some regional flights coming and going, so we had to be carefully worked to the gate to avoid any nose-to-nose meetings. Leg 2 With both our fuel tanks and stomachs refilled, we hit the road to nowhere. Highlight of the leg was flying over Santiago, Chile. Really pretty city, I need to visit one day on more than just an overnight layover. The approach into Gobernador Gregores was uh, a bit steeper than normal, but a 30 degree banked spiraling descent at 3000fpm never hurt anyone. Once we rolled out of that though, the landing was nice and quiet.         With the shadows growing longer as the sun set on the airport, I radioed dispatch and got verification a fuel truck was en-route to refill the plane, enough to get us a repositioning hop to Comodoro Rivadavia back to regular commercial flights.  "Yeah, it'll be there tomorrow evening, maybe the day after." Well, time to see what they do for fun here. Maybe see if the credit card is unfrozen yet. ((35 PAX & 12,000 kg delivered to the Middle of Nowhere, Argentina))
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This rescue op has been rescheduled to this Sunday, 22:00 UTC (aka 6 PM ET ), please sign up! Here's a shot from live on the ground from the Gazelle/Hind LZ, massive protests have broken out in response to the Governor, Mayor, and their families getting rescued from Rio Gallegos while the civilians are left to stay behind and suffer under PLA cruise missile attacks and an invasion force on the doorstep. More to follow shortly!  Mederlock posted:
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Bentai posted:March 22nd, 2010 Admiral Ileana Maria Sampaio South American Combined Armada Base Aérea Militar Gobernador Gregores Established The flight line personnel and their equipment are slowly discharged from your aircraft. It's clear that this airport is well back from the frontlines, and the airmen feel quite safe. However, in counterpoint to their lethargy is the sound of not-so-distant fighter jets performing Combat Air Patrols. Gregores is less than 250 km away from Puerto Santa Cruz, and only 400 km away from Río Gallegos. War can become very real indeed in only a few short hours of driving - much less flying. With the battlefield shifting rapidly due to the PLA amphibious invasion of Río Gallegos, and their navy threatening our coastlines, our access to reliable runways has become particularly limited in the southeastern corner of Argentina. This has been particularly acute for cargo resupply operations, who require longer runways that are set back from the frontlines. This has often meant flying into San Julian, or even Comodoro Rivadavia, and then transshipping badly needed supplies down the increasingly burdened highways. Thankfully, the establishment of this new joint air base, BAM Gobernador Gregores (SAWR), will ensure our air freighters have secure and nearby access to our airfields. While this rear echelon facility will be logistics-focused, much like Villa O'Higgins in the west, this facility will be available to friendly forces and its 2,574 m / 8,445 ft asphalt runway can be put to good use by a wide variety of equipment including C-130 Hercules cargo freighters, E-3 Sentry AWACs aircraft, KC-135 Stratotanker refueling planes, and of course combat fighter jets. With the founding of Gdor. Gregores completed, Naval Logistics Command is satisfied that airfield resources are currently sufficient for logistical resupply and combat garrisons. However, recent flight operations involving fuel shortages, diversions, and hard landings have raised the issue of needing additional emergency runways and FARPs. With this in mind, attention is being turned to developing strategically-positioned refuel points between our major airbases - to ensure that pilots have more divert fields available. In particular, the pueblos of Cerro Guido, Chile and Coy Aike, Argentina are reported to have short runways available that may be put to good use in the future. While too small to host aircraft longterm, they could potentially offer a reliable place to land and refuel - if aircrew teams can be transported there. This opportunity will be reviewed by command and explored further. quote:As some may have already realized, Gregores Airport does exist within the DCS South Atlantic map! It's fairly remote from our current battlefield, so we haven't had much of a reason to interact with it, but much like Villa O'Higgins it's nice to have as an option. Check it out some time! «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!«
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Admiral Ileana Maria Sampaio South American Combined Armada Service Support Order: Drone Recon Suggested Aircraft: HVN-900 UAV (payware) [Drone] Target: AO Arrow & AO Bolt Route: Rio Gallegos, Argentina (SAWG) > Rio Gallegos, Argentina (SAWG) Distance: 415 km / 225 nmi The evacuation of Río Gallegos has created something of a gap in our battlefield reconnaissance coverage, as several of our survey aircraft were previously based there. While the Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail SIGINT aircraft (militarized King Airs) remain operational, they are now having to travel further in order to maintain coverage. However, Río Gallegos still hosts a number of MQM-170 Outlaw drones that have continued operating out of the air base due to their low-profile and tolerance for risk. These aircraft have been conducting small-scale deception operations in AO Arrow, and their success has attracted the attention of the Brazilian Air Force. They believe that this could be a good opportunity to demonstrate the value of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to frontline forces. Brazil has been a leader in the South American adoption of drone aircraft, which have primarily been sourced from the Israeli military contractor Elbit Systems. Their Hermes 450 surveillance UAVs (the basis of the British Watchkeeper WK450) are now operated by Brazil and Colombia, with Chile interested in purchasing Elbit drones as well. Argentina has been nurturing the development of domestic military drone designs like the Lipán M3, and the United States has promoted its own high-tech products, but the capable and affordable Israeli drones have dominated the Latin American market. The Brazilian Air Force was contracted to receive an additional delivery of Hermes 450s in Dec. 2009, but with war about to break out in the South Atlantic they instead negotiated with Elbit for the delivery of their brand-new Hermes 900s. This design is just entering the market, but offers increased flight endurance and electronic capabilities compared to the previous model. The drone needs only a short runway and it is piloted from the safety of a small Ground Control Station that can be easily transported by semi-truck. When operating at its maximum altitude of 9,100 m or 30,000 ft, the Hermes 900 can offer significant surveillance capabilities in a low-observable package. The Air Force has delivered this drone to Río Gallegos and wants the pilot to showcase its value by patrolling the battlefront between AO Arrow and AO Bolt and reconnoitering the latest troop movements. Focus your attentions on PLAGF buildups north of Punta Arenas and southwest of Rio Gallegos. Maintain a high altitude in order to avoid ground-level anti-air, and do not overfly enemy positions or the Forward Edge of the Battle Area (FEBA). Complete the mission and report your findings back to command.  «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!«
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Chilean Relief C As Captain Limpet wiped the crumbs from his mouth after another delicious meal in Zapala. Now was as good a time as any to take his cargo to the Chilean town of Panguipulli, the 60 odd people were looking restless, it was only 2 days since he'd taken on the contract to ferry them the short flight over the mountains. The look on the face of the head of the group was a real picture when they realised they would be forced to sit in the canvas jump seats Limpet's ex-Armee de l'Air C-160 had in place. This was a far cry from the luxury Limpet imagined they were used to. With some grumblings the group was ushered aboard and over half of them had some kind of safety harness. The flight was not long and within the hour Limpet has spotted the air strip of Panguipulli and circled around to land, glad of his aircraft's ability to make short rough landings. Now where could he find a cerveza?       lordlimpet fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Apr 5, 2024 |
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Admiral Ileana Maria Sampaio South American Combined Armada Service Support Order: Support Helo Ops Suggested Aircraft: Airbus A310 (freeware) / Airbus A300 (payware) [Heavy Cargo] Payload: 26,000 kg Route: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Puerto Natales, Chile (SBGL > SCNT) Distance: 4,140 km / 2,240 nmi The CSAD Army Helicopter Aviation operations have been making a good impact on the PLAGF offensives near Punta Arenas. While there have been casualties, the combination of smart tactics and brave piloting has helped to blunt the attack - particularly in the west. PLAN Marine Raiders operating near Seno Skyring have largely been turned back. However, those helicopter forces require regular resupply to their dispersed bases. With a wide variety of South American helicopters and munitions involved, it’s a complicated operation. Puerto Natales Air Base remains the principal distribution hub, as it can get relatively close to FARP Dinibor via Ruta 9, and it can connect to FARP Bella Vista by the Rio Turbio Railway. The Brazilian military has remained hesitant to deploy additional troops into Argentina and Chile, due in part to the omnipresent threat of Chinese invasion from their territories in Africa and the Atlantic. They are, however, willing to provide additional resources to keep our front secure and adequately supplied. With the Brazilian focus being set on maintaining their coastal territorial defenses, their surplus helicopter aviation equipment is considered the most appropriate category for distribution to the South Atlantic battlefront. The Brazilian Air Force has a dozen Mil Mi-35M Hinds (the modernized export version of the venerable Mi-24), which it designates as AH-2 Sabres. The gunships are some of the first true attack helicopters in Latin America, and the BAF prefers to use them in this role rather than as an assault transport. The aircraft are new from the factory, and expected to have a long service life. However, global warfare has jeopardized the Russian service contracts that Brazil was counting on to maintain these airframes. They may be forced to retire these aircraft much sooner than expected. While expensive, making this change reduces the risk of having an aircraft fleet whose support can be withdrawn - much like Iran after the fall of the Shah. Therefore the BAF is turning to French, American, and South African companies for their future combat helicopter needs. A wide variety of Mi-35M equipment and munitions are being surplused as a result of this decision, which is now being made available to CSAD. Transport the spare parts, munitions, and other surplus helicopter aviation equipment from Rio de Janeiro to Puerto Natales, and ensure that our combat operations do not suffer any logistical shortages.  «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!«
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Admiral Ileana Maria Sampaio South American Combined Armada Service Support Order: Airstrip Survey Suggested Aircraft: OV-10 Bronco (freeware) / A-4E Skyhawk (payware) / AV-8B Harrier (payware) Targets: Cerro Guido, Chile (SCGD); Esperanza, Argentina; Coy Aike, Argentina (SAXW); Estancia San Ramón, Argentina (SAEK) Recent military air operations have generally been quite successful, but there have been a number of flight emergencies, diversions, and hard landings that have raised concerns about the lack of emergency airfields available to pilots transiting between our network of air bases. Our tanker aircraft have been attempting to fill this need, but the number of sorties are challenging their ability to do so. Aircraft that are in need of fuel, are damaged, or are otherwise in need of a convenient landing space are sometimes being forced to use random highways without any field control or fuel facilities, or are attempting to land on fumes. As part of a secondary survey of minor airfields in the region that can be refurbished and contribute to the war effort, Naval Logistics has identified a wide variety of field airstrips, disused aerodromes, and acceptable highways that could be considered as potential sites for a Forward Arming and Refueling Point, or FARP. These dispersed facilities primarily exist to service helicopters or as temporary layover points for transport aircraft, but military authorities around the world - and particularly those in Eastern Europe - have become interested in also using them for fixed-wing / STOL aircraft as well. In particular, four strategic sites may have the runways required for developing a lightly manned FARP. While they are likely too small to host aviation squadrons on a continuing basis, they could provide emergency refueling locations for our combat squadrons. If FARPs could be developed at some or all of these locations and marked with a nearby waypoint or beacon, then pilots would be able to make emergency use of them at need: quote:Cerro Guido Airstrip However, it remains to be demonstrated that these sites can actually be used by military aircraft. We need to send out surveyors to locate the site and perform the first landings. If the runways are not sufficiently straight, wide, or firm enough, we may be forced to look for other FARP locations in this region. An OV-10 Bronco reconnaissance aircraft might be well-suited for this task. A straightforward alternative would be an A-4E Skyhawk or AV-8B Harrier, whose pilots may make emergency use of these airfields or ones like it. Check them out and report to command whether they would be worth developing as a FARP.  quote:As with the previous FARP survey, many of these sites can be explored in either DCS or MSFS. Three of the airstrip locations have been developed as minor airfields in FSonFS and given ICAO codes. Whether they will be useful remains an open question - time to explore! «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!«
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Chilean Relief A Captain Limpet looked at the job board and saw another relief flight to help those devastated in central Chile. The aid workers he'd ferried before had been no fun and disappeared almost as soon as he'd landed in Panguipulli. This time he didn't need the fuss of passengers, a cargo flight, that sounded more his speed. As the sun rose over the horizon the last of the handlers loaded the pallets into the back of his C-160 and the load master strapped down the cargo. This was going to be an easy one, a short hop over the Andes and landing in time for lunch, another day another Peso. He checked the weather reports at Zapala, clear skies and a bit of a head wind, wouldn't be great on the fuel economy but at least it would make taking off easier in his heavily loaded plane. Now to check the weather at the destination, Guadaba, looks good, clear skies, visibility 10 miles and a slight head wind, should make landing easier. What's this he thought checking the notes, a grass runway? only 500 meters in length, well, thank God for the head wind, this is going to be one hell of a ride.  pre-start-up   loading up the cargo    Cruising to Chile  on final  touch down   Another short landing
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GAME UPDATES  In the meanwhile, fires in Rio Gallegos are getting worse, as the evacuation further. The VIPs and the Mayor of the city are now gone, but the only highway to the west is somewhat clogged. The fire services are struggling to fight the fires.  PLA cruise missiles keep hitting various important government buildings, landing as often as every thirty minutes. However, on AO Bolt, the PLA ground forces are retreating. They refuse battle with the Chilean troops, and keep breaking contact.  General Carlos, it is time to plan your next operation. The 21st of March has just ended, and you will likely need at least 48 hours to refit your forces.   For Navy, your ARA P-3 patrols detect a large number of ships leaving Punta Arenas and entering the Magdalena Channel.  REDFOR movements are updated. This coming saturday is once again a fixed wing operation in real time!
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Supremo Comandante SCAD General del Aire Carlos - FAP The outposts have been destroyed and the Hercules was able to complete its mission successfully. Good job camaradas. Many PLAGF units are retreating from their positions elsewhere, which is also music to our ears. They are hurting around Punta Arenas thanks to your relentless attacks on their supply lines. Enemy shipping on the Strait of Magallanes is also getting increasingly compromised. I want to see our submarines keeping up the good job on giving their cargo ships a hard time. Next mission will be on Wednesday, March 24th. MAIN OBJECTIVE: Strike enemy supply lines and PLAGF units at AO ARROW. It sure would be nice to see them retreating too. If possible, do strike supply infrastructure on AO BOLT as well. Arriba, siempre arriba Negostrike fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Apr 11, 2024 |
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Admiral Ileana Maria Sampaio South American Combined Armada Naval Fleet Orders - 23 MAR 10 AO Dart (Patagonian Fjords) With the American fleet having arrived, they are ordered to join the Chilean fleet and the ARA Vienticinco de Mayo, and the combined fleet will sail for the Gulf of Xaultegua. There they will be able to defend the region and perform combat aviation operations in AO Bolt and AO Dart. Their goal shall be to secure the western Magellan Strait, as well as the Skyring Sound and Otway Sound. Meanwhile the more nimble ships of the Ecuadorian Fleet are to sail southeast along the strait to Isla Carlos III, which has been largely cleared of enemy forces. They shall defend the region and prevent PLAN ships from transiting the Jeronimo Strait or the western Magellan. Argentine Marines aboard the 25 de Mayo shall begin preparations to seize and secure the Vasquez Glacier radar site via a helicopter assault, pending airborne threat reconnaissance.  The O'Higgins Combined Action Group has been tailing a flagship destroyer that is believed to be one of the few major ships remaining from the 2nd PLAN Fleet that has not been sunk or diverted to another AO. They are ordered to commit an attack against that destroyer and sink her. With the PLAN beginning to withdraw their ships from the Magellan and the Liaoning carrier fleet diverting southwest towards AO Dart, we have a dwindling opportunity to attack the flagship while it is isolated. The BAE Shyri is maintaining an observation patrol at the mouth of the Magdalena Channel, and may be available to support the strike if it is nearby.  AO Stone (Argentine Sea) Our operations in this AO have been greatly threatened by significant 1st PLAN Fleet deployments in the area. It is estimated that perhaps a dozen large enemy ships are now operating off the coast of Rio Gallegos, and they remain largely uncontested by our shore batteries or combat aviators. The lack of available anti-ship weaponry or aircraft means that our most effective method of defense is our submarine forces. However, they have been struggling to find targets in the AO due to overwhelming ASW operations and a seeming absence of cargo traffic. Given our struggles on land, I will be encouraging our captains to forgo hunting for soft targets and instead commit to challenging the frigates, destroyers, and cruiser. Until our combat aviators are able to arm themselves with anti-ship weaponry, our best opportunity to pressure the PLA is through the traditional South American defense strategy of underwater dominance.  Also, having delivered her stores to Comodoro Rivadavia and the HMS Invincible, the ARA Bahía San Blas is ordered to sail to the Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's largest maintenance center and naval base, and await further orders. «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!«
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Mederlock posted:
Package Lead AAR We were tasked with escorting some grievously wounded soldiers and some VIP's out of Rio Gallegos, as with the PLA fleet just off-shore fixed wing assets weren't available to evacuate them. Our operational leads decided to send us out during twilight to reduce our visual signature, as we received intel that some disgruntled rioters may have had small arms and were willing to use them. After establishing our route and approach, we took off and flew together out to Rio Gallegos. The evening darkness came quickly, and with the cloud cover and weak moonlight, we had to engage our spotlights and NVG's to stay on track. As we dropped our altitude and started flying over the city, we started taking small arms fire but it didn't cause any serious damage. Orca and Bandido successfully made their landings at the makeshift hospital's at 25th Rgt's base in town and loaded up all of the severely wounded soldiers successfully. Delfin also landed successfully and got the VIP's and their family's out, however the lighting was inconsistent at the LZ and gave Dragones trouble, leading to a loss of one airframe and leading to a wave-off for the rest of the flight, meaning they didn't extract any of the VIP's favoured staff. The flight home was extremely challenging in the pitch black, and it seems the small arms damaged the nav systems in the Gazelle's. With a mix of navigator help and RWR pings from our EWR, we were able to get oriented and got our pax to FARP Sophie successfully, where they were shuttled further back on C-130's What went well Excellent pilotage out there last evening! Low level flying, at night, with small arms fire, with tight and poorly lit LZ's, and limited SA options, and we still managed to get on target, land, load our passengers, and get back to base successfully. Coordination between flight's was good, and we managed to work together well to get back to FARP Sophie. Where we can improve We need to emphasize the need for appropriate lighting for our ground crews, as both FARP Sophie and the LZ's were lacking appropriate illumination. Our spotlights must have been pretty dirty too, as only Orca's was effective enough to see clearly. The ADF beacons all seem to have been targeted by PLA EWAR, as we couldn't get a fix on them for the whole mission. Photo Dump Take-off/Flying in    Twilight drops off fast   Entering the City, Dark AF LZ's    Riotous bedlam in the city    Someone remembers to pop a flare at the LZ's    We can see so much outside the cockpit rn    FARP Sophie after landing  
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TENTATIVE AIR FORCE TASKING Request use of Dodge 1 F-14B flight from the Navy. Rattler 1 with TGP serves as AFAC, designating targets of opportunity on AO ARROW, with the following priority: 1: Landing ships at ferry 2: C2, supply, on TdF side 3: DEAD Primary LGB-truck for this task will be Mirage F1 flight, Springfield 1, and Dodge 1, with F-14B tomcats, carrying LGBs. Attacks from the NW, with a long toss, in close coordination with AFAC Rattler 1. Due to Mirage F1 and Tomcat both lacking ability to customize codes and pilot not being able to see them, we use default code 1688. Attack direction in blue, red circles are target areas, orange line is do-not-pass.  Supporting asset: Jedi 1, serving as SEAD, carrying HARMs. Firing mainly in SA-11 preprogram, or in self-defence TOO, and Chevy 1, Frogfoots, serving as SEAD, with ability to flex to long range ground attack with missiles if needed.
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