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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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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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Posting on behalf of Flight Lead Gronank Mission Tasking for VMFA-232 CAP at AO Arrow 2024-04-13
We will take off from Santa Cruz and travel to the CAP zone at AO Arrow. We will take off at 3 seconds interval, turn towards WP2(ANCHOR) and climb at FPAS recommended speed. We will form up in two pairs, lead and element. At the cap zone, the two pairs will alternate which pair is in front, flying towards waypoint WP2(ANCHOR) and WP3(CAP) respectively. Engage hostiles inside the WEZ. Crank to reduce closing speed and observe hot hostiles outside the WEZ. The pattern of movement may be translated south as needed to better protect friendly air assets. Combat floor in the WEZ is 20k ft. There are known emplacements of HQ-7 inside the WEZ and SA-10 just south of it. Be mindful of RWR when conducting engagements. Assume ground-level manpads threat across the entire WEZ. The WEZ may be expanded south if known SAM batteries are silenced. Accept medium risk in pursuit of primary objective. Accept minimum risk in pursuit of secondary objective. Bingo is 4000lb. Air refuel is available at Texaco, but should not be needed. Divert to Rio Gellegos in case of emergency.  Waypoints pre:Dsg | Code | Notes --------------------------------------- WP1 | HOME | SAWU WP2 | ANCHOR | 52°01'S 69°44'W WP3 | CAP | 52°29'S 69°48'W WP4 | DIVERT | SAWG 1x Fuel tanks, 6x Aim-120C, 2x Aim-9M, 2x Removed pylons Frequencies pre:Own 151MHz Arco 242MHz Tcn 52Y Texaco 241Mhz Tcn 13Y Tower 260MHz Condor 262MHz pre:Full internal + 1 bags | 13200 | Remaining ------------------------------------------- Taxi | 500 | 12700 Climb to cruise | 2000 | 10700 Ferry to CAP (100nm) | 1200 | 9500 Formation keeping | 500 | 9000 CAP | 5000 | 4000 Climb to cruise | 500 | 3500 Ferry home | 1500 | 2000 Reserve | 2000 | 0
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Repair Apaches It was a dismal morning at RAF Middenhall when the large box of Apache screws were loaded onto the chartered Airbus. This was going to be a long-long-long-haul flight, non-stop from the East Midlands to the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. Dubbed operation brown faun the most important thing to take with you was the Times Bumper Book of Crosswords, we were going to be in the air a long time. Taking off and reaching FL330 the skies cleared quickly and there were many hours of blue, blue ocean, blue sky, blue. On approaching Buenos Aires, the smog over the city was intense and the sun did nothing to help visibility, only highlighting the dirty particulate that hung in the air over Argentina's capital. A fairly short landing and it was time to rest and recuperate as the cargo was handed over the local freight haulage company that was taking the Apache parts on their final leg. Waiting for the smog to clear slightly the pallets were loaded into the back of the Transall plane before it headed further South over the flat of [planes south of Buenos Aires and then further skimming the coast until General Enrique Mosconi International Airport hove into view. They'd taken a long time getting there but these Apache parts were ready to contribute to the war effort.  A dismal morning at RAF Middenhall  A fairly wide berth on the push back  Is that a pub I spy from the stand?  Just passing Exeter and bidding farewell to the UK and land for some time.  Blue.  Very blue, out the window and on the map.  On approach to Buenos Aires, visibility was not good.  On final, not sure I can make out the runway, pleased to be coming in on ILS.  Touch down!  Starting the final leg.  Leaving behind Buenos Aires on a much clearer day.  South America, also not small.  Final touch down and delivery complete. lordlimpet fucked around with this message at 10:56 on Apr 23, 2024 |
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Mission Devil 1 CAP at AO Arrow 2024-04-27 We will perform SEAD at the SA10 site at or south Porvenir. We will carry a mixed loadout of harms, jsows(unitary) and amraams. Plan is to trail dodge by about 20nm and wait for them to launch TALDs at the site in order to wake it up. We will not get closer to the SA10 than 40nm, instead prefer to wheel south. If it wakes up, we'll launch our HARMs in PP(missile-loft) mode (for quick reaction) at the track radar (code:110). JSOWS will then be primarily targeted against SHORADS at the SAM site (WP3) and near the airstrip at Porvenir (WP4). TALD flight time is estimated to be no more than 6 minutes, they're considered scrapped after this time has elapsed after Dodge launches them. As a continguency: if the SA10 site does not go active, the JSOWS are targeted against the SA10 track radar. HARMS will be in this case be targeted according to original plan if the site goes active against the sams. Otherwise, the HARMs will be used against targets of opportunity. The porvenir waypoint (WP3) may not be an accurate location of the SA10. If the site is not found, use targeting pods and ground radar to detect the site likely south of the town. Second element is equipped for self-escort The entire flight will have sufficient fuel to stay on station for a while (~40 minutes unengaged). Bingo is 4000lb. Air refuel is available at primarily Texaco, but should not be needed.  Waypoints pre:Dsg | Code | Notes --------------------------------------- WP1 | HOME | SAWU WP2 | STAGING | 52°45'S 71°08'W WP3 | SEAD1 | 53°18'S 70°21'W (west of Porvenir) WP4 | SEAD2 | 53°18'S 70°21'W (Porvenir airport) Lead element: 2x Fuel tanks, 1x Aim-120C, 1x tpod 2x Aim-9M, 2x Agm-88, 2x AGM-154C Second element: 2x Fuel tanks, 4x Aim-120C, 2x Aim-9M, 2x Agm-88C Frequencies
Fuel pre:Full internal + 1 bags | 15300 | Remaining -------------------------------------------- Taxi | 500 | 14800 Climb to cruise | 2000 | 12800 Ferry to Station (100nm)| 1500 | 11300 Formation keeping | 500 | 10700 SEAD | 6700 | 4000 Climb to cruise | 500 | 3500 Ferry home | 1500 | 2000 Reserve | 2000 | 0
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