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Eight pilots of VFA-41 Black Aces sortied on the first mission of the Kola Campaign. Tasking was to fly a preset route of waypoints near the northern Russian coast to entice ground based air defenses to transmit and allow airborne and seaborne assets to gather electronic intelligence about the compo...

Emergency Procedures review: The ground fire caused immediate damage to the hydraulic system of the jet. The flaps went immediately to full down uncommanded and would not retract. Also lost the HUD and HUD repeater on the DDI. Engines seemed to remain within normal parameters, but with the flaps dow...

VFA-41 Black Aces were back for Week 5 of Inter Deployment Training at Nellis AFB. This week was continuation of BVR timeline work against various REDFOR aircraft and their assorted threat missiles. Only six Black Aces pilots were available, so we divided into two flights of three, Dealer 1 and Deal...

Five members of VFA-41 Black Aces took to the skies off the coast of Lebanon to provide cover for the evacuation of US Embassy personnel via helicopter from the Beirut International airport. The Black Aces took off in two flights, Dealer 1 for Close Air Support and Dealer 2 for Combat Air Patrol. So...

Black Aces are still in their inter-deployment training workup at Nellis AFB in Nevada. This week three flights of VFA-41 jets took to the skies over the NTTR for some stern conversion intercept training to learn how to fly at a bogey and then get onto their six o'clock rear quarter for positive ide...

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I’m generally available most evenings after 1900 central time except a couple Wednesdays each month when I have training that goes into the late evening.

I am, and have been quite sick, so no new Hormuz Sentinel tonight. Instead there will be a re-fly of a previous campaign mission, specifically Week 16 of Nobel Tempest. See the brief below. SITUATION Last week’s efforts were successful in preventing the immediate overrunning of the Georgian defender...

MISSION OVERVIEW DATE: 15 September, 2019 TIME: 0600 local SUNRISE: 0605 local SUNSET: 1818 local MOON: Full TASK: Close Air Support/CAP WX: 262@05kt / SCT-BKN @ 16,000 / FEW @ 36,000 / T28 / Q29.91 FLIGHT DURATION: ~370 nm + loiter AVAILABLE SQUADRON ASSETS: Dealer 1: 4 x F/A-18c Dealer 2: 4 x F/A...

Three flights of Black Aces launched on a Combat Air Patrol and SEAD sorties. Dealer 1 & 2 were assigned CAP stations over the western part of Qeshm Island to provide air cover for Marine MEU forces consolidating at the beach head there. Dealer 3 was tasked with destroying the search and track radar...