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My upgrade to my vkb was a huge deal and it did help my flying quite a bit so to each their own.

VFA-41 was tasked to conduct an Offensive Counter-Air strike against the Iranian Air Force’s Lar Airbase The primary objective was to first disable the airfield’s runway. The secondary objective was to target the control tower and headquarters building on the south side of the tarmac. Dealer 1 was a...

We are primarily a Hornet squadron, however if a Black Ace wants to fly a Tomcat in a mission they are more than welcome to. I do it quite often along with a few others in the squad.

The primary target of today's strike was the Iranian airbase at Bandar Lengeh. This field was responsible for roughly half of the strike aircraft sorties that have been launched at the oil fields in the Gulf. The principal targets were the fuel storage and ammunition depots. All flights were able to...

Our mission was to proceed to the oil field and intercept the inbound strikes before they can hit the platforms. Two Dealer flights were launched and proceeded to the oil platforms. Several enemy flights were shot down, unfortunately at the cost of losing all but one airframe from the Dealer flights...

The Black Aces are in-between campaigns right now, having just finished up NATO's Operation Caspian Clash, the pilots are brushing up on some skills while learning some new ones as well. The training mission consisted of three main tasks: • Intercept group of aggressor aircraft NE of Khasab using so...

VFA-41 was tasked to conduct an Offensive Counter-Air strike against the Abkhazian Air Force’s main base at Sukhumi-Babushara. The primary target was the runway, and the secondary was the support buildings and any units on the tarmac. There were three flights of hornets assigned to this mission. Dea...

Why should we care about monitoring GUARD? Good question, there are several situations where monitoring and using GUARD is necessary. Take for instance a flight is on the tanker and has left our normal mission flight comms (266.000) so they can be on the tanker freq. Well, that leaves the mission c...

The VFA-41 Black Aces were tasked to destroy General Khofusn's plane trying to enter the country undetected. Several civilian targets were flying in the area as well so visual ID was required. Dealer 1 was able to ID the target and shoot him down before he could get out of the mountain range. All De...