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VFA-41 Black Ace hornet drivers stationed in the Black Sea were tasked with destruction of a supply convey traversing a narrow canyon pass on the southern border of Russia. Eight (8) F/A -18 hornets were dispatched for this tasking. Two dealer flights were notified from Special Ops forces on the gro...

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VFA-41 Black Aces were tasked with a night strike mission north of Bandar Abbas International upon a rail yard that was assembling ground forces and Iranian military equipment, recently off loaded from incoming train traffic. Eight F/A-18 hornets were dispatched from the USS Theodore Roosevelt for t...

Under the cover of darkness, VFA-41 Black Aces were dispatched from USS Theodore Roosevelt at 0030 for tasking of battlefield interdiction on and around Qeshm Island. Primary targets were anything attacking Qeshm Island and airfield, and a reported group of enemy gunships lurking in the AO. JTAC las...

Black Aces of the VFA-41 were tasked with destroying two C-130 transport aircraft on the Tarmac of Shiraz International Airport that were being loaded with believed processed uranium ore for transport out of the area. With all but one squadron pilot available for the tasking (sickbay), eleven (11) F...

VFA-41 was tasked with destroying an ammo bunker and command center located at Tunb Island AFB. Secondary targets were military assets around the base. Black Aces sent in a SEAD package to clear the way for their STRIKE package to follow. The mission took place at dark hours and was successful in hi...

VFA-41 Black Aces were tasked with an early evening air base strike on Qeshm Island airfield. Primary targets were the runway itself, taxiway and tarmac with secondary targets of any military value. The SEAD/Strike package of 8 hornets left the carrier group at the assigned 1830 launch time. A SEAD ...

VFA-41 was tasked with destruction of enemy Surface to Air threats located at the island of Abu Musa. Primary targets included ZU-23 AAA, ZSU-23 SHILKA AAA, SA-6 GAINFUL, SA-15 GAUNTLET's. Dealer Flight 1, armed with Harms and JSOW's, approached target area 1st while Dealer Flight 2 provided CAP. De...

Dealer Flight 2 - CAP as well, not STRIKE!

The VFA-41 Black Aces were tasked with CAP patrol of two 270 sq. mile "kill boxes" known to the squadron as area Kilo and area Bravo. Once a CAP presence in these areas could be established, CAP flight was to call in nearby orbiting ally SEAD flights to target any surrounding Surface to Air threatmo...