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SITUATION While our earliest strikes in this campaign targeted and destroyed the vast majority of Russia’s Early Warning Radar in the southern Caucasus region and Crimea, they still have shorter detection range localized systems on Russian soil and have been operating their A-50 Mainstay AWACS airc...

SITUATION Our strikes in previous weeks helped the Georgians to halt the secondary advance of the Russian forces on the coastal city of Poti and effectively shut down Russian fixed wing close air support operating out of Gudauta. Now any Russian fixed wing aviation must come from much farther away,...

The S-3 actually made it back to mother. It was the supporting EA-6B that was shot down before the CAP could engage the bandits.

SITUATION A little over an hour ago, one of VS-33’s Vikings detected a Russian Improved Kilo-class submarine while on a standard ASW patrol northwest of the carrier group in Grid XP. The S–3 crew was able to track the sub and subsequently engaged it with torpedoes. The TACCO reported that they beli...

VFA-41 was tasked with offensive counter air as part of a larger air wing strike against the Russian military airbase at Gudauta. The Black Aces were assigned two target areas on the base, 1) hitting 12 individual designated impact points among the bases hardened aircraft shelters (HAS) with GBU-31v...

SITUATION Last week's successful bridge strike, along with the excellent interdiction of Russian ground forces, have provided much needed relief for the Georgian defenders at Poti. While some Russian vehicles are amphibious, most of their logistic support vehicles are not and they are unlikely to r...

SITUATION Last week’s efforts were successful in preventing the immediate overrunning of the Georgian defenders at Poti, however most of the armored convoy made it to the front line area unscathed and after regrouping, the Russian forces are once again threatening the city. Georgian commanders have...

SITUATION Although the Russian Ministry of Defense and state media are denying it, our strike on two Russian Black Sea Fleet corvettes was successful in that the Tarantul-class vessel ultimately sank while trying to limp up the coast to Novorossiysk. The Grisha-class vessel rescued crew members fro...

SITUATION After two SEAD/DEAD strike attempts on the Abkhazian based SA-10 SAM sites resulting in less than desired results for NATO forces, the Russians have begun a renewed offensive on Georgian forces in the western Georgia area of operations. While NATO strikes did not inflict major damage on e...

SITUATION Bravo Zulu Black Aces on the destruction of two enemy Kilo-class submarines! While three known Russian subs are still patrolling the Black Sea, your actions have significantly reduced the threat to the Truman CSG as we continue to operate in these confined waters. Now however, it is back ...