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Two flights of VFA-41 Hornets took part in another OER mission the other evening, operating against Syrian and Insurgent forces in eastern Syria. Five aircraft launched at night off of the carrier and proceeded to pre-briefed operation areas. Both flights of DEALER aircraft were subsequently tasked ...

Last night aircraft from VFA-41 conducted nighttime air to ground patrols over Eastern Syria as part of the coalition involved in Operation Enduring Resolve. Eight squadron jets manned up for a 2300 local launch from USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73). One aircraft was down in the chocks for communicati...

Due to the holiday weekend, an optional pick-up mission was offered yesterday for any Black Ace pilots who still wanted to fly. Two Black Ace jets departed Kobuleti and proceeded to conduct a low-level attack on an enemy supply depot. Ingress and egress were through a series of river valleys and the...

Two sections of VFA-41 Hornets took part in a training exercise in the Persian Gulf region on Sunday. The four jets departed Al Minhad Airbase and attacked preplanned targets near Bandaranaike Jask, Iran using AGM-154c stand-off weapons. Upon completion of the simulated attack on Iranian targets, th...

IDTC-1 Preplanned Lat/Long and Emergent MGRS targets MISSION OVERVIEW DATE: 21 May 2023 TIME: 06:00 SUNRISE: 05:20 SUNSET: 18:58 TASK: Practice delivering precision ordnance using both pre-planned and real-time entry of target coordinates. WX : 250@7kt Few 8,000 Scattered 25,000 T23 Q30.06 FLIGHT D...

Yesterday afternoon, two flights of F/A-18 Hornets from VFA-41 conducted a battlefield interdiction mission against Russian targets along the Tskhenistskali River. DEALER flights launched at 1600 and were on station by 1630 where they were put in contact with US SOF forward air controllers operating...

Yesterday morning, two flights of F/A-18 Hornets from VFA-41 took part in a coordinated SEAD/DEAD mission against 3 coastal air defense sites in Crimea and Russian-held Abkhazia. VFA-41 assets were assigned to suppress two SA-10 installations on the Crimean peninsula in preparation for a ship-launch...

VFA-41 took part in a nighttime strike against several Russian operated supply and command and control facilities in South Ossetia last night. Nine F/A-18 Hornets departed Tiblisi around 19:00 local time and proceeded towards targets in and around the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali. Primary ta...