The task today is to strike multiple groups of Russian armor and ground vehicles moving to reinforce the town of Verhniy.
VFA-41 has been assigned a kill box centered on a line drawn from WP2 to WP3. All friendly ground forces are to the South/Southwest of WP2 - therefore any armor, artillery, or vehicles spotted between WP2 and WP3 are valid targets. The box extends on either side of the WP2-3 line, so targets may be found centered on the line, or offset to one side or the other.
The enemy-held town of Verhniy is located approximately 2/3 of the way towards WP3 and is known to have MANPADS, AAA, and possibly other mobile air defenses.
Therefore, DEALER 3 will be armed with HARM missiles, and Maverick-Fs. DEALER 3 should ingress the area first to sweep for any threat emitters and then orbit nearby, ready to engage any SAM or AAA threats that pop up.
DEALER 1 and DEALER 2 will be armed with a mix of Maverick F's and GBU-12 LGBs in order to destroy as many ground targets as able.
A flight of F-15's (UZI) will be providing high CAP during the operation, but no enemy air threat is expected.
Texaco, a KC-135 will be orbiting SW of WP 2 for tanking as needed. The LINCOLN is operating near the Georgian coast and the primary divert, Kobuleti, is only a 40-50 nm flight away from Mother, so no recovery tanker will be airborne.
Weather calls for high scattered clouds and light winds. This is a late afternoon mission and Case I launch and recovery are likely.
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