July 15th, MC Qualification - Train Bridge Busting
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:23 pm
VFA-41 was tasked with destroying a rail road bridge and train (Primary Target) with secondary target of a second rail bridge.
Mission Commander - Ticman
Dealer Flight
1-1 Ticman
1-2 Shadow
1-3 Trim
1-4 HedgeHog
Flight of four (4) Black Aces F/A-18 hornets flew the waypoints Nap of the earth for ingress, located and destroyed both Primary and Secondary targets. Dealer Flight was intercepted by a Mig-29 where Trim quickly dispatched the bandit after it fired on Shadow with a miss. All aircraft safely returned to Stennis after a brief sip of fuel from Arco on Egress.
Mission successful with all aircraft and pilots returning home Mother.
Mission Commander - Ticman
Dealer Flight
1-1 Ticman
1-2 Shadow
1-3 Trim
1-4 HedgeHog
Flight of four (4) Black Aces F/A-18 hornets flew the waypoints Nap of the earth for ingress, located and destroyed both Primary and Secondary targets. Dealer Flight was intercepted by a Mig-29 where Trim quickly dispatched the bandit after it fired on Shadow with a miss. All aircraft safely returned to Stennis after a brief sip of fuel from Arco on Egress.
Mission successful with all aircraft and pilots returning home Mother.