The VFA-41 Black Aces were tasked once again to launch and search for scud launchers and associated support vehicles attacking civilian populations. The scud convoy was sighted leaving a forested area 60 nm SW of SOGANLUG AP. There were some surface to air threats, but the biggest threat (SA-11) didn't show up to the party.
The CAP flight was established to the north of the target area and encountered several flights that did not meet the ROE to be engaged (They were in Georgia, but did not show aggression) After hitting bingo they diverted to KOBULETI for fuel, afterwords returned to mother and trapped.
The SEAD flight pushed in on the target area looking for the main threat of the SA-11. The SA-11 stayed silent or wasn't there, they instead fired on some other anti-air assets in the area while holding back some ordinance for the possibility of the SA-11 coming online. For the remainder of the mission they orbited the target area until bingo and diverted to SOGANLUG AP for fuel. One hornet blew a tire on landing and is still there for repair. The remaining hornet was took off and was on the way back to mother and got jumped by a flight of SU-30s and was shot down.
The STRIKE flight took off and hit the tanker while the SEAD flight was clearing the target area. After topping off on fuel they proceeded to the target area and found/destroyed at least six SCUD launchers and many more support vehicles. The flight returned to mother and two trapped and one hit the back of the boat.
We finally killed those elusive SCUD launchers!!
Mission success!
Dealer 1 CAP
1-1 Raid - Trapped
1-2 Jay-Z - Trapped
Dealer 2 SEAD
2-1 Dirty Dan - Ground targets, Shot down by SU-30
2-2 Shadow - Ground targets, Stuck at SOGANLUG AP for repair
Dealer 3 STRIKE
3-1 Trim - Ground targets, Trapped
3-2 Mad Dog - Ground targets, Trapped
3-3 Lion - Ground targets, Crashed on landing
01 NOV 2020 CC-10 Scud Saga #3
Re: 01 NOV 2020 CC-10 Scud Saga #3
Pilot records and Greenie Board updated.