24 July 2022 - Damascus Dawn Week 27

Lion · Post by **Lion** » Sun Jul 24, 2022 11:08 pm

2 flights of VFA-41 F/A-18C departed mother to attack air defenses and perimeter defence at Jirah airfield, just prior to friendly armored forces and an Air Cavalry assault force by UH-60 helicopters. Dealer 1 prioritized and destroyed an SA-19 and SA-9 SAM, and then destroyed various AAA sites at the airfield, before engaging in some targets of opportunity. Unfortunately Dealer 1-1 was lost to a MANPAD shortly after one such attack.

Dealer 2 was cleared to attack after the SAMs were destroyed and successfully mopped up the remaining perimeter defences, allowing the friendly armored forces and the UH-60s unmolested access to the airfield and capture it.

Mission success

Dealer 1
1) Lion: 1x SA-19 EO SAM, 2x ZU-23 AAA, 2x BTR-80 APC, shot down by MANPAD
2) Rhino: 1x SA-9 IR SAM, 1x ZU-23 AAA, 1x BTR-80 APC, 2x Mi-8 helicopters, trapped.

Dealer 2
1) Mad Dog: 1x BTR-80 APC, trapped.
2) Chaos: 2x BTR-80 APC, 1x T-55 MBT, trapped.
3) Maniac: 2x T-55 MBT, trapped.
4) Dirty Dan - disconnected.