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- Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Mission Briefs
- Topic: 21 January, 2024 - Nellis Training Detachment, Week 2
- Replies: 8
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21 January, 2024 - Nellis Training Detachment, Week 2
VFA-41 Nellis Detachment Week 2 MISSION OVERVIEW DATE : 21 January, 2024 TIM E: 14:00 SUNRISE: 06:45 SUNSET: 16:58 TASK : Unguided Munitions Training WX : 190@6 / 9,000 Scattered / T33 / QNH: 30.07 FLIGHT DURATION : 200 nm AVAILABLE SQUADRON ASSETS: Dealer 1: 4 x F/A-18c Dealer 2: 4 x F/A-18c Deale...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: After Action Reports
- Topic: 14 January 2024 - Nellis Detachment Week 1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1044
Re: 14 January 2024 - Nellis Detachment Week 1
For those pilots that did not get to complete the entire flight and wish to do so. The familiarization mission can be obtained here if you care to try to re-fly and complete it. Should work fine in SP with the exception of a couple of non-essential radio calls that will not go out without being host...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: After Action Reports
- Topic: 14 January 2024 - Nellis Detachment Week 1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1044
14 January 2024 - Nellis Detachment Week 1
Since the end of Operation Enduring Resolve, the Black Aces have relocated to Nellis AFB in order to conduct some unit and airing level training. This being the first mission out of Nellis (and on the NTTR map) for the squadron, an area familiarization was conducted to get pilots and crews familiar ...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:53 pm
- Forum: Mission Briefs
- Topic: 14 January 2024 - Nellis Training Detachment, week 1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 658
Re: 14 January 2024 - Nellis Training Detachment, week 1
bump due to delay in campaign kickoff
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: Mission Briefs
- Topic: 14 January 2024 - Nellis Training Detachment, week 1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 658
Re: 07 January 2024 - Nellis Training Detachment, week 1
Since the Beatty Arrival flown in this mission will end with some visual ground references, here are some pictures of the various landmarks noted on the arrival chart (and mentioned in the in-mission dialogs) for initial familiarization. Smaller versions of the same will be available during the miss...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: Mission Briefs
- Topic: 14 January 2024 - Nellis Training Detachment, week 1
- Replies: 2
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14 January 2024 - Nellis Training Detachment, week 1
VFA-41 Nellis Detachment Week 1 MISSION OVERVIEW DATE: 14 January 2024 TIME : 08:00 SUNRISE: 05:32 SUNSET: 17:44 TASK : Area Familiarization WX : 025@8 / 13,000 Scattered / T31 / QNH: 29.76 FLIGHT DURATION : 250 nm AVAILABLE SQUADRON ASSETS: Dealer 1: 4 x F/A-18c Dealer 2: 4 x F/A-18c Dealer 3: 4 x...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:35 am
- Forum: After Action Reports
- Topic: 03 December, 2023 - Pick up Mission: 'Operation Hormuz 8'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1169
03 December, 2023 - Pick up Mission: 'Operation Hormuz 8'
VFA-41 was tasked with providing Combat Air Patrol in the Bandar Abas sector along the coast of Iran in support of ongoing operations in Operation Hormuz. Two flights of four Hornets launched at noon and were given sectors to patrol for approximately 90 minutes until relieved by Chevy flight. Shortl...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:10 am
- Forum: After Action Reports
- Topic: 29 October 2023 - Operation Enduring Resolve Week 16
- Replies: 2
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29 October 2023 - Operation Enduring Resolve Week 16
ISIL forces have been pushed our of southern Syria and across the border into Iraq. Coalition forces set up a new base of operations in the border town of Al Tanf, but had come under increasingly frequent attacks by ISIL armor and mobile artillery making incursions back across the border. VFA-41 Hor...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:10 am
- Forum: After Action Reports
- Topic: 22 October 2023 - Bug Hunt
- Replies: 1
- Views: 749
22 October 2023 - Bug Hunt
VFA-41 took an operational pause this week to evaluate the most recent 2.9 Open Beta release of DCS. The intent of the mission was to test various aircraft and weapons systems and determine if there were any show-stoppers that would prevent the conduct of normal operations on the new DCS version. Th...
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:26 pm
- Forum: After Action Reports
- Topic: 10 September 2023 - Operation Enduring Resolve Week 11
- Replies: 1
- Views: 764
10 September 2023 - Operation Enduring Resolve Week 11
VFA-41 was back performing on-call air to ground strike patrols over eastern Syria this past week. In an eight-ship sortie the other morning, three flights of VFA-41 aircraft launched off of the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON in the pre-dawn darkness to take up patrol stations in the Aleppo and Palmyra areas...