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VFA-41 tasked with bombing Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus ammo depots and warehouses located near Kutaisi with JDAM munitions. Dealer 1-1 - Lion : primary targets hit, trapped. Dealer 1-2 - Hedgehog : primary targets hit, trapped. Weather was low altitude thunderstorm with heavy wind, rain and turb...

Any reason not to take JDAMs for a strike on static targets?

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3906829&postcount=12 Summary Fuel tank drag is a little bit less than a bomb of the same size. AGMs are significantly more draggy than bombs. I guess this is because of the fins. AAMs are even more draggy than AGMs. I guess that's because they are carried with ...

that is amazing! :D

Pick up mission to launch GBU-31 JDAMs against an Iranian power plant facility west of Bandar Abbas. Flight launched, cruised for 90 nm, and separated to attack multiple pinpoint objectives at the target area. All bombs guided accurately in 26 kts windy conditions and struck their assigned targets. ...

After being struck by anti-aircraft artillery fire from the mission HERE: http://vfa-41.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=186 , my aircraft experienced immediate degradation of controls and the loss of approximately 3500-4000 lbs of fuel, with an additional loss of another 1000 lbs in an extremel...

NFM-000, 24.4 In MIDS-equipped aircraft, TACAN functionality is embedded in the MIDS terminal (...). Because the upper antenna filter is fixed, it filters A/A TACAN frequencies on channels 1-36 and 64-99 (X and Y). A/A TACAN channels should be chosen outside of these ranges. The upper filter makes ...

USS John C. Stennis - Persian Gulf VFA-41 Black Aces DATE: JANUARY 27, 2019 LOCAL TIME: 0715 (Sunrise) WEATHER: Clear PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Lead a flight of F/A-18Cs to intercept and escort away a Russian Tu-142 "BEAR" on a suspected sea reconnaissance mission. AWACS will be on station to provide inter...

USS John C. Stennis - Black Sea VFA-41 Black Aces DATE: JANUARY 20, 2019 LOCAL TIME: 0830 WEATHER: Cloudy ROE: RED AND FREE BACKGROUND After Russia completed its invasion and illegal occupation of Georgia, intelligence reports have come in showing deployment of a new S-300 (SA-10) battery near Kulas...

At full bomb load on runway start I usually have to set it to about 19 degrees trim for it to rotate at 200 kts. Otherwise I have had tires blown out and have to pull the stick manually.