Allied forces have seized Aleppo International Airport and large portions of the city are safely under NATO control. The airport was captured largely intact and NATO will be moving CAS assets to Aleppo in the coming week. Aleppo is also now available as a safe divert option for all allied aircraft in the theater.
President Assad’s Syrian forces are on the run and the next phase of the campaign will focus on keeping remaining Syrian forces on the defensive and denying them the supplies they need to continue operations.
Unfortunately, a large portion of Syrian Air defenses in the interior of the country are still intact and operational, so strikes this week will focus on these air defense networks.
MISSION
VFA-41 has been tasked to strike an Operational SA-10 SAM site located 35 miles North of the ancient city of Palmyra. This SA-10 represents the longest-range SAM threat still functioning in Northern Syria, but it protects a number of important strategic and military targets that will need to be targeted in the coming weeks.
DEALER flights will launch just before sunset at 1930 and attempt to neutralize the site’s radars and as many of the launchers as possible
[WP1] is the initial rendezvous point where DEALER flights will be met by a flight of F-14s who will escort them into the Syrian interior. [WP3] is the target location, which lies just to the West of a major pipeline between Syria and neighboring Iraq.
Although a nighttime attack, the weather should be favorable for optical target acquisition and targeting with ATFLIR pods if the site’s radars can be suppressed long enough to close to within ATFLIR visual range.
Texaco will be available over allied-held Syrian territory, north of the egress route.
Egress will be to the SW and back to the coast, so be wary of violating Lebanese airspace and associated air defenses on the way back to the carrier.
THREATS
The Syrian Air Force took a beating last week and lost a number of front-line fighters. However, the target area is located between Tabqua and Palmyra airports so Syrian CAP is a possibility. For this reason, F-14 escort has been assigned to help keep the ingress and egress routes clear.
The SA-10 site is further protected by Radar-guided AAA and one or more SA-8 systems to the E and NE of the target. SA-3 and SA-11 systems are also present to the N and S of the target, but DEALER aircraft should be able to remain clear of those defenses.
ROE
Weapons free- All Syrian targets may be engaged.
MISSION OVERVIEW
DATE: 12 June, 2022
TIME: 19:30
SUNRISE: 05:23
SUNSET: 19:45
TASK: SEAD
WX: 190@10 kt / Few 8,000 Scattered 24,000 / T20 / Q29.81
FLIGHT DURATION: 340 nm
AVAILABLE SQUADRON ASSETS:
Dealer 1: 4 x F/A-18c
Dealer 2: 4 x F/A-18c
Dealer 3: 4 x F/A-18c
Dealer 4: 4 x F-14b
CARRIER:
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) / BRC 200° / Freq 127.5 [6] / TCN 73X "GWH" / ICLS: 13
SUPPORTING UNITS:
AWACS / E-3D / MAGIC / Freq 266.000 [4]
Mission Tanker / KC-135 / TEXACO / Freq: 251.00 [8]/ TCN 55Y
Recovery Tanker / S-3B / SHELL / Freq 353.00 [10] / TCN:66Y
DIVERT
Aleppo International AP [WP6]
Rwy: 9/27
VOR: N/A
ATC: 250.75
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