VFA-41 was tasked with a nighttime raid on an airfield in the Iranian interior. The airfield is known to be heavily protected by SAM and AAA defenses. HARMs in pre-briefed mode and JSOW stand-off weapons were ordered for the strike.
Dealer 1 (SEAD)
1 - Raid: trapped
2 - Nocs: trapped
3 - Sunshine: trapped
Dealer 2 (CAP)
1 - Mad Dog: control failure, ejected
2 - Ticman: trapped
Dealer 3 (Strike)
1 - Hedgehog: grnd tgts, trapped
2 - Mr. Bean: gnd tgts, trapped
3 - Lion: gnd targets, trapped
4 - Trim: gnd targets, trapped
Mission partial success. JSOW-C penetrators rained destruction on the target area, but hardened ammo bunkers reportedly survived the attack and may need to be serviced again.
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02 MAY 2021 Gauntlet-7
Re: 02 MAY 2021 Gauntlet-7
Pilot records and Greenie Board updated.