PILOTS: TACO, PRIMO, SPECTRE, SQUIRREL, DRILLIN, KESTREL, DANGER, MURF
Mission borrowed from DCS User Files: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/ ... s/3343809/; just swapped in minor things and our standard frequencies/TACANs.
BRIEFING:
The Houthis, backed by Iran, are severely disrupting maritime traffic in the region. The United States and its allies have decided to carry out strikes on all Houthi territory in Yemen in order to reduce their military potential.
- Intel has positive ID on numerous weapon stores, command and control locations in Sana'a, and key personnel that it assesses will last only another 90 minutes.
- Plan is a synchronized strike at 06:00 Zulu (02:00 Local) with delayed fuzing to minimize collateral damage.
- Distance to target is ~200 miles each way over hostile territory.
- Enemy has limited SAMs (SA-6, HQ-7, and SA-8s), no fighter jets, but extensive AAA.
- Set up your T.O.T., take-off, top-up on fuel if you'd like or just circle. Do what you need to do at whatever speed you need to do it at, just make your T.O.T.
- Fly any realistic/high speed (>300 groundspeed) to reach your attack waypoint at your set TOT of 02:00 Local.
- You do not need to terrain mask given enemy's shorter-range, old radars, fly at high-altitude to avoid short range SAM threats and reduce jet noise.
- Maintain primary COM silence near target except for Marlin callouts (Aux COMs okay throughout).
F18 TOT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsIJEHsP1FM
F16 TOT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=001oQMPwwUw
CASE III Departure & Arrival
Flights:
Panther 1 (F16s):
- Tasking: SEAD
- Pilots: PRIMO (204), TACO (205), MURF (225)
- Targets: Arrive on station 2 minutes before rest of strike package and maintain SAM suppression for the few minutes the strike package is in and out.
- Decide based on your armament whether you want to silence active radars or just focus on any SAM threats that turn on.
- Intel estimates the enemy has 1xSA-6s (assessed near the Airport) and 2xSA-8s (locations unknown).
- Time on Target: 01:58 local.
- Transit Altitude: 15,000 - 25,000 (SA-6 has engagement ceiling of ~26,000 ft before accounting for ground elevation; if they target anyone we want it to be us with Jammers and HARMs; not the strike package.)
- Loadout: 2x Fuel, 1x JAMMER, 2x HARM, 2x TBD, 2x AIM-120C
- Tanker: Shell (27Y, 127.000, Aux #2) - Flying with TACAN Off until 06:30AM Local
- Radios:
- Primary: 250.650 (Kish), 254 (Strike),
- Aux: (as fragged), 127.000 (Shell)
- Other Info:
- 108 = SA-6 Harm code
- 117 = SA-8 Harm code
- 127 = HQ7 Launcher code (search is 128)
- TDOA:
- TMS Left-long to request TDOA triangulation from flight members to get yourself PGM1. Other two guys need to designate same target once prompted.
- May also work with IFF IN once an emitter is already selected with TMS UP.
- Tasking: Strike
- Pilots: SQUIRREL (211), KESTREL (207), TBD, TBD
- Target Waypoints: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Names in Briefing: DMPI05, DMPI06, DMPI07, DMPI08
- Deployment Heading: 310 (see arrow on map)
- Time on Target: 02:00 local.
- Transit Altitude: 30,000 (Adjust as-needed for weight, goal is spacing since all waypoints are nearby).
- Stay above SA-6 and SA-8 maximum altitudes!
- Loadout: 3x Fuel, 1x ATFLIR, 2x GBU-31, 1x AIM-120C, 2x AIM-9X
- Tanker: Texaco (251Y, 251.000, Aux #2) - Flying with TACAN Off until 06:30AM Local
- Departure Radial of 010, 011...etc
- Radios:
- Primary: 127.5 (Boat), 254 (Strike), 250.650 (Kish/Divert)
- Aux: (as fragged), 251 (Texaco)
- Tasking: Strike
- Pilots: SPECTRE (208), DRILLIN (200), DANGER (220), TBD
- Target Waypoints: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10
- Names in Briefing: DMPI01, DMPI02, DMPI03, DMPI09, DMPI10
- TGTS 1-4 strike on heading 300
- TGTS 9-10 strike on heading 120
- Time on Target: 02:00 local.
- Transit Altitude: 28,000 (Adjust as-needed for weight, goal is spacing since all waypoints are nearby)
- Stay above SA-6 and SA-8 maximum altitudes!
- Loadout: 3x Fuel, 1x ATFLIR, 2x GBU-31, 1x AIM-120C, 2x AIM-9X
- Tanker: Texaco (251Y, 251.000, Aux #2) - Flying with TACAN Off until 06:30AM Local
- Departure Radial of 000, 001, 002
- Radios:
- Primary: 127.5 (Boat), 254 (Strike), 250.650 (Kish/Divert)
- Aux: (as fragged), 251 (Texaco)
TACAN: 71X (RID)
ILS: 11
BRC: 314
Final: 305
TOWER: 127.500; Pri #1
Kish Airbase (simulating an African U.S. overseas base)
TACAN: 112X (KIH)
ILS: None
Active Runway: 10L
TOWER: 250.650; Pri #1 for departing jets, Pri #3 for F-18s as divert airbase
BULLS = WPT 1
Important Code Words:
Obsidian = Final Clearance for Strike
Foxglove = Abort Mission immediately, jettison stores over the desert and, assume a heading of 180 until out of country RTB.
Rolex + X = Time on Target Adjustment (i.e. M.C. Callout of "Rolex + 5" means push back your T.O.T. by 5 minutes). "Rolex - 3" means accelerate your T.O.T. by 3 minutes.
