Met up with Moosedog for a flight last night. Only one flight because we got a bit of a late start and it took a little bit of time for me to figure out how to get Moosedog connected to my server, but was able to figure it out.
Started a new Rolling Fire Campaign and took the first mission out of Osan. A SEAD Strike...
Was a short mission, so no wing bags, (insert sound of Harley cringing!) and took 2 HARMs, 4 CBU-87's, 3 Slammers, and 1 Winder. With all enemy radars active in the area, it was doubtful that we would be able to use the CBU's safely, but we took them just in case. Primary targets were the Fansong Radars.
The plan was to split between Stpts. 3 & 4, with Moosedog tasked with the radar at Stpt. 5 and the radar 10 miles east. I took the radar 10 miles west of stpt. 6 and would come down south and attack the radar at the airfield about 15 miles south. At the end of our HARM runs, we were to rendezvous back at stpt. 2 and decide then, if we could go in and drop the CBU's.
For the most part, the plan went pretty well. Of course, in Falcon, no plan works 100%.
Nearing stpt. 2, we met up with some red air. I took a shot at a Mig-23, but he was splashed before my missile arrived. Moosedog dispatched a Mig-29, but had to go defensive when he was fired on by another Mig-29. He was able to defeat it, and the Mig trailing him got shot down by another AC. I circled back around to see where my help had come from and found that we had a huge wave of friendlies behind us. With all the newly arrived help in the area I decided to call Moosedog back to formation so we could ingress on our targets, leaving any air threats to the other flights in our area.
I was able to hit both of my targets as planned, and while Moosedog scored hits with both of his HARMs, he ended up hitting a search radar and a SA-13. I had to get pretty close to my targets (5-10 miles) before they would turn on the radars, probably because of the red air in the area. I'm guessing that Moosedog put his shots in the right area, but missed the fansongs because they weren't emitting and he got a couple of maddog hits.
We headed back to stpt. 2, as planned, where Moosedog informed me that he had accidentally jettisoned his ground ordinance, and I informed him that I would be low on fuel (Harley - "told you so") if I tried to go back in with my CBU's. There was also some more red air showing up. So, the decision was made to RTB.
We ended up with a poor rating because we didn't get the radar at stpt. 5, but I felt it was a good mission anyway, because we did score hits, shut down two other SA-2 sites in the area, and Moosedog shot down a Mig-29, and got a SA-13 kill. As an added bonus, we brought both jets home unscathed.
Forgot to get a screen shot of the debrief, but here is what I copied out of my debrief folder...
RECORD BEGIN TIMESTAMP 12/5/2014 22:01:36.
Game is Campaign type Networked
Mission Type: SEAD Strike
Flight Unique Id: Cowboy1
2 Ship Flight
Ac type: F-16C-40
Contry: U.S.
FLIGHT EVENTS
Event Moosedog joined as Cowboy12 at 05:46:05
Event schnidrman joined as Cowboy11 at 05:46:06
Event DPRK MiG-29A downed by Moosedog at 06:01:59
Event AA-2C launched at Moosedog 06:04:35
Event DPRK Radar destroyed by Moosedog at 06:09:46
Event DPRK SA-13 destroyed by Moosedog at 06:10:35
Event DPRK Fan Song B destroyed by schnidrman at 06:11:04
Event DPRK Fan Song B destroyed by schnidrman at 06:13:42
Event schnidrman landed at 06:27:19
Event Moosedog landed at 06:27:49
Event Moosedog exited from Cowboy12 at 06:31:30
Event schnidrman exited from Cowboy11 at 06:34:22
Looking forward to the next flight...
