Background:
Ok, our operation in Liberia is entering its final stage. We've received a tip from within their government as to the location of the Moroccan prince. The informant is a highly placed government official and the intel has been rated as A-1 valid. The informant has access to the Prince, and will initially secure him prior to our own extraction team's arrival. Both will be removed from Liberia by the French Naval Commandos. Our plan is a simple snatch and grab, using helicopters. We'll need your Squadron to provide air cover for the helicopters, both on insertion and extraction ends of the mission.
The Liberian C3 Bunker is close to the extraction area, and has been added as a Secondary target. Its destruction will prevent a coordinated response from the Liberian forces. We've received plans from a member of the Engineering team that built the bunker. During his debriefing, he revealed that the complex is buried fairly deep, and is constructed of two foot thick reinforced concrete. Ventilation is provided by numerous stations, although strikes on these would be difficult and result in unacceptable collateral damage. Most penetration weaponry would result in a kill, provided the munition lands on target with minimal deviation.
We've also identified a Liberian Army garrison near the port district. The forces therein may pose a problem should the extraction team take longer then expected. A strike on the garrison would sow disorder and confusion among the ranks, providing an extra layer of cover to the operation. The location has been added to your mission brief and is considered a valid secondary target.

FUUUUUUUUUUUCK I HAVE TO SLEEP DAMMIT

HUMINT: Our informant is a well known government official, he has confirmed the Prince's location in the National Museum. A small group of the Liberian presidential security force is guarding the Prince, and we expect little to no resistance from them. AirScan's operational readiness is deemed as low, they took a significant hit from your previous action. Our source is reporting that they're preparing to pull out of the area to minimize their losses, and most likely will not engage provided that they're left alone.
ELINT: None
SATINT: We've located the Coastal Patrol Boat from operation Blind Tourniquet in the harbour area, undergoing repairs. Command advises action against it should it prove to be in an operational state.

Threat Assessment: Elevated. Liberian forces are on alert and prepared for further conflict.

ROE: Weapons Free

>>11211649
>AirScan...most likely will not engage

Prepare for INCOMING ENEMY ACES

could you please post a map of the mission area? it really helps when you explain things.

bamp

How much collateral damage is acceptable? Also is there any info on AA near the target?

>>11211680
>INCOMING ENEMY ACES

Can't let you do that, Blackflag!

Yes

>>11211918

>>11211955

>>11211970

We've talked about it and Hugs will be paying Scotch's lost Fulcrum cost, and Judge and myself will be chipping in for his new aircraft. He's a member of the team so we figured we'd help him out.

I missed the last two threads and suptg's archives still aren't working :(

So what's Scotch's next ride gonna be?

>>11211802
You know that GPS coordinates given in the briefings are real world right?

>>11212008
They work for me...
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/11140708/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/11177137/

couldn't you just let scotch take the F18 you never use?

> unacceptable collateral damage
I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of Cluster Mines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_bomb#Mine-laying

>>11212098
He uses the F-18 all the time, he has no other plane now that is phantom was filled with holes.

Your aircraft is loaded with many heavy cluster mines.
advicesteve.jpg
Engine damage over the center of Monrovia requires that you dump weight.

>>11212055
map with labels, its hard to tell what we are looking at from a sat photo without target labels.

>>11212118
To be fair the Hornet tends to receive it's fair share of holes whenever it goes up.

Or at least the radar does.

>>11212288
I love when Campaigns develop and you end up with 'normal' things.

Like Baron can't keep a Radar through a mission, or Scotch can't keep a plane in the Air.

I think Scotch has the most shootdowns and ejections of any member now.

>>11212329
I loved the first Radar death when he brought F-18 in, thought he'd had a perfect mission, and then the nose gear collapsed.

>>11212348
>>11212329
I laughed when Scotch went into the Atlantic (again) and Judge was like "I'm On a Boat!"

>>11212141
Excellent.

So hey, OP, what will Scotch be flying now?
And how are your funds? We hear about your missions but after firing so much ordnance on your last one, aren't you hurting for cash?

>>11212141
Dammit!
advicebaron.jpg
Lost the fucking radar AGAIN!

>>11212427
We're doing pretty well, AAM aren't super expensive, and we've been getting paid successively more on these missions, and the kill bonuses help.

>>11212479
Got enough to afford a bunker buster to take out Liberia's C3?
Or cluster munitions to take out that army base? (I'm assuming it's something like a barracks complex.)

>>11212479

whats the price range for his new plane?

>>11212514

Or, you know...
both?

A bit off-topic, but how expensive is it to produce VX gas?
I figure an artillery barrage (or air drop, same effect) of cluster mines that release VX when disturbed would be an extremely effective area denial weapon for depopulating major cities. Disguise the mines as Bricks (an innocuous thing, common in a city) that spew VX when disturbed, and scattering them over a populous civilian area, will render the area uninhabitable.
The risk that a random mine will go off and produce horrible, horrible death on anyone nearby will make the area too risky to live in - especially if the mines are hard to find (as they would be if they were disguised).

However, I'm not sure whether to use a simple explosive agent (TNT) or VX agent in terms of cost effectiveness. VX saturates the area and makes it unlivable for a while, but is more expensive. Thoughts, /tg/?

>>11212664

Warcrimes aren't the point of the missions you know. Just (un)fortuante results along the way.

Actually, I just checked the GPS coords that were included. a strike team moving in from the south could hit the garrison, then the bunker, then watch over the extraction as it's coming out. The bunker's not too far off of the extraction team's infil/exfil point.

So what aircraft is Scotch getting and when will we get that info that you said you'd post OP?

Any chance the french will be taking laser designators? That way you could drop some serious firepower without worrying about the civis

Alright another thread!

Gotta bail scotch out huh? Thats to bad...still its the nice thing to do for a team mate. So whats he gonna fly?

And I second the call for those charts/info that you said you had Baron. Lets see em!

>>11211649
>We've located the Coastal Patrol Boat from operation Blind Tourniquet in the harbour area, undergoing repairs. Command advises action against it should it prove to be in an operational state.
Prepare for HAIL OF AAA when attempting to leave.

The bunker seems like a much harder target (and far less obvious threat) than the army garrison, but it's cropped up twice now so the Chekov's Senses are tingleing.

Damnit, it's 3AM! I'm never going to sleep at this rate!

God Planes are gay.

>>11213219
The Hornet, maybe. But not by choice.

So, where do the coordinates point to now (in real life)?

Objective: Escort and Protect Extraction Team (6.316787, -10.804131)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=6.316787,+-10.804131
&sll=43.089827,-1.669922&sspn=0.028864,0.066047&g=43.086943,-1.669922&ie
=UTF8&ll=6.316983,-10.804088&spn=0.002455,0.004128&t=h&z=19

Secondary Objective: Destroy the Liberian Command and Control Bunker (6.319363, -10.799958)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=6.319363,+-10.799958
&sll=6.316983,-10.804088&sspn=0.002455,0.004128&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17

Secondary Objective: Destroy/Damage Liberian Army Garrison (6.361141, -10.790297)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=6.361141,+-10.790297
&sll=6.320145,-10.802093&sspn=0.009821,0.016512&g=6.319363,+-10.799958&i
e=UTF8&ll=6.360671,-10.789679&spn=0.00982,0.016512&t=h&z=17

>>11213466
I bet that if they go after the bunker, they'll take down the bridge as well.

The Moroccan prince is being held in the National Museum. Best be careful, or you could accidentally destroy hundreds of years of Liberian cultural heritag-


Pack some iron bombs, OP.

>>11213185

You don't read things, do you? The boat is an anti-shipping platform, no AAM, just guns.

If they have anything left they should still hit the boat because fuck Liberia.

>>11213511
>>11213544
>>11213592
>>11213614
So, they should take down the bridge, the bunker, the boat, and destroy the Museum after they evacuate the Prince.

>>11213592
If I remember correctly the boat was Anti-Air Rape at close range.

>>11213639
Hit the main government building with napalm too, just for the hell of it.

>>11213650

Well, yeah, it has a naval cannon and a CIWS.

>>11213592
Hence why I said AAA, not SAM. It's got a Crotale knock-off too though.

>>11213663
Well, I doubt that they'll have enough stuff to do it with after the enemy aces show up.

>>11213700
True. Any idea if the carrier's missile systems can actually hit the coast, or is it only for defense?

>>11213736
The carrier has some unspecified MBDA Asters. If it's the big-ass Aster-30, it's got a 120km range. However, that's in range of even the smallest ASM the cruiser carries.

>>11213736
Only defensive from what I remember.

You people are not posting enough pictures.

We need loadouts. F/A-18 needs a weapon loadout. Go!

>>11213836
>>11213862
Well, I guess we can't hit everything in one go then. Such a shame...

>ROE: Weapons Free

Taking bets on civilian casualties!

I'm goin with 2500.

>>11213925

I just don't have much to say, unfortunately.

As far as load-outs go, I'd say balanced ground stuff with a modest amount of AtA on the planes (at least a couple Sidewinder/equivalents each)

Revive Project Pluto
Advicestrangelove.jpg
One-shot Liberia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXUWXXE3A6o

This has been sitting in my documents for four months.

Enjoy.

>>11214080
Based on how the ship potentially being operational is just a tiny bit of the briefing, I'm betting on it being up to full planeeater mode. Baron should take a Harpoon.

And for Scotch's sake, take some HARMS. This mission looks like OP'll need an all-comers loadout in his group's four planes.

4AM gotta drop out. Here's a parting shot.

>>11214205

Satelites, HOW DO THEY WORK?

OP, it seems like the secondary missions will be worth the time to do.

Not sure about AirScan, you let Eagles and Vipers go last time, I wouldn't be surprised if you got pounced this time through.

>>11214205
The F-15 is mankinds first space fighter.

Just sayin'.

>>11214284
Ahem.

>>11214143

Poor Fresco.

>>11214178
Exocets may be cheaper, given their employer, and probably just as effective.

Personally, i'd have your AtG specialist load out with a) bunker busters, b) cluster bombs, and c) a pair of exocets. The rest load up with HARMS-dominant loadouts, rocket/gun pods, and probably a pair of sidewinders or AA-10s each. Seems to be the most balanced loadout possible.

Or, if you'd like to not do the all-eggs-in-one-basket thing, disperse the exocets, bunker busters and cluster bombs among the squadron as you see fit.

Tactics... fast Wild Weasel strike initially to clear a safe corridor for the Helos, and then engage the secondaries as best able before moving back into a standard escort pattern. Stay together to handle any surprises with massive force. Beyond that... I dunno. I'll let the experts handle it.

>>11214322

I'm sorry I don't recognise that Emblem.

Poland right?

>>11214339

Unfortunately, Poland cannot into space.

For money's sake, Scotch is getting an A-4, at least that is the current plan. That or a Super Etendard.

>>11214353

OF COURSE how stupid of me!

Thats the marking of the united peoples Kerplachastan

>>11214339

If you're joking, you're terrible.

If you're serious, that is even worse.

>>11214339

It's Canada.

>>11214380
>>11214379

The how do they pay for the airframe and have free healthcare?

>>11214368

He can't afford an F-4? Not even an old one?

>>11214368

I know its a fine aircraft, but the idea of an A-4 just makes me nervous, since its the designated Redshirt plane of Area 88's mercenary airforce.

>>11214418
>>11214443
His plane list so far:
Mirage F1
Saab Viggen
MiG-29k (On loan)
A-4

One of those does not belong.

>>11214443
I think he's just counting on the Skyhawk going down.
A shame. I wish he got the Super Étendard, but I can understand not wanting to lose that too.

>>11214473

The MiG. It's the only twin-engine on the list.

>>11214451

John McCain during his presidential campaign solicited he would shut down air force one and fly himself around in a decomissioned A-4 Skyhawk.

He then challenged Obama to a survival match in the cambodian jungle. Putting his Cigar out on his tongue ending with " the day I lose my knife in the jungle is the day I tear off my own balls. "

>>11214553

Why decommissioned? He'd be the Commander-in-chief of the Military. He could fly around with nukes strapped to it if he wanted.

>>11214553

and he still lost.
=[

>>11214613

I never really cared for McCain, but when the pilot who shot him down said " he was glad he wasn't elected." that just kind of pissed me off.

You live in Vietnam asshole, you supported what its currently become. Yet another territory in asia that is being exploited for cheap labor, among other things.

>>11214322
Oh, god. The Avro Arrow?

I wonder what would have happened if it was produced instead of that jackass Mulroney cutting funding for it?

>>11214473
I'm looking for differences between the Etendard and the Skyhawk, but they are like the same plane...

What is the difference?

>>11214690
Diefenbaker. Mulroney was a different Aircraft related scandal.

>>11214700
One's a couple decades older, for one thing.

>>11214714
Oh. Okay, my question still stands. What would've happened had the Avro Arrow been produced instead of scrapped?

>>11214368

Shame. should sprung for a crusader.

It only makes sense. he likes guns.

>>11214714

Give me a history lesson there Kanook, this sounds delicious.

>>11214730

Goldrush 2?

shit, maybe I'd better not give Steve any ideas.

>>11214753

Not same guy but basically it was a really shiny kanuk built interceptor. It got to right before the production run after money was dumped on it for a few years, then they cancelled it. People were pissed

Canada's air force is lacking.

>>11214741
Canada would be a leading purveyor of Interceptors to the US Air Force.

True Story, they had a massive contract with the US being finalized, the Air Force loved the Arrow, but Dief scrapped it since he didn't like the head of Avro.

Engineers from AVRO went on to work for NASA, and were the chief designers behind the Apollo missions.

>>11214931
Hmm... Canada gets to sell Arrows.... But no Apollo.

This is tricky.

>>11214931

Maybe that was for the best.

I mean, if we stuck with using the F-4 so god damn much, would we still have the F-14 today?

>>11214920

Also this kinda reminds me of the F-22 situation right now.

>>11215004

The F-22 isn't that great though. It's operational range is tiny and it's "stealth" only works its best in perfect conditions. The paint fucking falls off in rain or humid conditions

The price tag is just not worth the plane

I'm sorry did I hear right? An A-4 is Scotches next choice?

i highly encourage the op or anyone in his group to pick up a 15e strike eagle,

why? because it has a rediculous thrust to weighty ratio, opening up more options in acm, and giving it even more gofast then a raptor, but most importaintly, it can carry even more shit in a phantom II, creating a world of possibilities in equipment loadouts and customisation,
the airframe itself is based on the air sup eagle variant, so its can hold its own against smaller dogfighters, while able to hold turns longer thanks to the extra thrust.

more modern jets like the f-16, hornet, mig variants, and even f-22/35 variants are realy just side grades when you consider the longjevity of jets like the f-4 or f-111, with better power and aerodynamics, the f-15 is a definit upgrade.

>>11215049

....I'd fox 2 you without a tone.

I wonder, does Airwar C21 stats exist for the Arrow? Or was there enough info about it to make reasonable stats?

One could always use it in a alt-history or alternate world situation, such as Strangereal.

The biggest loss from the Arrow Program was the loss of the Iroquois Engine.

With burners, it logged 32,000 lbs of thrust, which meant that even on a fully loaded Arrow, the damn thing would have had a Thrust Weight ratio of .94, the ability to Supercruise, and an operational altitude of 50,000 ft.

The plane they tested the Iroqouis on, a B-47, was scrapped when they returned it to the Americans, because the engines thrust had BENT the airframe.

>>11215004
If I recall correctly, the Arrow was better than the F-4. But I'm probably wrong about that.

>>11215090
Isn't that inferior to current stuff?

>>11215084

THat's where I'm setting my player's first ACTUAL campaign (this one we were running was basically an extended playtest.)

Also, I love you for that map.

>>11215070

Don't get me wrong, its a pretty plane with air capabilities that outstrip everything that will even hit developement for at least a decade (aside from maybe the PAK-FA), but it just didn't have the cost effectiveness to be worth a lengthy production run

>>11215091
That might be Propaganda. The Arrow was unbelievably fast, all weather, two setear, with an internal weapons bay for guided missiles. It operated at extreme altitudes at Mach 2.

The F-4, by contrast, operated lower, at slower speeds, and carried external weapons, but could operate off a carrier (no small feat). It also had marginally better slow speed performance. Turn rates I'm still looking up, but given the Arrow's size, I'm guessing it wasn't super hot in a turning fight, however the delta wing is acknowledged as a decent shape for maneuvering.

>>11215133

This was in 1954, so it may be, but it was WAY ahead of its time

>>11215139
Here, have some more.


>>11215133
Current stuff, maybe, but at the time?

>>11215133
The F-15 had lower thrust engines wet (dry was a different story I believe)

>>11215174

And the BIG map, not sure how current this is. I think it was made shortly after Ace 6

Also, as far as Strangereal fluff, check out:
http://electrosphere.info/index.php?act=idx

For comparison, the Arrow with J79 (17,000 lbs with Afterburner) set speed and altitude records in its day.

So a nearly 40% increase in thrust, well, I'll just let you imagine how powerful that is.

The engine was also 20% lighter than anything of the day, and in the aviation world, that's immense.

>>11215091

Really the Radar on the Arrow surpassed the F-4?

Don't get me wrong, missiles and shit in that time were terrible, but the F-4 was enough to make the brass toss aside the gun for a while.

>>11215203

>>11215225
>>11215159
>>11215090

Comrade Mikyokan, the Canadians are on the phone. They want their Foxbat back.

>>11215284

It was either the Arrow or the Apollo missions.

It'd be nice if we could get both, but Apollo takes precedence.

Scotch in a Skyhawk?

I love the Scooter, everything about it is awesome.

Skyhawk facts: Was designed by a man who hated complexity.
It has less moving parts than any other Post WW2 Naval aircraft.
Its wings are small enough to not require folding on a Carrier
It pioneered Buddy Tanking
Every system has three failsafes and a manual override.
Every fuse on the plane is identical, making battlefield repairs a snap.

>>11215372
>Every fuse on the plane is identical, making battlefield repairs a snap.

As an electrician I find this interesting. Do all the systems just use the same voltages/Amperages? I really know nothing about aircraft (or automobile) electrical systems, they're a FAR different beast from home and business.

Arvo Arrow with an upgrade package similar to the Phantom 2000's kit.

Fund. It.

>>11215451

Open up your car fusebox, I can't imagine it doesn't follow the same principles.

So...as far as this mission goes. Two pronged assault. One pair comes in from the north and hits the garrison and frigate while the second pair hits the control bunker from the south. Both pairs will also need to be able to suppress AAA and SAM sites as well as ground forces and any possible air assets left in the area.

As someone else said this will require a very diverse package. An anti shipping missile or two for the frigate(or some other precision ordinance). Cluster or precision munitions for the garrison. Precision bunker buster or two for the C3. Close support weapons for the extraction. And finally a basic AtA load out.

What will everyone be flying?

>>11215270
>>11215225
The technology in that engine -- is it being used today?

>>11215372
>Scooter

>>11215372

Scotch's girlfriend is going to love him for this.

Can she speak the English yet?

>>11215475

If I was there, I'd swing down and bomb those Sams as hard as I could, for as long as I could.


Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't be wasteful, but god damn, I'm gonna be sure.

Infact thats the first thing I'd hit, I can always play cat and mouse, But fuck sams.

>>11215506

that reminds me, how are they doing?

And will you ever put her in the back seat?

Woman in the backseat perk

+2 to onboard system response -2 to overall piloting and sighting.

>>11215463

Point, I guess the systems in a plane/car really don't need a variety of voltages. I'm used to buildings, which can require all sorts of junk.

So how did the SkyHawk get the nickname "Scooter"?

>>11215525
Backseat driver.

>>11215545

Then they could theoretically level her up.

Know your place perk

+1 to sighting craft and hardpoint arming

>>11215508
>>11215475

I'd also recommend a good spread of the lightest possible HARMS packages you can get, too. Will be useful, given our prior experiences in this sort of thing.

>>11215581
>Something about having a cook and never having to eat MREs again
+/-1 to pilot endurance/damage checks

>>11215595

Fuck that.


Just get a ton of light weight bombs, Put your nose down, Push that shit to about 600 knautical miles, then ripple.

Half of your payload will be gone, you'd have saturated the target area and it shouldn't take you more than 15 seconds.

Do a bit of ACM while pushing the airspeed and tallyho!

>>11215542
>>11215542
Small, Agile, quick. Most likely.

>>11215604

My point is that a good backseat will know his place.

It's not necessarily sexism, but you can play it like that.

It's strategy, don't tell your pilot where to bank, just tell him whats going on.

>>11215674

Also another thing I'd like to bring up.


Any one know any good Jet sim games where two people can occupy a jet?


I've got such a hardon for some co-piloting.

>>11215641

SAM batteries aren't likely to be all clumped together, though, to avoid just that.

>>11215604

"Back to the Kitchen!" or "Officer's Mess" comes immediately to mind.

>>11215696

I have never thought about that before, but that sounds pretty awesome.

Closest I've ever heard of was B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th (the newer one, not my Beloved DOS classic), which let up to 10 people crew a B-17.

I think IL-2 lets you be the gunner for other pilots too, but jet age backseater? Never heard of one like that.

>>11215696
Not that I know of, short of a Simulator, but the bigger question is why? The backseat job isn't a huge amount of fun, compared to the front seat.

>>11215705

Thats not the idea though, the idea is to have just enough damage over a large area.
What goods that AGM you just fired if it misses?

Least with a handful of bombs you can't really miss and its enough to knock out the Sam.

This is my preferrence though, don't take it as fact.

Also I love how we're so defensive and interested in Scotch, as if he might die this mission.....

>>11215542
>>11215666
It was light, fast, and extremely maneuverable. Forward Air Observers loved them cause they could roll into a ground attack line up more precisely than any other attack aircraft out there...on their first try. They were just that responsive. Not to mention they're rather smaller than most aircraft. "Scooter" was a well deserved name. They can't carry as much or go as far as some of the other aircraft out there but they're a pilots dream as far as responsiveness, agility, and general handling.

>>11215760

He's flying a 50's era jet when the rest of the pilots recently concluded they had to upgrade they're airframes due to AirScan flying planes that far outstrip them.

At the very least he's in trouble this mission

>>11215760

Well, face it, given how many times he's been shot down, he's pushing his luck on the bail-outs.

Then again, maybe its like Crimson Skies, where pilots get a +1 bonus to their bail-out roll for each time they've been forced to make a combat-bailout (up to a maximum of +4).

>>11215758

Spoken like a 1 seater.


MIG 7 O CLOCK TRACKING AND SHOOTING!

HOLD ON I'VE ALMOST GOT THIS GUY,

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU, HOOOLYYY SHIIIIIII

GOT HIM,

HE'S RIGHT ON TOP OF US, GOD DAMN IT,

WHERE WHERE?

SIX O CLOCK HIGH, HE'S OVER OUR TAIL!

FFFFF

GUNS GUNS

I GOT IT - CAGE THE SIGHT - GOT IT

CAGE THE SIGHT - SIGHTS CAGED

>>11215760

What, enough bombs to cover the entire city? I'm not sure you're working on the same scale here.

>>11215808
Merlin: What are you doing? You're slowing down, you're slowing down!
Maverick: I'm bringing him in closer, Merlin.
Merlin: You're gonna do what?

>>11215829

With a very high airspeed and your nose tucked well enough the bombs should make their general mark fast and hard.


It'll be fucking chaos for people on the ground though.

and any bombs left behind could be tasked to any last minute targets.

>>11215869

Pilots and their back seaters probably have the best friendships in the world.

Ones we'll never even come close to experience, now imagine a woman up there with you.

Now imagine the sex after a risky mission....or a dude...you know..what ever..

>>11215869

Sad part about that is, My brother and I quote that movie on at least a day-to-day basis.

>>11215881

Great. That takes out one SAM battery. One. Even if all four of them do that, they're inserting into a hostile city with access to solid soviet-era SAMs. Half a dozen or more batteries scattered all over the city is easily probably. They'll need to be able to engage them in quantity, quickly and at range. Bomb spreads won't do that.

>>11215829

For the whole city, you'll need a fully loaded Bear or B-52. Either one could probably do a goo job of taking out a .5X2km box

>>11215808
>WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU, HOOOLYYY SHIIIIIII
You have made an Anon smile today

>>11215909

You will never have bromancely hot sex with your copilot after a risky dogfight over the skies of Liberia

:_;

sadfrog.jpeg

>>11215927

Me and my friend fly a ton of Co-op

BF2, il2, WOV, WOE, Falcon 4

Sadly BF2 was the only one with anything remotely back seat.

The funny shit we'd say to each other when an SU came into play.

We qouted blues brothers and flight of the intruder.

>>11215927
What's Sad about that?

>>11216042
Says the girl with liquid jet pilot flowing through her veins.

>>11216042

Nobody else has any clue what we're talking about.

"jake's nickname is goose? I thought it was '!' Wtf man." and so forth.

>>11216085

Mines usually " that asshole" or " Fucking american " or " American terrorist" or " napalm is a warcrime."

>>11216064
Huh?

>>11216295

Sukhoi has a complete and categorical knowledge of aircraft and flying

Also she's a girl

>>11216319
Also family history of pilots.

>>11216319
That's fucking awesome.

>>11216377

Don't fox 1 on her you silly boys.

>>11216407
We'd never get tone.

>>11216435
I'd drop my payload into her tailpipe, if you know what I mean.

>>11216125

Dude, who the hell do you fly with?

>>11216476

A North Korean named Xaoz Yen...

No, thats just what people call me online, it's fucking hilarious.

>>11216435

Don't welsh on a bet.

>>11216562

How about we Scotch a bet instead?

>>11216456
I think I know what you mean...

>>11216607

Maybe if you irish it up a little...

I'd laugh so hard if scotch was the lone pilot to NOT get shot down this time...and in a 40+ year old aircraft as well.

>>11216679
"I'm in the air!


Faggots!"

>>11216660
Now that's just not cricket.

>>11216690
Heh. Irony hammer inbound.

>>11216607

Sure why not?

how many times has he been shot down now 3? 4?

He's in a Scooter...probably A-4M, oorah, hmmm...I'd hope it was M.

well fuck, Scotch could paint targets and play it safe if he wanted to, but that isn't exactly how he flies.

Hell the thing has ARBS, Scotch could do exactly what I was talking about earlier.

Put this mother fucker in maximum over drive, tuck that nose down, ripple, move it the fuck out.

>>11216779

He'd be better off as the Exocet/Harpoon carrier, frankly. If an old Super Etendard can do it, so can a Skyhawk.

Can't believe I missed another one.
Fucking timezones.

Bump for eurofa/tg/uys

>>11216892

Good, we need some sanity up in this motherfucker.

Do the eurofags have any good battleplan/loadout suggestions for this mission?

>>11216679
Just to have the arresting hook fail and pitch his aircraft into the sea. Again.

>>11216892

I saw the lack of animoo jets in this thread.

It wasn't the same without you bro.

I feel like I'm spamming the fuck out of this thread.

>>11216939

Does the Skyhawk even need an arresting hook to land with?

If I was running the Op...

Rafale, Air to Air with some Anti-Tank missiles.
A4 is a bomb truck, with a good mix of Cluster/Rockets.
The F-18 is our Strike, with some big GBU pipes to blow the crap out of the bunker, backed up with 2 Amraams and 4 sidewinders, maybe another set of clusters just in case.
The Mig-29 would be similar to the F-18, minus the big bunker busters.

>>11216947

Actually, I'm the one who usually posts the plethora of Area 88 caps.

>>11216992

What would you recommend for handling the Ship? An exocet or two, or to just ignore the thing?

>>11216995
Yes, we know.

>>11216892
Oh its the change in shifts now is it? I know I always hate to miss most of a thread. Hopefully this one will last another day.

A4 could take out the ship with a missile strike and then go on to support the retrieval of the prince. Not the best for dropping bunker busters i'll admit. He'll probably have to rely on his cannons only for self defense if AirScan comes calling but then he's pretty good with cannons now isn't he.

>>11217029
Pair of Sidewinders works well on Heinemann's Hotrod as well.

>>11217027

Hey, I can stop if people don't like it. I just have this odd habit of always posting a picture.

Got plenty of other non-Area88/anime stuff I could use.

>>11216995
Then maybe you oughta get postin'!

>>11217121
I'm not complaining. Some of the Area 88 is very topical.

>>11217190
Gosh, it's always weird to see these pictures with Nellis in the file name. That's my city's AFB.

>>11217063
Oh i completely agree but he'll likely want to use those hard points for something else for this mission. They've got a lot of bases to cover and only so many airframes.

Thats also one of two problems i have with the A4, only 5 hard points...one of which is almost always used for a drop tank. Thankfully he probably won't need the tank this mission due to refueling being available.

>>11217190

I so often forget how tiny the MiG-15 and -17 are. I mean, the Saber was small, but the -15 and -17, sheesh.

>>11217228

Indeed. I still think they should have at least one Anti-Ship missile in there somewhere. Exocet, Harpoon, Russian jobbie or otherwise.

>>11217207
Well, it is used to train new pilots on the F-22. Plus there's a good chance to see foreign planes and pilots, quite probably because it seems like they're doing Red Flag every other month.

>>11217253

Not to mention the time they were used the Atolls they were given were a joke.

2 and they've got worse failure rates than the aim's.

>>11216992
Pretty much agreed.
Maybe some Exocets on the Rafale for the ship and some rocket pods on the Fulcrum for AtG against lighter targets?

>>11216932
It's close to 8 in the morning in central Europe now. . .

That being said, I'm here nonetheless.

A plan: You have to keep the confusion level as high as possible to give the extraction team time and clear out any AA defenses in the area.

Cluster bombs on the army base and the ship in the harbor. Alternative is multiple rocket pods, maybe napalm on the base.
This is a basic 'go in and wreck shit' mission. Do it low and fast, and not much can go wrong.
Do this ahead of the strike on the bunker, so that the confusion (and panic) can spread and reaction forces can move there (and away from your target area)
Downside is that this will alert the defenders, but when they're expecting an attack anyway you're not losing much.

The bunker. . .this is where you have to use a little high tech. Laser-guided penetrator bombs, or you're not getting anywhere. That means a plane with a laser target designator and the actual munitions have to be available. If you can do that, by all means go for it.

The REAL problem is going to be AAA batteries and MANPADS along the evac route.
Even an old ZU-23-2 can really ruin a Helo's day.
No idea how to suppress those without carpet-bombing or going batshit insane aka NAPALM EVERWHERE.

>>11217593

Aren't there a bunch of Russian HARMS missiles with a loiter mode for shit like that?

>>11217593
>and not much can go wrong

You do realize this is Steve we're talking about, right?

>>11217593

Skyhawk would probably be best for the LTD role.

Then maybe some Paveway on those guns?

Don't forget GPB's, quantity has quality all its own.

>>11217669

We Concur.

Do fighter pilots refuse to date or marry women named Samantha?

>>11217741

I don't know who you are, where you're from, but fuck you man!

FUCK YOU!

YOU'VE NEVER FLOWN NORTH OF THE RIVER, FUCKING SKY IS FILLED WITH FLYING SILVER DICKS

You're all like, " oh I'll just turn and ev-NO IT DOESNT WORK THAT WAY.

I WINCE LIKE A BITCH WHEN I ENTER CLOUDS, EVEN MUFFLER SMOKE AT THE GAS STATION.

>>11217823
What would you call this wonderful device, my good sir?

Scotch should really buy one of those pilot skill perks to keep from getting shot down so often. Maybe one that lets him keep his plane from breaking up from damage long enough to land it? Otherwise, the man could definitely do with one boosting his ejection chances.

>>11217905

Just like zanzibar....

>>11217823
I bet you don't like people with the initials A.A. either!~

>>11218005
I know who he DOESN'T insure his car with.

>>11218005

I've yet to been even scraped by flak.

2 things I usually toss aside.

Atolls from migs, LOL, HE'S USING AN ATOLL.

And Flak, YAY FIRE WORKS!


Gun fire at less than a thousand feet and Sams are my biggest concern.

>>11218025

patrick.jpeg

Why don't we take all the TRIPLE A!

AND PUT IT ON AN AIRCRAFT?!

>>11218033
Suddenly, Phantoms.

PHANTOMS EVERYWHERE.

>>11218051
>See tank gun
>Want it on airplane
>Result

>>11218058
>see word Phantoms
>immediately hear Ghost Busters theme song
>goddamit

>>11218058

...Ehhh..not really..I see more migs in the sky than I do F-4 on a flight deck.

SAMS, thats different.
Alright this'll be a good mission, Migcap near the coast, Charlie don't surf bitch. I'll add maybe four more migs onto my phantom and then I'll go to bed.


Suddenly I hear a blip blip sound, its kind of like that cliche' alarm clock sound. The one you hear on commercials that makes you perk up and freak out that you've missed work/school.


Suddenly my wingmen start to talk, even my rio, " I've got spike."

" I've got Spike"

" Picking up Spike"

" Whose that guy from Cowboy bebop? Oh yeah, Spike!"


Suddenly, SPIKES, FUCKING EVERYWHERE, Vietnam makes the cutscenes from the invasion of Hiigara look like a fucking bitch fest border skirmish.


There are so many fucking missiles, my god damn radar cannot comprehend it. There are so many god damn missiles, that the ground now looks like sky.

You want to know why Robotech has so many god damn missiles? The artist probably saw Vietnam on the TV and thought it was fucking normal.

This shit ain't normal, this is not a test to the human spirit, its fucking ridiculous.

FAN SONG EVERYWHERE and guarded by those god damn short range guns, which means I can't strafe them freely.

I have to drop what I'm doing, nose dive, mach 1, yo yo and dive onto patches of Sams.

Losing probably my entire wing, my rio is catotonic, he's just following me out of instinct.

Dear redcrown, you are a whore, you are a whore, just put on some lace, glitter and rouge, cause thats what the guys downtown like, you are a whore.


I swing around, 5-6-10,11 sams fly by....fuck me...just not even....

I go to bed at about an hour and a half later, I mad.

>>11217635
Well, yes. You should read my 'not much' to include 'apart from shit-tons of SAMs, enough AAA to reenact the related pic and an enemy CAP'

But if you keep it low and fast, they'll still pick you up late, and you'll have the targets in flames with a couple of bandits on your six.
Actually, that'S a plan right there to find and negate possible enemy air assets before they can kill the helos.

>>11218174
>MiGs

>>11218098

Erm, wouldn't it be kind of suicidal to use a gunship in Vietnam?

I'm Ready.

>>11218274

Yep and thats exactly what I do.


16 mark 82's general purpose bombs.

One thing I love about the F4, TON of hardpoints.


Personally I set my ripple to single, sorta tap'em off on a feeling.


Nose is down hard, sams are set up in a sorta hexagon area, pop one, two...three....pull....burner...repeat.


You get these bald spots in the ground, easy to spot, I use them as markers to know my safety zones.

after the third marker, I've got breathing room, if it was the weekend sale on sams.

bamp for not-40k-shit

anyone else still here?

>>11218862
Well, yes. But it's close to noon in Europe, still night in the US. . .low activity.

Dead thread is dead.

Pack as many AIM-120s onto that Rafale as possible, and make sure Hugs is in a killy mood. That fucker is likely going to be the one plane out of the group that can go toe-to-toe with the inevitable F-16S OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE

>>11219481
More like Mica and Magic II (and maybe, seeing as this game is supposedly near future, MBDA Meteor)

>>11219521
Any good, all-aspect short-range AAMs will do, as long as they're agile as fuck. And you take plenty of them.

Commit warcrimes, blame AirScan.

>>11219695

I like the cut of your jib, good sir.

Now we just need an F-16 or F-15 to do it.

>>11219844
Can they carrier-launch?

>>11219856
Unfortunately not

>>11219892
Kinda puts a sucker on that plan, don't it?

>>11219914
Blaming AirScan for the raid would have been fun, yes

Do we know if they have Hornets?


With some false intel, maybe OP's group can make it look like AirScan took some different planes for to attack the Liberians to make sure noone suspects them, sort of a false flag thing?

Probably not, but a guy can dream, right?

>>11219983
I like it.

Probably pretty hard to pull off though if not downright impossible...

>>11220211
Seriously? SIX LGBs?

Dude...

bamp

>>11220282
When you must rid yourself of many, many underground bastards.

Yay, planefaggotry

Planefags, come out come out wherever you are...

Might as well put this here...

I have a question for you guys if you don't mind. Which is better, the Eurofighter Typhoon or the Dassault Rafale?

Pic related, so sexy...

fuck you guys. I just spent like 3 hours reading plane related wiki articles.

>>11221151
Define "better". In what terms, exactly?

Also you're better of waiting till sukhoi gets back and asking her. She is literally an encyclopaedia of useless plane trivia.

>>11221593
You're welcome :)

Better in a different areas I guess...

Which is better in:
-AtA
-AtG
-Low observability
etc.


And I know about Sukhoi, but I figured I'd just toss the question out there seeing as I have no idea when she'll be on and IIRC she's in a different time zone (Canada vs. Western Europe)

>>11211649
>ROE: Weapons Free
Lets do this shit.

Well, you at least get to do this shit.

>>11221862
Sucks to be on the sideline, doesn't it?

The heck is this thing from?

>>11222048
Bigtime

>>11221756
SO MUCH BVR

>>11222332
If only they were as great against other fighters as they are against big and slow bombers...

>>11221593
You're welcome

and wow people actually saved the art I posted in that one thread.

>>11222480
Well, it's good art

>>11222548
I found more but can't remember what I've posted and what I haven't.

You know what forget it I'll just post them all if nobody minds.

>>11222469
What we really need is a true two-stage high-agility BVRAAM. Maybe if you took the warhead out of the Phoenix and slapped some miniature SRAAMs into it...

>>11221151
Eurofighter Typhoon is generally considered the better aircraft. It has less compromises since it's aimed at being one thing only, vs the Rafale which was designed to fit the requirements of both the navy and the Air Force. The Eurofighter tends to have a better loadout, and has better engines, supercruise, turning, etc.

However, the Rafale is significantly cheaper than the Eurofighter.

>>11222741
you mean like some kind of cluster AtA missile?

>>11222746
>F-14E
>thrust-vectoring paddles
What.

>>11222767
All I can say is it would murder just about everything.

>>11222763
I guess, yeah. Or just a small, agile short-range AAM with a "first stage" for long-burn flight and longrange guidance?

First stage takes the missile towards the target at high speeds from fucking miles away, then releases. Second stage separates and hunts down the target at close range.

>>11222755
Rafale also has a higher payload by 4500 lbs IIRC

But yeah, in terms of thrust and thrust to weight and whatnot, Eurofighter wins.


I am curious to find out more about that whole mysterious Spectra system the Rafale is toting though...

just for a bit of humor

>>11222873

Sukhoi monogatari, aniki

Morning ladies and gents.

If that Rafe manages to survive these carrier missions I wonder if Hugs will keep it or simply sell it for something else.

>>11222889
Shouldn't have lolled but did anyway.

>>11222896
I'd keep it, if it were me.

And paint it pink.

>>11222889
for making me laugh harder at the image have a yellow PAK-FA

>>11222896
Well, even if it's not as good as, say, a Typhoon, it's still a pretty damn good jet with a good payload and carrier capability.

Might as well keep it around, they're not likely to get their hands on anything (much) better anytime soon, aside from maybe a late model Flanker

Anywho, I'm off to D&D, have fun boys & girls :)

>>11222966
Ok cya next thread

Sigh...haven't been able to get a good game of anything going...let alone dnd...for over 2 months. I guess I need a new set of friends or something.

I'd probably end up keeping the Rafe too. Its been a good aircraft so far; capable, dependable, and lucky.

I think we'd all keep the Rafe' as its not only survived this whole mess called Liberia but actually done well.

And I'm out of art enjoy folks.

>>11223207
Thank you for the dump, found a few I didn't have.

>>11223275
I had posted some before but couldn't remember wich ones so I posted them all and it seems i missed one.

>>11222317

Its an fancied up Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden from the anime "Sky Crawlers".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB_J7W


Actually looking at it again I'm totally wrong, that cockpit is in the wrong spot. Uhm, no clue then, I still think its from Sky Crawlers though.

>>11224308
Nope, it's definitely not (for one thing, it's cel not digipaint). My best guess is Wings of Honneamise, but I can't remember any carrier-launched aircraft in that.

>>11224674

I suppose you might be right, never seen either show.

Just to throw out an idea:

Mesurado Bridge and and Providence Bridge. They're right next to the command bunker and the primary target. Ask the French wether those bridges are expendable. If they aren't, fuck the army base. Just bomb these two and anyone trying to get to the primary target from that base has to do a fucking ~40 mile detour.

In that case, you can come in from the waterfront, put 1-2 Exocets into that boat and then just go to town on SAM sites and the command bunker and bridges without caring about the base.

>>11225805
If they *are* expendable. Duh.