TAW presents: TOP GUN 2017


IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN EVERYONE…….
TIME FOR TOP GUN  PRESENTED TO YOU BY: THE ART OF WARFARE – DCS DIVISION

We are back with ROUND 4, but it will be called TOP GUN 2017 from now on and the years will obviously increase in the future.

 

DOWNLOAD THE MISSION FILE HERE !!

 

What is Top Gun?

The Top Gun event is in its fourth incarnation and has been an intense and awesome event so far. This has provided us with some of the best dogfighting we’ve ever seen.

This event has been created, planned and will be hosted by TAW (The Art of Warfare) in association with Situational Awareness. Therefore ladies and gents it will count towards your SA ranking.

The formula is the same as last year, but make sure you read the rules to get an understanding of how it will work.

When is it?

1 vs 1Saturday 11th of November 2017 @ 1500z

2 vs 2Saturday 18th of November 2017 @ 1500z

What can I fly?

Our roster for aircraft available this time around is the following:

SU-27
SU-33
F-15C
M2000C

How will it work?

The event will be split into TWO separate competitions, a 1vs1 and a 2vs2.
For the 1vs1 competition we have 32 slots to fill and for the 2vs2 we are going to get 16 teams (32 slots).
8 slots from each competition have already been reserved for invitees.
Once signed up, pilots will then be sorted and assigned matches.

RULES and LOCATION on DCS MAP:

Every match will be best of 3 rounds, i.e, first pilot/team to win 2 rounds will be declared winner. The Final Fight will be first pilot/team to win 3 rounds (best of 5).

Pilots/teams will spawn head to head and airborne at exact same speed(800 km/h TAS) and altitude(5000m) and having exact same fuel burn time:

F15 – 71% FUEL @ 5000m 2 x IR Missile = 5 min BURN TIME
SU27 – 55% FUEL @ 5000m 2 x IR Missile = 5 min BURN TIME
SU33 – 50% FUEL @ 5000m 2 x IR Missile = 5 min BURN TIME
M2000C – 38% FUEL @ 5000m 2 x IR Missile = 5 min BURN TIME

Pilots will spawn in a 50km diameter combat station (bubble); the goal is to destroy the opponents or force them out of the bubble.

A warning message and sound will alert pilots when getting within 5km from the borders.

A trigger will blow up any unit flying out of the combat zone if there is still an opponent flying.

If all opponents are down, exiting the bubble will declare you winner of the round.

If the hosting server crashes before a winner is declared, the round will have to be restarted; only one client-side disconnection per pilot/team is eligible for a round restart; any further disconnection will count as a loss regardless of when it happened.

If a client disconnects after the first merge, it will count as a loss. If a client side disconnection happens before the first merge, the round shall be restarted.

Pilots must use the same aircraft until the match is over but can fly a different one in the next match.

Fuel dumping is allowed.

Print screening is forbidden, server will notify admin when someone is print screening; this is a serious breach and will result in an immediate round loss; any further print screening will result in a disqualification.

Ping Limit is set to 400ms.

Players can swap sides after each round.

In case of a dispute, tracks will have to be provided. The admin’s decision will be final. Tracks from participants may also be required whenever deemed necessary; failure to provide a track when asked for will result in the loss of the round.

The three rounds will be structured like this:

#### 1vs1 ####

– Round 1 –
Pilots will be provided with 2 heat seeking missiles (SU27/33 – R-73, F15C – AIM-9, M2K – Magic) and their aircrafts gun, all of which will be employed post merge only.

– Round 2 –
Pilots will be equipped only with their GUNS ONLY, in traditional Top Gun fashion, again firing post merge only.

– Round 3 –
If after round 2 the score is tied then we repeat round 2 GUNS ONLY to get our winner.

#### 2vs2 ####

– Round 1 –
Pilots will be provided with 2 heat seeking missiles (SU27/33 – R-73, F15C – AIM-9, M2K – Magic) and their aircrafts gun, all of which can be employed pre merge.

– Round 2 –
Pilots will be equipped only with their GUNS ONLY, in traditional Top Gun fashion, again firing can be pre merge.

– Round 3 –
If after round 2 the score is tied then we repeat round 2 GUNS ONLY to get our winner.

 


We strongly believe in showing good sportsmanship, therefore all matches will have a referee who will orchestrate the match and resolve any issues that may arise during.

You will not be allowed to switch airframes once the match has started, you must complete all three rounds with the same airframe. You can change airframes in between matches.

For attendance to the event itself, you must show up 30 minutes before your match begins, if you aren’t present in the TeamSpeak lobby 30 minutes before your match then we will already contact reserves.
If you do not show up 15 minutes before the match someone from the reserve list will fly your match. If no reserves are available, then the match will be ruled as a walkover win.
It’s very important that we keep the event running, so that others will not suffer for someone else’s tardiness.

Alot of organisational work goes into preparing an event like this, therefore we need to stick to a strict timetable to keep everything running smoothly, we hope you understand the reasons for the above.

Finally, keep yourself up to date with the event by checking the thread here, just in case any changes are made. Have fun!

Where do I sign up?

Anyone and everyone is welcome to sign up to the event, for 1vs1 and 2vs2, it doesn’t matter how skilled or unskilled you think you are.
Simply visit the relevant signup form below and enter your details in, once done, hop back to the thread here and just post your callsign into the thread so we can contact you easily if necessary.

!!! REGISTRATION IS CLOSED as of November 1st 2017!!! 

PLEASE NOTE:
We strongly encourage you to sign up even if you believe that we have reached our limit for players, we’ve noticed plenty of AWOL’s at past events so we therefore want a strong reserve list!

Where do I join Team Speak?

Address: 37.59.10.136
Password: wargames

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PLAYERS LIST:


PLAYERS LIST  –  1 vs 1  –  11th of November 2017

 

CALLSIGN NATIONALITY LOCATION GMT/ZULU SQ NAME SQ WEBSITE AIRFRAMES
Birdstrike Croatia Croatia GMT+2 Lonewolf Lonewolf SU27
Razer Finland Finland GMT+2 SF http://dcsfinland.fi/sf-squadron/ F15C
SF_Kapsu Finland Finland GMT+2 SF Squadron http://dcsfinland.fi/sf-squadron/ F15C
TAW_AlephRo Moldova Moldova GMT+3 TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C
Onyx Germany Germany GMT+2 Lonewolf Lonewolf SU27
TAW_Seminole American Eastern US GMT-5 TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C
The General US Florida GMT-5 Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C
Slutcher Chinese China GMT+8 51st www.51st.org SU27
SF_Bushmanni Finland Finland GMT+2 SF Squadron http://dcsfinland.fi/sf-squadron/ F15C
MicroVAX German Germany GMT+2 =RvE= http://www.rve-squad.com/ M2000C
<51>Teknetinium Sweden Sweden GMT+2 51st PVO Bisons http://www.51st.org/ SU27
104th_Stuge Finland Helsinki, Finland GMT+2 104th Phoenix www.104thphoenix.com F15C
TAW_DarksydeRob Romanian UK GMT TAW www.TAWDCS.org SU27, SU33
TAW_redcoreSix German Germany GMT+2 TAW https://tawdcs.org/squadrons/interceptors/ F15C
=ITGC=xBloodshed Indian India GMT+5:30 ITGC itgcommunity.com F15C, SU27, SU33, M2000C
ITGC=Verticle Charlie Indian India GMT+5:30 ITGC www.itgcommunity.com SU27
=ITGC=IceCube Bangladeshi Bangladesh GMT+6 ITGC http://itgcommunity.com/dcs/ SU27
=ITGC=Drona Indian India GMT+5:30 ITGC Air Corps www.itgcommunity.com SU27, SU33
=RvE=DackSter94 Portuguese United Kingdom GMT RvE http://www.rve-squad.com F15C, SU27
Shadow Bulgaria Bulgaria GMT+2 Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C
Farrago Finnish Finland GMT+3 SF http://dcsfinland.fi/sf-squadron/ F15C
TAW_Korhona french France Paris GMT+2 TAW, Tigers www.TAWDCS.org M2000C
TurboRUSH American San Diego, CA USA GMT-7 Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C, M2000C
Redhotita1 Italy Italy GMT+2 Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C, SU27, SU33
TAW_SkyRL British UK GMT TAW, 103rd www.TAWDCS.org F15C
Croncat German Germany GMT+2 51st 51st.org SU27
Mobi American Eastern United States GMT-4 TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C, SU27, M2000C
Babyface Swedish Sweden GMT+2 Lonewolf Lonewolf M2000C
Dr. Goose German/USA Germany GMT+2 Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C
Dangermouse British UK GMT Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C, M2000C
=ITGC=Cougar Bangladesh Bangladesh GMT+6 ITGC www.itgcommunity.com SU27
TAW_Travokk USA Atlanta GMT-4 TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C
<51P>YAGA USA Texas GMT-7 51st PVO Bisons http://www.51st.org/ SU27
VenomZA South Africa South Africa GMT+2 VSAAF None F15C, SU27
Tello Denmark Denmark GMT+2 Lonewolf Lonewolf SU27
FlightControl Belgian Antwerp, Belgium GMT+2 MOOSE http://flightcontrol-master.github.io/MOOSE/ F15C, SU27, SU33
Kilgore US US GMT-5 Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C, SU27, SU33, M2000C
Klarsnow USA U.K. GMT Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C, SU27, SU33, M2000C
=36=Falcon Italy Italy GMT+2 36th Stormo Virtuale http://www.36stormovirtuale.net/ SU27, M2000C
TAW_SvenNeu Belgian Ghent, Belgium GMT+2 TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C
Martini USA USA GMT-4 Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C, SU27, M2000C
=36=Merlin ITALY NORTH EAST ITALY GMT+1 36STV http://www.36stormovirtuale.net SU27
Ocelot Finnish Finland GMT+2 SF dcsfinland.fi F15C
Colmillo Chilean Santiago GMT -3 Picas Www.picaschile.cl M2000C
MURAT turkish turkey GMT +3 SQ-MAK https://www.facebook.com/SqMAK/ F15C
Grey77 RUS Russia, Siberia GMT+7 Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C, SU27
Thrust French Toulouse GMT+2 Sharp Claws Elite Squad http://www.3rd-wing.net SU27, M2000C

 

PLAYERS LIST  –  2 vs 2  –  18th of November 2017

CALLSIGN CALL BUDDY NATIONALITY LOCATION TIME ZONE SQ NAME SQ WEBSITE AIRFRAMES
104th_Stuge SF_Razer Finland Helsinki, Finland GMT+2 104th Phoenix www.104thphoenix.com F15C
SF_Razer 104th_Stuge Finland Finland GMT+2 SF http://dcsfinland.fi/sf-squadron/ F15C
TAW_SeraphimGray LewsTherin Croatian Osijek GMT+2 TAW 107th Red Devils https://tawdcs.org/squadrons/red-devils/ F15C
TAW_LewsTherin SeraphimGray Turkish Turkey GMT+3 TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C
MicroVAX DackStar94 German/UK Germany/ GMT+2 =RvE= rve-squad.com M2000C
=RvE=DackSter94 =RvE=Microvax Portuguese United Kingdom GMT RvE http://www.rve-squad.com/ M2000C
TAW_Acel SHELLSHOCK HUN/FIN UK GMT TAW – Tigers www.TAWDCS.org M2000C
TAW_Shellshock Acel Finnish Finland GMT+3 TAW www.TAWDCS.org M2000C
SF_Kapsu SF_Farrago Finland Finland GMT +2 SF Squadron http://dcsfinland.fi/sf-squadron/ F15C
Farrago SF_Kapsu Finnish Finland GMT+3 SF Squadron http://dcsfinland.fi/sf-squadron/ F15C
TAW_Korhona Karabistouille French France GMT +2 TAW www.TAWDCS.org M2000C
TAW_Karabistouille Korhona French France GMT+2 TAW www.TAWDCS.org M2000C
TAW_Wenky Seminole USA USA GMT -6 TAW www.TAWDCS.org SU27, SU33
TAW_Seminole Wenky American Eastern US GMT-5 TAW www.TAWDCS.org SU27
TAW_DarksydeRob redcoreSix Romanian/German UK/Germany GMT TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C, SU27, SU33
TAW_redcoreSix TAW_DarksydeRob German Germany GMT+2 TAW https://tawdcs.org/squadrons/interceptors/ F15C
Scarface Slutcher Indonesia Indonesia GMT +7 51st http://www.51st.org/ SU27
Slutcher Scarface Chinese Shanghai, China GMT+8 51st PVO www.51st.org F15C, SU27
TAW_Wangler Cola murica West Coast GMT-7 TAW-NA www.TAWDCS.org F15C, SU27, SU33, M2000C
TAW_Cola Wangler United Stated Arizona GMT-7 TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C, SU27, SU33, M2000C
rainman 790 Chinese Beijing, China GMT+8 TG NONE FOR THE TIME BEING F15C
790 rainman Chinese Jining, China GMT+8 TG NONE FOR THE TIME BEING F15C
Tripleinside Bugs French Bordeaux – France GMT+1 EVAC http://www.evac-fr.net M2000C
BUGS TRIPLEINSIDE FRANCE STRASBOURG GMT+1 EVAC http://www.evac-fr.net/?p=cursus&plane=11 M2000C
=ITGC=Drona =ITGC=Skinner Indian India GMT+5:30 ITGC Air Corps www.itgcommunity.com SU27
=ITGC=Skinner =ITGC=Drona Indian Mumbai, India GMT + 5.30 ITGC – Indian Tactical Gaming Community www.itgcommunity.com SU27
=ITGC= Verticle Charlie =ITGC=Cougar Indian India GMT+5:30 ITGC Air Corps www.itgcommunity.com SU27
Honeybadger Daroth India India GMT+5:30 ITGC itgcommunity.com SU27
Rogue54 Migdriver American United States GMT+5 Lonewolf Lonewolf F15C, M2000C
=ITGC=xBloodshed =ITGC=TOPGUN Indian India GMT+5:30 ITGC itgcommunity.com F15C, SU27, SU33
EvilKipper Painter USA USA East coast GMT – 4 REAPER We’re not that organized! M2000C
TAW_SvenNeu TAW_AlephRo Belgian Ghent, Belgium GMT+2 TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C
=36=Drigo =36=Falcon Italy Italy +2 36th Stormo Virtuale http://www.36stormovirtuale.net/ SU27
=36=Falcon =36=Drigo Italy Italy GMT+2 36th Stormo Virtuale http://www.36stormovirtuale.net/ SU27
Migdriver Rogue_54 USA Colorado MST Dark knights NA F15C, M2000C
TAW_AlephRo TAW_SvenNeu Moldavian Moldova GMT+3 TAW www.TAWDCS.org F15C
Colmillo Proton Chilean Santiago GMT-3 Picas www.picaschile.cl M2000C
Proton Colmillo Chilean Santiago GMT-3 Picas www.Picaschile.cl M2000C
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The Byholma mislanding

In the world of sims, it is sometimes a good thing to remember that there is real history behind our games and modules. In addition, sometimes that history can be quite hilarious!

Viggens

There are several “tall stories” regarding various mishaps and incidents with military aviation, even out of peaceful Sweden. This is the account of such an incident which actually made the news.

(As with all stories of this nature, due to the passage of time and the “game of telephone”-style recounting of the event, several details may have been omitted, glossed over, enhanced or outright fabricated over the years. Grains of salt are called for on all parts.)

On Wednesday, November 16th, 1994, the two-ship JA-37 Viggen fighter element consisting of element lead Petter 29 and his wingman Petter 19, out of the F16 air base in Uppsala, were to land at the Byholma air base (ESFY) as part of an exercise.

The element lead landed according to plan, but as the wingman was coming in, something happened, as related in this (abbreviated) transcript of the radio communication:

FF (Petter 19) declares inbound.
MIF (Byholma ATC) relates wind heading, declares runway clear.
FF: ”I’m coming in for landing.”
FF: ”What crossing was this?”
FF: ”Do I go straight ahead from here?”
MIF declares he has no visual contact with Petter 19.
FF: ”Could it be that I landed in the wrong place?”
MIF reiterates he has no visual contact with Petter 19.
MIF: ”Petter 19, Are you on the ground or in the air?”
FF: “Stand by.”
Silence.
FF: ”I’m coming in.”
(Petter 19 sets down on the main runway and, after a bit of confused taxiing, parks on the apron.)

Now, what really did happen as the MIF was “standing by”? We turn to a description of the events as recalled by Mrs. Anette Rydén, wife of the local dentist.

For a bit of context, the Byholma base was a part of Sweden’s elaborate system of road bases, built during the cold war to provide backup runway capabilities in the event of attacks on the main airfields. A road base was typically made up of one primary, purpose-built runway surrounded by a set of smaller backup runways. These backups were essentially widened, straightened stretches of the surrounding main country roads, made big enough for one or two fighter aircraft to land and take off. Due to the spread out nature of this system of backup runways, these were normally used as ordinary roads by the public, and only closed off temporarily by the Air Force for exercises.

Viggen road base takeoff

On this day there were no roadblocks in the Byholma area, so Mrs. Rydén was out driving in her VW Beetle and had just stopped at an intersection between a smaller road and one of these widened stretches, about to turn onto the main road, when she spotted a “big military aircraft” rolling towards her along that very road.

Meeting the Viggen

Mrs. Rydén, whose interest in military aviation was pretty non-existent and who could really not tell any aircraft models​ apart to save her life, initially thought that the plane, complete with its pilot “in helmet and hoses and stuff”, might be a Russian invader. As it came closer, however, she spotted the Swedish “Three Crowns” symbol on the side of the fuselage and relaxed somewhat.

At a crossroads

At that same time, another local arrived in his car. He ran up to Mrs. Rydén and instructed her to back up and make room for the aircraft. They both backed up, and the plane backed up in front of them off the main road. After letting two lorries pass in front of him, the pilot then taxied back out on the road in the opposite direction, applied Stage 3 and disappeared up in the air.

Viggen takeoff

However, the proverbial cat was out of the bag. The local newspaper Smålandsposten published the story the following day along with an interview with Mrs. Rydén, where she reflected that “Now we might have to get radars in our cars” and that “They’re going to have to get license plates if they are to continue like this.” 

Sources:
Smålandsposten, 1994-11-17, p. 20: Mötte Viggen på landsvägen” (tr: Met the Viggen on the country road)
Svenskt Flyghistoriskt forum, thread “Landningsmissar!” (tr: Landing mistakes), by forum user “Emil Lindberg”, with further details by forum user “henke2”.

The Kaukasus Offensive is back!!!

After some server issues, our team of dedicated members have revived the Kaukasus Offensive a.k.a. The KO!

The ‘Interactive Live Map’ is up and running, just click in the ‘KO Banner’ on the top of the main page, or click HERE.

Many WHOOHAAAA’s go out to DeadBeef for creating this great dynamic mission AND to the team of members making this happen behind the scenes!

EU Formation Flight 20 August 2017

We had a very cool and fun massive formation flight with a whole bunch of EU members and also a few NA members!

This is a video of one of our Weekly Sunday Events, this time we did a large formation flight (due to holiday season we had way less pilots online than usual). We took off from Anapa and flew to Sochi, at Sochi a few of our Helicopter pilots did a great little Heli Air Show! After that, without any warning, our airbase at Sochi was suddenly under attack by enemy forces….

We will be doing this again in approximately 1 month from now, combined EU/NA. Hopefully all EU and NA members will be back home form holiday, so will have around 90 planes flying around….
I really hope the server will hold up and not crash 😉

TAU made a great compilation video of the event, enjoy!

OPERATION: DARK MATTER

SITUATION:

LAS VEGAS has been occupied by RED Coalition forces.

But the real holy grail of universal warfare is the batch of ‘Dark Matter’, stored at Groom Lake AFB AKA Area 51.

It was owned by BLUE forces initially, but after a Nuclear attack by RED Forces over one year ago, BLUE army personnel had to leave in a hurry and had no chance to retrieve anything, including the ‘Dark Matter’.

Now both RED and BLUE forces are pushing for Groom Lake AFB to get the ‘Dark Matter’ which can be used to dominate the entire universe…….

We do not want to capture GROOM LAKE since it’s a completely contaminated nuclear area for the next 50 years, we only want the DARK MATTER.
So a few BRAVE helicopter pilots will need to suit up for a possible nuclear suicide mission, but for the greater good of their nation……

## All airframes available, NO Weapon Restrictions ##

BLUE BRIEFING:

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Friendly bases:
– Tonopah Test Range Airfield
– Tonapah Airport
– Mina Airport
– Lincoln County
– Mesquite
– Beatty Airport

Enemy bases:
– North Las Vegas
– Nellis AFB
– McCarren Int.
– Henderson Executive
– Laughlin Airport

##### FIGHTER MISSIONS #####

– DEFEND CAPTURED AND FRIENDLY BASES
– ESCORT STIKERS
– ESCORT CHOPPERS

###### STRIKER MISSIONS #######

-Attack enemy Forward Operations Base at:
MGRS – 11 S PA 71046 47785
The base is defended by AAA and SAM.
– Take out RED COMMS HQ; MGRS – 11 S PA 60771 58456
– ATTACK/CAPTURE ENEMY AIR BASES AND LAS VEGAS
– SEAD missions Las Vegas and enemy bases
– Support CAS calls via radio text
– Attack FSB HQ close to the Las Vegas Strip, 2 x GBU-12 DIRECT HITS are needed to confirm the destruction;
MGRS – 11 S PV 63003 96798


##### CHOPPER MISSIONS #####

– CAPTURE CREECH AFB
– CAPTURE PAHUTE MESA AIRSTRIP
– RETREIVE ‘DARK MATTER’ from AREA 51 (GROOM LAKE)
Dark Matter Sling Load by chopper should be dropped just South of Beatty Airport at the FARP (heading 190 for 8km from Beatty)
– Use CTLD to setup air defenses and ground forces and capture Air Bases and FARP’s

##### GENERAL INFO #####

– !!!   ALL AIRBASES ARE DEFENDED BY AAA/SAM  !!!
-TANKER (KC-135) : 255.000 AM – TACAN : 4 X SHELL6
Active between and around Tonapah and Lincoln Country area.
– Friendly F16s active from Tonapah Airport
– Friendly F15Es active from Tonapah Test Range
– Friendly CHOPPERS active OH-58D/AH-1W from Beatty Airport

RED SMOKE MARKER = RED TARGET, so BLUE coalition KILLS targets at RED SMOKE MARKER

 

CAPTURE CREECH AFB
Drop troops by Chopper using CTLD to pickup units – F10 menu -> Other -> CTLD
Strike aircraft should provide CAS for ground forces that are sent. Using CA (Combined Arms) will give more control of the progression of the war.
Fighters should ESCORT and provide CAP around the area where the fight is happening.
CAPTURE PAHUTE MESA AIRSTRIP
Drop troops by Chopper using CTLD to pickup units
RETRIEVE ‘DARK MATTER’ from AREA 51
Using a Chopper to SLING LOAD any of the 3 crates and manage to bring 1 crate to the Drop Point (see picture)
ATTACK ENEMY BASES AND LAS VEGAS
Take out enemy SAM systems and clear the path for Strikers and Helicopters to attack Ammo and Fuel storages and cripple the enemy, or capture the base and use it tactically
ESTABLISH AIR DOMINATION
Communicate with the Strike/Helo Packages in order to orchestrate a vicious attack to the enemy!

 

RED BRIEFING:

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-BLUE Ground Forces have advanced to Pahrump (75Km/47Miles West of Las Vegas) and have setup a substantial ground force there. Stop their advance towards Las Vegas.

-BLUE is also heading straight for Creech AFB, which is abandoned, but vital to us to capture and prevent them from taking control over that area.

Friendly bases:
– North Las Vegas
– Nellis AFB
– McCarren Int.
– Henderson Executive
– Laughlin Airport

Enemy bases:
– Tonopah Test Range Airfield
– Tonapah Airport
– Mina Airport
– Lincoln County
– Mesquite
– Beatty Airport

##### FIGHTER MISSIONS #####

– DEFEND CAPTURED BASES AND LAS VEGAS
– ESCORT STIKERS
– ESCORT CHOPPERS

##### CHOPPER MISSIONS #####

– CAPTURE CREECH AFB
– CAPTURE PAHUTE MESA AIRSTRIP
– RETREIVE ‘DARK MATTER’ from AREA 51 (GROOM LAKE)
Dark Matter Sling Load by chopper should be dropped at FARP: 11 S PA 70926 47726
– Use CTLD to setup air defenses and ground forces and capture Air Bases and FARP’s

##### STRIKER MISSIONS #####

– Attack enemy platoon and NUCLEAR production facility at:
12 S TG 69992 06618 (St. George)
– Take out BLUE COMMS HQ; MGRS – 11 S PA 127211 14839
– Strike enemy forces at Pahrump (75Km/47Miles West of Las Vegas) they might be moving in towards Las Vegas
– SEAD missions Pahrump and enemy bases
– Support CAS calls via radio text
– Attack all 3 BLUE SATCOM Locations, take out the Comms Tower, the Personell Building and the Comms Bunker. Do this at all 3 locations, so SATCOM 1, 2 and 3.
SATCOM 1 MGRS – 11 S MA 10298 97691
SATCOM 2 MGRS – 11 S PC 31316 46083
SATCOM 3 MGRS – 12 S UF 33644 23600

##### GENERAL INFO #####

– !!!   ALL AIRBASES ARE DEFENDED BY AAA/SAM  !!!
– TANKER (IL-78M): GAZPROM 6 – 255.000 AM
Flying patterns over the Las Vegas area to Hoover Dam and South East of Vegas.
– Friendly SU34s active from Henderson Executive
– Friendly SU30s active from North Las Vegas
– Friendly CHOPPERS active Mi-26/Mi-28N in Vegas

BLUE SMOKE MARKER = BLUE TARGET, so RED coalition KILLS targets at BLUE SMOKE MARKER

 

CAPTURE CREECH AFB
Drop troops by Chopper using CTLD to pickup units – F10 menu -> Other -> CTLD
Strike aircraft should provide CAS for ground forces that are sent. Using CA (Combined Arms) will give more control of the progression of the war.
Fighters should ESCORT and provide CAP around the area where the fight is happening.
CAPTURE PAHUTE MESA AIRSTRIP
Drop troops by Chopper using CTLD to pickup units – F10 menu -> Other -> CTLD
Strike aircraft should provide CAS for ground forces that are sent. Using CA (Combined Arms) will give more control of the progression of the war.
Fighters should ESCORT and provide CAP around the area where the fight is happening.
RETRIEVE ‘DARK MATTER’ from AREA 51
Using a Chopper to SLING LOAD any of the 3 crates and manage to bring 1 crate to the Drop Point (see picture)
DEFEND CAPTURED BASES AND LAS VEGAS
Take out enemy SAM systems and clear the path for Strikers and Helicopters to attack Ammo and Fuel storages and cripple the enemy, or capture the base and use it tactically
ESTABLISH AIR DOMINATION
Communicate with the Strike/Helo Packages in order to orchestrate a vicious attack to the enemy!

Combined EU/NA mandatory of July 30th 2017

So we had a GREAT event yesterday, where both the EUROPEAN and NORTH AMERICAN division played together in one massive online event.

I’d like to thank the EU/NA team who created and arranged this mission!

We had human ATC, GCI, Army Commanders and Operations Commander, who worked together to provide orders and tasking to all flights like strikers, chopper and fighters, to add to the immersion of virtual aerial combat.

I hope we can do this more often, but the time zone difference between Europe and America makes it a little difficult to align these events.

Again, thanks to all who joined and special thanks to the team who arranged this event.

NEVADA and NORMANDY

Both EU and NA now own all maps that DCS offers today, so obviously the CAUCASUS map, but also NEVADA and NORMANDY.
Because not all members own all terrain modules, we can’t hold our weekly mandatory events on any other map than the CAUCASUS.

To make sure we can still play on the separate maps together, we are doing weekly optional events on every Friday and Saturday:

FRIDAY NORMANDY FIGHT NIGHT

SATURDAY NEVADA FIGHT NIGHT

We switch this around every other week, so members who can not be there on a Friday/Saturday, still might have the possibility to fly the other day of the weekend.

See you guys there!

EU Fighter Platoon Leader

In the EU Division the following member has been promoted to be the new EU Fighter Platoon Leader, to take over some tasks from Dutch Baron:

Alephro

He has proved himself many times as a contributing, active, knowledgeable and friendly community member.
Congratulations on making this promotion, I am looking forward to work with you and I’m sure you will do a great job!