The absence of BVR air combatweapons will change your strategy.

Your chances of encounters with bogeys and bandits in medium orin Dogfight range are much higher than in other flights.

Iraqi MIG-25 cannot carry R40 Missilesbut they are the fastest moving threat in this big theater.

Think of all the fuel you might have to burn to evade a persistent Mig.

MIG 29’s with the R-27 missileare your most serious adversary.

The Big Picture

The R-27 is manufactured in infrared homing (R-27T), SARH (R-27R), and ARH (R-27AE) versions, in both Russia and the Ukraine.

The R-27 missile is mainly carried by the Mikoyan Mig 29 in this ODS scenario, However some Mig 23 fighters may carry it.

The R-27AE missile is probably not modeled in game, but act as if it were. Remember this about the R27 family of missiles :The have a speed of Mach 2.5 - 4.5 and a Hit probability of 0.7 All R-27 missiles have a minimum range of fire in 0.5 - 1 km

Strategy For BLUFOR

Main Deployment Bases : F-16’sAl Asha Doha Int.Jebel DanaShaik Isa

Secondary Deployment Bases : Other a/cKing Abdul Aziz Military AcademyKing Abdul Aziz Naval BaseKing Khalid InternationalKing Khalid Military CityPrince Sultan Airbase

Intentions are to use the following mix in small gorilla packages :

F-15C’s strictly in Escort Role F-15E-229’s & Tornado’s in the precision strike, interdiction & SEADF-16C-32’s in the Strike & CAS,F-16C-40’s in the OCA & Interdiction F/A-18’s in the Self Escort SEAD & StrikeA-10 in the CAS & Interdiction

Viper Airbases

BLUEFOR AIR ASSETS (Cont.)

BLUFOR ground assets distribution

A look inside bad guy country: known threats - SAMs

SA-5

SA-5SA-2

SA-3

Iraqi Air Force in AOR – AWACS/MC INTEL.

The Main strategy

Priority targets during all sorties are as follows, main target or targets of opportunity:

Enemy AircraftsSurface to Air Missiles/ Scud SitesStrategic/Military StructuresArmored/Mechanized UnitsEngineering UnitsInfantry Units

We will focus our efforts during the first two days within theFollowing map coordinates : AL-4 > AR -6 & AL-3 > AJ-3.

Most flights will be two ship flights giving everyone a fair chanceto cooperate, coordinate and communicate more within each flight.

If human AWACS is assigned he will be Mission Commander and all flight are to comply with his orders.

He will use text for advisory information and only use Comms. for urgent ormandatory actions.

ARCP’S will be fixed for the next 72 hours.

-After each flight, the original flight lead is responsible for collecting importantIntel that may be a factor in planning the next mission/ adjusting NOTAMs/ROEs.

-The use of common sense basic airmanship needs to prevail before situations escalate, use the following as a guideline:

-Survival of your flight is your sole responsibility, it is more important than missionSuccess.

-Your judgment is what matters : i.e. just because SEAD says it’s clear doesn’t make it so! Same goes for Escort/Sweeps.Use your experience to anticipate a dynamic environment and take advantage of it.

-Update your SA from as many sources as possible (Human/ai Awacs, Comms.)

-ROE are there for a reason, be a team player and stick to the contract.

-Flight leadership/ good wingmen habits : define expected responsibilities before You fly. Don’t get in the pit without a solid plan.

-Please perform a pre flight check/ get informed: HOTAS, TIR, TS Keybinds, Server address, Connection/ disconnection protocols BEFORE the briefing starts .

As usual your best defense is your sense of humor,Plan on having fun and a few surprises.

MAIN OFFENSIVE : AIR TASKING ORDER.

=Tiger=

1st VFW – 29th/401st