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#3656552 - 10/04/12 09:58 PM BMS: Strike mission 4th Oct.  
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Just a quick Strike mission being dug out of the depths of the ATO. We managed to find one that had us hitting a weapons factory complex deep in North Korea. Each member of the flight was free to choose their own payload and most opted for LGBs. Discussion after the flight concentrated on the differences between the various bomb types and the differences within a certain bomb designation. We quickly agreed that BMS had more toys than we knew what to do with.


After a quick discussion and mission briefing, we quickly assigned targets and set out for the jets.




A nice slow left turn to Steer 2 while waiting for the flight to get up in the air.




#2 (Coolts) did a quick rejoin....




and soon enough the entire flight was in formation with #3 (CTR) and #4 (CrashEd) in position.




Ingress was uneventful although hauling the F-16 up to Angels 25 was a slow process. With a good distance to the target, I did not want us to burn too much fuel and as the route took us through 4 SA-2 battalions, I did not want to risk getting too low even with a SEAD flight clearing the way for us. Stable at Angels 25, we fenced in at 20nm from target and each of us started our attack runs. My target was the processor plant and I made sure it was gone with the help of two GBU-10s released in pair.




On my attack run, I noticed flak coming up at me at Angels 25 and these were the guys that made sure we didn't tarry over the target area for too long.




On my way out, it's nice to see the results of a good bomb run.




Our #3 and #4, CTR and CrashEd, had problems with their bombs and had to re-attack. For some reason, CrashEd decided he wanted a bit more fun and here he is dancing through the flak at Angels 15. I was expecting him to be blown to smithereens any moment but he came out of it unscathed!




On the way home, we were jumped with MiG-21s just as my BMS crashed for no apparent reason. By the time I got back in, CTR managed to kill one and scare away any more MiGs and the airspace was clear despite a flight of F-15s coming in to assist. As a result of all his turning-and-burning, CrashEd had a little more than 1,000lbs of fuel on Ops Check and CRUS-HOME estimated 300lbs of fuel by the time he got to base. Luckily he had a good 23,000 feet of "energy" to play with so I cleared him in for an emergency landing while I took the flight a bit south. Soon enough, we were 15nm from home plate and CrashEd declared an emergency. He had enough altitude to throttle back to idle and land. On this shot, the airbase is just off CrashEd's left wing.





All in all, a very good mission. No surprises on ingress, we managed to hit and destroy all our targets, killed a MiG and scared off the rest, deal with a small emergency, and come in and bring everyone back home. We decided to park on the grass (or dirt!) as we couldn't be bothered to taxi back to parking and besides, as Coolts said, "that's what all the cool kids do." I mustn't have been cool enough...




I noticed that restarting BMS, my jet was more-or-less where I expected it to be on the route, although when I jumped in, I had full fuel and my ordnance was also still there. Aside from that, my screenshot after the restart shows that the other F-16s also still had their bombs with them, as seen by the shot of CrashEd's plane showing him with his GBUs still on as well as that last pic of us on the ground. Another weird BMS bug, I guess.


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#3656562 - 10/04/12 10:14 PM Re: BMS: Strike mission 4th Oct. [Re: - Ice]  
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Nice AAR. Are you flying with an online squadron now?


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#3656567 - 10/04/12 10:25 PM Re: BMS: Strike mission 4th Oct. [Re: - Ice]  
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Yes, but these are just guys I flew with since DCS A10C (Crash and Coolts) and CTR... where'd we pick CTR up again? biggrin


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#3656806 - 10/05/12 08:07 AM Re: BMS: Strike mission 4th Oct. [Re: - Ice]  
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nice one ice long time no see how are you
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#3656830 - 10/05/12 09:13 AM Re: BMS: Strike mission 4th Oct. [Re: - Ice]  
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Originally Posted By: - Ice
Yes, but these are just guys I flew with since DCS A10C (Crash and Coolts) and CTR... where'd we pick CTR up again? biggrin


He came to read my water meter and never left wink

You didnt notice, but on ingress, during your "refreshment break", i got the guys to switch formation positions to freak you out. The effect was spoilt somewhat by a Mig21 2 x ship that jumped us as soon as you came back. Oh well. Some gags dont come off wink

We need more action shots next time. Maybe assign a "cameraman" during attack? Nah, thats daft. Can we use the ACMI for cherry picking screenshots?

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#3656898 - 10/05/12 12:21 PM Re: BMS: Strike mission 4th Oct. [Re: - Ice]  
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The only problem with my drop was i wasn't paying attention to the release cue, by the time i noticed it was already at 6 seconds past the drop, so i decided to circle back to 10 miles and reengage.

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#3656948 - 10/05/12 01:57 PM Re: BMS: Strike mission 4th Oct. [Re: - Ice]  
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Hey Pete! Nice to still see you around! Upgraded to Win7 64-bit yet? wink How're you doing with DCS?

LOL @ Coolts... stupid cold Brit weather... makes me thirsty easy but need breaks more often as well. Might be time to check out some piddle packs! I was thinking of some videos as well, but unless there's like a DCS-style replay system, the vid will be just from one guy's point of view unless we get a dedicated "cameraman" that can find interesting angles and lie in wait for the sweet shots. I thought ACMI was just going to be like those old 2D models?

BTW, how do you guys know "seconds" during the drop? I'd like to know that one (the A10 had a second-counter with the release cue) and know if the TGP reads out distance to target like the A10 TGP.


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You still talking about piddle packs, Ice? lol smile


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#3657597 - 10/06/12 10:00 AM Re: BMS: Strike mission 4th Oct. [Re: - Ice]  
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Good read, great AAR. smile

#3657598 - 10/06/12 10:06 AM Re: BMS: Strike mission 4th Oct. [Re: - Ice]  
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Originally Posted By: - Ice

BTW, how do you guys know "seconds" during the drop? I'd like to know that one (the A10 had a second-counter with the release cue) and know if the TGP reads out distance to target like the A10 TGP.


I've noticed that the TGP bottom-right countdown timer only shows correct time if you drop a laser-guided bomb. JDAMs explode couple of seconds late. There's no countdown on the hud.

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