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#4430481 - 07/15/18 08:04 PM Still got it  
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So, summer is here and Swedenland is 30 celcius and as such we die on daily basis since we need -20 c to survive.
With my overheated fat body I slipped down into my virtual F-16C seat and tried my old flight school mission pack consisting of 4 basically identical missions targeting two horrible bridge sections held by the red guys.
Level 1 of the mission is just my 4-ship and those two bridger spans while #2 adds AAA defence at target and #3 adds some SAM systems in the area and the last #4 also adds some flights of MiG-21's flying CAP nearby.

Today I managed to destroy the bridge and fend off the MiG's so with this I consider myself ready for a Rolling Fire start (HARMCAP style as DBond would say).

Wish me luck guys
(or I will not speak to you for 30 mins)

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#4430598 - 07/16/18 05:37 PM Re: Still got it [Re: theOden]  
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Good luck Oden,!


No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
#4430646 - 07/16/18 11:54 PM Re: Still got it [Re: theOden]  
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How's it feel to know you still got it?! LOL

Nice work M8!


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#4430694 - 07/17/18 08:48 AM Re: Still got it [Re: theOden]  
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Truth to be told, I don't have it.
smile

Rolling Fire, 36 Sqn from Osan.

Fragging an AirInterdiction just across frontline for some HARMCAP, like yeah standard procedure.
SA-2 lit up just below me and poff no more Oden.

Ok, lets try again - I did forget to map known threats so next attempt gives alot more SA.
Those SA-2 that I now know where they are doesn't wanna play so I guide my wingman north towards two red-blinkning SA-5's.
POFF, no more Odan.
What the he.. gotta check debrief and see what happened.
It turns out some Floggers sneaked up on us launching 4 Apex in total silence (seriously, shouldn't they fly one IR and one SARH as per standard Soviet doctrine?)

OK, I can blame myself sitting there looking at the HAD page like a blind muppet so I accept this failure too in shame.

Not doing good here.

I have the campaign saved with my intediction flight and all that so load it up and run 3rd attempt.
Yeah, no preplanned threats - guess I should have loaded the data cartridge before flight.

This time I go north just outside the SA-2 rings from memory and have this great idea of only flipping to HAD briefly to guide my wingman to both SA-5's using a swift "return to formation" as soon as I hear that Magnum call and then switching to SA-5 number 2 for a new wingman target assignment.

Keeping AA radar on to catch those Floggers this time.

Getting in range for those SA-5 I direct my wingman to one of them but she just keeps draggning time and no Magnum call, come on girl we might have silent MiG around us!
Soon I decide to launch one of my HARM's on SA-5 #2 (planned to keep them for those SA-2's we have close to the border and put her on air watch for me).

Shortly after my Magnum and when I stuggle to trim my 16 she calls her Magnum, well better than never.

Going AA and back south trying to trigger those SA-2's to go red while constantly looking for those MiG that just don't show up (now that's the power of dynamic campaign I'd say!) I soon decide to guide wingman to one yellow SA-2 while I pick another yellow one.
No hurry by all means but I am really nervous about red air.

The yellow 2's disappear and I call "Picture" with multiple bandits and nearest one 50 miles up northwest reported.
Trying to find them with no success but with plenty fuel left I keep orbiting in the area calling picture and failing to find the reported targets a few times.

Finally I get a few blips on my radar from up northwest and we have 8 amraams in total to play with.
Tagging one and designating for wingman I select the second nearby and launch Fox3 medium.

23 spike on RWR.

Ah, here they come - payback time!

BOOM

Cockpit is very very lit up from my burning candle style F-16.

Eject and feel the pain of getting owned.
They sure came at us at a very high speed, I almost hate the Floggers as much as I hate the SA-6.

So yeah, I do not have it.
My God.

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#4430842 - 07/18/18 12:36 AM Re: Still got it [Re: theOden]  
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Win some, lose some. LOL

If you have enough jets left in your squadron add an AI flight in your package to do a CAP in your area. It will help a lot, but can/will cost you some air frames from time to time. You can also add flights from another squadron to do this as well.

Good luck! A few more flights and you'll be back in full swing. salute

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#4430895 - 07/18/18 02:51 PM Re: Still got it [Re: theOden]  
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......like a blind muppet...... lol. I know the feeling.

Falcon rust is brutal, no-one escapes it.

But not too bad really, you lived, and you were not court martialed.

#4430909 - 07/18/18 06:13 PM Re: Still got it [Re: theOden]  
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I guess I should have said nobody that's laid off for a good while escapes the de-rusting process.

After reading your post theOden, I decided to test my pit out. Just see if it all is working. A few things needed

attention. Had a Cougar MFD not on. Had to fix some things in Falcon setup. Was pretty lucky it's mostly ready.

I definitely am not ready for a campaign. I'll do some simple DF and see how far back I've gone. It'll be a lot.

Haven't flown in 9 months. I understand the challenge, not that it helps any. And I already see rust.

You are way ahead of me!


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