A LOMAC Mission Report: My First Medal! Page 4

By SimHQ on December 18, 2003 in _air, hide

We see the British go to work. As I crest the top of a hill at the Initial Point and bring up the CCIP reticle, I see Strela and Igla missiles rise from the waterfront and the target, along with 23mm tracer from three Shilka vehicles. There is a convoy on the road coming up from Sukhumi airbase. One can guess what it carries. I make a mental note for targeting after the attack run. Guarded with Igla, I will have to do this fast.

Unlike Russian aircraft, the Thunderbolt II has ability to set ripple modes and timing. I set for a six-bomb paired drop at ten ms between pairs, and wish that our Su-25 were so facile. Meanwhile, the British are unleashing the deadly ALARM. It plows into Strela vehicles-our intelligence did not tell us of this, that ALARM can target IR launchers!

There is a convoy on the road coming up from Sukhumi airbase.

Meanwhile, the British are unleashing the deadly ALARM.

Suddenly, my ALR-69 receiver falls silent. Thanks to the British, the way is clear. Col. Martin falls into trail behind me. I’m in the pipe. It is my show, now. I will make it count.

	As my pipper approaches the target, I am at 380 feet altitude and I squeeze.
	All six PB-250 pop loose and the A-10 jolts as it claws for the sky.
	The blast is sudden, and lights the sky. If I had been lower, or slower, I might have been caught in it!
	“One, that’s both factory buildings, repeat, scratch them both.”
	I am not done. I will show Col. Martin how the Rodina trains its pilots. “Colt 11, in hot on the convoy.”
	I wheel in and target Rockeyes on the convoy of trucks. The British have been at work here with 20mm cannon, though-most of the enemy lie burning. I pop Rockeyes in a easy dive, and pull up, looking in my rear view.
	The canisters spray submunitions, it is most satisfying. But the bombs had no effect! The BTR-70 still spits fire at Col. Martin!
	I reef into a hard left and line up again, as a Tornado flashes down perpendicularly in a strafing run. A GAZ-66 truck explodes as I center the TVM display on a hot target.“Colt 11, Rifle!”The Maverick flies straight and true, blasting the unfortunate BTR into dust.
	I set up for a run on the Ivanov class transport at the docks…
	…and expend my remaining Maverick, leaving it in flames.