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A LOMAC Mission Report: Turn Their HAWKs
Into Scrap!
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 “Vasily,
IP.”
“Two, running in. Going SEAD.”
I must draw the Turkish fire.
I pop over a mountain and skim over a cliff, the deep blue
of the Black Sea below me. The Turk has a clear line of sight.
I’m picking up three different radars. One intermittently
locks me. I ensure I’m in Zemlya-YPC mode, for Kh-29MP
firing.
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My Kh-25 will take the most threatening
automatically, and I designate. |
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It’s picked up a target in the cluster of radars
ahead and I fire. |
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Activating my Sorbtsiya jammer system, I roll over
and pull for the deck with full burner on.
I switch to bombs, and see the “b” indicator
on my control panel adjacent to the HUD flip into its
tiny window. On the HUD, I have my CCIP reticle, which
will allow me to put bombs on target. I breathe out
to relax, reminding myself that the CCIP in the Su-25
and Su-27 tends to pitch short. |
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I must put the pipper beyond
target before I squeeze. |
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Oh no! Somehow, my missile locked the EWR radar instead
of the HAWK! |
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“One, you’ve hit the EWR system!”
It’s active and I’m committed! I swallow
the lump in my throat and concentrate. I’m too
low for the HAWK to hit me, I hope. |
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The Turkish operators are waiting for me to get within
no-escape distance, and high enough for a SAM kill.
It is me they concentrate on, though Vasily is popping
up and down over the hills surrounding their base to
try to draw a shot.
Suddenly, a solid tone from my Beryoza radar-warning
system! |
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