X-man

January 22

PERSIAN GULF 1993-2

38 vs 22 PVP Event

Saturday February 3rd, 1930z

Persian Gulf 1993-2 is a 38 vs 22 PVP event. The event takes inspiration from firsts days of Desert Storm conflict in the early 90's, where Iraqi MiGs faced an overwhelming force of a coalition led by the US. The objective for each side is very different; Iran will try to defend its home land from the invaders while the American forces goes after vital airfields in Iran. The mission is set up to be asymmetrical to simulate the non-balanced nature of a real conflict. To balance the odds, Iran fields an impressive integrated air defense in addition to the low tech fighters of the IRIAF.

The event follows the previous PG85/92/97 events and will be largely similar, but with some changes to the balance.

The coalitions will be

BLUE: 10 x F-15E, 12 x F-16C, 4 x F-14B, 12 x F/A-18C

RED: 4 x MiG-29A, 4 x F-14A, 4 x MiG-21bis, 8 x Mirage F1, 2 x F-5E

The aircraft composition isn't 100% true to RL inventories in 1993, but is good enough.

I'm providing a discord server for teams to plan: https://discord.gg/XdaPsUJ

Once on there, request a side and I'll add you to the corresponding team.

Schedule:

The event will be flown on Saturday February 3rd at 1930z

Prizes:

None

Stream:

The event will be streamed by 104th Titanfire

https://www.twitch.tv/104th_titanfire

Sign-up:

The event is open for everyone. Sign up for yourself or for your squadron, either way works. You must include the names of the pilots (and RIOs) and of what type of aircraft to fly*. Slots will be assigned on a first-come first-server basis.

*Hornet pilots, please specify if you can fly from the Super Carrier or not.
**GCI participants, please specify if you want to use LotATC or DCS (Combined Arms)

Callsign..............:
Aircraft...............:
Supercarrier......:

EDITS to the signup post will NOT guarantee the additional slots. Always make a NEW post with additional members.

- The event will run for 2 ½ hours.

- Unlimited lives

- Available aircraft: F-14A, MiG-29A, MiG-21bis, Mirage F1EE, F-15E, F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B

- EWR/AWACS will be available for both sides. (AWACS won't feed L16, EPLRS off)

- Human GCI (CA and LotATC) will be available for both sides. The teams can have three GCIs each.

- Ping limit 300 ms

Airbases of operation

F-14A: Spawn at Jiroft. (Refuel and rearm at Lar or Jiroft)

Mirage F1EE: Spawn at Jiroft. (Refuel and rearm at Lar or Jiroft)

F-5E: Spawn at Jiroft. (Refuel and rearm at Lar or Jiroft)

MiG-29A: Spawn at Lar. (Refuel and rearm at Lar or Jiroft)

MiG-21bis: Spawn at Lar.(Refuel and rearm at Lar or Jiroft)

F-15E: Spawn at Al Minhad. Refuel/rearm at Al Minhad OR Ras Al Khaimah.

F-16C: Spawn at Al Minhad. Refuel/rearm at Al Minhad OR Ras Al Khaimah.

F-14B: Spawn at CVN. Only rearm/refuel at CVN.

F/A-18C: Spawn at CVN. Only rearm/refuel at CVN.

The following load out restrictions will be in effect:

No Aim-120C, Aim-9X, Aim-54 mk60, Aim-54C*, R-73 or R-27ER/ET

*only applies to red side. 

No standoff, GPS or SFW weapons: JDAM, JSOW, SLAM, SLAM-ER, CBU-97

Fixed load outs for certain air frames:

F-14A (Red): 4 x Aim-54A mk47, 2 x Aim-7, 2 x Aim-9L, NO TANKS

MiG-29A: 2 x R-27R, 2 x R-73, 2 x R-60M, 1 x Centerline tank

The MiG-21, Mirage F1EE and F-5 will be unrestricted (except for nukes)

F-15E:
- A2A: 2 x Aim-120B, 4 x Aim-7M, 2 x Aim-9M, No TGP (6x slots)
- A2G: No Aim-120B, No Aim-7. TGP and LGBs (4x slots)

F/A-18C:
- Multi-role: TGP, LGB, HARM, dumb bombs, Mavs (12x slots)

F-16:
- Multi-role: HARM, Mavs, dumb bombs, No TGP/HTS (4x slots)
- TGP: Litening pod available. LGB, dumb bombs, HARM, Mavs (4x slots)
- SEAD: HTS pod available. HARM, dumb bombs, Mavs (4x slots)

F-14B (A2A): 4 x Aim-54C, 2 x Aim-7 (any version), 2 x Aim-9M, 2 x Tanks.
F-14B (Bombcat): 2 x Aim-9M, 1 x Aim-54C, LANTIRN and GBU-12, -16, -24 allowed.

Win Conditions:

BLUE
Destroy both targets.

Target 1: At least 12 structures must be destroyed. The 12 must include the hardened storage.

Target 2: At least 5 structures destroyed and 10 vehicles.

RED
Defend the nation!

Primary: Prevent Blue from striking the high value targets.

Secondary: 30 A2A kills on blue aircraft.

Should only one target be hit, the event is a draw.

Briefing:

Weather PG:

DCS clouds: "Scattered 4"

METAR: BKN 7.5/10 SCT 20/22 FEW 41

Ground: 5 kts @ 180 deg
1600 ft: 10 kts @ 180 deg
6600 ft: 10 kts @ 180 deg
26k ft: 20 kts @ 180 deg

QNH: 29.92, Temp: 28C

Starting time: 06:00 Local time

Situation:
July 1993. The United States have engaged in an air campaign against Iran. Both the US Air Force and US Navy have conducted strikes. The outnumbered Iranian Air Force have so far done well, with less losses then anticipated. Airbases along the coast have been disable, including the important Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island airfields.

The USAF and USN have shifted from pure OCA to focus on interdiction of valuable targets for the war effort in Iran. This will enable a ground invasion in the coming months. The first tagets on the list is an ammunition factory and a tank storage facility.

Iran has a significant IADS network in the area as well as plenty of early warning installations.

Targets:

Destroy the ammunition factory

N28°13'02'' E55°08'06''

Destroy the tank storage facility
N28°21'45'' E56°34'20''

Each team will receive a reduced version of the mission file to check assets and targets. The full mission will only be available on the event.

Team roster:

*Note that "Multi-role" slots can also be used as air to air

F-15E (10/10)

<64A>Zergburger (A2A)

104th_Fallen (A2A)

104th_Tiger (A2A)

104th_Pyromaniac (A2A)

Spudknocker (A2G)

E-TF[104] Aspen (A2A)

E-TF[113] Doormouse (A2A)

Tim | Delta 1-2 (A2G)

=GR= Shark (A2G)

GRADED (A2G)

Reserve:

F-16C (12/12)

<64>Jumper (Multi-role)

<64>Tab (Multi-role)

Flint (Multi-role)

< 404 > ALPHA-WHISKEY (Multi-role)

< 404 > ADLER (SEAD)

< 404 > Tehran (SEAD)

< 404 > Hawk.7 (SEAD)

[DEVILS] Tolovay

<64>Yaga

Plazma

Youssef

Branc0

Reserve:

F-14B (4/4)

Showtime 100 | Wolfy (SC)

Pepe | Delta 1-1

Coaster | Tako

Mike "Maple" Aitken | Ret. LCDR Mikal "Butch" Kissick (A2A)

Reserve:

E-TF[102] Riker

F/A-18C (9/12)

<64>X-man (SC)

< 404 > D1CE (SC)

< 404 > Honeybadger (SC)

Oggy20 (SC)

Njoy F18 (SC)

Beefxd F18 (SC)

Gaz F18 (SC)

104th_Maverick (SC)

[M] Zachrix

Reserve:

GCI (0/3)

Reserve:

MiG-21bis (4/4)

ROSS_Pups

ROSS_Baron von Myakin

ROSS_Gorillaz

ROSS_Checkist

Reserve:

"Flan" 1-1 | MissionTWA

ROSS_Protoss

Rabb

MiG-29A (4/4)

<64>Fox

HRP | Trigger

HRP | Fiber

[Alamo] dundun92

Reserve:

Yambo

Rabb

F-14A (4/4)

Comrade_fury

oakine

HRP | OverG | Bandeira

81 | Banana

Reserve:

Rabb

Mirage F1EE (8/8)

<64>Rage

<64>Vati

<64>NoWheels

NytHawk

HRP | Brand

Default

[FTQ] TheGopnikTsar

Dsplayer

Reserve:

F-5E (2/2)

HRP | Derby

HRP | Juquinha

GCI (3/3)

[Alamo] Gen

HRP | Ghost

ROSS_BerryMORE

Reserve:

January 13

Persian Gulf 1997-1 PVP Event Stream

Being streamed (nearly) LIVE, (mostly) in colour, and with (occasional) mood setting elevator music by 104th_TitanFire and 104th_Aeons

https://www.twitch.tv/104th_titanfire

Stream starts ~19:45Z

Event Go-Live @ 20:00Z

January 12

The event will run Tomorrow (Saturday January 13th) at 1930z.

A quick event info brief (not mission brief) will be held on discord (see first post for link) and then server will start.

See you then

December 29, 2023

Some movements in the roster have left us with these vacancies:

1 MiG-21 (red)

2 Mirage F-1 (red)

3 GCI (red)

1 F-16C (blue)

1 F/A-18C (blue)

2 GCI (blue)

Take the chance to join this rather casual but very fun event!

December 27, 2023

I've added a few slots to the mission so that a few reserves could actually join.

Edited.

December 26, 2023

2 hours ago, Aspen702 said:

Callsign: E-TF[104] Aspen

Aircraft: Blue F14B or F/A-18, if available

16 hours ago, DoorMouse said:

Callsign: Doormouse

Aircraft: Blue F14B

16 hours ago, E-TF[101] Breeze said:

Callsign: E-TF[101] Breeze

Aircraft: F-18 (A2A)

15 hours ago, E-TF RIKER said:

Callsign: E-TF[102] Riker

Aircraft: Blue F14B

14 hours ago, Old Sauveur said:

Callsign: TAW_Savior

Aircraft: F/A-18C A2G (Preference if becomes available RED MIG-29A or F/A-18 A2A)

Thanks

Do you guys have the super carrier?

December 25, 2023

Due to higher demand, the F5 slots have been converted to F1 slots. 2 more F1EE available on Red.

December 25, 2023

5 minutes ago, Old Sauveur said:

Callsign: TAW_Savior

Aircraft: F/A-18C A2G (Preference if becomes available RED MIG-29A or F/A-18 A2A)

Thanks

If you go blue and get access to Blue side, you won't get to swap teams. I'll put you down for the 18.

The alternative is to put you as reserve on the MiG...

December 25, 2023

PERSIAN GULF 1997-1

36 vs 20 PVP Event

Saturday January 13th, 1930z

Persian Gulf 1997-1 is a 36 vs 20 PVP event. The event takes inspiration from firsts days of Desert Storm conflict in the early 90's, where Iraqi MiGs faced an overwhelming force of a coalition led by the US. The objective for each side is very different; Iran will try to defend its home land from the invaders while the American forces goes after vital airfields in Iran. The mission is set up to be asymmetrical to simulate the non-balanced nature of a real conflict. To balance the odds, Iran fields an impressive integrated air defense in addition to the low tech fighters of the IRIAF.

The event follows the PG 1992 and will be largely similar, but with some changes to the balance.

The coalitions will be

BLUE: 10 x F-15E, 12 x F-16C, 2 x F-14B, 12 x F/A-18C

RED: 4 x MiG-29A, 4 x F-14A, 4 x MiG-21bis, 8 x Mirage F1

The aircraft composition isn't 100% true to RL inventories in 1997, but is good enough.

Red's task is to defend the important airfields of Lar and Jiroft using its IADS and fighter-interceptors. Blue's task is to suppress the Iranian air force to prevent them from conducting further air operations in the conflict.

I'm providing a discord server for teams to plan: https://discord.gg/XdaPsUJ

Once on there, request a side and I'll add you to the corresponding team.

Schedule:

The event will be flown on Saturday January 13th at 1930z

Prizes:

None

Stream:

The event will be hosted by 104th Titanfire

https://www.twitch.tv/104th_titanfire

Sign-up:

The event is open for everyone. Sign up for yourself or for your squadron, either way works. You must include the names of the pilots (and RIOs) and of what type of aircraft to fly*. Slots will be assigned on a first-come first-server basis.

*Hornet pilots, please specify if you can fly from the Super Carrier or not.
**GCI participants, please specify if you want to use LotATC or DCS (Combined Arms)

Callsign..............:
Aircraft...............:
Supercarrier......:

EDITS to the signup post will NOT guarantee the additional slots. Always make a NEW post with additional members.

- The event will run for 2 ½ hours.

- Unlimited lives

- Available aircraft: F-14A, MiG-29A, MiG-21bis, Mirage F1EE, F-15E, F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B

- EWR/AWACS will be available for both sides. (AWACS won't feed L16)

- Human GCI (CA and LotATC) will be available for both sides. The teams can have three GCIs each.

- Ping limit 300 ms

Airbases of operation

F-14A: Spawn at Jiroft. (Refuel and rearm at Lar or Jiroft)

MiG-29A: Spawn at Jiroft. (Refuel and rearm at Lar or Jiroft)

Mirage F1EE: Spawn at Lar. (Refuel and rearm at Lar or Jiroft)

MiG-21bis: Spawn at Lar.(Refuel and rearm at Lar or Jiroft)

F-15E: Spawn at Al Minhad. Refuel/rearm at Al Minhad OR Ras Al Khaimah.

F-16C: Spawn at Al Minhad. Refuel/rearm at Al Minhad OR Ras Al Khaimah.

F-14B: Spawn at CVN. Only rearm/refuel at CVN.

F/A-18C: Spawn at CVN. Only rearm/refuel at CVN.

The following load out restrictions will be in effect:

No Aim-120C, Aim-9X, Aim-54 mk60, Aim-54C*, R-73 or R-27ER/ET

*only applies to red side. 

No standoff, GPS or SFW weapons: JDAM, JSOW, SLAM, SLAM-ER, CBU-97

Fixed load outs for certain air frames:

F-14A (Red): 4 x Aim-54A mk47, 2 x Aim-7, 2 x Aim-9L, NO TANKS

MiG-29A: 2 x R-27R, 4 x R-60M, 1 x Centerline tank

The MiG-21, Mirage F1EE and F-5 will be unrestricted (except for nukes)

F-15E:
- A2A: 2 x Aim-120B, 4 x Aim-7M, 2 x Aim-9M, dumb bombs on CFTs, No TGP (6x slots)
- A2G: No Aim-120B, No Aim-7. TGP and LGBs (4x slots)

F/A-18C:
- A2A: 2 x Aim-120B, HARM, dumb bombs, Mavs, No TGP (4x slots)
- Multi-role: No Aim-120Bs. TGP, LGB, HARM, dumb bombs, Mavs (8x slots)

F-16:
- A2A: 2 x Aim-120B, HARM, Mavs, dumb bombs, No TGP/HTS (4x slots)
- TGP: Litening pod available. LGB, dumb bombs, HARM, Mavs (4x slots)
- SEAD: HTS pod available. HARM, dumb bombs, Mavs (4x slots)

F-14B (Blue): 4 x Aim-54C, 2 x Aim-7 (any version), 2 x Aim-9M, 2 x Tanks. Bombcat loadout with LANTIRN and GBU-12, -16, -24 allowed.

Win Conditions:

BLUE
If both Lar and Jiroft are hit by Blue munitions (either runway or buildings), Blue wins.

RED
If there are no hits on Lar or Jiroft, Red wins.

Should only one target be hit, the event is a draw.

Briefing:

Weather PG:

DCS clouds: "Scattered 3"

METAR: BKN 7.5/12 SCT/BKN 21/23 SCT 40

Ground: 4 kts @ 171 deg
1600 ft: 8 kts @ 172 deg
6600 ft: 12 kts @ 165 deg
26k ft: 20 kts @ 164 deg

QNH: 29.92, Temp: 29C

Starting time: 06:30 Local time

Situation:
April 1997. Two days ago, the United States initiated a full scale air campaign against Iran. Both the US Air Force and US Navy have conducted strikes all over Iran. The outnumbered Iranian Air Force have so far done well, with less losses then anticipated. Airbases along the coast have been disable, include the important Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island.

The USAF and USN are now fully comitted to OCA and are planning to hit Lar and Jiroft airbases in order to prevent IRIAF from conducting its air operations.

Iran has a significant IADS network in the area as well as plenty of early warning installations.

Objectives:

BLUE:

Disable the airbases of Lar and Jiroft.

RED:

Defend Lar and Jiroft at all cost.

If Lar or Jiroft are made unusable, Kerman and Shiraz have backup slots for all red aircraft.

Each team will receive a reduced version of the mission file to check assets and targets. The full mission will only be available on the event.

Team roster:

*Note that "Multi-role" slots can also be used as air to air, but not using Aim-120B.

F-15E (10/10)

<64A>Zergburger (A2G)

=GR= Raccoon (A2G)

TheGopnikTsar (A2G)

=GR= Shark (A2G)

[Alamo] Prez (A2A)

[Alamo] Dundun92 (A2A)

[Alamo] Sizzle (A2A)

[Alamo] Patatoorlog | Comrade_Fury (A2A)

[Alamo] TrueMetroMan (A2A)

Spudknocker (A2A)

Reserve:

F-16C (12/12)

<64A>Mercury (A2A)

<64>Jumper (A2A)

OggyGrasshopper (A2A)

[DEVILS] Tolovay (A2A)

Beefxd (SEAD)

Njoy (SEAD)

Default (SEAD)

NytHawk (SEAD)

=GR= Doc (TGP)

Skywalker (TGP)

<64>Yaga (TGP)

Cobra 387 | Koce (TGP)

Reserve:

F-14B (2/2)

Doormouse (SC)

E-TF[102] Riker (SC)

Reserve:

F/A-18C (11/12)

<64>X-man (A2A) (SC)

<64>Krippz (A2A) (SC)

E-TF[101] Breeze (A2A) (SC)

=GR= Lynx (A2A) (SC)

Wombat (Multi-role) (SC)

E-TF[104] Aspen (Multi-role) (SC)

D4MF | Jam (Multi-role)

D4MF | SOVEREIGN (Multi-role)

D4MF | Bullet (Multi-role)

Coaster 1-1 (Multi-role) (SC)

Tako 1-1 (Multi-role)

Reserve:

GCI (3/3)
<64>Tab

Proimus

Koro

Reserve:

MiG-21bis (3/4)

Yink

[M] Zachrix

MissionTWA

Reserve:

MiG-29A (4/4)

<64>Fox

<64>Kazansky

TAW_croncat

D4MF | Yeboi chris

Reserve:

F-14A (4/4)

81.BANANA

ADLER

ARIA

Alpha-Whiskey

Reserve:

Hawk7

Honeybadger

Falcon

Leon

Mirage F1EE (8/8)

<64>Rage

<64>Vati

<64>Cookie

<64>NoWheels

Scout Urubu

Generic

RS Riva

104th_Tiger

Reserve:

GCI (3/3)
Plazma1945

Zooker

GC - TBD

Reserve:

September 17, 2023

7 hours ago, GatorNutz said:

SPQR would prefer Sundays 18:00 - 22:00z due to work schedules
Maps: Caucasus, Syria

Schedule was already posted (see discord). Make plans with your respective opponent, to try and accommodate your availability.

August 27, 2023

We've reached 16 teams and only got a few more hours before the deadline.

For the formats sake, we're hereby closing the signup to finalize format and schedule.

Thanks to all signed up participants for the interest shown so far. It'll be a great season!

Any signups after this post will be put on a reserve list, should any team drop out prior to start

August 6, 2023

TACT 23-1

Tactical Air Combat Tournament

Tactical Air Combat Tournament, TACT, is an air-to-air competition among DCS squadrons with a high emphasis on PVP. It's designed to run over a couple of months in a championship type format (exact details will depend on the amount of teams that sign up). The plan is to live stream as many matches as possible.

The event got its own discord server, check it out: https://discord.gg/XdaPsUJ

Schedule

TACT 23-1 will run late September to November but the exact schedule will be published after signup. Teams can reschedule their matches based on availability, as long as it isn't detrimental to the playoff schedule.

Prizes

There will be no prizes. We fly for glory!

Streams

We will try to accommodate as much live streaming of matches as we possibly can. Like last seasons, we will invite several popular streamers that can contribute to bringing TACT alive for the audience.

Nowheels: https://www.twitch.tv/nowheels

TitanFire: https://www.twitch.tv/104th_titanfire

Archer: Archer06_ - Twitch

Gruntlife03: https://www.twitch.tv/gruntlife03

misi: twirch.tv/herramisi

Missions

There will be a total of 4-5 missions in the event. All missions will have similar distance, layout and weather (e.g. no extreme mountains or overcast). Some missions will be flown in other theaters than Caucasus. Only if both squads can field enough pilots in a given theater can it be chosen. The fall back option is to fly on one of the Caucasus missions.

Results submission

Match results shall be submitted by the winner in the TACT discord (results and tacviews). Any disputes will be resolved among team representatives in the TACT discord.

Signup
The signups will close in 3 weeks, on August 27th 2000z.

Sign up with the following format: Squad name, Timezone (typical flying hours), aircraft flown (non binding), Additional DCS maps availability (PG, Syria). See example below:

Squadron: 64th Aggressors
Timezone: 1800z-2200z
Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B
Maps: Cauc, PG, Syria

TACT 23-1 Rules

TACT RULES LINK

Only full fidelity modules are allowed.
The match format is a 8 vs 8, best of three rounds air superiority mission.
The tournament is open for virtual squadrons only. We recognize that not all squads can field 8 pilots (+ reserves) for every match. If a Team expects to be short on match day they are allowed to recruit up to 2 additional temporary pilots to complete the 8 plane roster. These extra pilots will be known as mercenaries. The mercenaries must not be squad members of a participating team. Mercenaries do not need to be included in the signup.
To allow smaller teams to join, teams also have the option to combine into composite teams. A composite team may consist of upto two squads. Example: Squad A of 5 pilots combine with squad B of 4 pilots, to form Team X. Together they can put up at least 8 pilots.
Bullseye will be centered between the starting airfields. Surrounding bullseye, there will be an engagement bubble, 90-96 nm in diameter (3 nm warning zone). TACT 23-1 will be run without any AWACS.
All aircraft must be within the bubble at least 10 min after the first aircraft enters the bubble.
Each round consists of one sortie per pilot. If a pilot lands, he/she cannot take off again*. After being shot down or crashing, the player must leave the server until the round ends.
Each round is won if one of the two mission criterias is achieved. i) All of the opposing planes are destroyed ii) if a team has total air superiority in the bubble for 5 min. At least 1 aircraft must land after the mission criteria is reached.
To promote combat and active engagements, the remaining pilots must land at the opposing team’s airbase. Returning to one’s own airbase is considered a loss of that aircraft.
If a pilot disconnects while in the air, they are considered dead and must leave the server for that round.
Weapon restrictions: See rules doc: TACT RULES LINK
Jester is allowed, changing planes between rounds is allowed
No stream sniping
Known DCS bugs and exploits must not be used to gain an advantage.
Teams should avoid unfriendly or unsportsmanlike behavior. Not every rule can be explicitly stated and teams should fly to the spirit of the competition.

TACT RULES LINK

*A quick RTB is allowed before combat has started to resolve INS or payload issues.

TEAMS

64th Aggressors

Mumblerines

SPQR

Eclipse Task-Force

338th Tigers SQN / Cobra Aggressors

HARPIA

104th Phoenix VFBS

RS Redstar + 404 Combo

Alamo Aggressors

TMC/GRC Alliance

343rd Naval Air Group

One Trick Pony [oTp]

Nemesis HAW & Gryphon (NMS/GRY)

364th Aggressors - Fully Torqued

Bushido Fighter Group [BFG]

Black Eagles

MISSIONS

Here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13nVOXV5_uPGL6yxoXrFGjnzf8bxbhqBM

April 16, 2023

Sure

April 8, 2023

Teams and briefing:

I'm providing a discord server for teams to plan: https://discord.gg/XdaPsUJ

Once on there, request a side and I'll add you to the corresponding team.

Roster:

F-15C (6/6)
[Alamo] dundun92

[Alamo] Sizzle - F-15C

[Alamo] PatatOorlog (R)

[FTQ] CHURCH

[FTQ] BAIT

Callsign E-TF[101] Breeze

Reserve:

F-16C (12/12)
<64>Comie (Standard)
<64>Gambler (Standard)

Skywalker22 (TGP)

CTFRaven (Standard)

[FTQ] REVENGE (TGP)

[FTQ] BMD (TGP) SPQR | ZIM (HTS)

< 404 > ALPHA-WHISKEY : F-16C

< 404 > Hawk.7 : F-16C

< 404 > Falcon : F-16C

< 404 > Leon : F-16C

< 404 > Fanboy : F-16C

Reserve:

F-14B (2/2)

ETF Riker / Patrix
ETF Doormouse / WhiteRabbit

Reserve:

F/A-18C (10/12)
<64>X-man
Beefxd

Njoy

[FTQ] CHESTY

[FTQ] VENOM

Gaz

< 404 > D1CE : F/A-18C

< 404 > Honeybadger : F/A-18C

< 404 > Fooji : F/A-18C

[E-TF 103] n8d0g

Reserve:

M2K (2/2)
<64>Tab

Whimsey 1-2 | Scrat

Reserve:

GCI (1/3)
Zergburger

Reserve:

MiG-21bis (4/4)
<64>Rage
<64>Vati
REAPER 53 | Yink

MJUGEN

Reserve:

[51☭] Teknetinium

MiG-29A (4/4)
<64>Krippz

Shadowfrost

[51☭] Yambo

[100☭] BlackPixxel

Reserve:
<64>Fox

F-14A (4/4)
SPQR | Wolfdog

[FTQ] TOMATOE / [FTQ] AMERICA

[51☭] Frostie/ [51☭] Rich

81 | Banana

Reserve:

Mirage F1EE (4/4)

vertex 1-1 | default

SPQR | TheGopnikTsar

SPQR | DSplayer

Rex

Reserve:
<64>Cookie

F-5E (1/2)
RS|Plazma1945 (stream)

Reserve:

<64>Jumper

GCI (1/3)
Jim

Reserve:

Briefing:

Weather PG:

DCS clouds: "Broken 6"

METAR: BKN/OVC LYR 13/15 25/29 38/41

Ground: 4 kts @ 147 deg
1600 ft: 8 kts @ 147 deg
6600 ft: 12 kts @ 138 deg
26k ft: 20 kts @ 140 deg

QNH: 29.92, Temp: 29C

Starting time: 05:30 Local time

Situation:
August 1992. The United States are preparing to attack Iran. The assault is already late by 8 hours, but the leadership insist that the attack must go ahead. USAF have set up operations on air bases in the entire gulf region and the massive first strike is primarily focused on Teheran. Several carriers have also been dispatched to the Red sea and Indian ocean, but USN not yet entered the Persian gulf. A smaller strike force has been assigned targets around Bandar Abbas in the Straight of Hormuz. The strike will be launched from the forward air base of Al Minhad, south of Dubai, and the Carrier Battle Group that just arrived to Gulf of Oman. Weakening Irans capabilities in the Bandar region will allow the US Navy to enter the Persian Gulf and conduct operations deeper into Iran.

Iran has a significant IADS network in the area as well as plenty of early warning installations.

Objectives:

RED:

Defend Bandar Abbas at all cost. Don't let the US forces destroy their primary objectives.

BLUE:

There are 5 targets for the first strike. All are equally important.

1) Bandar Abbas Intl - Destroy the runways with at least three craters, on each.

2) Havadarya - Destroy the runway with at least three craters.

3) Bandar Abbas Intl - Destroy the air base command building.

4) Bandar Abbas, City* - Destroy the small building, believed to be the entrance to a command and control bunker.

5) Bandar Abbas, City* - Destroy the communication node in the city. A significant amount of military communications in the region are routed via the comms node.

* The two objectives (4-5) are located in close proximity to civilians. Make sure to not harm the innocent, as it will affect the scoring.

Each team will receive a reduced version of the mission file to check assets and targets. The full mission will only be available on the event.

Skin suggestions

Most airframes have appropriate default skins for the battle, but I highly recommend these tomcat skins for IRIAF (make sure to add them to F-14A)

F-14A: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3304408/
F-14A: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3304485/

April 8, 2023

PERSIAN GULF 1992-6

34 vs 18 PVP Event

Sunday April 16th, 1900z

Persian Gulf 1992-6 is a 34 vs 18 PVP event. The event takes inspiration from first day of Desert Storm conflict in the early 90's, where Iraqi MiGs faced an overwhelming force of a coalition led by the US. The objective for each side is very different; Iran will try to defend its home land from the invaders while the American forces goes after vital targets in Iran. The mission is set up to be asymmetrical to simulate the non-balanced nature of a real conflict. To balance the odds, Iran fields an impressive integrated air defense in addition to the low tech fighters of the early 90's.

The event follows the previous PG 1992 and will be largely the same, but with some changes to the balance, to even the odds compared to the last ones.

The coalitions will be

BLUE: 6 x F-15C, 12 x F-16C, 2 x F-14B, 12 x F/A-18C, 2 x M2K

RED: 4 x MiG-29A, 4 x F-14A, 4 x MiG-21bis, 4 x Mirage F1, 2 x F-5E

The aircraft composition isn't 100% true to RL inventories in 1992, but is good enough.

Red's task is to defend the Bandar region using its IADS and fighter-interceptors. Blue is to strike both strategic and tactical targets to make way for further operations in the war. Can the superior US fighters overcome the defenses at Bandar to claim victory??

Schedule:

The event will be flown on Sunday April 16th at 1900z

Prizes:

None

Stream:

TBD

Sign-up:

The event is open for everyone. Sign up for yourself or for your squadron, either way works. You must include the names of the pilots (and RIOs) and of what type of aircraft to fly*. Slots will be assigned on a first-come first-server basis.

*Hornet pilots, please specify if you can fly from the Super Carrier or not.
**GCI participants, please specify if you want to use LotATC or DCS (Combined Arms)

Callsign..............:
Aircraft...............:
Supercarrier......:

EDITS to the signup post will not guarantee the additional slots. Always make a NEW post with additional members.

- The event will run for 2 ½ hours.

- Unlimited lives

- Available aircraft: F-14A, F-5, MiG-29A, MiG-21bis, Mirage F1EE, F-15C, F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B, M2K

- EWR/AWACS will be available for both sides. (AWACS won't feed L16)

- Human GCI (CA and LotATC) will be available for both sides. The teams can have three GCIs each.

- Ping limit 300 ms

Airbases of operation

F-14A: Spawn at Jiroft. Only rearm/refuel at Jiroft.

F-5: Spawn at Jiroft. Refuel/rearm at Jiroft OR Bandar Abbas/Havadarya.

Mirage F1EE: Spawn at Lar. Refuel/rearm at Lar OR Bandar Abbas/Havadarya.

MiG-29A: Spawn at Lar. ONLY rearm/refuel at Lar.

MiG-21bis: Spawn at Lar. Refuel/rearm at Lar OR Bandar Abbas/Havadarya.


F-15C: Spawn at Al Minhad. Refuel/rearm at Al Minhad OR Ras Al Khaimah.

F-16C: Spawn at Al Minhad. Refuel/rearm at Al Minhad OR Ras Al Khaimah.

M2K: Spawn at Al Minhad. Refuel/rearm at Al Minhad OR Ras Al Khaimah.

F-14B: Spawwn at CV. Only rearm/refuel at CVN/CV.

F/A-18C: Spawwn at CVN/CV. Only rearm/refuel at CVN/CV.

The following load out restrictions will be in effect:

No Aim-120B, Aim-120C, Aim-9X, Aim-54 mk60, Aim-54C*, R-73 or R-27ER/ET

*only applies to red side. 

No standoff, GPS or SFW weapons: JDAM, JSOW, SLAM, SLAM-ER, CBU-97

Fixed load outs for certain air frames:

F-14A (Red): 4 x Aim-54A mk47, 2 x Aim-7 (any version), 2 x Aim-9L, NO TANKS
MiG-29A: 2 x R-27R, 4 x R-60M, 1 x Centerline tank

F-15C: 4 x Aim-7 (any version), 4 x Aim-9M, Tanks at pilot discretion 
F-14B (Blue): 4 x Aim-54C, 2 x Aim-7 (any version), 2 x Aim-9M, 2 x Tanks
Mirage 2000: 2 x Super 530D, 2 x Magic II, 1 x Tank

The MiG-21, Mirage F1EE and F-5 will be unrestricted (except for nukes)

F-16 slot will be split into three categories: TGP, SEAD and Standard.
- TGP: Litening Pod available. GBU-10 -12 -24 allowed (4x slots)
- SEAD: HTS pod available. (4x slots)
- Standard: No pods available (4x slots)

Scoring points:

BLUE
+10 pts for destroyed objective 1-3
+15 pts for destroyed objective 4-5
+1 pts per red loss (Kill,Crash,SAM)
+2 pts additional if the loss is a TK

RED
+10 pts for survived objective 1-3
+15 pts for survived objective 4-5
+10 pts per collateral damage by Blue
+1 pts per blue loss (Kill,Crash,SAM)
+2 pts additional if the loss is a TK

August 18, 2022

Sign up closed! Groups and schedule will be posted during the weekend.

August 14, 2022

Thanks to everyone who participated in this event. I had a blast!

See you next time

August 13, 2022

There's also a F-14B available

August 13, 2022

On 7/25/2022 at 8:49 PM, Бойовий Сокіл said:

Combat Falcon

Mig-29A (red)

Hey. You have now been transferred from reserve to flying the MiG29.

Due to cancelations, there's now some slots available.

1x F-15C

1x Mirage F1

4x GCI

Reminder to all! The event takes place tonight at 1900z.

July 31, 2022

TEAMS

64th Aggressors
SPQR & 364th Aggressors: Fully Torque
NZA Raiders
TMC The Motley Crew
HARPIA
Eclipse Task-Force & Alamo
SF Squadron
Cobra Aggressors
104th Phoenix VFBS
VTAF & Mumblerines
Redstar
TFS 81
Phoenix Task Force
Toro
IAF

MISSIONS

LINK TO MISSIONS

July 31, 2022

TACT 22-1 Rules

Only full fidelity modules are allowed.
The match format is a 8 vs 8, best of three rounds air superiority mission.
The tournament is open for virtual squadrons only. We recognize that not all squads can field 8 pilots (+ reserves) for every match. If a Team expects to be short on match day they are allowed to recruit up to 2 additional temporary pilots to complete the 8 plane roster. These extra pilots will be known as mercenaries. The mercenaries must not be squad members of the opposing team in the specific match. Mercenaries do not need to be included in the signup.
To allow smaller teams to join, teams also have the option to combine into composite teams. A composite team may consist of upto two squads. Example: Squad A of 5 pilots combine with squad B of 4 pilots, to form Team X. Together they can put up at least 8 pilots.
Bullseye will be centered between the starting airfields. Surrounding bullseye, there will be an engagement bubble, 90 nm in diameter. AWACS will be available in each mission in the group stage.
All aircraft must be within the bubble at least 10 min after the first aircraft enters the bubble.
Each round consists of one sortie per pilot. If a pilot lands, he/she cannot take off again*. After being shot down or crashing, the player must leave the server until the round ends.
Each round is won if one of the two mission criterias is achieved. i) All of the opposing planes are destroyed ii) if a team has total air superiority in the bubble for 5 min. At least 1 aircraft must land after the mission criteria is reached.
To promote combat and active engagements, the remaining pilots must land at the opposing team’s airbase. Returning to one’s own airbase is considered a loss of that aircraft.
If a pilot disconnects while in the air, they are considered dead and must leave the server for that round.
Weapon restrictions: See rules doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c8X6TkvOIrZRtl1z308zcuVWUGe3AHr5mcfNFtuY420/edit?usp=sharing
Jester is allowed, changing planes between rounds is allowed
No stream sniping
Known DCS bugs and exploits must not be used to gain an advantage. Examples include (but not limited to) current ECM modelling, Flood mode launches, PH Active switch.
Teams should avoid unfriendly or unsportsmanlike behavior. Not every rule can be explicitly stated and teams should fly to the spirit of the competition.

*A quick RTB is allowed before combat has started to resolve INS or payload issues.

Have fun and enjoy!

July 31, 2022

TACT 22-1

Tactical Air Combat Tournament

Tactical Air Combat Tournament, TACT, is an air-to-air competition among DCS squadrons with a high emphasis on PVP. It's designed to run over a couple of months in a championship type format (exact details will depend on the amount of teams that sign up). The plan is to live stream as many matches as possible.

The event got its own discord server, check it out: https://discord.gg/XdaPsUJ

Schedule

TACT 22-1 will run early September to November but the exact schedule will be published after signup. Teams can reschedule their matches based on availability.

Prizes

There will be no prizes. We fly for glory!

Streams

We will try to accommodate as much live streaming of matches as we possibly can. Like last seasons, we will invite several popular streamers that can contribute to bringing TACT alive for the audience.

HerraMisi: https://www.twitch.tv/herramisi

TitanFire: https://www.twitch.tv/titanfire_

Tricker: https://www.twitch.tv/tricky_tricker

Prez: https://www.twitch.tv/preznow

Bullet: https://www.twitch.tv/104th_bullet

NoWheels: https://www.twitch.tv/nowheels

Missions

There will be a total of 4-5 missions in the event. All missions will have similar distance, layout and weather (e.g. no extreme mountains or overcast). Some missions will be flown in other theaters than Caucasus. Only if both squads can field enough pilots in a given theater can it be chosen. The fall back option is to fly on one of the Caucasus missions.

Results submission

Match results shall be submitted by the winner in the TACT discord (results and tacviews). Any disputes will be resolved among team representatives in the TACT discord.

Signup
The signups will close in 2 weeks, on August 14th 2000z.

Sign up with the following format: Squad name, Timezone (typical flying hours), aircraft flown (non binding), Additional DCS maps availability (PG, Syria). See example below:

Squadron: 64th Aggressors
Timezone: 1800z-2200z
Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B
Maps: Cauc, PG, Syria

July 25, 2022

Teams and briefing:

I'm providing a discord server for teams to plan: https://discord.gg/XdaPsUJ

Once on there, request a side and I'll add you to the corresponding team.

Roster:

F-15C (6/6)
TAW_Spectrum
[Alamo] dundun92
[Alamo] Prez
[Alamo] Darkthorian
TAW_redcoresix
Breeze

Reserve:

F-16C (12/12)
<64>Comie
<64>TaoHermit
<64A>Gambler1
IAF Fiod9
IAF YuvalKiz
IAF Spade5
IAF Shimshi
IAF Grumpy
IAF Niko
IAF ZedTank
IAF DanielC
IAF The-Goulash

Reserve:
IAF Cheetah
IAF AlonM
D4n

F-14B (2/2)
<64>NoWheels | ??
TAW_DarksydeRob | ??

Reserve:

F/A-18C (12/12)
<64>X-man
<64>Tab
SF_Kapsu
SF_MikeMikeJuliet
SF_Niemih
SF_Misi
Seagull
RebelCid
SPQR l SEAL
SPQR | TheGopnikTsar (NO SC)
SPQR l Wolfdog
[Alamo] TrueMetroMan (NO SC)

Reserve:

M2K (2/2)
TAW_Savior
TAW_Luminary

Reserve:

GCI (1/3)
IAF ViFF

Reserve:

MiG-21bis (4/4)
<64A>Yink
Sword 1-2 Zachrix
Mjugen
swety

Reserve:

SPQR Zim_G

GCI (1/3)
Gryphon 33 | Maximus

Reserve: