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CAG-51 is Recruiting       link:  http://cag-51.org

Every Saturday we fly a different custom designed mission that a squadron member would create. We understand our pilots skill levels and create a sortie for everyone.  The missions tend to be team events, where if one particular flight group fails; well, that might make it very difficult for other flight groups to be successful!  This past week, it was a bit atypical as we didn’t have a CAP flight assigned to protecting the rest of the squadron against enemy air, we didn’t have a SEAD flight assigned to SAM sites, and we didn’t necessarily even have a whole bunch of CAS, although we did have one brave Apache Pilot who decided he was going to battle the storm!

Scenario for the Mission was that China had used a hurricane as cover to establish a beachhead on Taiwan.  CAG-51 was the fast response team assigned to prosecute an attack on that landing force.  Because of the weather, the Chinese did not have fighter aircraft up, and given they had just set down in Taiwan, they hadn’t yet time to establish SAMs with the exception of AAA w/ a Fire Can radar. Regardless of conditions, we had to get in quick with a strike package prior to them establishing what might have been an impenetrable surface to air system.   

Strike package of eight Hornets departed an aircraft carrier.  Prior to departure, the carrier had taken a lightning strike and fueling at the ship was inoperable; as we such depart the ship with what was left in our jet from the last flight (5,000#) and had about a 100 mile flight to the tanker.  A flight of Vipers were to come out of a neighboring island paralleling the naval strike package, but due to a Mission Editor error, it didn’t turn out right for those folks, Sorry Uzi!  Our F-16 guys ended up loading onto a separate server and flew a different mission, not filmed here.

So, a Hurricane! We had 55 kts at the deck of the carrier, unknown what wind speed was at elevation but fair to say 100kts or more. Just trying to make a Marshall Stack turn at a rendezvous waypoint was difficult.  It was a night strike, in the dark, in the clouds, in the rain, …, somehow we had to aerial refuel, …, as it turns out, even 1,000 lb JDAMs have a significant wind drift, …, more refueling, ... and then a pitching deck for a Case III, …  Victory; 5 of the 8 Hornets made it home w/ their jet - sorry Mac, your landing in this video does not count as a success.

This one was more about the difficulty of flying, as opposed to the technical deployment of weapons; enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_wkoDBRu_k

 

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Currently recruiting AH-64 pilots and copilot gunners, as well as F-14 RIOs.  Great group of people with great comradery.  Visit our website for a discord invite.  Just click on the Discord icon.  Currently, F/A-18 and F-16 are full but do not hesitate to come and introduce yourself.  

https://www.cag-51.org/

 

 


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