FC2.0: F15C: Campaign Mission 5 AAR

[Ven]

It's a beautiful evening and there's nothing better than an escorting a few A10's on SEAD duty. Hope they blast that SA-11 for us.

 

Okay, there goes the Warthogs.

 

Approaching WP3. That river will be important to keep track of as I will be in range of SA-11 across that river. My wingmen usually don't survive the encounter and even if they do, they usually dump all their ordnance making themselves useless.

 

There's that "SD" symbol for SA-11 and a Fulcrum is saying hello too.

 

It seems like the Flankers have their jammers on. I lock onto the jamming signal and tell number 3 to "engage my target".

 

Just as I give the order, they sent a present my way.

 

I launch too. It's low percentage shot and it wont make the kill but the purpose is to put them in defensive position at least so my wing have better chance of survival.

 

I turn while my 3 and 4 move in. I keep number 2 on my wing for now.

 

Just about when I made a complete 360 turn, my wing started to report in the kills.

 

One

 

Two

 

Three

 

Four

 

None of the kills belong to me but at least we got them all and all 3 of my wings still in tact. Now AWACS telling me there are two more Fulcrums coming for me. Alrighty.

 

Because I don't want to get in range of that SA-11, I fall back behind that river to give me some more room to engage the MIG-29's. Did they say 5 minutes?

 

A10's are doing their jobs I see.

 

Just two Fulcrums? I think I can deal with them myself. Couple of brand new AIM-120C's on their way. Just basic tactics. Beaming.

 

There's one

 

And two

 

Rejoin formation. Glad to have everyone safe.

 

RTB

 

Mission Complete

 

I have lost only one wingman since I started using this tactic. But then again, I'm just a rookie and I'd take any advice. Thanks for reading.

 

Mission 3 AAR

Mission 4 AAR

Mission 5 AAR

Mission 6 AAR

Mission 7 AAR

Mission 8 AAR

Mission 9 AAR

Mission 10 AAR

Edited April 24, 2010 by Ven

[Bouddha]

I am not an expert but your way of managing the wingman seems to work well.

[dwpenney]

Nice! Great AAR!

[Aeroscout]

Very nice!

 

Aero

[EvilBivol-1]

One thing I noticed in your AARs is that you're keeping to about 20K altitude in your engagements. I assume this is because you want to be closer to the ground for evasive purposes. If you have not tried it yet, one option to experiment with is to take the fight up to 30K and see what kind of benefits/drawbacks that might entail.

[Ven]

One thing I noticed in your AARs is that you're keeping to about 20K altitude in your engagements. I assume this is because you want to be closer to the ground for evasive purposes. If you have not tried it yet, one option to experiment with is to take the fight up to 30K and see what kind of benefits/drawbacks that might entail.

 

Good thing you brought that up. Actually the reason I stay below 25K is because above that, it always creates a trail. I figured that would give away my position too easily. This may be reason for staying low if I'm facing an human opponent but I wasn't sure if AI opponents would recognize the trail. If not, I may venture up higher next time. By the way, would you mind editing the subject of this thread to Mission 5?

[EvilBivol-1]

Ah, good thinking. Off the top of my head, I don't think fighter aircraft are programmed to detect contrails. We have a variety of visibility factors modeled for ground attack aircraft against ground targets though. Regardless, there is a Russian AWACS in the missions anyway, so the enemy will know your position with relative accuracy.

 

Changed the thread title.

Edited April 15, 2010 by EvilBivol-1

[Ven]

Ah, does that mean keeping the radar off until last minute doesn't help much either? Thanks for the edit!

[EvilBivol-1]

Yes, if the enemy AWACS can see you, so can the fighters.