FW Fast jet Mission Qualification Checkout
Situation
General situaton
BLUE and RED have been at war for a week after REDs initial attack against BLUE. The situation have stabilized and BLUE is preparing for a counteroffensive.
Prior to this BLUE will conduct several strikes to set conditions for BLUE’s offensive.
Last night RED have recived reinforcements and are preparing to continue their ground offensive.
Weather forecast
OVERCAST at 25000ft, calm winds
Friendly situation
Friendly battalions are lined up in defensive positions along the FLOT. These units consist of primary motorized infantry, with some armor and mechanized infantry in reserve.
Enemy situation - Air
RED FORCE have 3 FW squadrons doing both A-A and A-G missions. In addition, RED FORCE have AWACS (E-2) and a couple of tankers (KC-135, KC-135 MPRS and S-3 Viking)
- Squadron 1: F-14B (Armed with AIM-7 and AIM-9)
- Squadron 2: F/A-18C (Armed with AIM-120C and AIM-9M)
- Squadron 3: F-16C (Armed with AIM-120C and AIM-9M)
Squadron 1 and 2 rotates between shore-based and on a Carrier somewhere in the ocean.
RED FORCE are using the following airbases:
- Fujairah
- Ras Al Khaimah
- Khasab
RED FORCE normal way of operating is having one flight on QRA alert on one of the airbases or the carrier. Earlier missions indicate that the QRA flight is on a 15 minute alert.
So, once a BLUE aircraft passes the FLOT, one can expect the QRA to be scrambled to try to intercept. At the same time, additional aircrafts may be scrambled based on the availability.
SAM threats
RED FORCE have several SAMs protecting their territory. The static sites are shown in the picture below:
In addition to the static sites as shown on the picture, RED FORCE air defences operate IAW the following doctrine: Red Force Air Defence Doctrine (SAMs)
Mission
Mission is to conduct a strike against 1x Bed Down Location (BDL) and 1x Meething location where intelligence indicate that an general from RED FORCE is staying the next 8 hours.
It is important that both targets get hit, as we do not know in which building the general is occupying.
The targets are labeled in CombatFlite as T12.6 (Meeting location) and T12.7 (BDL)
For pictures and visualization of target area, have a look here: Target information T12.2 - T12.7
CombatFlite file
Supporting assets
- Tanker (AR203 for F-16 checkouts and AR305 for F-14 or F/A-18 checkouts)
Questions for MQT pilot
With the information provided in this brief, and during the TRP, please be prepared to answer the following questions during the mission brief:
- What are the expected threat of mobile air defences (types, and where)?
- What are the best defence against a SA-6 in the current situation?
- What are the best countermeasures settings for countering a SA-6?
Admin details
- Instructor must ensure to activate threat sites: 12_1 , 12_2 , 12_4 , 12_5.
- Instructor must ensure to activate ground scenario for R12 MQ checkout (Using F10 menu, under Range 12)
- Instructor must ensure to activate tanker AR203 for F-16 checkout or AR305 for F-14 or F/A-18 checkout
- If blue AC is hit by SAM, blue will continue and debrief what went wrong after mission.
- A-A Training rules: If BLUE AC is hit, they will continue mission. Will debrief what went wrong after mission.
- A-A Training rules: If RED AC is hit, AC will dive down towards ground, while spiralling, turn radar off, and fly low-level back to base and land.
- A-A Training rules: No use of guns.