Kerrie's Missions # 13

The Gap

The story so far . . .

The enemy is building up their armour strength at their Mechanised Infantry HQ, about 8 miles NW of Hyon Ni Airbase. There is a strong likelihood that this means an imminent attack on our lines in an attempt to capture territory. Their capabilities must be reduced by an immediate attack on the HQ!

The missions

There are 3 versions of this mission, depending on the type of hostile fighters you may encounter.

Gap21 - MiG-21's only
Gap23 - MiG-23's only
Gap27 - Su-27's only

Gap23 should be the easiest of the three for a novice pilot.

Briefing

Enterprise - 0720 hrs - Clear

See attached diagram <Mech_HQ> for targetting details.

You are to execute an immediate solo attack on the enemy's Mechanised Infantry HQ at waypoint 3. The HQ is heavily defended, and is surrounded by SAM and AAA sites.

This mission is most likely to succeed with a single aircraft, if the strike is fast and accurate - one aircraft could get through where more could alert the enemy. The defences are strong, so they are not expecting an attack. Your course to waypoint 1 could be seen as an approach to Chuncheon, and with only 1 aircraft they won't expect you to suddenly turn north.

You should be able to reach the target solo, by neutralising the SAM sites directly on your programmed flight path. By doing this, and avoiding overflying the HQ, you can destroy the 2 separate targets and escape unscathed. You will need to load with 2 Mk-83LD's, and drop 1 on each of the two groups of targets - accuracy will be essential, so the release should be from low level. DO NOT overfly the target - pull up through the vertical to a reciprocal course as soon as you release, or you will fly into the AAA defences. Stick to the programmed flight path, to avoid being targetted by the rest of the SAM's. 

The enemy may have time to scramble some aircraft from Hyon Ni, so be ready to break away from the target to engage them. Ingress and egress should be at high speed to reduce the risk from these aircraft, and diversions from your flightpath should be kept to a minimum.

Surveillance has also detected an armour column containing some ZSU-23 mobile AAA approaching the HQ from the west. They will arrive in around 30 minutes, so you must complete your mission within the next 20 minutes to avoid being at risk from them.

Recover at Chuncheon, waypoint 0.

Loadout

AIM-9M Sidewinder x 2
AIM-120 AMRAAM x 3
AGM-88 HARM x 2
Mk-83LD x 2
EXT FUEL x 1 (centreline)

(Oh, for an F/A-18E, and some more missiles! How about it, GSC?)

Victory conditions

Destruction of at least 8 of the 10 individual targets in 2 groups.

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Enjoy!

Deep Runner

Kerrie Reay

<kerrie_reay@bigpond.com>


