Operation Vanguard Anvil MISREP

[ExNusquam]

Not sure where else to put this - but this is my write-up of the flight with some personal debrief points.

MSN ID: 510151201
CS: JEDI11 (Amy) /JEDI12 (Ex)

0730Z - ENG START
0751Z - AIRBORNE OMAM
0810-0814Z – TANKED FROM SHELL IN PUSUN-KUVIP TRACK. JD11/12 BOTH TOOK APRX 3000 LBS
0820Z – JD11 FLT ONSTA OVERHEAD KSB
0822Z – JD11 EXECUTES 2X SOF
0826Z – JD11 FLT EXECUTES SOP
0828Z – JD11 FLT EMPLOYS 2XMK82
0829Z – JD11 HIT BY MANPANDS SAFIRE
0830Z – JD11 EJECT
0830Z – JD12 EMPLOYS 1XMK82
0854Z – JD12 EXECUTES ATTACK – NO DROP
0857Z – JD12 EMPLOYS 1XAGM-65
0905Z – JD12 EXECUTES SOF
0909Z – JD12 CHECKS OFFSTA
0926-0930Z - TANKED FROM SHELL IN PUSUN-KUVIP TRACK. JD12 TOOK 9300 LBS
0944Z – JD12 ONSTA OVERHEAD KSB
0951Z – JD12 CHECKS OFFSTA
1018Z – JD12 LANDS OMAM
1030Z – ALL ENGINES SHUTDOWN

JD11/ F/A-18C / APG-73 / ALR-67 / ALE-47 / 45X MJU-38/ 30X RR-129/ 2WX / 2S / 265X282 / 570XPGU-28 / CODE 3

JD12/ F/A-18C / APG-73 / ALR-67 / ALE-47 / 45X MJU-38/ 30X RR-129/ 2WX / 2S / 265X282 / 570XPGU-28/ CODE 1

GENTEXT/ JD11 FLT DEPARTED OMAM AS FRAGGED ON BAI MISSION IVO KASSAB AB ISO OP VANGUARD ANVIL. TRANSIT UNEVENTFUL. ONSTATION, JD11 FLT RECIVED NOTIFICATION THAT FRIENDLY FORCES WERE UNDERATTACK, BUT COULD NOT LOCATE TARGETS. JD11 FLT EXECUTED MULTIPLE SOF AND SOP TO ELICIT ENEMY RESPONSE. AFTER LOCATING ENEMY, JD11 FLT EMPLOYED 2XM82 (1XDUD, 1XMISS). JD11 WAS HIT BY 1X SA-18 POST ATTACK, JD11 LOST CONTROL MANEUVERING DUE TO ADDITIONAL SAFIRE/AC DAMAGE. JD11 EJECTED IVO 40R DP 2185 9574. JD12 EMPLOYED 1XMK82. JD12 EMPLOYED 1X AGM-65. JD12 EXECUTED SOF TO ELICIT ENEMY RESPONSE. JD12 JOINED JD21 FLT AS JD23. REMAINDER OF VUL AND RTB UNEVENTFUL.

SOF 1:
JEDI 11 EXECUTED 2X SOF TO ELICIT ENEMY RESPONSE. 1500 AGL, 600 KCAS, NO FLARES EXPENDED.

SOP 1:
JEDI 11 FLT EXECUTED A SOP TO ELICIT ENEMY RESPONSE. 3000 AGL, 550 KCAS, NO FLARES EXPENDED

CAS TARGET 1:
JEDI 12 EMPLOYED 1XMK82 AGINST VEHICLES. 4200 AGL, 587 KCAS, 31° DIVE. WEAPON DID NOT GO HIGH ORDER DUE TO INCORRECT FUSE SETTINGS. GCI NOT MET.

CAS TARGET 2:
JEDI 11 EMPLOYED 1XMK82 AGAINST VEHICLES. 2400 AGL, 523 KCAS, 17° DIVE. WEAPON IMPACTED OFF TARGET. GCI NOT MET.

SAFIRE 1:
HIT CONFIRMED MANPADS ON JEDI 11. 6800 AGL, 361 KCAS, 1.8 NM FROM POO. WEAPON LAUNCH NOT OBSERVED BY JEDI 12. JEDI 11 DID NOT MANEUVER.

SAFIRE 2:
CLOSE CONFIRMED MANPADS ON JEDI 11. 10200 AGL, 210 KCAS, 1.8 NM FROM POO. JEDI 11 DID NOT MANEUVER

SAFIRE 3:
HIT CONFIRMED MANPADS ON JEDI 11. 8700 AGL, 111 KCAS, 2.1 FROM POO. WEAPON LAUNCH NOT OBSERVED BY JEDI 12. JEDI 11 MANEUVERD TO AVOID THREAT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL.

EJECT 1:
JEDI 11 EJECTED DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL/SAFIRE. 7400 AGL, 107 KCAS, 40R DP 2185 9574. GOOD CHUTE OBSERVED.

CAS TARGET 3:
JEDI 12 EMPLOYED 1X MK82 AGAINST VEHICLES. 6700 AGL, 519 KCAS, 40° DIVE. 1X AAA VEHICLE DESTROYED. GCI MET.

CAS TARGET 4:
JEDI 12 ABORTED ATTACK AT 1.5 MILES, 5000 AGL DUE TO INVALID MAV TRACK. GCI NOT MET.

CAS TARGET 5:
JEDI 12 EMPLOYED 1XAGM-65F. 8600 AGL, 389 KCAS, 3.7 NM FROM TARGET, 20° DIVE. 2X TECHNICALS DESTROYED. GCI MET.

SOF 2:
JEDI 12 CONDUCTED SOF TO ELICIT ENEMY RESPONSE. 1300 AGL, 650 KCAS, 4X FLARES EXPENDED.

Personal Debrief Points:
Duded weapon – I got a bit excited once the tracers started flying – and ignored the nice “DUD” cue in the HUD. I need to take my time when employing to make sure it’s actually going to count.

Amy getting hit – I got lazy on my cover role, and thought Amy was out of the MANPADS WEZ and stopped looking. Clearly he wasn’t out of the WEZ. I should have also immediately dropped out of the CAS wheel and moved to a closer support position. I potentially could have talked him out of the threat area, preventing the second hit that resulted in the aircraft loss.

Brevity – I think overall my comm brevity was pretty poor. See above point about getting excited.

Taxi routes – post-recovery I exited 13L on C instead of going to the end, which made entering the de-arm area more complex than it needed to be. I need to actually pay attention to the standard routes. I noticed several other pilots make the same mistake, so potentially we should synch the abort exit flow with the recovery exit flow.

This was great fun, thanks Snoopy for putting it together for everyone!