STRIKE

 IRAN-IRAQ WAR

1980

The second game of Mission Threat, this time we are playing the Strike Mission with 200pts each.

The target of the Strike being an Airfield

IRAQ

--MIG-21MF (Average pilot)

-x2 R-60 Missiles

--MIG-21MF (Average pilot)

-x2 R-60 Missiles

--SU-20 (Average pilot)

-x2 Kh-28 Missiles

-x10 Bombs

--TU-22 (Average pilot)

-x36 Bombs

*Search and Rescue*

--Alouette III (Competant pilot)

IRAN

--F14-A Tomcat (Competant pilot)

-x2 AIM-9P

-x2 AIM-7E-4

--F14-E Tomcat (Competant pilot)

-x2 AIM-9P

-x2 AIM-7E-4

-x3 MIM-23 Hawk SAM 12pts

-x2 Hawk PAR radar 5pts

-Light AAA

-Medium AAA

-Heavy AAA

TURN 1

From the Iranian side a single Tomcat speeds on aiming at intercepting the attacking force, from the Iraqi side the SU-20 Arrives, it manages to lock a SAM guildance radar and release a Kh-28 missile towards the target.

TURN 2

The SU-20 launches its other Kh-28 at the second SAM Radar, the tomcat tries to acquire a lock on the Iraqi plane but fails.

A sam site does and luanches a missile.

TURN 3

The SAM missile slams into the SU-20 blowing the plane apart, the pilot manages to eject but in a badly wounded state.

The tomcat rolls over to come back over the airfield as a TU-22 bomber arrives escorted by 2 MIG-21's, the SAM's try to lock onto the bomber but fail to defeat its ECM.

The TU-22 releases half its bomb load (18 bombs), half the runway erupts in clouds of dirt, dust and concrete as the bombs hit home.

TURN 4

The Kh-28 Missiles strike blowing the SAM radars apart, effectively eliminating the luanch sites, the MIGs start to manouver towards the Tomcat, one MIG gets behind the Iranian plane and open up with guns wounding the pilot.

The SAR alouette arrives to pick up the SU-20 pilot.

TURN 5

The bomber starts a turn to come back around, the Tomcat has to RTB but a second arrives and quickly gets a lock on a MIG, a side winder streaks into the MIG, the planes fuel lines are hit and the the plane is forced to RTB.

TURNs 6 & 7

The TU-22 continues to circle around as the Tomcat and MIG chase each other across the sky.

TURNs 8 & 9

The Tomcat manages to get a lock on the TU-22 and takes the bomber down with a side winder before performing a split-S to go head-to-head with the MIG.

The bomber crew manage to eject safely.

The MIG and Tomcat speed past each other before having to RTB.

Aftermath

Taking out those SAM radars paid off well, those three luanchers could have destroyed my force alone, 18 bombs on the runway seems like a pretty successful mission to me.