"Fighting Phantoms"

Game 4

With all the recent bombing strikes against Iranian facilities, Iran has doubled its air patrols . . .

Deployment: Long Edges

Mission: CAP (Recon target: Storage Facility)

Points Value: 150pts

Iranian Forces (Attacker)

--RF-4E Phantom

-Competant pilot (Bahman Zare)

--F-4E Phantom

-Competant pilot (Giv Kiani)

-x4 AIM-9P

--F-4E Phantom

-Competant pilot (Aref Haj)

-x4 AIM-9P

The Plan

Is to not get bogged down in combat, turn 1 all aircraft will arrive at altitude 4, the F-4E Phantoms will try the protect the RF-4E Phantom allowing it to take the recon pictures and bug out ASAP.

Iraqi Forces (Defender)

--MiG-23MF

-Competant pilot (Sultan Marza)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-23MF

-Average pilot (Siham Fayad)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-23MF

-Average pilot (Musah Taha)

-x2 R-60

-x2 Medium AAA (61-K)

-SA-2 Site

-Fan Song Radar

The Plan

Hopefully the SA-2 Site can pose a hazard/threat to the Iranian aircraft, the MiG's will arrive on turn 2 at altitude 4 and try to take down the Iranian craft as fast as possible.

Set up

TURN 1

The three Phantoms arrived in formation, lieutenant Zare manages to take photos of the Iraqi facility.

TURN 2

The Iraqi MiG's arrive,

The Phantoms prepare to RTB, while the MiG's swing in on their tail, Lieutenant Fayad manages to aquire a lock on Musah Taha and luanches an R-60. The Fan-Song Radar tries to aquire a target but the Phantoms ECM defeats it.

TURN 3

The Phantoms disengage and RTB with the recon Photos.

AFTERMATH

Not much to say really, short game, the Iranians performed their mission with no losses.

Iraq

Ramzy Hantous = Seriously Wounded

Adeep Cridi = KIA

-20% pts to Su-20

-15% pts to Tu-16

-20% pts to MiG-21MF

-10% pts to MiG-23MLA

Iran

Alireza Khalili = KIA

-10% pts to F-5 Tiger II

-15% pts Hawk PAR Radar

-5% pts Medium AAA

-5%pts ADS-4 Radar