"Aces High"

Game 7

Advancing ground forces are closing on a river, we need to reconnoiter the bridge to assess Iranian Defenses.

Deployment: Short-Edges

Mission: CAP

Mission Target: Bridge

Points Value: 300pts

Iranian Forces (Defending)

--F-14A Tomcat

-Veteran Pilot (Arzou Hijazi)

-x4 AIM-9P

-x2 AIM-54A

--F-14A Tomcat

-Veteran Pilot (Morteza Ahadi)

-x4 AIM-9P

-x2 AIM-54A

--F-4E Phantom

-Average Pilot (Milad Shir)

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-4E Phantom

-Average Pilot (Jafar Ali)

-x2 AIM-9P

-Hawk PAR Radar

-x2 MIM-23 Hawk SAMs

-AAA Radar

-x2 Medium AAA

-Light AAA

The Plan

Turn 2 the F-14s will arrive at altitude 5 and at distance to make use of the AIM-54 Missiles before moving in to AIM-9 range.

Turn 4 the Phantoms will arrive at altitude 3 and try to ambush any Iraqi planes they can.

Iraqi Forces (Attacker)

--MiG-21MF

-Veteran Pilot (Teef Sedkahn)

-x4 R-60

--MiG-21MF

-Veteran Pilot (Raed Manati)

-x4 R-60

--MiG-23BN

-Average Pilot (Heba Awad)

-6 Bombs

--MiG-23BN

-Average Pilot (Musah Taha)

-6 Bombs

--MiG-23BN

-Average Pilot (Mousa Askar)

-6 Bombs

--MiG-21R

-Competant Pilot (Adel Faisal)

The Plan

Going for the main objective of recon photo the Target, I'm assuming there will air defenses so am also trying for a SEAD Mission.

Turn 1, MiG-23BN's and the MiG-21R will turn up at altitude 2, their objective is to photo the Target (MiG-21) and bomb any air defenses in the area (MiG-23).

Turn 2 the MiG-21MF's will arriveat altitude 4 to provide air cover.

Set up

TURN 1

The Iraqi MiG-23's come in fast, the pilots choosing their ground targets, the recon MiG-21 close behind.

TURN 2

The two MiG-21's to provide air cover arrive.

The Iranian F-14's arrive, they manage to acquire locks on two of the MiG-23's and each fires off an AIM-54A Phoenix.

The MiG-23's each drop 2 Bombs, they destroy both the Medium AAA and the HAWK SAM Radar as the ZU-23-2 fills the air with ineffective fire.

The Reconnaissance MiG-21 successfully takes photos of the bridge.

TURN 3

The Phoenix Missiles come in, Musah Taha climbs hard and cuts power in an attempt to avoid the missile, It detonates close to his plane, shrapnel peppering the Hull and wounding him.

Mousa Askar pulls the same manouver and manages to dodge the missile.

Heba Awad attempts to bomb a HAWK luancher but the Bombs overshoot, the ZU-23-2 hits him as he passes over but little damage is caused.

All aircraft manouver is the pass trying to gain an advantage.

TURN 4

The Phantoms arrive,

Both MiG-21's perform a Split-S manouver to loose the Phantoms that are getting into gun range on their tails, Loosing the '21's, both Phantoms turn into a tailing position behind Mousa Askar's plane. He dives to try and avoid a hail of gunfire from the first Phantom, which works. The second Phantoms Guns tear into his planes Hull damaging it.

The Tomcats bank round and drop some altitude.

TURN 5

With their fuel at its limit all three MiG-23's return to base. The Recon MiG flys off the board, returning to base with the recon pictures.

Little happens this turn, the Phantoms and Tomcats make turns while the MiGs perform another Spit-S.

TURN 6

The F-14 Tomcats Return to base. The MiGs and Phantoms are both starting to reach fuel limitations, the Iraqi's have achieved their mission and RTB.

AFTERMATH

Close call on the Phoenix hits!, really thought those two MiG-23's were going down in flames, the Iranian AA was pretty much neutralised in the second turn and had little effect in game.

Pretty easy win for Iran.

Iraq

Ramzy Hantous = Seriously Wounded

Musah Taha = Lightly Wounded

Adeep Cridi = KIA

Mohammed Ali = KIA

Siham Fayed = POW

-10% F-1 Mirage Damaged (2 Turns)

-10% SU-20 Damaged (5 Turns)

-10% MiG-23BN Damaged (1 Turn)

-30% pts to Su-20

-15% pts to Tu-16

-30% pts to MiG-21MF

-10% pts to MiG-23MLA

-10% pts to MiG-23BN

Iran

Omid Mansouri = Seriously Wounded

Alireza Khalili = KIA

Aman Mir = KIA

Mehri Seyed = POW

-30% pts to F-5 Tiger II

-10% pts to AH-1 Cobra

-25% pts Hawk PAR Radar

-15% pts Medium AAA

-15%pts ADS-4 Radar

-5%pts to Hawk SAM