"Power Cut"

Game 8

Deployment: Long-Edges

Mission: Strike (Power plant)

Points Value: 200pts

Iranian Forces (Attacker)

--F-5E Tiger II

-Veteran Pilot (Arzou Hijazi)

-x2 AIM-9P Sidewinder

-x12 Bombs

--F-5E Tiger II

-Veteran Pilot (Morteza Ahadi)

-x2 AIM-9P Sidewinder

-x12 Bombs

--F-5E Tiger II

-Competant Pilot (Zahra Ghorbani)

-x2 AIM-9P Sidewinder

-x12 Bombs

The Plan

Keeping it simple, all three F-5's arrive on turn one, altitude 4. They will head at top speed to the power station and conduct their bombing run. Depending on situation, they may engage in air-to-air combat before RTB.

Iraqi Forces (Defender)

--MiG-21MF

-Average Pilot (Fath Zogby)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-21MF

-Average Pilot (Abbas Isa)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-21MF

-Average Pilot (Salih Nazari)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-21MF

-Average Pilot (Dhari Madi)

-x2 R-60

--x2 KS-19 (Heavy AAA)

--x2 Bofors L70 (Medium AAA)

--x3 S-60 (Medium AAA)

The Plan

The MiG's will come on in two waves, two will arrive on turn one at altitude 5 . I'm hoping that their presence will disrupt the Iranian aircraft from the start.

The other two MiG's will arrive at altitude 4 on turn 3.

Set up

TURN 1

The Iranian F-5's speed across the sky towards the powerstation, as soon as they are able they drop their combined payload of 36 Bombs. Two thirds strike home, the others overshoot blowing great gouts of sand into the air.

Two MiGs open their afterburners to intercept the F-5's as the KS-19's open fire.

TURN 2

The two Fighter Groups pass, the F-5's perform an Immelmann manouver while the MiGs make a tight turn and start diving.

The KS-19's continue to fire but the F-5's had climbed out of their range.

TURN 3

Two more Iraqi MiG's arrive.

Ahadi and Hijazi follow the two original MiGs, and both get missile lock, Hijazi fires a sidewinder but Ahadi's missile fails to luanch.

Both MiG's bank round hard.

Ghorbani turned his F-5 off in the opposite direction to the other two, the two new MiGs adjusted their heading for him.

TURN 4

Little happens as both Forces manouver for an advantage.

TURN 5

Hijazi and Ahadi turn into the MiGs tails and aquire missile locks, once again Ahadi's missile fails to luanch, Hijazi sends one streaking into a MiG.

Nazari sends his MiG into a steep dive to avoid the missile, although it works his aircraft takes a number of shrapnel hits damaging it.

TURN 6

Ghorbani dives down on the damaged MiG and opens up with his cannons, Nazari hits the airbrakes causing the stream of 20mm rounds to miss.

TURN 7

With fuel levels getting low the Iranian F-5's head for home.

Aftermath

The F-5's achieved their objective, pretty much levelling the power plant (24 bomb hits). They also done a pretty good job of fighting the MiG's.

Although the Iraqi MiGs caused little damage they played it safe and minimised damage to their planes.

The KS-19 Heavy AAA never stopped firing but didn't score any hits, the Medium AAA never fired as the Iranian aircraft remained too high and out of their range.

Iraq

Ramzy Hantous = Seriously Wounded

Adeep Cridi = KIA

Mohammed Ali = KIA

Siham Fayed = POW

-10% MiG-21MF Damaged (1 Turn)

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

-10% SU-20 Damaged (5 Turns)

-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

-20% pts Hawk PAR Radar

-5% pts Medium AAA

-15%pts ADS-4 Radar

-5%pts to Hawk SAM

 

 "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

 

"Death from Above"

Game 6

Iraqi Forces attack a key town that contains a crossroads, this is essential to secure logistics for further attacks.

Deployment: Long Edges

Points Value: 300pts

Iranian Forces (Defender)

--ADS-4 Radar

--x2 Hawk PAR Radar

--x4 MIM-23

--x2 AAA Radar

--x4 Medium AAA

--x3 Heavy AAA

--Light AAA

--F-5E Tiger

-Competant Pilot (Zahra Ghorbani)

-2xAIM-9P

--F-5E Tiger

-Average pilot (Akbar Hasani)

-2xAIM-9P

--F-5E Tiger

-Average pilot (Mehri Seyed)

-2xAIM-9P

--AH-1J Cobra

-Competant Pilot (Aman Mir)

-x4 TOW Missiles

--AH-1J Cobra

-Competant Pilot (Omid Mansouri)

-x2 Rocket pods

--Infantry Units: 5

--Armour Units: 6 (3xM113, 3xM60A3)

--Mobile AA Units: 4 (2xZSU-57-2, 2xZSU-23-4)

The Plan

The Cobra's will arrive on turn 2 at altitude 1, the Tigers will arrive at altitude 4 on turn 3 and will be able to loiter around provide air covour/strafing runs for the rest of the game.

Iraqi Forces (Attacker)

--SU-20

-Average pilot (Ali Kazem)

-2xKh-28

-8 Bombs

--SU-20

-Average pilot (Mohammed Ali)

-2xKh-28

-8 Bombs

--MiG-23BN

-Average Pilot (Musah Taha)

-8 Bombs

--MiG-23BN

-Average Pilot (Siham Fayed)

-8 Bombs

--Mirage F-1EQ

-Competant Pilot (Bilal Badin)

-2xR.550

--Mirage F-1EQ

-Competant Pilot (Iman Radi)

-2xR.550

--Mi-25 Hind

-Average pilot (Abdul Najm)

-2xRocket pods

--Infantry Units: 8

--Armour Units: 4 (4xT-55)

--Mobile AA Units: 3 (ZSU-23-4, ZSU-57-2, SA-8 Gecko)

The Plan

The MiG-23's will arrive on turn 1 at altitude 2, hopefully their ECM can provide enough survivability for them to strike some AA systems.

Turn 3 the SU-20's will arrive at altitude 2, plus both hinds at altitude 1 and the Mirages at Altitude 4.

Set up

Iranian set up

Iraqi set up

TURN 1

The Iraqi MiG-23's arrive, both drop two Bombs, and reduce an M60 Tank and a AAA guidance Radar to scrap.

The ground forces firefight rages, the Iraqis loose two Infantry Squads and two tanks while the Iranians loose one Infantry squad, one tank and one M113. Another M113 has its weapons disabled.

An Iranian ZSU-57-2 opens up on the MiGs but does little.

TURN 2

The Iranian Cobra Gunships arrive,

One of the Cobras blows an Iraqi tank apart with a rocket salvo, the other aquire a lock on the SA-8 Gecko and let's a TOW loose.

The MiGs each let another two Bombs drop, a Shilka and the Early warning Radar are destroyed.

Iranian fire destroys another Iraqi squad and the last tank, Iraqi return fire suppresses a few Iranian Squads.

With a feat of outstanding gunnery, the Iraqi Shilka hits the TOW armed Cobra damaging it, and the ZSU-57-2 follows up hitting the other Cobra blowing it pieces in a hail of autocannon fire, the wreck crashes into the ground and its pilot crawl out severely Wounded.

AAA fire from the Iranian lines fills the sky around the MiGs, one is clipped but no damaged is caused.

The Hawk SAMs attempt to lock the MiGs but cannot defeat their ECM.

The Gecko luanches a missile at the Cobra.

TURN 3

Everything else turns up!

The SA-8 missile hits the Cobra turning it into a fireball and killing the pilot, in turn the TOW hits the Gecko destroying it.

The F-5Tigers drop altitude a little as the Mirages perform an Immelmann maneuver.

The SU-20's destroy an M60 Tank and M113 with Bombs, and one of the MiGs takes out a Hawk Luancher with Bombs.

The Hind adds to the carnage with a rocket salvo that destroys a ZSU-57-2.

AAA fire continues to fill the sky, the SU-20s are missed while the MiGs and caught in a vicious cross fire, the aircraft remain in operation but both pilots are Wounded.

Hawk SAMs are luanched, one tracks the Sukhois, the second hits a MiG blowing it apart a split second before the pilot ejects.

The ground battle deteriorates fast for the Iraqis as they loose three more Squads with little effect in return.

TURN 4

The Hawk missile slams into the Sukhoi taking it down with its pilot.

The MiG-23 Flys away from the area and RTB's.

The lead F-5 locks onto the last Sukhoi and luanches a sidewinder, as the SU-20 drops a bomb on the last ZSU-57-2.

The Hind advances on the Iranian line, firing rockets and wiping out an Iranian squad.

Both Mirages perform a Split-S.

The Iraqi Sparka continues with its pin point accuracy hitting an F-5 and wounding the pilot.

Iranian AAA continues with its storm of gunfire, only hitting the Hind which shrugs off the hits.

TURN 5

The sidewinder slams into the Sukhoi but he attempts a last ditch dodge, the missile detonates close and shrapnel peppers the plane destroying the avionics.

The lead F-5 fails to perform a Split-S, Lieutenant Badin lines up his Mirage on an F-5 and opens up with cannons. The 20mm round shred the F-5 as its pilot ejects

The last F-5 Banks round hard as the Hind continues its rocket attack destroying an M60 Tank.

AAA fire continues, as the Iraqi ground Forces start to retreat.

TURN 6

The Hind and Sukhoi RTB.

F-5's and Mirages maneuver to try and gain the upper hand, a Hawk SAM is luanched at a Mirage.

The Iraqi Sparka once again hits, taking an F-5 down, its pilot ejects safely only to be captured by retreating Iraqi Forces.

In turn, advancing Iranian Forces capture lieutenant Fayad.

TURN 7

The Hawk SAM hits the Mirage damaging the controls.

The Mirages and F-5 Speed past each other and the F-5 Banks round hard as the Mirages hit their afterburners and dive for the deck.

AAA fire has nothing to fire upon and the Iraqi Forces continue their retreat.

TURN 8

Iraqi Forces, both air and ground retreat from the area.

Aftermath

The Iraqi Ground Forces got hammered early on and could not put up much of a fight afterwards, the Hind even the odds a little and the air battle was pretty even.

Star of the game . . .

The Iraqi ZSU-57-2 Sparka, needing a 6 to hit, this bad-boy rolled a 6 every time!

Could have been crewed by Republican Guard.

Iraq

Ramzy Hantous = Seriously Wounded

Ali Kazem = Lightly Wounded

Adeep Cridi = KIA

Mohammed Ali = KIA

Siham Fayed = POW

-10% F-1 Mirage Damaged (3 Turns)

-10% SU-20 Damaged (6 Turns)

-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

-20% pts Hawk PAR Radar

-5% pts Medium AAA

-15%pts ADS-4 Radar

-5%pts to Hawk SAM

 

"Helping Hind"

Game 5

An SU-7 took a chance attack run at an Iranian Radar site but was shot down, the pilot ejected and needs to be rescued.

Deployment: Short Edges

Mission: CSAR

Points Value: 100pts

Iranian Forces (Defender)

-ADS-4 Radar

-x2 Medium AAA (Oerlikon GDF)

-AAA Radar

--Bell 214

-Competant pilot (Reza Baig)

--F-4E Phantom

-Competant pilot (Aref Haj)

-x2 AIM-9P

-x6 Infantry units

-x3 M113's

-x1 ZSU-57-2

The Plan

Is to obviously chase down the pilot with ground forces, the Phantom will arrive on turn 3 at altitude 4 and provide air Superiority. The Bell 214 will also arrive on turn 3 to try and snatch the Iraqi pilot.

Iraqi Forces (Attacker)

--SA-316 Alouette III

-Competant pilot (Jamil Obaid)

--SA 342 Gazelle

-Competant pilot (Rakim Katie)

-x4 HOT Missiles

--Mi-24 Hind

-Competant pilot (Harb Anad)

-x2 Rocket Pods

--MiG-21MF

-Average pilot (Dhari Madi)

-x2 R-60

-x2 Bombs

--Downed Pilot is OK (Un-wounded)

The Plan

The MiG-21 will arrive on turn 1 at altitude 4, he will provide air cover and if the oppotunity arises, can bomb a target of oppotunity.

The Hind and Gazelle will arrive on turn 3 and start engaging ground targets, the Alouette will arrive on turn 4 to pick up the downed pilot.

Set up

TURN 1

The Iraqi MiG-21 arrives, coming in at full speed. Lieutenant Madi Spots the Iranian ground forces and dives down ready for a bombing run.

TURN 2

Madi lines up on the M113 APC and drops a bomb, he scores a direct hit and the APC goes up in a ball of fire.

TURN 3

An Iranian Bell 214 heads into the area straight for the downed pilot, The Iraqi Helicopters arrive, the Hind blows a M113 to pieces with a rocket salvo while the Gazelle destroys another M113 with a HOT missile.

The Iranian Phantom arrives on the tail of the MiG, Lieutenant Haj open up with the Phantoms Vulcan, the MiG is Shredded but Madi manages to eject.

TURN 4

The Phantom banks round hard dropping altitude, while the Iraqi Alouette nips in quickly and picks up the pilot.

The Gazelle starts heading for the Radar while the Hind takes out the ZSU-57-2 with another rocket salvo.

Madi starts to flee the area as Iranian Infantry and the Bell 214 helicopter close on his position.

TURN 5

The Alouette RTB's with the pilot, The Hind flys in under small arms fire from the Iranian Infantry and picks up Madi.

TURN 6

The Bell 214 and Hind RTB, The Gazelle closes in the Radar site and let's loose a HOT missile,

It strikes the facility blowing the Radar dome to pieces.

The Gazelle quickly speeds away from the area.

Aftermath

Two close calls there, firstly when the Bell 214 was closing in the downed pilot but managed to snatch him with the Alouette at the last second.

Secondly with Madi, the Iranian Infantry was really close but the Hind managed to grab him at the last moment.

Really enjoyed this game.

Iraq

Ramzy Hantous = Seriously Wounded

Adeep Cridi = KIA

-20% pts to Su-20

-15% pts to Tu-16

-30% 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

-10%pts ADS-4 Radar

 

"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

 "Tiger Scramble"

Game 3

The Iranian Air Force has planes operating from a forward airbase, to help their air assets in the area, Iraqi air force command has launched a mission to destroy the airfield.

Deployment: Long Edges

Mission: Strike (Airstrip)

Points Value: 400pts

Iranian Forces (Defender)

--F-5E Tiger II

-Average pilot (Akbar Hasani)

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-5E Tiger II

-Average pilot (Mehri Seyed)

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-4E Phantom

-Average pilot (Milad Shir)

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-4E Phantom

-Average pilot (Jafar Ali)

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-14A Tomcat

-Competant pilot (Parvis Azizi)

-x2 AIM-9P

-X2 AIM-7E-4

--F-14A Tomcat

-Competant pilot (Keyvan Bayat)

-x2 AIM-9P

-X2 AIM-7E-4

-ADS-4 Radar

-x3 Light AAA

-x2 Hawk PAR Radar

-x4 MIM-23 Hawk SAM

-x2 AAA Radar

-x3 Medium AAA

-x2 Heavy AAA

The Plan

The AAA defenses will provide decent protection, the Tomcats will arrive on turn one and can cause some concern for iraqi forces. The F-5s will start on the airfield and take off on turn two, with the Phantoms arriving later in the game.

Turn 1: Both F-14A Tomcats arrives at altitude 5

Turn 2: Both F-5E Tigers take off

Turn 6: Both Phantoms arrive at altitude 4

Iraqi Forces (Attacker)

--Tu-16

-Average pilot (Ahmed Aziz)

-x36 Bombs

--Tu-16

-Average pilot (Jabra Hamid)

-x36 Bombs

--Su-20

-Average pilot (Athar Attieh)

-x2 Kh-28

--Su-20

-Average pilot (Risan Aati)

-x2 Kh-28

--MiG-21MF

-Average pilot (Dhari Madi)

-x2 R-60

-x2 Bombs

--MiG-21MF

-Average pilot (Ramzy Hantous)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-23MLA

-Competant pilot (Sultan Marza)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-23MLA

-Average pilot  (Siham Fayad)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-23MLA

-Average pilot (Adeep Cridi)

-x2 R-60

The Plan

The Su-20s with a MiG-21 escort will arrive first, the Sukhois job is to eliminate any radars, one mig has bombs for a chance oppotunity target but their job is to provide air cover.

The Tu-16s will arrive later to carpet bomb the airfield, they are escorted by a trio of MiG-23s which are to engage any air targets they find.

Turn 1: Both Su-20s and both MiG-21s arrive at altitude 3

Turn 3: Both Tu-16s and all the MiG-23s arrive at altitude 4

Set up

TURN 1

The first Iraqi strike arrives, two MiG-21's escorting the SU-20's, the Sukhois drop altitude a little ready for the attack run.

Two Iranian F-14's also arrive.

TURN 2

The two MiG-21's establish locks on the F-14's While the Sukhois each fire a Kh-28 missile, one heading for the early warning radar while another heads for a SAM guildance radar.

The F-14's establish locks on the Sukhois and fire off AIM-7E-4 missiles.

The two F-5's on the runway take off, two HAWK SAM missiles take to the air tracking the MiG's.

TURN 3

Dhari Madi tries to out climb the SAM missile in his MiG but fails, he ejects before the plane is blown in two.

Ramzy Hantous tries the same, he is more successful but shrapnel penetrates the canopy wounding him.

The first AIM-7E-4 hits its target, Athar Attieh fails to spot the incoming missile, its impact causes a fuel leak, Attieh breaks off and heads back to Iraqi airspace.

The second Sukhoi tries to evade the missile but is destroyed, Risan Aati manages to eject.

The two F-5s come around, as the second Iraqi strike group arrives.

Ramzy Hantous heads over the airfield, he is hit by some AA fire that does little damage, but a SAM streaks up and blows the whole rear of his MiG apart, he ejects.

TURN 4

The first Kh-28 Missile finally hits the SAM radar.

Both the F-5's start to climb and open up their after burners, the two F-14's perform a Split-S.

The Iraqi strike group drop their payload, and a total of 72 bombs devastate the airfield.

Some AA fire hits with little effect, but a SAM blows a MiG-23 out of the sky, and Adeep Cridi goes down with his plane.

TURN 5

The Strike group Carrie's on its heading and start to climb, one of F-14's manage to acquire a lock on the trailing Tu-16 but its last AIM-7E-4 fails to launch.

The last Kh-28 finally hits and destroys the early warning radar.

TURN 6

The Iraqi strike group RTB's, their mission achieved, the two Iranian F-14's also RTB due to low fuel as the Phantoms arrive.

Aftermath

Pretty solid result for the Iraqi's as they hit the airfield hard! But they did take a bit of beating themselves.

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

-10%pts to Su-20 (damaged, 1 turn)

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