DCS Flight Nights

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Arclight, do-able?

You should ask the Hueys whether that's do-able.
Last time I went near that airfield a tank used me for target practise.

Maybe we should assign an A10 for Huey escort. In Vietnam rescue choppers where accompanied by Skyraiders, Corsairs and the like which blew up pretty much the entire area around the landing zone to make it safe for the heli.

[Arclight]

Could fake it well enough. Have a Huey touch down somewhere and spawn a squad nearby. Not pretty, but somewhat functional.

Doesn't really fly in the current scenario, on account of manpads, but could work it in in the future.

[Oberon]

Hunter, Arclight and Schroeder start up their Kamovs and Huey respectively


While Raptor and I line up for launch


Arclight takes off and powers towards the convoy to engage it before it is hit by the enemy, Hunter ejects and leaves. Raptor and I form up and head towards the airbase.


I take out the SAM sites, and Raptor rolls in hot with his A10. Then we get a warning from Arclight that he's not going to be able to get to the convoy in time due to a delay in take off. So, although I'm winchester I still have guns, so me and Raptor divert to assist Arclight.


I find the convoy when SAMs start flying past me, so I hit the deck, and go for a spot of strafing. Raptor joins in the fun and takes out a couple of tanks, Arclight then arrives and starts hitting the convoy with Vikhirs. After a few MG rounds rattle around my airframe I decide to RTB.


While we're focused on hitting the ground forces, the Hinds come in and get the drop on Arclight.


The AAA from the friendly convoy downs one of the Hinds, but not before it relieves Arclight of some of his aircraft


Raptor finds the other Hind and puts it in the sea


So, as we turn back to base, I have some damage around the nose and engine


Raptor has some holes in his fuselage and wing


And Arclight...yeah...less said about that the better...

[Oberon]

Landing...looking good this time...






Raptor shows how it's done


Before falling to his old nemesis the quicksand grass


Schroeder rubs it in by landing his Huey nearby and taking off again


All eyes turn to the sky as Arclight limps in


Arclight lands successfully but complains that his hand hurts, so Schroeder medivacs him


Arclight is evacuated onto the Antonov, to be taken away for expert surgery on his aching hand.

[HunterICX]

Flying with Arclight & Schroeder to the target range


After some epic switching of data link info about targets we designated to eachother it was time to give the ground targets what they wanted


*noms popcorn*


RTBing


in formation ofcourse.

[Arclight]

Pulled these from last nights track;





How he managed to miss me 4 times with the missiles I'll never know.

I hate Hinds.

[Schroeder]

Under these circumstances "Hindsight" gets a completely new meaning.