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6:30 AM

USS Repins Destroyer D-Class

Captain John Richards was on the bridge of the USS Repins. The training exercise had begun. Orders were to drop off 100 troops on a main island and patrol it with the other 2 submarines.

10:00 AM

Base Camp

Colonel Derrick Smith was at the newly set up base camp. There was a barb wire fence set up on the 100 meter perimeter. The 1st Scouting Squad was already out and foxholes were being dug. He was in a hut in the center of the camp surrounded by machine guns and sandbags.

12:00 PM

Scouting Party

The mist and humidity really bugged John Herald but he was trained for the weather. His scout was scouting out the 200 meter perimeter around base camp.


OOC:

Rules:
1. No attacking Aircraft Carriers
2. No real Weapons
3. Follow instructions for ORBATs
Team 1:

Kenavt
101st
HT
Ruthless Slaughter
Augmark
Void Templar

Team 2:
Everyone else.

Map: http://img152.imageshack.us/content.php?page=done&l=img152/4724/islandmapyu2.png

OOC: Whats the main island, the eastern one?
Also, didn't you say I was team one in the OOC?

"Yeah, this'll do nicely." The sand shifted under Commander Ambrose Ratliff leapt off the top of the landing craft on the west beach of the northernmost island. "Get the lads to dig in around the beaches. Concentrate of the south and the east." He spoke pretty much to himself, as the noise of the marines and armor filing out of their transports onto the beach, and the helis and jet's overhead drowned him out. He shouted over to a Major (declared so by a red stripe on his helmet), who moved over to him. Ratliff repeated his plan. "Set up a defensive permiter. Trenches, barbed wire, everything. If they do attack before we do, leastways they'll have to slog through a bloody warren."

The carrier stayed near the edge of the training zone, north of the island, while the destroyers prowled around the island. The first stage of any war, the Marine Doctrine stated, was to get a foothold. And then cement your foot in.

OOC: Do you want to be on team one? Hold on I'll check the map.

6:45 AM Blue Island

THe squads of the infantry moved about the island setting up small defensable positions that they could use if the time came, the tanks, also picked out several areas that they could use as defensive points and spent the whole day marking them on their maps and dug in the postions. There were hundreds of small fortifications at the end of the day, but only about 1/3 of them were actually filled. Overhead, several Raptors flew scouting missions, making sure no Team 1 ships or planes were getting to close.

6:45 AM Blue Island

THe squads of the infantry moved about the island setting up small defensable positions that they could use if the time came, the tanks, also picked out several areas that they could use as defensive points and spent the whole day marking them on their maps and dug in the postions. There were hundreds of small fortifications at the end of the day, but only about 1/3 of them were actually filled. Overhead, several Raptors flew scouting missions, making sure no Team 1 ships or planes were getting to close.
OOC: Must not land unopposed!
Hopefully you all appreciate how big these islands are in relation to RL battlefields (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iwo_Jima_-_Landing_Plan.jpg)
-So you may want to be much more specific regarding where you plod down your troops.
-And do I get any info on terrain? (elevation+vegitation)

IC:
DD-682 (http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t238/PROHT/682.png) 30 km SSE of East Isle
The day was calm, and the time was about right to begin their excercise...

They radioed for the first wave, a quartet of flying boats...
Two were to carry paratroops, a platoon in total, the other two would provide close-air support in the coming days.

Meanwhile, certain 'pests' would need be dealt with.

Hunter-Killer Wolfpack: Patrolling 40 km off north coast of Blue Isle
The two aged Tango-class fleet submarines were searching for their prey.
Due to public-posting of what each force would use, they knew that the enemy's ASuW-capability were lacking, though the AAW was stupendous, and posed great risk to the inital landings...

Oh, and for those who want to pounce teh destroyer (http://z4.invisionfree.com/NSDraftroom/index.php?showtopic=5246)

The Colonial Marines landed a few klicks north of the 101st forces on the main island. They set up the main base, a communications building, a motor pool, and a large barbed wire fence, several hundred meters from the beach, in a clearing in the forest. In the forest a few trenches were set up, and a few sniper platforms in the trees, covered by camo netting. The defenses faced a large medow like clearing to the East, while the southern flank was defended by 101st, and the northern flank protected by hills.

The first scout squad patrolled the perimeter around the base, supported by a Landram.

Well deck, RTNV Osorio
Omar Armory had met the Osorio in Tubaui, and had gotten to know the Tubaui'n troops pretty well. Still, how they'd perform was uncertain, to say the least. They'd probably lose control of the skies, though with the Ticonderogas in Team 2's force, they had a chance. It would be... interesting. As for the weapons being tested, Omar had helped the O/Cs fit the laser systems to the rifles a week ago. All that was left now was the waiting.

OOC:
Since everyone on my team is arriving or heading to the East Island, allow me to do the same.

ORBAT:

The PS Cutlass, a Ford-class aircraft carrier
-Eight F-35C Lightning II multirole fighters
-Two C-2A Greyhound cargo planes
-Two UH-1 Iroquois multirole helicopters

The PS Ambuscade, a Virginia-class submarine

The PS Daring, a Zumwalt-class destroyer

Third Marine Corp Company
Composed of 126 soldiers

Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley Justin

-Three sniper-spotter teams
--Three M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifles
--Six MEU(SOC) .45 pistols

-Three shooter-spotter machine gun teams
--Three M249 "Saw" with scopes
--Six MEU(SOC) .45 pistols

-Three M2A3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles
-Two Challenger 2E main battle tanks

-One hundred infantry
--ninety M4A1 Carbines
--One hundred MEU(SOC) .45 pistols
--Two M252 Mortar 81mm
--Three Mk19 grenade launchers
--Two SMAW rocket launchers
--Three FGM-148 Javelin missle launchers

IC:

"We're almost there, sir," the lieutenant reported to the Vice Admiral Quentin Jones, in charge of this escapade.

"Good sir. What's our direct bearing?"

"38.5 kilometers northwest of the nearest shore of East Island, sir. That is our landing point." The lieutenant sighed.

"What is wrong?"

"Sir, the 101st will be there."

"I know. We can fight them later. Now begin the procedures for landing."

The PS Cutlass moved in toward East Island, ready to deploy the Third Company of the Kenavt Marine Corp on C-2 Greyhounds. Meanwhile, the PS Ambuscade moved to rendezvous with the two Hurtful Thoughts Tango-cass submarines, and was trying to hail them on the most secure channel it could find. The PS Daring was to accompany the Cutlass and secure the beach and other strategic holding operations for the first team, and in particular the Third Company.

OOC: WTF!?!? I'm on your team asshole! Unless you mean bad blood Idk. Also I'm on main island.

OOC: WTF!?!? I'm on your team asshole! Unless you mean bad blood Idk. Also I'm on main island.

OOC: Yep, bad blood. And what the admiral meant was that you would be in the exercise.

Simplified map link w/o the Image-Shack clutter (http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4724/islandmapyu2.png)

OOC:
Since everyone on my team is arriving or heading to the East Island, allow me to do the same.

ORBAT:

The PS Cutlass, a Ford-class aircraft carrier

-Eight F-35C Lightning II multirole fighters
-Two C-2A Greyhound cargo planes
-Two UH-1 Iroquois multirole helicopters

The PS Ambuscade, a Virginia-class submarine
The PS Daring, a Zumwalt-class destroyer

Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley Justin

-Three M2A3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles
-Two Challenger 2E main battle tanks
Well, 101st is on our side, and the main island, to the SW.

As for me airlanding the Chally-2's, can they wait for the 2nd lift (unless you want me to LAPES them on the 1st lift, the 2nd may or may not have an airfield involved) or are you going to find your own way of getting them ashore?

IC:

"We're almost there, sir," the lieutenant reported to the Vice Admiral Quentin Jones, in charge of this escapade.

"Good sir. What's our direct bearing?"

"38.5 kilometers northwest of the nearest shore of East Island, sir. That is our landing point." The lieutenant sighed.

"What is wrong?"

"Sir, the 101st will be there."

"I know. We can fight them later. Now begin the procedures for landing."

The PS Cutlass moved in toward East Island, ready to deploy the Third Company of the Kenavt Marine Corp on C-2 Greyhounds. Meanwhile, the PS Ambuscade moved to rendezvous with the two Hurtful Thoughts Tango-cass submarines, and was trying to hail them on the most secure channel it could find. The PS Daring was to accompany the Cutlass and secure the beach and other strategic holding operations for the first team, and in particular the Third Company.

The PS Cutlass and Daring were initially met by an AEW helicopter from DD-682, and then finally came to rest with the Hurtian surface fleet on the northern horizon and nestled in a narrow straight.

The first sign of actual Hurtian airpower coming into play were a quartet of fuel-starving F-4 Phantom IIs requesting permission to land upon the Cutlass. These planes had been sent directly from the Hurtian mainland via IAR from KC-130s that would not participate in the excercise*.

The PBY's would arrive later in the day for refueling by DD-682 in order to top-off the C-17s and provide constant recon and ground support of the landings on Blue Island that were schedualed for the next day. (This is to provide time for the submarines to mess around their carrier, or field an air-strike against them.)

SS-78 under the command of Capt. Baker, was the first to respond to the Ambuscade's contact-by-VLF radio, and tried to signal for faster communication via either periscope or whip antenna mounted VHF radio. The bulk of the transmissions following this involved IFF, who's in command, and pre-determined VLF/ping-codes to be used in order to co-ordinate each of their submarines.
Then, as sudden as the contact was, each of the submarines melted away, back into the depths, almost... The crew of the SS-78 had decided to surface, at least until contact had been made by the Ambuscade or SS-62.

This surfacing wasn't entirely necessary, as the Hurtians made a point to outfit their boats with RTG-based AIP in order to make them more viable for the 21st century. Besides, attempts by Hutrian shipyards to manufacture even an equal quality submarine has so far hit a series of brick walls pertaining to lack of suitable materials for conventional construction.
-In short, bamboo makes a poor pressure-hull, concrete leaks and forms epic cracks, and nobody wants to trust a kevlar/fiberglass pressure hull @ 300 meters, so far, the Hurtian Public Relations committee has spun their use of dated equipment as them being 'frugal yet deadly'...

*There are similar oilers/tenders for my ships, containing spare live and dummy ammunition, and as a rule, all my ships have at least one salvo of live amm in the event someone gets the wrong impression, also for live-fire gunnery drills

Simplified map link w/o the Image-Shack clutter (http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4724/islandmapyu2.png)


Well, 101st is on our side, and the main island, to the SW.

As for me airlanding the Chally-2's, can they wait for the 2nd lift (unless you want me to LAPES them on the 1st lift, the 2nd may or may not have an airfield involved) or are you going to find your own way of getting them ashore?

OOC: Thanks for the map. I knew that he was on our side, but we're trying to RP a history of bad blood, because we're neighbors. If your LAPES is, in fact, secure, you can land the Challys on the first lift just to establish a good position fast, otherwise we'll take them, probably via Greyhound. And are we going to all land on the East or Main Island, or split up? And, BTW, do you like my Royal Navy-inspired ship names?

IC:

The Hurtian F-4s were granted immediate access to the landing deck of the PS Cutlass, and immediate fuel was access from the realms of the ship for refueling. The pilots were offered to stay as long as they wanted, because the Cutlass had lots of cabin space due to the lack of planes and crew aboard.

OOC: Rest later with the subs, I'm rushed.

OOC: Thanks for the map. I knew that he was on our side, but we're trying to RP a history of bad blood, because we're neighbors. If your LAPES is, in fact, secure, you can land the Challys on the first lift just to establish a good position fast, otherwise we'll take them, probably via Greyhound. And are we going to all land on the East or Main Island, or split up? And, BTW, do you like my Royal Navy-inspired ship names?
You do know that Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System involves kickng the cargo out the door during what essentially is a landing-approach, right? (Meaning your tanks will be doing at least 200 km/hr, with only a drogue parachute to slow it down...)
If you don't want to subject your tanks to such abuse, let me land my tanks first, they're lighter (55 tons, so shorter landing roll and less CoG-shift), and maybe I can fit your IFVs in alongside mine.

C-2 Greyhound simply doesn't have the lift-capacity or volume available for an MBT, nor an IFV. I would suggest rethinking your Air-transportation before getting into a shooting war.
Even the V-22 can lift more.

VT has an LCAC, he may be able to ferry you around after he's done with his own forces.
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As for islands to land upon, we have a fairly good claim/hold on East and main (main is physically held, while our proximity to East makes further 'sprint' landings suicidal), Lorraine holds Blue, likely in the NW, but his carrier-aircraft patrols make landing unfeasable for now.

IC:
The Hurtian F-4s were granted immediate access to the landing deck of the PS Cutlass, and immediate fuel was access from the realms of the ship for refueling. The pilots were offered to stay as long as they wanted, because the Cutlass had lots of cabin space due to the lack of planes and crew aboard.
The pilots weren't in the mood to stay and chat, they wanted their planes refueled and loaded onto the catapults ASAP, though they did promise to return.

In the meantime, they had a very tight schedual to keep.

"How's it going captain?" Ratliff shouted down from his command tent that overlooked the south beach and the approach to the camp, where the marines were now digging deep trenches. The tanks had rolled up bach and were being stored until they were needed at the top of the plateu the camp was on. A marine captain looked up from digging for a moment.
"We're good here sir! Basic defense of this coast is expected to be done by tommorrow night."
"Right on schedule, captain. Good job." He turned back and entered his tent, where his 2nd in command sat thumbing through the dossier of the excercise.
"So. Do you have a plan?"
"Aye, I do. First, we wait for our allies to get set up, then we work out a plan with them. No army is an island. Even if they are on one."

"Radio HT and Kenavt and tell them to set up a camp on the Main Island," said Commander Smith," tell them I need more men in the perimeter and we need an attack plan."

The M1's were patrolling the shoreline for invaders but hadn't found anything yet. John Dewy, son of the Minister of Economy, was in one of the tanks. "Sir, abort mission, move due east and intercept HT and Kenavt vessels in aprox. 1 hour," a voice on the radio said.

"you heard the man, lets move," said Dewy.

EDIT:

James Ranney was also sent on a mission. He lead a scout team and was meeting the Void Templars on shore of another island, he and his men rode a deflatable motor boat and were closing in on the defenses. He waved the Red flag (OOC: Team 1 is Red Team) to tell them that they were friendlies.

sniper darren williams scouted the terrain of the island through the scope of his L96A1.
nothing, why anyone would want to land on this rock, smaller than anything else on the map, he didn't know. he and his spotter had jumped out of the back of a C-2 greyhound coming in, to make sure it was safe to land any ground forces. Getting on the shortwave radio, he contacted fleet command.

"RTNV osorio, this is sniper team 2, we have secured island alpha, ready for landing."

"no captain, the area was empty of hostiles, i think they overlooked this one."

the island was about 116km south of east island. as his brief had said, land on the one that looks like pac-man.

OOC:is it just me, lorraine and bywhan on team 2?

Aboard -Lorraine-'s carrier
"You've never done a Pugachev's Cobra?" Maria Aviation asked, incredulous. "Why, that was my favorite thing to do with the Seagull! You cut the AoA limiter, then get to a 120-degree AoA; torque pitches you forward once the elevator's centered, then you add power, let the nose go back to horizontal, and accelerate away." The other Tubaui'n pilots followed her gestures.

"Cool, but is that really useful?" one asked. "I guess, if you went vertical, but then took the plane into a dive from there, it would surprise him."

"Maybe you get him to overshoot, then get an easy shot off?" another suggested...

The Filipina test pilot fit in quick with the Tubaui'ns. They were good pilots, but rarely got the chance to do the kind of maneuvering that she did on a regular basis. Though, she had to admit, most of what she did wasn't that useful in combat. But damn, it was fun!

"Maria, see you up there. We're going on CAP now," the first Tubaui'n said. Maria went over to her F-7NT; an O/C was already in the 'student's' seat.

OOC: No, um you have ventres, defense corps, and Ustio North And anyone else who wants to join. I made the teams equal but we have inactives.

OOC: ok thanks 101st, its just theres been few posts from team 2 on the IC thread.

OOC - I'm not actually sending a participating force. I'm just sending observers; note that Maria's in an F-7NT trainer, flying with an O/C (an observer/controller) who will keep track of 'kills.'

Augmark HQ

"Radio a message to 101st HQ, tell them we are set up, and await further instruction" said Commander Saul Anders

"Roger that sir" complied communications officer Galen Drab

"In the meantime, we will continue scout patrols around the perimeter, and tell the F-35's to get airborne for reconnaissance"- Saul Anders

The C-130s droned closer and closer to the island called "Blue". 1st Lieutenant Michael Rossi had his head back and his eyes shut. He had just been promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Command had thought it would be a good idea to send him into the training area as a chance to get to know his platoon under "combat" situations. Sure it wasn't real but who want to loose men you just got to know right?

The men and women under his command where going to drop in and begin to secure "Blue" island and wait until they where needed and launch a attack dropping from the skies. "Death from above. Or at least laser tag induced, death from above." He thought to himself.

ooc: I will help hold the island as a guard force. If/When we attack I can be the first wave in and hold until the heavy stuff shows up.

Augmark HQ

"Radio a message to 101st HQ, tell them we are set up, and await further instruction" said Commander Saul Anders

"Roger that sir" complied communications officer Galen Drab

"In the meantime, we will continue scout patrols around the perimeter, and tell the F-35's to get airborne for reconnaissance"- Saul Anders

"Sir, we have contact with Augmark," said a radio man.

"Good, tell them to send 20 troops to our base and secure the whole island if they haven't. Otherwise send scouting parties to other islands," said Smith.

James Ranney was also sent on a mission. He lead a scout team and was meeting the Void Templars on shore of another island, he and his men rode a deflatable motor boat and were closing in on the defenses. He waved the Red flag (OOC: Team 1 is Red Team) to tell them that they were friendlies.

"Contact." The target information did not need to be spoken. It was passed down through the Wraith network to every man in the squad's helmet, their camera automatically transfering to the Barret .50 calibers scope, showing the inflatable. "Hold fire. Red flag raised. Inform command." The snipers went back to individually scanning the horizion.

On the now torn up beach, Ratliff's XO waited patiently for the men to arrive, the marines, bar a few which were on break from the work, continued their metronome of shovels uplifting dirt.

ASDN "Game Force"
"Looks a little unbalanced m'am." Said Lieutenant Knowles, Marrine commander for the exercise.

"ya, Well." Replied Captain Julia Knight. "That'll just make it all the more interesting for us."

"aye M'am" Replied the lieutenant.

The fleet was Coming in from the northwest corner of the engagement Area, generally just scouting for the moment. In the air a two Strong CAP was kept in place above the deck of the single Amphibious Assault Craft. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_class_amphibious_assault_ship) another two pair were patrolling east and south as the Navel contingent moved southwards and slightly east. The Vessel was flanked by a pair of cruisers who's prime roll were the defense of the single boat carrying all of the ASD's eggs for this particular battle.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=60836&stc=1&d=1232392506


OOC: if i got the map wrong give me the heads up and ill edit it

I need to make a new thread. I'm confused who is inactive and who isn't. I'll post it soon.

The carrier soon buzzed with activity as information came into and out of the ship. after several hours of confirming the information, it was decided to launch a first-strike against the still digging Augmark and 101st troops. 2 planes were launched quickly to continue to defend the island form air attacks, while the other 8 were launched immediatly afterwords.

The lan for a first-strike while the enemy was still digging in was communicated to all other planes in Team 2.

THe plan was simple, The Lorraine aircraft would go north and then head west to the area of water north of Main island. They would maintain stealth until an "accidental revealing" would give a brief alarm to the enemy about the approaching planes, who would then divert their own airforces to intercept, while the real bulk of the Team 2 force hit the remaining Team 1 air units and destroy as many ground targets as possible.

You do know that Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System involves kickng the cargo out the door during what essentially is a landing-approach, right? (Meaning your tanks will be doing at least 200 km/hr, with only a drogue parachute to slow it down...)
If you don't want to subject your tanks to such abuse, let me land my tanks first, they're lighter (55 tons, so shorter landing roll and less CoG-shift), and maybe I can fit your IFVs in alongside mine.

C-2 Greyhound simply doesn't have the lift-capacity or volume available for an MBT, nor an IFV. I would suggest rethinking your Air-transportation before getting into a shooting war.
Even the V-22 can lift more.

VT has an LCAC, he may be able to ferry you around after he's done with his own forces.
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As for islands to land upon, we have a fairly good claim/hold on East and main (main is physically held, while our proximity to East makes further 'sprint' landings suicidal), Lorraine holds Blue, likely in the NW, but his carrier-aircraft patrols make landing unfeasable for now.


The pilots weren't in the mood to stay and chat, they wanted their planes refueled and loaded onto the catapults ASAP, though they did promise to return.

In the meantime, they had a very tight schedual to keep.

OOC: Thanks for the info, I'm not that great with military strategy and like. If I had my way, I would have C-130s... but that could raise some red flags. At least I somewhat knew what LAPES was, as well as that I could use the Google for the rest. VHF... I had no idea what that was until then. I'll take up your offer on LAPES, since I have no better alternative, unfortunately, at the moment.

IC:

The F-4 Phantoms were loaded onto the catapults one by one and launched, the control tower overseeing the the operation. "Happy hunting," one of the younger officers said as the last one flew into the sunset.

Meanwhile, the PS Cutlass launched two F-35 Lightning IIs to provide general reconnaissance of East Island, largely to identify a good landing spot on the beaches. Two more were sent to explore the closest edges of the Blue Island to try and find military camps. The Third Company was being prepped and eveyrthing was almost ready for an amphibious assault.

The PS Daring, meanwhile, was surveying the area via radar to try and find threats to the Cutlass.

"Radio HT and Kenavt and tell them to set up a camp on the Main Island," said Commander Smith," tell them I need more men in the perimeter and we need an attack plan."

The radio transmission was received at the PS Cutlass, and promptly responded with the corresponding message with a basic cryptic style known only to Kenavt and 101st (so far) in Morse code: LANDING AT EAST ISLAND STOP CANNOT REINFORCE AT MAIN QUITE YET STOP WE CAN PROVIDE NAVAL SUPPORT AT THE MOMENT WITH A SUB STOP

S-78 under the command of Capt. Baker, was the first to respond to the Ambuscade's contact-by-VLF radio, and tried to signal for faster communication via either periscope or whip antenna mounted VHF radio. The bulk of the transmissions following this involved IFF, who's in command, and pre-determined VLF/ping-codes to be used in order to co-ordinate each of their submarines.
Then, as sudden as the contact was, each of the submarines melted away, back into the depths, almost... The crew of the SS-78 had decided to surface, at least until contact had been made by the Ambuscade or SS-62.

OOC: Feel free to make the general decisions. I really don't know what to do, and I just want to pick up some knowledge of advanced military tactics.

The PS Ambuscade, after switching over to VHF radio, continued to contact the SS-78 and SS-62 over battle strategy and general naval techniques, following at a distance of about two kilometers at a depth of three hundred and fifty meters.

The C-130s droned closer and closer to the island called "Blue". 1st Lieutenant Michael Rossi had his head back and his eyes shut. He had just been promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Command had thought it would be a good idea to send him into the training area as a chance to get to know his platoon under "combat" situations. Sure it wasn't real but who want to loose men you just got to know right?

The men and women under his command where going to drop in and begin to secure "Blue" island and wait until they where needed and launch a attack dropping from the skies. "Death from above. Or at least laser tag induced, death from above." He thought to himself.

ooc: I will help hold the island as a guard force. If/When we attack I can be the first wave in and hold until the heavy stuff shows up.

DD-682
"Ah screw it..."
The bridge Captain was getting annoyed with orders from the 101st to abandon the assault upon Blue-Island...

And with perfect timing, a flight of enemy C-130s came within range for him to vent his anger upon...

He ordered the crew to arm the simulated RIM-50s and relay fire-control information through the OTH radar located upon the helicopter-based AEW.

The Sonar-operator continued to listen for anything odd to the best of his ability as the 682 sat nearly in the calm straights, with only their diesels turning over in order to provide electricity.

Flight of teh Phantoms
Pilot Willie Deckard with WSO Rick Armstrong (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13376133&postcount=5) flying from VF-02, going by the trademark callsign "Maverick" took the lead as he was informed of an incoming group of C-130s as he changed course to intercept, thr rest turned to follow in a low-hold, letting Deckard highball from their 9 o'clock high.

OOC
The link in the link for Deckard ought to give an eyeful of what NOT to do in a MILEX...
Plus the IC bit of the OOC thread linked is slighly informative on general dogfight theory.
6-page short dogfight practice RP (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=547837)

But this is what my dogfights boil down to:
*Four unstealthy F-4s and some MANPAD-SAMs managed to ambush Eight F/A-103s (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/F/A-103), and actually downed every single plane before any of them could even say "WTF?", let alone return fire. Thankfully it was just another friendly excercise. After that they started engaging any offending aircraft with various ALRAAMs rather than dare appraoh them up close. In essence, they treated a 30+ year old airframe like a 6th gen fighter with their own '6th gen' advanced fighter planes from then on out. Not because the plane was better, just because the opening shots were that humiliating (and they didn't know about the SAMs).

Likewise, such long range engagements would give the WSO much more time to react to incoming fire and act accordingly, meaning instead of using a single AIM-9 up the stovepipe, they had to spam every fighter they came across with AMRAAMs in hopes that one wouldn't get fooled by ECM.

And that was the signifigance of Lt Willie Deckard's infamous flight.
It made stat-crunchers sit back and say 'woah'
But Blackhelm Confederacy, TWSP, The Parthians, Asgarnieu, and 101st already knew that's how I roll.
I pwn with what shouldn't, like "frozen shammrocks vs pirates" (http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=40&issue=2), ships w/o VLS, and submarines built in 1963 Soviet Russia...

The thing about here, in this MILEX though, is that all shots are up teh stovepipe...

Yes Lorraine, be afraid...