Air Strike

air_strike.zip

All scenarios in one zip file (updated 3/28/08)

beirut1.btl

This scenario was adapted directly from GDW's Air Superiority module "Air Strike" designed by JD Webster.

"Naval Air Over Beirut (Version 1), 4 December 1983

Background: Following several attacks by AAA and shoulder-fired SAMs on US Navy F-14 fighters performing reconnaisance over Lebanon, a retaliatory raid by A-7E Corsairs and A-6E Intruders was ordered. The targets were the offending AAA sites and artillery units known to have shelled the Marines at the Beirut airport. Unfortunately, higher authority moved up the timetable for the raid by several hours, forcing it to be executed without proper preparation. The end result, given the heavy defenses, was successful in terms of air warfare, but ambiguous in terms of international affairs. All the assigned targets were hit, and 75 percent were seriously damaged or destroyed despite one A-7E and one A-6E being shot down while another A-7E was severely damaged."

Modifications: The number of available targets, as well as defending AAA, is reduced somewhat from what was present historically (due to limitations in the number of ground targets that can be placed in FC2). The four infantry units represent the artillery units that were primary targets of the strike.

This is the historical version of this raid. See Version 2 (Beirut2.btl) for a more properly planned strike.

Beware of the SAM sites.....they are the main threat to the USN strike force.

beirut2.btl

This scenario was adapted directly from GDW's Air Superiority module "Air Strike" designed by JD Webster.

"Naval Air Over Beirut (Version 2), 4 December 1983

Background: Following several attacks by AAA and shoulder-fired SAMs on US Navy F-14 fighters performing reconnaisance over Lebanon, a retaliatory raid by A-7E Corsairs and A-6E Intruders was ordered. The targets were the offending AAA sites and artillery units known to have shelled the Marines at the Beirut airport. Unfortunately, higher authority moved up the timetable for the raid by several hours, forcing it to be executed without proper preparation. The end result, given the heavy defenses, was successful in terms of air warfare, but ambiguous in terms of international affairs. All the assigned targets were hit, and 75 percent were seriously damaged or destroyed despite one A-7E and one A-6E being shot down while another A-7E was severely damaged."

Modifications: The number of available targets, as well as defending AAA, is reduced somewhat from what was present historically (due to limitations in the number of ground targets that can be placed in FC2). The four infantry units represent the artillery units that were primary targets of the strike.

In this version, the strike package is equipped with laser guided munitions, air-to-surface rockets and an ample supply of ARM missiles.

Beware of the SAM sites.....they are the main threat to the USN strike force.

bekaasam.btl

This scenario was adapted directly from GDW's "Air Strike" by JD Webster.

"Bekaa Valley SAM Shoot, 9 June 1982

Background: In a dramatic surprise attack, the Israeli Air Force with precise execution destroyed 17 of 19 Syrian SAM sites without loss to themselves. Over 40 Syrian missiles were fired before the sites were blasted; all were either jammed , decoyed or missed. The routing of the Bekaa Valley SAMs gave the Israelis freedom of action and they dominated the skies and the ground during the rest of the Lebanon campaign." See the scenario bekaaair.btl for an example of an air battle that followed in the wake of the destruction of the Bekaa Valley SAM sites.

kaddafi.btl

This scenario was adapted directly from GDW's "Air Strike" Air Superiority module by JD Webster.

"El Dorado Canyon, 14 April 1986

Background: Libyan leader Muammar Kaddafi got a rude awakening when his headquarters at the Bab Al Azizia compound in Tripoli was destroyed by US Air Force F-111Fs of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing. The operation entailed a 15-hour flight, demonstrating the capabilities of the Aardvarks. One F-111 was lost in the raid; causes unknown."