Jeff Head Dragon's Fury 1 Dragon's Breath

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proceed directly to attack Incirlik Air Force Base.
It was anticipated that the Americans would respond strongly to this large
force out of the GIR. When they did, Veiled Sword called for half of the
fighter and attack aircraft supporting the thrusts toward
Mosul to break off and fly directly to Incirlik to attack. It was expected
that this massive four hundred and seventy-five aircraft attack on Incirlik
would overwhelm the defenses and lay waste to the airfield and other aircraft
parked there.
All of the GIR aircraft, would be controlled by three GIR Ilyushin Il-76
Mainstay AEW aircraft. These aircraft had been purchased by the GIR from
Russia, and were dedicated to the Veiled Sword operation.
They were crewed by volunteers Muslims from the Russian Federation as a part
of the overall deal for the aircraft.
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November 2nd, 2005 04:30 local time
E3 Sentry Overseer, 35,000 ft over Zakho
Kurdistan Frontier with Turkey
Bravo flight, Bravo flight, this is Overseer. We have many unidentified
aircraft approaching Bayji from the south. Count is forty aircraft and
climbing make it fifty-two aircraft and climbing. Vector two-seven-niner
degrees, angels forty to intercept.
The controller on the U.S. Air Force E3 aircraft was observing the approaching
GIR support air for the
GIR 4th Corps thrust north of Bayji. He had just vectored one of the flights
of F-15 Eagles to intercept this force and he was in the process of vectoring
a second flight F-15 s and calling for reserves.
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Aircraft identified as bandits. I say again we have bandit aircraft
approaching from the south and entering Kurdistan airspace. Weapons free.
Charlie flight, vector one-one-three degrees, angels forty to intercept.
Home plate, this is Overseer. Release Delta flight and have two more flights
go to ready standby status.
It s going to get thick up here.
In answer to a request from Alpha flight to also vector them towards the
action, the four F-15 s further to the north and east, the controller on board
the E3 elected to have them maintain station.
Negative Alpha flight. Maintain position.
Now eight of the twelve airborne F-15 s were converging on the over one
hundred fighter and attack aircraft that were supporting the GIR 4th Corp
thrust towards Mosul. Each Eagle carried eight missiles, four AMRAAMs and four
Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. The AMRAAM - radar guided with a range of
about forty miles, the Sidewinder a close in infrared homing missile, with an
effective range of ten to twelve miles.
Very quickly the lead element of F-15 s was in range.
November 2nd, 2005 04:42 local time
F-15 Eagle Bravo flight, 40,000 ft over Kurdistan
Between Mosul and Bayij, Kurdistan
Fox-1, Fox-1.
The leader of Bravo Flight launched two of his AMRAAM radar guided missiles
and continued in towards the approaching GIR aircraft. At 35,000 feet and
about 30 miles in front of him, the initial flight of MiG-29 aircraft was
approaching. There were twelve of them and they were all painting him and his
flight with their N-019 radar in an attempt to get a lock on and prepare to
launch their own missiles.
As his wingman and the other members of his flight each launched two missiles,
the approaching GIR
flight attempted to perform a splitting maneuver to evade the eight missiles
launched at them. But two of the aircraft collided and exploded in flames and
the other ten had to break their maneuver to avoid the debris. The more deadly
condition for the GIR pilots was the oncoming flight of AMRAAM missiles. The
AMRAAM was the most advanced radar-guided air-to-air missile in the world. A
true fire and forget
missile that had its own internal radar and homing guidance, the missile had
an effective range of over forty miles. When the AMRAAMs arrived, six of the
remaining ten MiG-29 s fell in flames. At this point the distance had closed
to 20 miles and the second flight of GIR fighters, this time twelve SU-27
Flankers, was also approaching.
The four remaining MiG-29 s launched two of their long-range R-27 missiles
each, and eight missiles were coming at the four F-15 s. At the same moment,
the F-15 s launched another AMRAAM each at the oncoming MIGs. Half of the GIR
missiles were the R-27R semi-active radar homing missiles; the other half were
the R-27T infrared homing missiles.
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Upon command, each of the four American fighters performed its breaking
maneuver flawlessly and attempted to change its aspect ratio to the oncoming
missiles and reduce its radar cross section, while actively jamming the
missiles. This worked for the R-27R missiles and only one of those four
missiles found its mark as an F-15 took a hit. That pilot ejected safely as he
lost control of the aircraft. Not fooled by jamming or aspect ratio changes,
two R-27T infrared homing missiles impacted two American aircraft, both of
which exploded. There were no chutes. The two F-15 pilots were the first
Americans lost in this first battle of what later would evolve into a very
long and horrific war. Only one of the
Americans, the wingman to the flight leader, was able to employ his infrared
defensive flares to draw the heat-seeking missiles away from his aircraft.
Meanwhile, the four AMRAAM missiles had destroyed another three MIGs. Now, one
MiG-29 faced one remaining F-15, a mere twelve miles apart.
The last F-15 launched its last AMRAAM at the MiG-29, and then turned away
from the oncoming
SU-27 s in an effort to egress the area as more missile launch warnings
appeared on the pilot s HUD.
Overseer, this is the Jinx from Bravo flight. Be advised we have three
aircraft down, bandits still approaching. I am attempting to disengage.
But the warning was too late. The SU-27 s had already launched four R-27
missiles and before it could complete its turn it was destroyed.
At this point, the second flight of F-15 s came within range.
November 2nd, 2005 04:55
SU-27 GIR Flight, 37,000 ft over Kurdistan
South of Mosul, Kurdistan
Missile launch! Perform evasive maneuver three on my command& Now!
The flight leader for the twelve SU-27 s, a more capable fighter aircraft than
the MiG-29, quickly had his entire flight of twelve aircraft perform their [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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