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Historical Background
March 19, 2003

CVN-75 is currently on station north of Alexandria, Egypt.
Turkey, Israel, Jordan and Syria have denied airspace use for Operation Iraqi Freedom missions. CNO had directed that the Med carrier groups will have to return home if they cannot contribute to the ATO for OIF.
This left the Tomcats of VF32, Prowlers of VAQ 130, Hornets of VFA 37,105 and VMFA 115 no choice but to route down the Sinai Peninsula, across the Gulf of Aqaba then  enter Saudi Arabian airspace south of the Jordanian border, continue through Saudi Arabia and on to Iraq and targets in Baghdad.  These events are detailed in "Tanker Pilot" by Mark Hasara (LCol. USAF ret), in the chapter "Cyrus Crosses  the Sinai". Naturally tanker support was critical for mission success. Take on the role of Capt. Mark "Cyrus" Vance, CAG of CVW3 to plan and execute a mission to take out the Baghdad AD Command Center

Based off the MiG-21F-13 flown by Iraqi Air Force Captain Munir Redfa, when he defected to Israel as a result of Mossad Operation Diamond

*Updated textures from external model update.

Arab Air Force Skins for the MiG-19P.

Iraqi Air Force MiG-29A's based on 1991 from OP Desert Storm.

Iraqi Air Force IL-78M Tanker.

Skin pack of the Iraqi Air Force. This pack includes Skins for the Mi-8MTV2, the MiG-29A and the Su-25a.

Mi-8 Skin made by Fansadox
Su-25 Skin made by speckfire1

Multiplayer ready to fly or template mission of the opening air strike, 17 Jan 1991, when Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm. Fly as Task Force Normandy, the group of 8 AH-64's that followed Pavelow's into Iraq to eliminate an early warning radar site and open the corridor for coalition aircraft; or fly as a SEAD package as an F-15C, F15E, or F-16 to suppress H3 airfields air defenses for the ATO of F-18's during the day campaign. Perhaps even choose to fly F-18's or F-14's off the supercarrier to suppress a SAM site north of H3 to open the way for SCUD hunting. F-14's set and ready to deploy decoys, just as A-6's did in real life. Be prepared to air tank and spend hours to make 1 pass make the difference of history as we know, or failure as a whole.

Requires: Syria and Super Carrier.

Redesign and redistribute as you wish. The ready to go template is yours to tailor.

There is no end trigger. BDA as you wish.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/xtc8ZTqKt1E

AH-64D 02-5337 1-227th A Company

April 5, 1983.

The Iran-Iraq War has been continuing for the past few years, with combat across air, land, and sea. Iraqi air raids have been a constant threat for which the dwindling number of F-14s and their phoenixes have been assigned to intercept.  CO-OP 2-9 Players.

Earlier today, after months of small-scale conflicts, Iraqi Forces launched a series of surprise attacks on almost every active Iranian airfield. Iraqi ground troops have begun an offensive along the border with Iran and are making advances into Iranian territory.

The Iraqi forces are unaware that their air attacks have done little long-term damage to the IIRAF airfields. After a few hours of hurried maintenance, the Iranian F-5E Tigers are ready to strike back!

This is a historical mission and is based on actual events. To make the sortie a bit more fun it is not an exact replica!

The mission contains an actual news broadcast from the start of the Iran-Iraq war.