2-8 Multiplayer F/A-18C COOP Supercarrier Operation Mission
Skills Required: Cold Start, Case III Launch, Pre-planned JSOW, Case I Recovery
Module Required: F/A-18C Hornet, Supercarrier, Persian Gulf Map.
**Forum Discussion**
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/307462-fa-18c-multiplayer-cooperate-campaign-operation-hormuz-finished/
Situation Update:
On the battleground, brutal street combats continued in the suburban area of Bandar Abbas City, with the USMC 2nd, 4th, and 5th Regiments attacking the city from three different directions. On the east side of the harbor city, the USMC 6th and 8th Regiments successfully defended the enemy's counter-offensive attacks in the north of Minab, and took back the Dehbarez region. With more CAS flights sent to the region to support them, they were able to smash the enemy defense lines quickly and moved deeper into the northeast like a spear, pushing the frontline from Hormozgan Province into Kerman Province last evening. On Day 16, a strike package was also sent to bomb Jiroft Airbase, but most of the cruise missiles were intercepted by the Airbase air defense consisting of multiple short-ranged SAMs. The Airbase is surrounded by mountains from three sides, several early warning radar stations on top of Junak Mountain could detect both aircraft and air-to-ground weapons at an early stage and guide the surface-to-air missiles and other AAA batteries to intercept them with a high probability. Therefore, paralyzing those early warning radar stations will be a precondition for an effective attack on the Jiroft Airbase. As always, VFA-97 Hawks accepted the strike mission and planned a dual-flight strike package, with its first flight aiming to destroy the Iranian's early warning radar stations on the mountaintop and the second flight coming after the enemy's military assets in the Airbase. After a short but priceless sleep for the Navy aviators onboard the USS Theodor Roosevelt as they called "The Big Stick", the mission plan was briefed on the early morning before sunrise. Shortly after the briefing, the pilots from VFA-97 got up on deck and started the F/A-18C fighter jets calmly and readily waiting on the deck. The warm Indian Ocean water and low-pressure air unfolded a swirling tropical cyclone, namely Cyclone Dora, moving across the surface of the Gulf of Oman. The south wind strengthened last night and brought the sea condition to Beaufort Scale 5. The CVN-71 Carrier Group's cruising speed was reduced to 10 knots against the escalating current. The wind is forecasted to get stronger hour by hour as Cyclone Dora gets closer to the Hormuz Strait. However, the CVN-71 has to sail against it, toward the direction of the looming cyclone to achieve optimum launch conditions for the early morning sorties on Day 17.
