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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.

***UPDATED FOR 2.7***

It's July 27th 1944 9AM. The American bombers have become daily visitors over Hungary. At the airfield of Veszprém-Jutas the Pumas are sitting in the cockpits of their Me-109Gs in full readiness, waiting to scramble as soon as the alert comes. They are listening to the loudspeakers playing their favorite song that resonates with their lives so well:  "The world is just a day".

This is an epic single mission complete with voice overs, skins, briefing and kneeboard images. Lead a formation of 8 Bf-109s of the Royal Hungarian Air Force to intercept an overwhelming number of American bombers.

0800Z Terrorist Launched a Suicide mission attacking Airbase Kobuleti. Causing significant damage to the Ammo Dump and Collateral buildings on the East end of Runway 25 (Runway still operational) Coalition Goal is to Strike a known FARP used by the group to launch these attacks. We want to send a message of significant consequences for these bombings.

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

This scenario is linked thematically to the Khatia from Kutaisi mission.

Georgia has joined NATO. Abkhazia and South Ossetia have joined the Russian Federation.

Kutaisi Airbase became the first NATO airbase in Georgia.

The 22nd Fighter Squadron of the US Air Force is now stationed there with several other NATO forces.

The tensions are so high that airborne early warning and control systems are in the air for most of the day.

The Russian Fleet holds a visit of its troops to Syria. As part of this visit, some exercises are taking place on the Russian side. We have been following small border crossings in the last few days. Despite the announced exercise, we take the monitoring of our territory seriously and expect respectful treatment.

Checked 02/26/24

New flags, voice overs, triggers, changes to radio messages. Minor changes to the mission design. I have tried to make the mission a bit nicer and more fitting. For example, it is possible to use time-lapse - as soon as a text message comes in, it is automatically set to normal speed.