S3 Series

Operation Harpoon USING THESE NOW AS THE FINAL ORDERS

Objectives: Protect our ships while attempting to destroy the enemy retreating fleets


Fighter Assignments: SPIT-II (would be nice if a small percentage had Hurri's just in case we have to surgically take out some ships for points)

1. 8thFG/RCAF/23rdFG (approximately 13): (TAC CHANNEL 16)
- F48 Initial Home Base (8thFG/RCAF)
- F43 Initial Home Base (23rdFG) -- not illustrated on map
- CAP 10,9X and protect North Sea Flotilla
- Destroy enemy strikes and fighter sweeps
- Rearm/refuel at home base or alternates (including F1) as needed - this should be done in stages so area is not left unprotected.
- Be prepared and ready to adapt plan to be dispatched to cover our own strike area (blue or green)


2. 352nd FG (approximately 14):
- F7 Inital Home Base
- CAP 8,6,4 area and protect Channel Flotilla
- Destroy enemy strikes and fighter sweeps
- Rearm/refuel at home base or alternates (including F1) as needed - this should be done in stages so area is not left unprotected.
- Be prepared and ready to adapt plan to be dispatched to cover our own strike area (blue or orange)


AI Anti-Shipping Strikes:
1. Green. 8xWellington. Launch F48 @ T+45. Arrive Target @ T+81. Hunt at designated target points along the NE portion of evacuation route. Fly NOE until 5mi from first target point. (approx. 120mi route to target)
2. Orange. 8xWellington. Launch F7 @ T+30. Arrive Target @ T+75. Hunt at designated target points along the Central portion of evacuation route. Fly NOE until 5mi from first target point. (approx. 145mi route to target)
3. Blue. 8xWellington. Launch F1. Hunt at designated target points along the S portion of evacuation route. Fly NOE until 5mi from first target point. (approx 15mi route to target)
4. Commander's discretion to rerun either 1/2/3 at later time in frame

AI strikes should RTB using shortest route possible (i.e. do not fly back on ingress route)

DTF (thanks noflyz): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1XowLgo5PVPVTRUN1RKTzVBMFU/view

Images from above:

CAP:

AI STRIKE


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-noflyz

Thanks noflyz and dewolf - I corrected the duplicate image and made them URL's using dewolf's guidance.

Noflyz - did you copy the image to some other server to get it to display automatically?

Images updated. Yesterday It allowed attachments for a while. Today it did not again so I copied it to some other server.

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-noflyz

Great plan and very nicely laid out and organized.

Only issue is you have to break up that one group at 48 into two airfields. 23rd at one and RCAF8th at another. That is just to start afterwhich they can base together.

Just allows a bit of spread at the beginning when everyone goes gang busters.

7. Squad Basing - to begin play each squad must base at their own airfield. Afterwards squads may replane anywhere as needed.

4. OrdAircraft Restrictions - First line fighters(Spitfire II and Bf109E4 Aa) may not carry ord. Second line fighters(Hurricane IIB and Bf110C4) MUST carry ord in their mission profile and are allocated two lives as part of the strike force of each side

It would be nice to have the option to use the Hurri as an unladen fighter for pilots who elected to do that. I'd bet those pilots would be willing to lose the "second life" option to be able to do that. You might wish to check IF the Hurri can takeoff with ord, but with no real "mission" unless they happen to run across a ship. Carrying ord on a CAP mission, then jetting it when the first engagement occurs, then dying and asking for a second life, would be a Rules compliance call for the Janitors.

S3 Clarifications - the S3 staff reserves the right to make a ruling on questions or game situations not answered completely or missed by the rules.

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The files are here https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1Xow ... 1RKTzVBMFU

Named mol51.mbl, mol52.mbl and mol53.mbl for the green, orange and blue AI routes.

mol5.dtf is included that draws these routes out in the said colors. Perhaps useful for tower watchers to watch how much or not the AIs stick to the plan

Have a great frame and kill em all!

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-noflyz

Thanks dewolf!

Unless anyone has any pressing concerns or alternatives, I think we will proceed with this plan. I'll think through timing of AI strikes for best effect... The F1 attack which I believe has ~5min to target will be launched at a tactical point when I think their pants are down

Looks good -fooo- orders received and distributed. We may have one or two in Hurricane's.

23rd do you want a tac channel set for us? We usually utilize 16 for this.

Swede- 416-127 Wing