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All,
So it’s 0715 on 3 Feb 1990, and CLA aircraft are sortieing towards Havana on a fighter sweep, anxious for action. Two days of war have seen the CLA’s fighter squadron reduced from twelve planes and twelve pilots to six planes and six pilots, though the damage to Castro’s Air Force has been severe as well, with numerous fighters destroyed on the ground, and eleven destroyed in air to air combat. The first fight on the morning of Day 3 sees an even up fight between three F-4 Phantoms and three MiG-21s. Stand by for action.
And with Bruiser 04 getting the final kill of the engagement, the CLA Air Force now has its first ace! To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2017/06/phantoms-over-havana-fight-7.htmlNext up we have Blackjack 01 (a Veteran), 02, and 03 squaring off against four of Castro’s Air Force MiG-21s, so stay tuned.
V/R,
JackIt’s not secret anymore, I peeked.
Should be good, can’t wait to see some pictures of it. 🙂
Hey Kyto – we’re running a pacific air combat game this sunday (with Lacquered Coffins), I just finished a few aircraft for it – Grumman Wildcats, F4U Corsairs and of course, A6M Zeros!
We’re going to (roughly) re-fight the sinking of the USS St. Lo
A few pictures of the finished aircraft (1/600 from tumbling dice – decals from doms decals):
Close up of the Corsairs. going for a gritty veteran look. Hand painted ’12’ only about 1mm high….
I’ll post an AAR in a new thread once we’re done
Sorry to hijack your thread Jack! I look forward to your new project 🙂
Tom Jensen - http://ostfrontpublishing.com/
Really!!?? Did I screw up somehow and let the cat out of the bag? I think I know what happened: I had to create a new blog for the new project, but even though I haven’t published any blogposts on it, I guess the header/title page is still there? Hmmm, I’m googling like crazy trying to find it and nothing is popping up, but Vicki must be able to see it since she’s following my Blackhawkhet blog? And everybody relax, Jack’s not killing anyone
I found it through the blog, and sorry, I shouldn’t have said anything.
All,
So it’s 1130 on 3 Feb 1990, and again the Cuban Liberation Air Force (CLAF) is enroute to tangling with Communist fighters of the Castro regime. But things have changed up a bit: Generalissimo Waraldonez ordered a reorganization of the CLAF fighter squadron. Heavy casualties have been sustained, and while the aircraft can (and are) be replaced, getting new fighter pilots is an altogether different story. The Generallissimo ordered the best pilots of the attack squadrons (also flying F-4 Phantoms) to be reassigned as replacement pilots to bring the fighter squadron back up to 12 pilots. The attack squadron commanders complained, but relented when the Generalissimo pointed out the attack squadron aircraft wouldn’t survive the war without a fighter squadron to take on the enemy MiGs.
The first fight on the morning of Day 3 saw an even up fight between three F-4 Phantoms and three MiG-21s, in which the Castro forces downed one F-4 and Bruiser 04 downed all three of the enemy MiGs, becoming the CLAF’s first Ace. Now we have Blackjack 01 (a Veteran), 02 (Regular), and 03 (Veteran) squaring off against four of Castro’s Air Force MiG-21s, so stand by for action.
Overview, north is up, with the CLA aircraft at right (east), heading west and the Castro regime aircraft at bottom left (southwest), heading east. So the sides are bit different, with two groups of fighters having been out and about looking for trouble, but not finding any until they turned about to head home.
Blackjack 03 is a bona fide killer. To see how the fight went down, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2017/08/phantoms-over-havana-fight-8.htmlIn the next fight we see a four on four match, thought he CLAF has two Regular and two Rookie pilots heading into the fight. Coming right up!
V/R,
JackYou know, you can cheat and extend the game another turn, we won’t sue you for it.
Though if I was Red 1 I’d have decided it was my duty to escort my damaged wingman to safety and ran away a couple of turns earlier…
All,
So it’s 1800 on 3 Feb 1990, and the Cuban Liberation Air Force (CLAF) has an entire flight inbound, looking to clash with a flight of Castro-regime MiGs intent on intercepting inbound CLAF ground attack aircraft. Boxer 01, 02, 03, and 04 are ready for a fight; Boxer flight had suffered the heaviest so far in the campaign, and so now they were down to two Regular pilots and two Rookie pilots, men that flew F-4 Phantoms in the close air support/interdiction squadrons, now pressed into duty as fighter plots. They will treated as Rookies only for their first fight, after that they will considered Regulars (they’re not actually Rookie pilots, they’re just not used to being used for air superiority missions).
The first two fights on Day 3 of the War of Liberation have been unqualified successes, with one F-4 lost and one damaged, to five MiGs lost and one damaged, with one pilot in the Bruiser flight becoming the CLAF’s first Ace, and a pilot in the Blackjack flight getting his fourth kill. Boxcar flight has but a single pilot with a kill, Boxcar 01, and it is but a single kill.
Apparently the Communists were pissed! MiG-21s slash hither and thither, damaging Boxcar 02 and launching a missile at Boxcar 01. To see how the forces of liberation performed, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2017/08/phantoms-over-havana-fight-9.htmlThree more dogfights over Havana to come, then some different stuff, on the way!
V/R,
JackWow. Just wow.
All,
So it’s 0900 on 4 Feb 1990, and the Cuban Liberation Air Force (CLAF) has an entire flight inbound, looking to clash with a flight of Castro-regime MiGs intent on intercepting inbound CLAF ground attack aircraft. The Cuban Liberation Army’s blitzkrieg-style invasion has been an unprecedented success, and the CLAF pilots can feel it. The way CLA ground forces are thundering forward, eating up Castro’s territory, it won’t be long before the Communists no longer have serviceable airfields available.
Bruiser flight is in the air, with a Regular pilot (Bruiser 03) and two Rookies (Bruisers 02 and 04) led by an Ace (Bruiser 01, looking for a fight.
The Cuban Ace, Bruiser 01, is a predator. He leaves the formation, cutting hard left and going nose to nose with Red 03, sending the MiG-21 down in a ball of flames with some well-placed 20mm cannon fire. To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2017/09/phantoms-over-havana-fight-10.htmlTwo more fights left in the War of Liberation.
V/R,
JackAll,
So it’s 1330 on 4 Feb 1990, and the Cuban Liberation Air Force (CLAF) has a pair of F-4 Phantoms on Combat Air Patrol, circling above Havana, as a trio of MiG-21s streaks out to meet them. The ground war is so successful that the Castro regime is on its last legs, and his pilots are finding it harder and harder to locate fuel, munitions, and even serviceable airfields still in Communist hands!
The CLAF fighters are members of Blackjack flight, specifically Blackjack 01, a Veteran pilot, and Blackjack 02, a Regular pilot.
Yeah, just look at that mess! Quite the furball! To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2017/09/phantoms-over-havana-fight-11.htmlWell, one more fight to go, and it really makes me angry…
V/R,
Jack
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