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SUMMARY:Afghanistan – Battle of Kamdesh
DESCRIPTION:RSVP: 05 03 26 – 19:30 (please sign-up asap though\, as it makes things easier to plan)\nActivity: Mission – Strike\, Air Interdiction\nTheatre: Afghanistan (EAST)\nModules: F/A-18C\, F-16C\, A-10C\, F-15E\, CH-47\, OH-58D\, AH-64\nPrerequisites: None\n \n\n					LINEUP\n					F/A-18C Strike\nARCTIC11 (400): kaninmat\nARCTIC12 (401): Apollo\nARCTIC13 (402): leka\nARCTIC14 (403): \nF/A-18C Strike\nBENDER21 (404):\nBENDER22 (405):\nBENDER23 (406):\nBENDER24 (407): \nA-10C Air Interdiction\nHAWG81: SenorHombre\nHAWG82: pancake\nHAWG83: Hofftari\nHAWG84: \nF-16C Strike\nINDY91: Widen\nINDY92: pahi\nINDY93: undefined\nINDY94: \nF-16C Strike\nJESTER11:\nJESTER12:\nJESTER13:\nJESTER14: \nCH-47F Transport\nGREYHOUND31:\nGREYHOUND32:\nGREYHOUND33:\nGREYHOUND34: \nAH-64D Air Interdiction\nRAGE91: BFQ / Troll\nRAGE92: Jinx / JackFlash\nRAGE93:\nRAGE94: \nAH-64D Air Interdiction\nSALTY11:\nSALTY12:\nSALTY13:\nSALTY14: \nOH-58D Reconnaissance\nBLACKJACK41: Asken / Kingtiger45\nBLACKJACK42:\nBLACKJACK43:\nBLACKJACK44: \nA-10C Air Interdiction\nPIG71:\nPIG72:\nPIG73:\nPIG74: \nF-15E Strike\nHITMAN31: DeadGun_SWE / Nillefix \nHITMAN32:\nHITMAN33:\nHITMAN34: \nAWACS\nSTINGRAY: Baconbomb\nSTINGRAY: \nJTAC\nBOSS21:\nBOSS23: \nAirport\nGround:\nTower: Nikemo\nControl: \n				\n1 SITUATION\n1.1 Overview\n«The Battle of Kamdesh took place during the War in Afghanistan. It occurred on October 3\, 2009\, when a force of 400 Taliban assaulted the American Combat Outpost (“COP”) Keating near the town of Kamdesh in Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan. The attack was the bloodiest battle for US forces since the Battle of Wanat in July 2008\, which occurred 20 miles (32 km) away from Kamdesh. The attack on COP Keating resulted in 8 Americans killed and 27 wounded while the Taliban suffered 150–200 wounded or killed.» \nMission maker has deliberated altering the event to better suit our mission format. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kamdesh\nand / or watch the movie “The outpost” \n1.2 Area of operations\nNorth east from Bagram around 45mn\, the area is a mountain terrain with deep valleys \n1.3 Time and weather\n* October 03 – 2009\n* 06:00 local time\n* Scattered (7500′-11500′)\n* Wind 025 / 6\n* FORCE QNH 2992 / 1013\n* Temp +20 deg (Celsius) \n1.4 Air threats\nNot relevante \n1.5 Ground threats\nZSU-23\, MANPADS\, RPG\, AK47/74 \n1.6 Friendly forces\nN/A\, we are the only blue forces in the AO. \n1.7 Civilian/3rd part\nInsurgents ordered all Kamdesh villagers to leave the area. \n2 MISSION\nSupport and hinder the insurgents to overrun and take over Combat Outpost Keating and Observation Post (“OP”) Fritsche. \n3 EXECUTION\n3.1 Commander’s intent\nDestroy all insurgents in and around Kamdesh. Protect Keating and Fritsche. F-15E\, F-16C\, F/A-18 and A-10 to run pinpoint strike missions\, assignments will be distributed during the battle. AH-65 and OH-58 to conduct BAI in and around Kamdesh (Fritsche)\, and to provide support to strike package if needed. Later to rendezvous with inbound CH-47 on its re-supply mission to Frische. \n3.2 Packages\nThe mission contains 1 package\, callsign WOLFPACK. All flights are part of package WOLFPACK.\n \n3.3 Order of events\nRage and blackjack are scheduled for immediate departure from FOB Dillon. Indy\, Arctic\, Hitman and Pig to depart from Bagram AFB and make way to your WP3 for holding and tasking in the AO. Greyhound will depart from FOB Dillon and head to FOB Gatling to pick up a squad of rangers\, then continue up to holding point WP5 and wait for Rage to escort to Fritsche. \nCluster ammunitions are NOT allowed \nRage and Blackjack are free to operate south-east of Fritsche and east of Keating in the lower valley. Indy\, Arctic\, Hitman and Pig will get their assignments ones they are on their holdings via Stingray. \n3.4 Rules of engagement\nROE: C\nAs per SPINS\nAddition: TBD \n3.5 Acceptable level of risk\nALR: MEDIUM\nAs per SPINS \n3.6 Flight tasking\nPackage WOLFPACK (Lead: HITMAN31)\nARCTIC1\n* Depart\n* Hold at WP3 at 25000’\n* Refuel at ARCO1\n* Report in to STINGRAY and standby for tasking\n* RTB on order from STINGRAY \nLoadout: FL decides (STRIKE / BAI) \nWaypoints:\n1. DEPARTURE\n2.\n3. HOLD 25000’\n4. IP (NORTH)\n5. IP (EAST)\n6. IP (SOUTH)\n7. Kamdesh (COP Keating and OP Fritsche) \nHAWG8\n* Depart\n* Hold at WP3 at 21000’\n* Report in to STINGRAY and standby for tasking\n* RTB on order from STINGRAY \nLoadout: FL decides (STRIKE / BAI) \nWaypoints:\n1. DEPARTURE\n2.\n3. HOLD 21000’\n4. IP (NORTH)\n5. IP (EAST)\n6. IP (SOUTH)\n7. Kamdesh (COP Keating and OP Fritsche) \nHITMAN3\n* Depart\n* Hold at WP3 at 28000’\n* Refuel at TEXACO2\n* Report in to STINGRAY and standby for tasking\n* RTB on order from STINGRAY \nLoadout: FL decides (STRIKE / BAI) \nWaypoints:\n1. DEPARTURE\n2.\n3. HOLD 28000’\n4. IP (NORTH)\n5. IP (EAST)\n6. IP (SOUTH)\n7. Kamdesh (COP Keating and OP Fritsche) \nINDY9\n* Depart\n* Hold at WP3 at 23000’\n* Refuel at TEXACO2\n* Report in to STINGRAY and standby for tasking\n* RTB on order from STINGRAY \nLoadout: FL decides (STRIKE / BAI) \nWaypoints:\n1. DEPARTURE\n2.\n3. HOLD 23000’\n4. IP (NORTH)\n5. IP (EAST)\n6. IP (SOUTH)\n7. Kamdesh (COP Keating and OP Fritsche) \nRAGE9 – After takeoff team-up with BLACKJACK and make way to WP4. Instructions will be given on tactical. When contacted by GREYWOLF your tasking are to provide cover from WP6 and during the insert of troops at WP4.\n* Depart\n* PUSH to WP4\n* Report in to STINGRAY and standby for tasking 10nm out\n* RTB on order from STINGRAY \nLoadout: FL decides (STRIKE / BAI) \nWaypoints:\n1. DEPARTURE\n2.\n3. FOB Gatling\n4. OP Fritsche\n5. COP Keating\n6. Rendezvous CH-47 \nBLACKJACK4 – after takeoff team-up with RAGE and make way to WP4. Instructions will be given on tactical. When contacted by GREYWOLF your tasking are to provide cover from WP6 and during the insert of troops at WP4.\n* Depart\n* PUSH to WP4\n* Report in to STINGRAY and standby for tasking 10nm out\n* RTB on order from STINGRAY \nLoadout: FL decides (STRIKE / BAI) \nWaypoints:\n1. DEPARTURE\n2.\n3. FOB Gatling\n4. OP Fritsche\n5. COP Keating\n6. Rendezvous CH-47 \n4 ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS\n4.1 Airfield operations\nFixed wing\n* Bagram AFB\n* TCN: 74\n* Active runway: 21R\n* Departure via runway hdg to 1500ft then WP2\n* Approach via OVB 1500 ft \nHelicopters\n* Asadabad FOB “Dillon” \n4.2 Carrier operations\nAs per Carrier Ops SPIN\n \n4.3 Tankers\nTBA \nAs per Aerial Refueling SOP \n5 COMMAND AND CONTROL\n5.1 Commander\n* Mission commander is STINGRAY\n* Mission commander deputy is HITMAN31\n* Package WOLFPACK lead is HITMAN31 \n5.2 Frequencies\nAs per Comms SOP \n5.3 Authentication\nRAMROD: GRANDSLICE\nAs per Authentication SOP \n5.4 Freq flow (Airfield flights)\n7\, 9\, 3/5\, 7\nRemain on Tower (ch 7) during startup and departure. Go to Check in (ch 9). Expect Tactical (ch 3) or CAP A (ch 5). Use Tower (ch 7) for recovery.\n \n5.5 Freq flow (Carrier flights)\n1\, 9\, 3/5\, 16\, 1\nRemain on Tower (ch 1) during startup and departure. Go to Check in (ch 9). Expect Tactical (ch 3) or CAP A (ch 5). Use Marshal (ch 16) and Tower (ch 1) for recovery.\n \n5.6 Brevity\n* TANGOUNIFORM – Mission declared successful\n* NIGHTFALL – Abort mission\n \n5.7 Bullseye\nN 34 57.52′ E 69 35.12′ \n6 ANNEXES\nUPDATES: \n09.09.2025 – Added maps. Updated weather and initial locations. Commanders intent and order of events.\n13.09.2025 – Added temp and prim lineup. Tasking added with more maps.\n14.09.2025 – Line-up updated.\n15.09.2025 – Justerat tankers for Airforce and updated line-up.\n18.09.2025 – Added Bulls and brevity\n02.03.2026 – Line-up\, waypoints added and updated. MC added. Maps updated. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nARCTIC1\nBENDER2\nCRIMSON3\nDUSTY4\nELVIS5\nFENRIS6\nGRIM7\nHAWG8\nINDY9\nJESTER1\nKRAKEN2\nLION3\nMUSTANG4\nNITRO5\nRAGE9\nSALTY1\nBLACKJACK4\nORCA6\nPIG7\nQUEBEC8\nTUSK2\nVENOM4\nHITMAN3\nGREYHOUND3
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