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SUMMARY:A Christmas Carol
DESCRIPTION:RSVP: 25 12 18 – 19:30 (please sign-up asap though\, as it makes things easier to plan)\nActivity: Mission – CAP\, Air Interdiction\, Strike\, Escort\nTheatre: Kola\nModules: ANY\, but preferably: Spitfire\, P51D Mustang\, UH-1H Huey\, F-4E Phantom II\, C-130J\, F/A-18C\nPrerequisites: Christmas spirit\n \n\n					LINEUP\n					P-51D Escort\nDOLLAR11: Urist\nDOLLAR12: Johnny\nDOLLAR13:\nDOLLAR14: \nF/A-18C Strike\nARCTIC11 (400): Kaninmat\nARCTIC12 (401): Makanan\nARCTIC13 (402): Pancake\nARCTIC14 (403): Deadlift \nF-16C SEAD\nINDY91: Pahi\nINDY92: Undefined\nINDY93: Widen\nINDY94: Mags \nOH-58D Reconnaissance and Air Interdiction\nBLACKJACK41: Kingtiger / Asken\nBLACKJACK42: Spaz /\nBLACKJACK43:\nBLACKJACK44: \nUH-1H Force recon\nNITRO51: Jinx\nNITRO52: JackFlash\nNITRO53:\nNITRO54: \nC-130J Transport and Strike\nMIGHTY11: Nikemo / Moldy\nMIGHTY12: Hofftari / Moose\nMIGHTY13:\nMIGHTY14: \nF-4E Phantom II SEAD\nBANSHEE21: SenorHombre\nBANSHEE22: Troll\nBANSHEE23:\nBANSHEE24: \n  \nAWACS\nLONGBOW: Blichten\nSTINGRAY: Baconbomb \nAirport\nGround:\nTower:\nControl: \nCarrier\nMarshal:\nTower:\nLSO:\n				\n1 SITUATION\n1.1 Overview\nDec 24th 1972 \nIt was a wet and dreary Christmas Eve in Da Nang. Air Force General E Scrooge sat by himself in his office. Well\, one would be hard pressed to call the shed an office but it was the most luxurious establishment on the premises. He was finished yelling\, or had at least taken a brief pause in yelling\, at his subordinates. “Christmas be damned\, they still need to sort their shit out” he muttered. Some bourbon had been consumed\, not much else available to brighten the day\, and cigar smoke filled the room. Planning was underway for the next Linebacker mission which would bring yet more B52-borne death to bear on the North Vietnamese infrastructure. “Humbug!” he shouted to himself. “It won’t do to just run into their SAM-traps again and again”. \nScrooge could have sworn there was no wind but still the cigar fumes started to swirl around the room. Faster and faster until they began to take shape. A familiar one at that. But no\, it couldn’t be… In front of him stood his predecessor\, General Marley\, who had died in the opening months of the war. Scrooge panicked\, ran to open a window hoping the wind would dispel the ghostly figure. On opening the window he was shocked to see snow outside! This would in itself have justified another outburst of derogatory comments aimed at some subordinate scumbag of an officer but somehow\, having a ghost in the room seemed more important at the time. A gust of cold wind did indeed find its way into the room but Marley just stood there. How miserable he looked. \n“Scrooge”\, he said\, voice much softer now than it was in life. “I am here to tell you what awaits. For years now I have wandered this land\, not finding rest. Not experiencing the slightest joy even as afterburners light the skies and the smell of napalm welcomes the morning.” \nMarley paused\, looking at Scrooge’s mission planning board. “Tonight you will be visited by three spirits. One of Christmas Past\, one of Christmas Present and one of Christmas Yet to Come. Listen to them\, and you may yet avoid sharing my fate.” \n1.2 Area of operations\nNorthern Norway and Sweden \n1.3 Time and weather\n* Dec 24th – 1972 (In-game mission date will differ from this\, in order to give us some daylight)\n* 11:00 local time\n* FEW/SCT 8/10\, SCT 23/24\n* Wind from 230 / 6\n* Temp -5°C\n* FORCE QNH 2992 / 1013 \n1.4 Air threats\nBf-109\, MiG-21\, MiG-29 \n1.5 Ground threats\nAAA\, SA-2\, SA-6 \n1.6 Friendly forces\nN/A\, we are the only blue forces in the AO. \n1.7 Civilian/3rd part\nN/A \n2 MISSION\nGhost of Christmas Past: Protect Bergkompanie 2 and their supply convoy from Luftwaffe harassment as they advance on Alta. \nGhost of Christmas Present: Recon and sanitize the river route towards Enontekio\, recon Enontekio Toy Factory\, take over Enontekio air base \nGhost of Christmas Yet to Come: Destroy the uranium enrichment facility. \n3 EXECUTION\n3.1 Commander’s intent\nThis seems like a load of humbug! But all right\, let’s see where Marley’s spirits take us. \nThe three missions will run in parallell\, separated by geography. \n3.2 Packages\nThe mission contains 3 packages: \n* Christmas Past (P-51)\n* Christmas Present (UH-1\, C-130\, F-4)\n* Christmas Yet to Come (F/A-18\, F-16\, OH-58) \n3.3 Order of events\n* All flights are free to depart ASAP \n* For Package Christmas Yet to Come\, the TLAM strike has TOT 11.50.00\n* This is also push-time for Arctic1\n* And marks weapons free for Indy9 and Blackjack4 \n3.4 Rules of engagement\nROE: C\nAs per SPINS \n3.5 Acceptable level of risk\nALR: HIGH\nAs per SPINS \n3.6 Package tasking\nGhost of Christmas Past \nLiberation of Norway\, Alta-region\, 1944. Allied forces lead by the Norwegian 2nd Bergkompanie have pushed southwest towards Alta\, finally capturing the city\, but are now dangerously low on supplies. A freight convoy has been dispatched and will enter the Alta Fjord around noon. They have no warship escorts and must be protected from Luftwaffe air raids. \n  \nGhost of Christmas Present\nMarley’s Vietnam jungles have been distorted\, turned into some fairy tale winter wonderland. Regardless\, the NVA are still out there and INTEL says they’re hard at work building a factory near Enontekio to produce counterfeit toys. If successful\, next Christmas will be a nightmare as cheap knock-offs flood the American warehouses and end up under Genuine American Christmas Trees. \nThe river route towards Enontekio must be cleared of NVA combatants\, allowing ground forces to advance on the air base. Wild Weasels locate and destroy SA-2 site believed to be NE of Enontekio. Locate the Factory construction site and determine if there is indeed hostile activity. If so\, destroy everything there. Insert troops at Enontekio air base to take over the area. \n  \nGhost of Christmas Yet to Come\nIn the barren fjords\, the Enemy has secretly built his uranium enrichment facility. Our spies have now returned with indisputable evidence that it will be brought online any day now. The area is heavliy guarded with three major air bases – Andöya\, Evenes and Bardufoss – and a frightening number of SA-6 and SA-2 sites. An ingress route has been determined; it’s not guaranteed safe\, just the least unsafe option… To improve the odds\, a flight of Vipers will provide SEAD and Kiowas will clear the ingress route from AAA threats. Last\, but not least\, a massive volley of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles will hit the hostile air bases. \n3.6 Flight tasking\nPackage CHRISTMAS PAST (Lead: DOLLAR11)\nDOLLAR1\n* Depart Banak\n* Check in with LONGBOW for air picture\n* Protect convoy entering the Alta Fjord \nLoadout: FL decides \nPackage CHRISTMAS PRESENT (Lead: MIGHTY11)\nMIGHTY1\n* Depart Kallax\n* Deploy FARP supplies for NITRO5\n* Determine NAUGHTY or NICE at Enontekio Humbug factory\n* Destroy factory if determined NAUGHTY\n* Land in hot LZ Enontekio\, deploy troops \nLoadout: FL decides \nWaypoints:\n1. FARP B \nNITRO5\n* Depart FARP ALPHA\n* Recon river NW towards Enontekio\n* Neutralize enemy combatants encountered\n* Rearm/refuel at FARP BRAVO deployed by MIGHTY1\n* Recon Enontekio and disable as many hostiles as possible in preparation for MIGHTY1 landing \nLoadout: FL decides \nWaypoints:\nN/A \nBANSHEE2 \n* Depart Kiruna\n* Locate and destroy SA-2 Enontekio\n* Hit targets of opportunity at Enontekio with emphasis on AAA\n* Expect to land at Enontekio after friendly forces have secured the base \nLoadout: FL decides \nWaypoints:\n1. Tanker TEXACO4\n2. Enontekio (middle of runway)\n3. Suspected SA-2 site NE Enontekio \nPackage CHRISTMAS YET TO COME (Lead: ARCTIC11)\nARCTIC1\n* Depart Mother\n* Hold at HOTEL (WP1) at 5000’\n* Push at 11.50 (Also time on target for Tomahawk Strike)\n* Follow pre-planned low level ingress to target\n* Destroy Uranium Enrichment Facility NE of Bardufoss\n* Return via same route\n* Beware of hostile fighters\, no dedicated CAP available \nLoadout: FL decides (target will require bunker penetrating munitions) \nWaypoints:\n1. HOTEL\n2-21 Ingress route\n22-24 Target buildings\n25-27 Egress route back to the fjord\n17-2 Egress route home \nINDY9\n* Depart Kiruna\n* Gather intel on hostile SAM-sites\, staying at least 30 nm S of Bardufoss\n* From 11.50 onwards\, destroy as many SAM-sites as possible\n* Coordinate with BLACKJACK4 to destroy targets of opportunity near Bardufoss\n* Beware of hostile fighters\, no dedicated CAP available \nLoadout: FL decides \nWaypoints:\n1. Hold\n2-10 Approx ingress route for Arctic1\n5. TRP1\n6. TRP2\n7. TRP3\n8. TRP4\n11. Uranium enrichment facility \nBLACKJACK4 \n* Depart FARP North (Kilpisjärvi)\n* Recon ingress/egress route for ARCTIC1 near Bardufoss\n* From 11.50 onwards WPNS FREE on all hostiles\n* From 12.00 onwards\, expect strike support from INDY9 \nLoadout: FL decides \nWaypoints:\n1. FARP North\n2. Hold\n3-8 Ingress valley for Arctic1\n9. FARP North \n4 ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS\n4.1 Airfield operations\nBanak\nRunway in use: 16\nTCN: 47X \nKallax\nRunway in use: 32\nTCN: 98X \nKiruna\nRunway in use: 21\nTCN: 99X \n4.2 Carrier operations \nCASE I\nBRC: 265\nTCN: 72X\nDeparture time: FL decides\nCharlie time: FL decides \nAs per Carrier Ops SPINS\n \n4.3 Tankers\nAs per Aerial Refueling SOP \n5 COMMAND AND CONTROL\n5.1 Commander\nTBA \n5.2 Frequencies\nThree radio channels will be available\, providing thematic music for the forces \n\nAM 140.00 MHz: BBC General Forces Radio – Holiday Special\nAM 141.00 MHz: Radio Saigon\nAM 142.00 MHz: Radio Mighty Wings\n\nPackage Christmas Past will use CAP A #5 (254.00)\nPackage Christmas Present will use Mission #13 (269.00)\nPackage Christmas Yet to Come will use Tactical #3 (265.00) \n5.3 Authentication\nRAMROD: BAHHUMBUG\nAs per Authentication SOP \n5.4 Freq flow\nPkg Christmas Past\n* Contact LONGBOW on #5 (254.00) when ready to depart Banak \nPkg Christmas Present\n* Kiruna flights – TWR #7 (270.00)\, expect push Mission #13 (269.00)\n* Kallax flight – Traffic Freq 271.00\, when airborne push Mission #13 (269.00)\n* FARP flight – Push Mission #13 (269.00) when ready to depart \nPkg Christmas Yet to Come\n* Carrier flight – Remain on #1 during departure\, push Tactical #3 (265.00) when flight has left the Carrier control zone\n* Kiruna flight – TWR #7 (270.00)\, expect push to Tactical #3 (265.00)\n* FARP flight – contact Tactical #3 (265.00) when ready to depart \n5.6 Brevity\nN/A \n5.7 Bullseye\nEnontekio N68°21.49′ E23°25.35′ \n6 ANNEXES\nOverview of the AO \n \n  \nBardufoss AO \n \n  \nUranium enrichment facility N69° 29.32′ E19° 49.78′ elev 1258 feet \n \nBlackjack4 recon zone \n \nDollar1 AO and supply convoy route \n \n  \nEnontekio AO with Nitro5 recon route \n \n  \nEnontekio area \n \n  \nHumbug factory N68°21.37′ E23°28.09′ elev 946 feet
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