This will be a high altitude and deep enemy penetration mission to strike 3 targets. Launch will be from a rear airfield to allow the bombers to get to drop altitude. Fighters will launch with 100% fuel and all the drop tanks they can carry.
Mission Details :Launch Arena : Late War
Launch Country : Knights
Target Country : Bishops
Targets : Small Airfield Only, Vehicle Base, and Town belonging to another Airfield
Launch Time : 8PM EST/7PM EST USA
Some changes have been made to accomadate large turnout. Last week, we had 45 players involved.
Each seperate aircraft type will have a maximum of slots in the loaded mission.
16 slots for a fighter
12 slots for a bomber
Aircraft Order of Battle:
B-17
B-24
P-38L
P-38J
P-47N
P-47D-25
P-51D
P-51B
There will be 4 seperate Vox channels used. One for the bombers, one for each same aircraft group to be determined by the Commander of each Group.
There will be some leaders to take care of business.
Bomber Commander - AKKuya
Fighter Commander - Zoney
Buff Commander - AKKuya
P-38 Commander - Vacant
P-47 Commander - Vacant
P-51 Commander - Vacant
B-17 Commander - AKKuya
B-24 Commander - Vacant
P-38L Commander - Vacant
P-38J Commander - Vacant
P-47N Commander - Vacant
P-47D-25 Commander - Vacant
P-51D Commander - Vacant
P-51B Commander - Vacant
I'll be loading the Mission 60 minutes prior to launch time. You can join the mission once it's loaded and sent. You can still fly and fight until 2 minutes prior to launch. Plan on landing your kills 5 minutes prior and sitting in tower for launch. Otherwise, when I type out 2 Minutes until Launch, then you had better crash, ditch or bail and be in a tower. Any tower will suffice. The Mision will automatically launch you from the approriate field. Pay attention to the text messages for your particulat aircraft vox channel.
Volunteers are needed to fill these positions. Zoney gets first pick of fighter aircraft type. Before jumping in, ask yourself "Am I ready to make a weekly committment for leading a flight or a group and a flight?" It is preferred to have the same leaders on a weekly basis. Leaders should be in the arena 30 minutes prior to help get thing organized for your flights and groups. Plus, help with the announcemnts. I can do alot but extra helpers is very helpful.
New flights can be added if all slots are filled for a particular fighter aircraft or bomber flight.
Once the mission has launched, I will request that each flight leader to make a list of players in that flight. Then to send me that list via PM in the forums for me to keep an attendance record. This will be to determine who is casual and who is regular. Those that are regular will be eligible for inclusion into a special thing that will be announced shortly in due time.
Zoney and I plan on making this a weekly event way past the current DGS II Scenario. I know there are some die-hard players that have a die-hard loyalty to a particular country. I'm asking that those reading this that fall into that category or very close too it to take 3 hours away and switch country if needed to fly the 8th AF Mission or fly Luftwaffe against. 9 hours later you can switch back.
Players wishing to fly Luftwaffe against are strongly encouraged to form a large force of aircraft together and attack as one cohesive group. I would like to see a player step forward to lead the attack every week and develop a command team of its own and recruit players into it. I know there's some JG squads out there. I will announce on 200 the individual targets and 8th AF strength and others will to. We want alot of 109s, 110's,and 190's plus TA-152's. When we can get to 100+ 8th AF strength (30 sets of bombers mininum) then we can call for some jets with some HQ runs.
All of this was discussed last mission verbally by players in the mission before we landed plus a couple of my own to help make things smoother. My style of Command is to trickle down from the top. Very loose with letting the smaller unit leaders handle their tactical decision making. Players will be shot down. I don't believe in people making wrong decisions. Every decision is an estimated guess thinking what the enemy is planning. Any decision that allows the enemy to get through to the bombers should be a lesson learned to not doing it again.
Looking forward to another Mission and seeing 60 or more players involved this time. While you're playing in the MA's, tell your squaddies, buddies, and your enemies to be on Thursday nights for 8th AF vs Luftwaffe.
Still waiting to see a European player to organize Saturday Evening European Time/ Saturday Afternoon USA Time event like this. Someone had mentioned that as an idea. Just need someone to organize that how they want to do it. I try to think of everything for a fair and balanced way with 24 seperate time zones to contend with.
