Mission #03 of our campaign has us on a relatively deep strike for the F-100D (particularly in that I don’t have any external fuel tanks in my inventory)…
Our two-ship flight will carry Mk-84, 2000 lb. bombs, some Sidewinders, and a couple 750 lb. bombs as backup…
On the way and keeping a close eye on the fuel…
Spotting some A-4s lending support to Dhimar…
With the long flight to the target area, I won’t have time to mess about, so I set my bombs to release all on one pass (I have 3 Mk-84s)…
We are delayed slightly due to a ridiculous amount of enemy pressure over the target area…
Once some offensive CAP flights move in to lure off the defensive CAP, we sneak in for a quick strike. I roll in steeply and drop…
Boom - boom - out go the…errr…a miss…really??
Some AAA drifts up and I escape at low altitude out over the coast…
Fortunately, I doubted by bombing accuracy and had already given my wingman the “ATTACK MY TARGET” command and he is dropping on the target just a few seconds after me… Boom boom - HE turned out the lights!
We pick a hole in the dogfights going on west of the strike area, zoom through and pull onto final as the fuel low level warning lights are flicking on…
Mission accomplished thanks to 2nd Lt. Couch…!
