Our next mission is a strike on the P4 airfield where we are tasked to take out the enemy runway.
I’ve earned enough cash to start using the dropdown menu to start utilizing different aircraft. So I bought myself an A-4E Skyhawk. I’m just happy that I survived five missions flying the F-100D!
And look at that - drop tanks came available for the F-100D! Extra gas to kick some…err…well, we’ll outfit my wingman with A2A missiles and some extra fuel while I’ll carry the heavy anti-runway load…
Another awesome skin by ValAstur…
And here is a convenient observation - fuel flow at 100% throttle (no afterburners on the A-4 of course) settles in at around 7,000 lbs. an hour with a fuel quantity of around 5,500 lbs…so a bit less than an hour worth of fuel…
Me and my wingman head off the coast to come back in toward the enemy airfield…
I have one 2,000 pound bomb, two 1,000 pounders, and two 500 pounders slung under the wings with no A2A missiles…
I put my wingman into high cover and drop down toward the airfield…
Enemies are on patrol, but quite a bit further to the north…
Approaching the airfield, a big, fat, juicy target appears near the airfield…too fat to pass up!
I close to gun range. He takes a couple shots at me with his tail gun…
As the wreckage tumbles down, I pull my jet around and conveniently find myself lined up down the long axis of the runway…
I pickled my Mk-84 followed by a pair of Mk-83s…
Shack! Mission accomplished!
The enemy defenses reach up, but they are easy to spot and just keeping the jet moving back and forth keeps the directed fire away. The AA bursts seem more random and terrifying though…
We head for home - a rare, unopposed strike with no enemy air activity in the immediate area. I take the opportunity on the way home to drop my last two bombs on another airfield…
Home safely in my first Skyhawk mission…
