669VFS – Exercise Achilles Heel – TE-8 BARCAP

Mission: Prevent hostile aircraft from entering your station area

Your Task: BARCAP

Station Area: 60 nm south of FARO .

Time on Station: 14:00:04

Patrol Time: 00:26:14

Package Elements:

Sting1 (BARCAP) 4 F/A-18C Prevent hostile aircraft from entering your station area
Falcon1 (BARCAP) 4 F-16CM-50 Prevent hostile aircraft from entering your station area

Steerpoints:

# Desc Time Dist Head IAS Alt Comments
1 Takeoff 13:54:35 Takeoff
2 13:57:39 18.9 182 250 26.0M
3 Timing 13:58:15 4.4 150 300 26.0M
4 Push Pt 13:58:47 3.9 146 300 26.0M Rendezvous with package
5 CAP 14:00:04 9.6 137 300 27.0M Engage enemy aircraft
6 CAP 14:06:18 46.2 67 300 27.0M Return to previous steerpoint
7 Split 14:32:33 50.0 288 325 27.0M Depart from package
8 Land 14:33:14 5.4 264 335 25.0M Land
9 Land Alternate landing strip

Ordnance:

Sting11: Unassigned Sting12: Unassigned
570 x 20mm M61 570 x 20mm M61
2 x AIM-9X 2 x AIM-9X
10 x AIM-120C 10 x AIM-120C
1 x 330 Gal Tank 1 x 330 Gal Tank
Sting13: Unassigned Sting14: Unassigned
570 x 20mm M61 570 x 20mm M61
2 x AIM-9X 2 x AIM-9X
10 x AIM-120C 10 x AIM-120C
1 x 330 Gal Tank 1 x 330 Gal Tank
Falcon11: Unassigned Falcon12: Unassigned
510 x 20mm M61 510 x 20mm M61
4 x AIM-120C 4 x AIM-120C
2 x AIM-9X 2 x AIM-9X
2 x 370 Gal Tank 2 x 370 Gal Tank
1 x AN/ALQ-184 1 x AN/ALQ-184
Falcon13: Unassigned Falcon14: Unassigned
510 x 20mm M61 510 x 20mm M61
4 x AIM-120C 4 x AIM-120C
2 x AIM-9X 2 x AIM-9X
2 x 370 Gal Tank 2 x 370 Gal Tank
1 x AN/ALQ-184 1 x AN/ALQ-184

Weather:

Situation @ T/O: Sunny Situation @ TGT: Sunny
Wind @ T/O: 180 deg @ 4 kts. Wind @ TGT: 180 deg @ 4 kts.
Temp @ T/O: 30 deg C. Temp @ TGT: 30 deg C.
Cloud Base @ T/O: 35,000 ft MSL base Cloud Base @ TGT: 35,000 ft MSL base
Con Layer @ T/O: 34,000 ft MSL base Con Layer @ TGT: 34,000 ft MSL base

Support:

Chalis1 (AWACS):1 E-3Friendly AWACS aircraft will be operating 47 nm northeast of FARO . Available for air detection and warning. Contact on Channel 1.

Emergency Procedures:

No alternate landing strip is currently available.