AAR by John Schofield
The sirens blared out over the airfield. This was no drill. DEFCON 1, emergency scramble. There could already be inbound ICBMs, or SLBMs. Engines roared everywhere as there was a rush to get everything airborne.
As each aircraft left the tarmac it is vectored away from possible targets. No need to lose things unnecessarily. Order starts to come out of the chaos.
Fighters head out to form a defensive perimeter around Alaska. We cannot stop ballistic missiles but may be able to catch any bombers. A perimeter far enough out to catch them before cruise missile launch is needed. AWACS/Tanker pairs follow. Nothing can be allowed through. The only problem is the early warning radar sites out on the Aleutian chain. They're too far away and will have to look after themselves.
The USAF B-52 bombers form up two loose groups and head West, but well off the Russian coast. Don't want to appear threatening until we know what is happening. Fast moving targets start to appear - heading for our early warning radar stations. The fighters destroy them with no losses, but the Aleutian stations are taken out. No sign of any cruise missiles yet. There's a lot of enemy fighter activity over Russia using active sensors. Push out the fighters and AWACS slightly to get a better idea of what they are doing. Too far, we lose a Dagger. But we've enough information - send in the bombers. Two should be enough. One from the North and the other from the South, each with a spare 200 miles behind and slightly off track. Timing coordinated to have the same ToT.
Uh-oh, more Russian bombers. How did they get there? But no need to worry the fighters handle them.
The bombers go in very low and only climb when they reach a point allowing all targets to be hit when they reach weapons release altitude. Release weapons then get down and out. Too late for us and for them. Both bombers are hit but not before all weapons are released. Good-bye Russian Pacific Forces.
The sirens blared out over the airfield. This was no drill. DEFCON 1, emergency scramble. There could already be inbound ICBMs, or SLBMs. Engines roared everywhere as there was a rush to get everything airborne.
As each aircraft left the tarmac it is vectored away from possible targets. No need to lose things unnecessarily. Order starts to come out of the chaos.
Fighters head out to form a defensive perimeter around Alaska. We cannot stop ballistic missiles but may be able to catch any bombers. A perimeter far enough out to catch them before cruise missile launch is needed. AWACS/Tanker pairs follow. Nothing can be allowed through. The only problem is the early warning radar sites out on the Aleutian chain. They're too far away and will have to look after themselves.
The USAF B-52 bombers form up two loose groups and head West, but well off the Russian coast. Don't want to appear threatening until we know what is happening. Fast moving targets start to appear - heading for our early warning radar stations. The fighters destroy them with no losses, but the Aleutian stations are taken out. No sign of any cruise missiles yet. There's a lot of enemy fighter activity over Russia using active sensors. Push out the fighters and AWACS slightly to get a better idea of what they are doing. Too far, we lose a Dagger. But we've enough information - send in the bombers. Two should be enough. One from the North and the other from the South, each with a spare 200 miles behind and slightly off track. Timing coordinated to have the same ToT.
Uh-oh, more Russian bombers. How did they get there? But no need to worry the fighters handle them.
The bombers go in very low and only climb when they reach a point allowing all targets to be hit when they reach weapons release altitude. Release weapons then get down and out. Too late for us and for them. Both bombers are hit but not before all weapons are released. Good-bye Russian Pacific Forces.