AAR DCS | Operation Saturday Throwdown 19AUG26

[Baruch.J]

Campaign of Combat Mission: DCS September Crucible
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Saturday Throwdown 19AUG26
Number Within Campaign: 5/x
Game: DCS
Server: Operation Server
Date of Combat Mission: 19SEP2026
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0000z

OIC - Warrant Officer 1 Baruch.J

Total - 32

Attendees
Second Lieutenant Mackey.A
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robinson.S
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Carson.J
Warrant Officer 1 Baruch.J
Warrant Officer 1 Raptor.T
Warrant Officer 1 Tech.E
Warrant Officer 1 Villmarsson.L
First Sergeant Dibdin.H
Corporal Huber.B
Specialist Grant.J
Specialist Hagler.M
Specialist Lindalen.S
Specialist Malley.K
Specialist Moreno.J
Specialist Tarnow.G
Specialist Vick.T
Private First Class Kajaus.A
Private First Class Kinsey.J
Private Darrow.A
Private Denton.R
Private Hogg.P
Private Rigenco.V

Guests
=7Cav=RCT.Berg.T
[AFP]Yesrev
ant_dunc
Cpt. Thundakok
Dimitri
Funkster
Gh0st1-3 F0rZ4K3n//V1p3r
Mike
RASTA 1-1 "VULTURE"
Wright.C


Highlights

• Strong flight coordination and pre-mission briefings
• Several successful carrier landings, including at least one particularly good one
• There was a notable carrier landing following a sudden u-turn by the carrier (during landing manuevers).
• Good communication across CAP, strike, and logistics elements; CAS flights reported no enemy fighter contact.
• Non-cav members flying alongside the group was noted positively.
• Logistics crew were able to improvised by pulling troops/supplies from nearby zones after finding no supplies at Kobuleti.
• Multiple first-time mission completions and a number of folks that flew with us for the first time.
• One pilot noted it had been six months since flying the Hornet but still dropped a lot of bombs and cleared targets.

Recurring issues/cons

• Desync problems, likely tied to the use of cruise missiles in a heavy mission environment.
• Early on, the SA-2 site was a persistent threat, downing a few pilots.
• A pilot nearly killed a friendly MiG-29 (friendly fire incident).
• Carrier landings reportedly not registering points
• Minor comms breakdown: some crew not communicating on the carrier (public players)