AAR DCS | Saturday Night Strike November 2022 | Operation River Rapids

[Baruch.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Name of Combat Mission: Operation River Rapids
Campaign of Combat Mission: Saturday Night Strike -Campaign Hokki - November 2022
Number Within Campaign: 2
Game: DCS
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= Tactical Realism 1
Date of Combat Mission: 20NOV22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0200z
Mission GCI: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Baruch.J
Mission Controller:

7Cav Attendees: 19
First Sergeant Langlois.R
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Baruch.J

Corporal Rock.B
Corporal Noricka.R

Specialist Caliber.J
Specialist Hanna.P
Specialist Ford.R
Specialist May.J
Specialist Highman.J
Specialist Mooney.S
Specialist Villmarsson.L

Private First Class Chance.J
Private First Class Mooney.S
Private First Class Yagi.U

Private Garcia.M
Private Hill.MR
Private Wombat.R

Private Judge.C
Private Morten.P


Pros:

• Comms saw significant improvement, however there were several people that experienced SRS problems
• Bombing focus for F-16s was well received.
• Good amount of detail to mission objectives
• There were several mission objectives each providing different challenges for the pilots
• Combination of rough weathers/night time flight/heavy snow, greatly increased the difficulty of the mission

Cons:

• Several tons of bombs were dropped on the bridges, however they did not register any damage. (Place vehicles on the bridges, these will serve as damage indicators)
• Weather may have caused performance issues.
• Several aircraft did not function as expected due to problems with icing. Specifically the UH-60L which currently does not support De-icing.
• There was some confusion about roles and assignments, because they changed during the day
• CTLD/Script did not trigger, when the UH-60L Landed on the objective to pick up the Spec Ops Team
• Combination of rough weathers/heavy clouds/night time flight/heavy snow, greatly increased the difficulty of the mission. Next time, a combination of these options will be selected, instead of selecting all of the above
• The Carriers did not have ILS set up, which complicated the F/A-18s ability to land on the aircraft
• Not enough red-air content
• Add secondary/backup assets when said asset are mandatory for triggers

Notes:

• Stress the importance of getting into the air and defending awacs. They will not be invisible or invincible

 

[Noricka.R]

Name of Combat Mission: Operation River Rapids
Campaign of Combat Mission: Saturday Night Strike -Campaign Hokki - November 2022
Number Within Campaign: 4
Game: DCS
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= Tactical Realism 1
Date of Combat Mission: 20NOV22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0200z
Mission GCI: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Baruch.J
Mission Controller:

RESCUE FLITE ,catus ,yellow cab
Corporal Noricka.R
Specialist Highman.J
Private First Class Chance.J
Private First Class Yagi.U


Pros:
New exciting Dynamic flight environment enjoyed flying in snow storm

No performance issues with lagging or jilting Frame rate was excellent Weather Had no effect on my system performance

Some of the aspects of the mission that did not work should not be considered As a Mission failure but embrace it things go wrong in the real world and just adds to the immersion


Cons:

We need a dedicated and assigned CGI / COMMAND live person Ramrod flights into air as needed by mission order

We should load the mission on the tac 2 serve Sometime like 1 hour before Mission start like we did last night allow people to get in and double check the mission file when we did that last night numerous issues were found right on the spot immediately detected no ILS no TACAN for the carriers that could have fixed before start

We need to start operations Briefings 30 minutes before the top of the hour To allow last minute adjustments and fixes in the mission package assignments and slotling in

I don't see a need for ATC or CTAF Since these are civilian Airport frequencies Keeping the Communications simple with 305 talking to the flight Leeds whether they're on a carrier or a airport would eliminate Pilot workload and confusion with setting radio channels and frequencies We can have these frequency’s set to a default just so that we have them but they don't need to be mandatory in a mission
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[Caliber.J]

Name of Combat Mission: Operation River Rapids
Campaign of Combat Mission: Saturday Night Strike -Campaign Hokki - November 2022
Number Within Campaign: 4
Game: DCS
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= Tactical Realism 1
Date of Combat Mission: 20NOV22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0200z
Mission GCI: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Baruch.J
Mission Controller: None at this time

Element Callsign: SHEEPDOG
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

First Sergeant Langlois.R
Sergeant Rock.B
Specialist Caliber.J
Private Wombat.R



Pros:

• Dynamic mission coupled with challenging dynamic weather and challenging takeoff/ landings
• No effects on system performance for the most part
• Lots of tasks to complete for all airframes

Cons:

• Echoing what Norika mentioned, briefings need to start earlier so we can cover detail and allow for last minute adjustments. I am guilty of this, but questions and interruptions should be held to the end so there aren't any holdups.
• Issues with members being AFK ultimately blocking critical systems during operations; notably landing strips and/or catapult systems.
• Minor issues with SRS automatically initializing, but a simple restart resolved the connectivity issue.
• Poor visibility (getting used to it comes with time).

 

[May.J]

Name of Combat Mission: Operation River Rapids
Campaign of Combat Mission: Saturday Night Strike -Campaign Hokki - November 2022
Number Within Campaign: 4
Game: DCS
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= Tactical Realism 1
Date of Combat Mission: 20NOV22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0200z
Mission GCI: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Baruch.J
Mission Controller: None at this time

Element Callsign boar
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Specialist May.J
Specialist Ford.R
Private Hill.MR
Private Garcia.M

Pros:
mission planning
weather was different
coms were must improved

Cons:
ships took out are targets before we took off . ships should be in weapons hold
briefing incomplete , missing info
Poor visibility no TACAN, ILS or link 4 made landing very difficult

 

[Xinos.T]

LOCKED
Assigned Scotts.R for processing

 

[Scotts.R]

S1/ Operation Processed!