AAR DCS | FTX | Samurai Drought

[Swift.A]

Campaign of Combat Mission: FTX
Name of Combat Mission: Samurai Drought
Number Within Campaign: NA
Game: DCS
Server: Tactical 1
Date of Combat Mission: 28JUN2026
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 1900

OIC - Swift.A
Mission Controller - Swift.A
Ground Controller - Frost.D
AWACs - Dibdin.H

Total - 25

Attendees

First Sergeant Dibdin.H
Second Lieutenant Swift.A
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Frost.D
Warrant Officer 1 Thomas.D
Warrant Officer 1 Chilly.K
Warrant Officer 1 Tech.E
Warrant Officer 1 Brown.L
Warrant Officer 1 Villmarsson.L
Warrant Officer 1 Robinson.S
Specialist Bahr.K
Specialist Gallagher.P
Specialist Clan.L
Specialist Marq.F
Private First Class Hazel.T
Private First Class Grant.J
Private First Class Hagler.M
Private First Class Lopez.P
Private First Class Earnhart.T
Private First Class Schull.A
Private First Class Clarke.N
Private First Class Gallagher.MW
Private First Class Singh.S
Private First Class Brake.C
Private Robinson.G
Private Jaeger.C
Reservist Crabtree.B

 

[Swift.A]

All Element Leads fill this out please and reply.

2/A/ACD-7
AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign:
Element Leader:

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pros

Cons

 

[Villmarsson.L]

2/A/ACD-7
AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Pig-1
Element Leader: WO1.Villmarsson.L

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
WO1.Villmarsson.L
SPC.Clan.L

Pros: it was a allright ftx i would say, hade fun for a bit. happy that i got SPC.Clan.L. when no one showed up.

Cons: to mutch contacts/sutch a big area to look for target in the city of Gensie for 2x A-10. kinda down that no one from the section showed up.

 

[Swift.A]

2/A/ACD-7
AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Samurai-HQ
Element Leader: 2LT.Swift.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

1SG.Dibdin.H
2LT.Swift.A
CW3.Frost.D

Pros
N/A

Cons
N/A

 

[Thomas.D]

Element Callsign: Ragin
Element Leader: Thomas.D

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Brown.L, Crabtree.B, Singh.S, gallagher.MW, Marq.F


Pros: interesting, good mission.

Cons: Missing DTC box on SA/HSI page, airfield mismatch with kneeboard, tacan not working with airfields, tanker not responding on correct frequency.

 

[Hazel.T]

2/A/ACD-7
AFTER ACTION REPORT


Element Callsign:
- PFC.Hazel.T
Element Leader:
- SPC.Gallagher.P "Nyquil"

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
HammerHead 1 Flight

• FL: Hazel.T
• 1-2: Robinson.S
• Scout (OH58): Vasquez.C

HammerHead 2

• FL: Gallagher.P
• 2-2: Grant.J
• 2-3: Lopez.P
• Scout (OH58): Hagler.M

Trash Flight

• FL: Schull.A
• 1-2: Clarke.N

Pros
(AH64/OH58)

• Good Communication
• Great Training
• Learned on the fly
• 58s enjoyed the dedicated scouting role

(C130)
- N/A

Cons
(AH64/OH58)

• • Engagements took a bit long
  • Need more flight time together
  • VHF should be reserved for Data link
  • Combat formation needs work

(C130)

• • Tech issues
  • Issues with paratroopers
  • High threat for C130s
  • Issues communicating with Dagger

 

[Chilly.K]

2/A/ACD-7

AFTER ACTION REPORT


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Element Callsign: Chilly (Devil 1) and White (Devil 2)
Element Leader: Robinson (Devil 1) and Tech (Devil 2)

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Devil 1
Chilly
Brake
Robinson
Jaeger

Devil 2
White
Wright
Tech
Bahr

Pros
Enjoyable mission overall. Although the situation became chaotic at times, it remained manageable.
Improved execution and communication around the racetrack between Tech and Bahr.
Good practice with target sorting, prioritisation, and radio calls.
Swift and Dibdin both performed well in the Tower and AWACS roles.
Robinson and Tech did an excellent job holding the line towards the end of the mission despite being heavily outnumbered.
Quick turnaround times for rearm and refuel kept aircraft returning to the fight efficiently.
Robinson for stepping up to be element lead
Tech for stepping up to be flight lead

Cons
SRS issues caused one flight lead to lose communications, reducing coordination with Tower.
Fuel management became a significant factor later in the mission.
The latest DCS update introduced several F/A-18 issues that affected mission execution.