Background: On the 7th of December, two HF-24 Maruts on a ground attack mission near Chor encountered four PAF Sabres on a similar mission. The Sabres split into two pairs with one pairtaking on the Maruts and the other pair continuing on its way. A brief melee ensued in which, at one point, the Marut leader found himself in a head-on pass with a Sabre. Both pilots fired but the Marut's accuracy was better sending the Sabre down in flames. On the 8th and 12th of December two other encounters between pairs of Maruts and flights of Sabres occured, but on these occasions the battles were inconclusive. Maps: F, J Game Length: 15 game turns. Notes: 1. All a/c begin sighted. The Sabres are late model Fs and are camouflaged. The Maruts are silver. 2. Sabre loads: The Maruts and first two Sabres are considered to have just jettisoned their loads. The second pair of Sabres have two 450L FTs and two 5001b. bombs each. 3. Victory: The side with the most points wins. The Sabre player gets 3 bonus points for each bomb still carried at the end of play and the IAF player gets 3 bonus points for each bomb jettisoned or lost by the end of play. 4. Optionals: Weather= Clear. Fuel: Sabre start- 250, bingo= 100, Marut start. 150, bingo- 100. Crew Quality: Generate PAF pilots from Europe table. The IAF pilots are both regulars with high confidence. No other characteristics apply to crew from either side. 5. Variations: Use Mirages or F-104s instead of Sabres. By J.D. Webster Back to Table of Contents -- Air Power # 20 Back to Air Power List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1992 by J.D. Webster This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com