Background: Showtime 100, crewed by LT "Duke" Cunningham and LTJG "Irish" Driscoll (with one MiG-21 already to their credit), along with the number two Phantom, crewed by LT Brian Gant and LT Jerry Sullivan, were on a MIGCAP covering a strike force ten miles south. They received a warning from "Red Crown" and broke left to evade a MiG intercept. A Mig-17 had popped out of the haze to make a gun attack on Grant's Phantom.
He missed, but as the undamaged Phantom accelerated away, the MiG fired an Atoll missile, something of a surprise to the Phantoms as the MiG-17s were not supposed to be able to carry Atolls.
In the ensuing melee, two more MiGs appeared. No F-4s were lost, but Showtime 100 shot one of the MiGs down to score that crew's second kill of the war.
Maps:
Game Length: 15 game turns.
The MiGs are silver, the F-4s uncamoflaged. 80th F-4s are sighted by MiG #1. The F-4s are aware of MiG #1's position dueto "Red Crown" AEW radar but do not have the MiG sighted.
2. F-4 Loads: Stations 2,4= two AIM-9G IRMs each. Station 3 = 2200L FT. Stations 6,7,8,9= AIM-7E.
3. MiG-17 Loads: Stations 1, 2= AA-2A AtoIlIRM.
4. Crew Quality: F-4#1= R(Tactics master)/R. F-4#2= R/V. Migs=R, V, R.
5. Weather: Clear, LO Haze, Contrails at 32.
6. Fuel: F-4 start= 410, bingo= 230, Tanker availability #= 6. MiG start= 100, bingo= 70.
7. Victory: The side with the most points wins.
8. If you do not own "The Speed Of Heat" but have the F-4J stats from issue #1 of Air Power and the MiG-17 from Desert Falcons you may still play this scenario using Air Sup. maps as follows:
Place and face the aircraft as follows: F-4s in 8-0914 SW, 81212 SW, MiGs in 8-1215 W, A-1704 NE, A-1606 NE.
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