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In 2017 Ford of Europe refreshed their Fiesta product. The new model, codenamed B479 replaced the B299 launched in 2008. The B479 continues on the same platform as the B299 and inherits many of the engines and engine families of the previous car.
Headline act is the Fiesta ST with a 150 kW (200PS) version of the 1.5 L GTDi (Ecoboost) 3-cylinder engine. Other Fiesta models have either 3-Cylinder petrol engine in 1.1 L Ti-VCT or 1.0 L Ecoboost (in various power outputs), or a 1.5 L, 4-cylinder diesel.
In addition to the 3 and 5-door hatch bodies, the new Fiesta also has a 'Fiesta Active' version, which is similar to the 5-door hatch, but configured as a higher-riding semi-crossover vehicle. This reflects the trend to this type of vehicle across all size segments.
Shown here is the ST-Line, replacing the previous 'Sport', and capitalising on the strength of the ST sub-brand. The ST-Line has the looks, but is mechanically configured per the other Fiesta models (ST excluded).
c/n 080010706, l/n 31.
Built 1970.
NATO codename ‘May’
Named “Radij Papkovskij”, this was the first upgraded ‘N’ variant to be delivered and is reported to be operated by the 859th Centre for Combat Application and Crew Training for Naval Aviation (TsBP I PLS MA VMF) Russian Navy, based at Yeysk.
On static display at the Aviation cluster of the ARMY 2017 event.
Kubinka Airbase, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
24th August 2017
Although the TF conducted several raids to ascertain the whereabouts of the Russian nuclear scientist (codename Pale Horse) with little result, it remained the allied nations primary object to capture Pale Horse to prevent future attacks. The intelligence task force continued to support intelligence units to acquire information on Pale Horse’s location.
An asset belonging to an intelligence officer from Victoria (codename Grayhawk) indicated that he was aware of the location of Pale Horse. The asset revealed that a Russian was seen being held captive in a market near Jannatabad, an insurgency stronghold.
Due to the heavy insurgent presence in the area, a covert “snatch” mission was planned. Grayhawk hand-picked six men from the combined task force, drawing personnel from Team-7, DEVGRU and Delta Force. The team first staged at a safe house in the region. They changed in local apparels to blend into the environment.
To be continued…
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
c/n 17532372510.
NATO codename:- Fitter-G
The UM-3 was the trainer equivalent of the M-3 fighter-bomber. It was exported as the Su-22UM-3.
Since my previous visit in 2012 this is one of many exhibits which have been moved from their previous location under a covered pavilion and are now on display in a new ‘Cold War’ area of ‘Victory Park’.
Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow, Russia.
26th August 2017
After building the first black clamshell I wanted to build more in different colors and slightly different design
c/n 2960512120.
NATO codename:- Fulcrum-A
Previously in store at Kubinka coded ’43 blue’. Refurbished by the 121st Aircraft Repair Plant in early 2016 and now on display in Area 1 of the Patriot Museum Complex.
Park Patriot, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
25th August 2017
A Victorian special operations task force was assigned to ambush an exchange of radioactive material and capture a high value individual (HVI) codename Panther, a Russian arms dealer. Although Team 8 form the task force has setup an ambush to intercept the radioactive material and capture Panther, the arms dealer arrived at the exchange in a BTR armored personnel carrier along with a Russian Spetsnaz unit. A strategic decision was made for Team 8 to stand down, fearing a direct engagement with Russian troops.
Although Panther was allowed to escape, the task force had a "bump plan" to intercept the radioactive material. The Advanced Force Operations teams continued to track the vehicles carrying the radioactive material. As the vehicles entered the Great Desert, Team 7 performed a heliborne interception.
Did Team 7 capture the radioactive material? To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
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Luftfilterungsanlage für den Fall einer atomaren biologischen oder chemischen Verseuchung der Aussenluft (ABC).
Air filtration for the case of a nuclear, biological or chemical event. NBC
...24 photos following in this series...
c/n 773970.
NATO codename:- Fishbed-D
Previously marked as ’01 red’.
Although the FL was the export model of the PF all weather interceptor, some remained in Russia for training foreign pilots.
This example is on display just outside the Northern gate to Kubinka Air Base, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
24th August 2017
c/n 9-04
NATO codename:- Fulcrum
I believe, from the c/n, that this is a pre-production aircraft. It was previously part of the museum collection at the old Khodynka Airport site in Central Moscow.
It is now on display at the Vadim Zadorozhny Technical Museum, Arkhangelskoye, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
26th August 2017
Romuan Craft - Codename "Capsize"
Circa 2225 A.D.
(Work in Progress)
Visit this location at Starbase 23 "The Crucible" (Retro*Trek! Star Trek Fan RP Site) in Second Life
c/n 10MK51412.
NATO codename ‘Flanker-C’.
Interestingly, this current Russian Air Force fighter does not carry the usual ‘RF-.....’ serial.
On static display at the Aviation cluster of the ARMY 2017 event.
Kubinka Airbase, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
23rd August 2017
c/n T.10-1
NATO codename:- Flanker-A
The T-10 was the original prototype for what became the Su-27. While the layout is the same it is otherwise a completely different airframe. This is the first prototype which made its initial flight on 20th May 1977.
On display at the Central Air Force museum, Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
27th August 2017
D-day, 70 years ago. The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations on 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the Allied invasion of German-occupied western Europe, led to the restoration of the French Republic, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war.
A Victorian special operations task force was assigned to ambush an exchange of radioactive material and capture a high value individual (HVI) codename Panther, a Russian arms dealer.
Since the exchange would take place in an area within the Russian sphere of influence, no ISR or air asset would be available. The plan was to insert reconnaissance teams before the exchange to perform advanced force operations (AFO) and to provide overwatch during the exchange. An assault team would then enter the area of operations (AO) by high altitude high opening (HAHO) insertion and setup an ambush at the exchange.
A ground extraction team will infiltrate the AO by vehicles (including HMMWVs and Grizzly LAVs) under the guise of a routine patrol to extract the assault team once the radioactive material and the HVI have been secured.
The remaining of the task force would be the quick reaction force (QRF) loaded in helicopters waiting at a forward operating base (FOB) and called upon if needed.
3 AFO teams (callsigns Sparrowhawk 2,3 &12) in UTVs were inserted into the AO by Chinook helicopters and setup observation posts (OPs) to conduct reconnaissance and to provide overwatch.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
The P-72A gunship, codenamed “Skyhammer” was developed by Arcadia Aeronautics for the Kovlakian Airborn Artillery. It was devised as a counter measure to the threat of the new armoured Zeppelins, and proved extremely effective against them. It also saw extensive use in the Battle of Syrrah where squadrons flew low in night attacks to destroy the city’s heavily fortified walls. The plane here is painted in night camo colours and is piloted by Lt Colonel Dirk Salvo. It is armed with two 20mm front–firing machine guns and a 400mm artillery cannon which carries a maximum of six shells.
An asset belonging to an intelligence officer from Victoria (codename Grayhawk) indicated that he was aware of the location of a Russian nuclear scientist (codename Pale Horse). The asset revealed that a Russian was seen being held captive in a market near Jannatabad, an insurgency stronghold.
Grayhawk hand-picked six men from the combined task force, to conduct a covert “snatch” mission. The team changed in local apparels and drove into the market in two vehicles. The 6-man team scattered around the market to conduct covert reconnaissance and located a building guarded by insurgents. The team positioned themselves opposite of the target building and setup an observation post. After several hours of surveillance, the team positively identified Pale Horse in the building.
To be continued…
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
c/n 3532431622374.
NATO codename:- Hind-F
Previously coded ’09 white’.
The ‘P’ was a gunship version with the nose mounted 12.7mm machine gun replaced with a side mounted 30mm cannon.
In a poor state, the aircraft is stored in a far corner of the site at Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
27th August 2017
c/n 11820201, l/n 02-01.
NATO codename:- Clobber
This is the first production Yak-42 and as a demonstrator it appeared at the 1979 Paris Air Show. Since 1981 it has been on permanent display at what is now known as the VDNKh (Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva / Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy).
Moscow, Russia.
26th August 2017
c/n 0390325365.
NATO codename:- Flogger-G
Stored in a far corner of the site at Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
27th August 2017
c/n 52350034117804, l/n 76-03.
Built 1984.
NATO codename:- Helix-B
The Ka-29 was an assault helicopter with accommodation for 2 pilots and sixteen troops.
This example was previously coded ’62 red’. It was refurbished at Kubinka (121ARZ) in early 2016 and is now on permanent display in the main exhibition area of the Park Patriot site, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
25th August 2017
Faction: Neutral
Name: Daniel Thompson.
Codename: Ghost.
Skills: Covert Ops and weapon proficiency.
Nationality: English.
Short Bio: Prefers to work under the cover of darkness. Most of his targets never even see him coming.
Name: Patrick 'Paddy' O'Hare.
Codename: Spectre.
Skills: Covert Ops and weapon proficiency..
Nationality: Irish.
Short Bio: Has a friendly rivalry with Ghost. Although the teams joker, he is deadly on the battle field.
Name: Mike Smith.
Codename: Database.
Skills: Weapon proficiency, Computer and Electronics specialist.
Nationality: American.
Short Bio: Often working with Mainframe back at headquarters, Database is the Computer specialist on the field, often setting physical hacks for Mainframe to take advantage of while he moves to the next target.
Name: Trevor McLaughlin.
Codename: Boomer.
Skills: Weapon proficiency and Explosives.
Nationality: Scottish.
Short Bio: Enjoys firework displays and bonfires.
Drop- and Crossfire VTOL CF-01
codename "Heavy Rain"
This dropship can carry a quadped.
In general this set is used for quick and heavy missions.
Another vehicle in the style of Purga Miles, the clean-up commando.
c/n 12610.
NATO codename:- Fitter-K
The M-4 was the final production version and had further upgraded avionics among other small improvements. The model was exported as the Su-22M4.
This example was previously part of the adjacent Zhukovski Engineering Academy but now on display at the Central Air Force museum, Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
27th August 2017
Codename Heero Yuy begins take off and/or start up sequence in his XXXG-01W Wing Gundam.
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So I redid my "Mission Accepted" vignette from last night.
The overall improvements from the orignal are the better lighting, quality, and I redid the cockpit. As the last one was really just a seat and two glass things. The only editing done here was cropping!
Those whose work inspired me to do this are added.
Also, a big shout out to my homie, Taylor! Happy Birthday!
Omaha Beach, Fox Red sector, Normandy , France
Omaha Beach
Omaha was divided into ten sectors, codenamed (from west to east): Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog Green, Dog White, Dog Red, Easy Green, Easy Red, Fox Green and Fox Red. On june 6, 1944 -D-Day - the initial assault on Omaha was to be made by two Regimental Combat Teams (RCT), supported by two tank battalions, with two battalions of Rangers also attached. The RCT's were part of the veteran 1st Infantry division ("The Big Red One") and the untested 29th ("Blue and Grey") , a National Guard unit.
The plan was to make frontal assaults at the "draws" (valleys) in the bluffs which dominate the coast in Normandy , codenamed west to east they were called D-1, D-3, E-1, E-3 and F-1 . These draws could then be used to move inland with reserves and vehicles.
The Germans were not stupid; they knew the draws were vital and concentrated their limited resources in defending them. To this end they built "Widerstandsneste" with AT guns, mortars, MG's in Tobrul's, trenches and bunkers, manned by soldiers of the German 716th and - more recently - 352nd Infantry Division, a large portion of whom were teenagers, though they were supplemented by veterans who had fought on the Eastern Front. All in all some 1100 German soldiers defended the entire Omaha beach sector of over 5 miles.
Preliminary bombardments were almost totally ineffective and when the initial waves landed at low tide they met with fiece opposition of an enemy well dug in and prepared.
Casualties were heaviest amongst the troops landing at either end of Omaha. At Fox Green and Easy Red, scattered elements of three companies were reduced to half strength by the time they gained the relative safety of the shingle, many of them having crawled the 300 yards (270 m) of beach just ahead of the incoming tide. Casualties were especially heavy amongst the first waves of soldiers and the gap assault teams - at Omaha these were tasked with blasting channels through the beach obstacles. German gunfire from the bluffs above the beach took a heavy toll on these men. The demolition teams managed to blast only six complete gaps and three partial ones; more than half their engineers were killed in the process.
Situation at Dog Green and on Easy Red on the other end of Omaha by mid morning was so bad with nearly all the troops essentially pinned down on the beach gen. Eisenhower seriously considered to abandon the operation; in "First Wave at OMAHA Beach", S.L.A. Marshall, chief U.S. Army combat historian, called it "an epic human tragedy which in the early hours bordered on total disaster."
As the US first waves assault forces and combat engineers landing directly opposite the "draws" were pinned down it was up to forces landing on the flanks of the strongpoints to penetrate the weaker German defences by climbing the bluffs. Doing this they had to overcome the minefields and barbed wire as well as machinegun fire from German positions but they did and they were able to attack some key strongpoints from the side and the rear, taking them out by early afternoon.
This happened on several spots at Omaha and essentially saved the day: individual acts of initiative by lower ranked officers and courage like that of First Lieutenant Jimmy Monteith, who led a group of men to take one of the key German widerstandsneste and was killed in action, succeeded where a flawed plan failed.
On the Photo:
Fox Red is the easternmost sector of Omaha Beach (Omaha was divided into ten sectors, codenamed (from west to east): Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog Green, Dog White, Dog Red, Easy Green, Easy Red, Fox Green and Fox Red) .
On june 6 troops men of the 3/16th RCT used the cliffs here as a natural protection against the relentless MG fire from the German Widerstandsnests WN-60 and WN-61 guarding the Easy-3 exit near Colleville; one of the "draws" in the terrain which would allow heavy weapons and tanks to go inland.
Some of the iconic pictures of d-day were taken here in the early hours of june 6 when the first assault waves of the 1st infantry division attacking the Colleville draw were pretty much pinned down on the beach. Check this photo.
As it was a smaller exit, code named Fox-1 near here was used to breach the german defenses and eventually take the strong WN's to the west.
Official US Army history:
"Four sections of Company L had landed and reorganized on the western end of Fox Red sector, where the bluff, merging here into a partial cliff just beyond the highwater shingle, afforded good cover. The company commander was killed as he exposed himself to direct the fire of some nearby tanks, and 1st Lt. Robert R. Cutler, Jr., took command. The sections were moved west, out of the shelter of the cliff and to a position where they were just below the strongpoint commanding F-1 draw. Two tanks were called on for fire support. As a scheme of maneuver, Lieutenant Cutler sent three sections and headquarters, 2d and 3d Sections leading, up the draw a little to the west of the strongpoint. There were no hostile prepared positions at the head or the west side of the draw. The heavy brush gave good cover from enemy small-arms fire, and the 2d and 3d Sections worked to the top in squad columns without serious losses, despite crossing enemy minefields. Here the 2d Section moved left and got in position to take the strongpoint from behind; a little to the right, the 3d and 5th Sections moved a short distance inland and organized a hasty defensive position. The three sections kept in contact with each other and with the beach." ("Omaha Beachhead", AMERICAN FORCES IN ACTION official US War department series)
"Private Steve Kellman's story:
"In the pre-dawn darkness aboard the HMS Empire Anvil, 21-year-old Private Steve Kellman, a rifleman in L Company, 16th Infantry, felt the crushing weight of the moment: "In the hours before the invasion, while we were below decks, a buddy of mine, Bill Lanaghan said to me, ‘Steve, I’m scared.’ And I said, ‘I’m scared, too.’"
Then, about three or three-thirty that morning, an officer gave the order and Kellman and Lanaghan and the nearly 200 men in L Company began to climb awkwardly over the gunwales of their transport and descend the unsteady "scramble nets," just as they had done in training so many times before.
"The nets were flapping against the side of the vessel, and the little landing craft were bouncing up and down," said Kellman.
"It was critical that you tried to get into the landing craft when it was on the rise because there was a gap - the nets didn't quite reach and you had to jump down. That was something we hadn¹t practiced before. We had practiced going down the nets, but the sea was calm. This was a whole new experience."
"We circled in our landing craft for what seemed like an eternity," recalled Steve Kellman. "The battleships opened up and the bombers were going over.
Every once in a while, I looked over the side and I could see the smoke and the fire, and I thought to myself, ‘we're pounding the hell out of them and there isn¹t going to be much opposition.’
As we got in closer, we passed some yellow life rafts and I had the impression that they must have been from a plane that went down, or maybe they were from the
amphibious tanks that might have sunk; I don’t know.
These guys were floating in these rafts and, as we went by, they gave us the ‘thumbs up’ sign. We thought, ‘they don't seem very worried - what the hell do we have to be worried about?’ But, as we got in closer, we could hear the machine-gun bullets hitting the sides of the vessel and the ramp in front." "While in training, we were told of all the things that would be done in order," recalled Harley Reynolds. "But to see it all come together was mind-boggling." What Reynolds saw was a heavily fortified, enemy-held beachhead that had barely been touched by Allied bombs and shells. (..) All but five of the 32 amphibious Sherman tanks had sunk, carrying their crewmen to their deaths.
There was not so much as a single bomb crater on the beach in which to hide, and the German gunners were all alert and zeroed in on the narrow strip of beach, five miles long, code-named "Omaha."
(The Battle for Easy Red, Fox Green By Flint Whitlock)
The viewpoint is from roughly the centre of fox Red looking towards the east. Shot with a Nikon D7000 and Tokina AT-X Pro SD 12-24mm F4 lens, august 2012. Tonemapped using three differently exposed (handheld) shots.
See my other Omaha beach photo's for more viewpoints, panorama shots and notes on the fighting
For a map of the eastern part of Omaha click here. The German WN's are marked as well as the Draws and beach sections.
Utah Beach - Normandy, France.
Utah beach is the codename for the westernmost of the 5 Allied landing zones during D-day. It is the only beach on the Cotentin peninsula and closest to the vital harbour city of Cherbourg. Together with Omaha beach it is the sector where the American forces were disembarked. The amphibious assault, primarily by the US 4th Infantry Division and 70th Tank Battalion, was supported by airborne landings of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Division. These Airborne troops were dropped on the Cotentin penisula.
In stark contrast with Omaha beach where the landing turned into a near disaster with most of the troops pinned down for hours with heavy losses in both men and material the landings at Utah went relatively smooth. This does not mean the GI's came ashore unopposed: some 200 casualties were suffered by the 4th division.
One of the factors that contributed to this success was that the preliminary bombing of the target areas here was accurate and the German forces - in contrast with what happened at Omaha beach - were in disarray at H-hour, 06:30, when the first wave of 20 landing craft approached the beach. The GI's of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry landed on Uncle Red and Tare Green sectors. What they didn't know initially was that pushed to the south by strong currents they landed some 1.8 kilometres south of their designated landing spot!
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was the first high ranking officer that landed and , not discouraged by the dviation, he decided to "start the war from right here". He ordered further landings to be re-routed. As it was this was a good decision because the Americans landed on a relative weak spot in the German defenses. Only one "Widerstandsnest" (WN5) opposed them and it was severely affected by the preliminary bombardments. It took the GI's about an hour to clear the defenses. Today the remains of this German widestandsnest can still be seen and are partly incorporated into the Utah beach museum. Well worth a visit.
After the succesful landings the real difficulties started because of the inundated areas behind the beach and the increasing German resistance which lead to weeks of fighting on the Cotentin peninsula.
On the Photo:
German Tobruk stand - a defensive position for a MG or mortar crew. Part of the "Atlantic wall," just behind Utah beach.
Tonemapped using three (handheld) shots made with a Fuji X-T3 and Fujinon 16mm f/1.4 lens, september 2019.
A set of photo's with notes of Utah Beach and the Cotentin peninsula with the Airborne sectors.
Here's the complete set of photo's made on Pointe du Hoc over the past years
My Omaha beach photo's with several viewpoints, panorama shots and notes on the fighting
These are my photo's and notes of the British and Canadian sectors: Gold, Juno and Sword.
c/n possibly 40109714.
NATO codename ‘Backfire-C’
On static display at the Aviation cluster of the ARMY 2017 event.
Kubinka Airbase, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
24th August 2017
Note:- In 2013 a Tu-22M3 with the bort code ‘12’ was reported as being upgraded as KAPO. It had the c/n 40109714 and the l/n 109-01. This may (or may not) be the same airframe.
Spy Vidal (codename: 'Myra') is never without an aphorism or witty 'bon mot' to escape from a tricky situation. Although words are his primary weapon, Vidal is also a master of seduction of mind-boggling proficiency, appetite, and variety.
"“These are my only friends—grown-up nerds like Gore Vidal. And even he’s kissed more boys than I ever will.” - Lisa Simpson
c/n 2964011203.
NATO codename ‘Coot-B’.
The Il-22M was an Airborne Command Post version of the classic Il-18 airliner.
This example was built in 1968 as a standard passenger Il-18D with the c/n 188011203. It flew with Aeroflot as ‘CCCP-74270’ until converted to an IL-22 in the mid 1980’s.
With its c/n changed to 2964011203, it now flew for the Soviet Air Force, but still in basic Aeroflot colours and with the civil registration ‘CCCP-75926’ which was later shortened to just ‘75926’.
Withdrawn from use since at least 2005, it is now rumoured to be moving to the museum at nearby Patriot Park, however it currently remains stored on the Southside of Kubinka Airbase, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
24th August 2017
c/n 4160664506112.
NATO codename ‘Fullback’
This aircraft is named ‘Oleg Peshkov’, after the Russian Air Force Lieutenant Colonel killed when his Su-24 was shot down over Syria in November 2015.
Seen on static display at the Aviation cluster of the ARMY 2017 event.
Kubinka Airbase, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
23rd August 2017
c/n 96310422069.
NATO codename:- Flanker-C
Previously flew as ’69 red’ until transfered to the Russian Knights formation team. It was then allocated the code ’26 blue’ but never flew as such.
Refurbished by the 121st Aircraft Repair Plant at Kubinka in early 2016 and given a false bort code, it is now on display in Area 1 of the Patriot Museum Complex.
Park Patriot, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
25th August 2017
The Sukhoi Su-27 heavy air superiority fighter - codenamed 'Flanker' by NATO - was designed during the Cold War as a Soviet counter to potential Western opponents such as the US Air Force's F-15 Eagle. It first flew in 1977. Service entry began during 1985, and when the 'Flanker' started appearing at Western air displays in the hands of Sukhoi test pilots, starting at Paris in 1989, it astounded spectators with its manoeuvrability. In the post-Soviet era, the original Su-27 series has continued to equip the Russian armed forces, and carried on serving with the Ukrainian Air Force as well as other former Soviet states and several export customers. The design has continued to be developed for both Russia and overseas markets, some of the latest derivatives incorporating thrust vectoring. The Ukrainian Su-27s (one P model and one UB model) that are coming to Fairford for RIAT 2018 are on the strength of the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade, based at Myrhorod in central Ukraine.
c/n 2920902.
NATO codename:- Brewer-B
The Yak-28 was designed as a bomber, although it was very similar to the Yak-25 and 27 fighters. 1,180 were built.
The 'L' was a tactical bomber variant with a ground controlled targeting system or which 111 were built.
On display at the Central Air Force museum, Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
27th August 2017
A Victorian special operations task force was assigned to ambush an exchange of radioactive material and capture a high value individual (HVI) codename Panther, a Russian arms dealer.
The teams in the TF were assigned with different tasks. Team 8: the assault team, Team 55: the extraction team, and Team 7: the Quick Reaction Force (QRF). Video links with the Task Force's TOC, Victoria’s National Command Centre (NCC), United States’ Situation Room and United Kingdom’s COBRA were also setup to monitor the mission on the day of the exchange.
After conducting a high altitude high opening (HAHO) insertion, the assault team successfully infiltrated into the AO undetected and setup an ambush at the exchange site. Initially things seemed to be going according to plan as only two insurgents arrived at the exchange in two vehicles. However, Panther arrived at the exchange in a BTR armored personnel carrier along with a Russian Spetsnaz Unit. The assault team immediately radioed the TOC for instructions.
Will the assault team get the authorization to engage? To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
NATO codename "Fishpot". The Russian Su-9 was a two-person attack mecha (one pilot and one navigator), utilising an antigrav (антигравитационный) engine which allowed the vehicle to hover a few inches above the regolith. These craft were thus restricted to the relatively flat terrain of the lunar maria. Owing to their compact design, the Fishpots could be aligned in a row to form a defensive wall against the American forces.
c/n 4160664506112.
NATO codename ‘Fullback’
This aircraft is named ‘Oleg Peshkov’, after the Russian Air Force Lieutenant Colonel killed when his Su-24 was shot down over Syria in November 2015.
Seen on static display at the Aviation cluster of the ARMY 2017 event.
Kubinka Airbase, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
23rd August 2017
c/n unknown
NATO codename:- Feather
The Yak-17 was a tricycle undercarriage development of the Yak-15 which first flew in 1947. 430 were built and also served with Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and China, as well as the Soviet Union.
Only two examples of the single seat Yak-17 survive, this one is on display in Hangar 8 (the original large hangar) at the Central Air Force museum, Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
27th August 2017
A Victorian special operations task force was assigned to ambush an exchange of radioactive material and capture a high value individual (HVI) codename Panther, a Russian arms dealer.
The teams in the TF were assigned with different tasks. Team 8: the assault team, Team 55: the extraction team, and Team 7: the Quick Reaction Force (QRF). Video links with the Task Force's TOC, Victoria’s National Command Centre (NCC), United States’ Situation Room and United Kingdom’s COBRA were also setup to monitor the mission on the day of the exchange.
After conducting a high altitude high opening (HAHO) insertion, the assault team successfully infiltrated into the AO undetected and setup an ambush at the exchange site. Initially things seemed to be going according to plan as only two insurgents arrived at the exchange in two vehicles. However, Panther arrived at the exchange in a BTR armored personnel carrier along with a Russian Spetsnaz Unit. The assault team immediately radioed the TOC for instructions.
Will the assault team get the authorization to engage? To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.