BAI Mission at Kazerun as VULTURE 11.
VULTURE 12: DOF
VULTURE 13: Gunny (Later)

BUZZARD 11: Gramps
BUZZARD 12: Tmac
BUZZARD 13: Roundup
BUZZARD 14: SID

OPERATION RESOLUTE SHIELD 237 M012 BAI OVER KAZERUN. VULTURE 1 ME, 2 DOF, 3 GUNNY. BUZZARD 1 GRAMPS, 2 TMAC, 3 ROUNDUP, 4 SID. VULTURE 21 DERF.

VULTURE AND BUZZARD DEPARTED REFORGER. BUZZARD WENT STRAIGHT TO KAZERUN TO PRIORITIZE SURFACE TO AIR THREATS AND MBTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY. VULTURE WENT DIRECT SHELL TO FUEL UP. SA6 RADAR MUD PRESENT IN THE AO STILL, VULTURE 1 MOVED TO INVESTIGATE. SINGLE SA6 + RADAR WELL OBSCURED BY A BURNING BUILDING AND DEAD VEHICLES SURROUDNING IT AT COP LANDSLIDE. AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS WITH MAVERICKS, VULTURE KILLED THE SA6 USING TERRAIN MASKING AND BUDDY LASING AN AGR ONTO THE TARGET IN A RISKY BUT REWARDING MOVE. VULTURE THEN LINKED UP WITH BUZZARD AT KNIFE TO BEGIN ASSISTING IN REPELLING THE IRG COUNTER ATTACK SOUTH TOWARD FRIENDLY GROUND FORCES. DURING THIS TIME, BUZZARD 14 WAS SHOT DOWN (80888) BY AN LONE SA19 THAT WAS DEFENDING THE TROOP MASSING. SID MANAGED TO CRASH LAND AND WAS RECOVERED BUT THE JET WAS A TOTAL LOSS. VULTURE 13 TANGLED WITH THE SA19 AND VULTURE FLIGHT WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO KILL IT WITH A GBU12. VULTURE 11 AND 13 BOTH SAW AN MI8 OVER THE CITY. A TIMED FOX 2 FROM EACH JET LOOKED GREAT IN TACVIEW BUT COUNTERMEASURES DEFEATED THE AIM9S AND THE HELO WAS LOST IN THE CHAOS BELOW. BUZZARD FLIGHT LEFT FOR SHELL TO REFUEL WHILE VULTURE WATCHED A B52 CARPET BOMBING RUN OVER THE CITY. AS SOON AS THE BOMBERS LEFT THE AREA, VULTURE RECOMMITTED. VULTURE 11 AND 12 TOOK TURNS LANDING AT ROADBASE ALPHA TO REARM WITH WHAT THEY COULD. WHILE 1 WAS COVERING 2 AT THE ROADBASE, AWACS REPORTED AN AIR CONTACT. 11 SPASHED 1 MI8 5 MILES WEST OF THE ROADBASE. VULTURE REMAINED ON STATION AT KAZERUN UNTIL WINCHESTER. DERF FERRIED "GIVE EM HELL" FROM AL MINHAD TO REFORGER LATER IN THE SORTIE AND WAS INTERCEPTED AND FORCEFULLY ESCORTED BY RUSSIAN SU33S BUT THERE WAS NO INCIDENT. THE IRG WAS ROUTED AND THE MISSION WAS SUCCESSFUL. IN TOTAL, ~40 VEHICLES, ~20 MBTS, 2 STRUCTURES, AND 1 ROTWING A/C WAS DESTROYED.