DCS Flaming Cliffs 3 - The Battle for Poti: Last Shots of D1

1820, local time.  Senaki, day one of the Second Russia-Georgia War. After the gruesome losses of the previous hours, there is still a fight in the Russian Air Force. One last stubborn attempt to dent the Georgia-USA Patriot missile batteries at Senaki is met with no less resolve.

This is a custom-made single player mission edited and played with DCS World Flaming Cliffs 3.0 (FC3). I am flying as the leader of a two F-15Cs sortie (USAF). Taking off from the Batumi Airport, our mission is to intercept a flight Mig 27Ks and its Mig 29 escorts. The Russian aircraft appear to be targeting the Patriot missile batteries at the Senaki airbase. 

After taking off from the Batumi airport, we quickly head northeast to an orbiting position near the Senaki airbase. 

The beauty of the early evening lights on the perfectly clear sky say little about the violence, the deaths and the struggles of this war. We sink in our seats as we take one last high G turn towards our orbiting position. 

After checking in with our AWACs, we start our radar scan. Multiple contacts, hostiles inbound from the north.

We position our flight with the Senaki airbase as a shield while I plan our engagement.

I know, I already showed this screenshot. This time, please notice the Patriot missile contrails arching up from the Senaki airbase.

A Patriot missile aching for a target. Note the Senaki airbase in the background below.

A Russian Mig 27K shot down by a Patriot missile.

Jettisoned ordnance from already dead birds of war, in this case Kh-25 MPU missiles from a Mig 27K.

The Patriot missile battery at Senaki, hard at work.

The Patriot battery cleaned up the sky within minutes and my fligh was left without targets. We returned to base without a weapon shot.

Cheers,