Imagi-Nation Fighter Rodeo

7.62 · Post by **7.62** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 1:07 pm

Wednesday gun run maybe something like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7AvEgpKmNs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOq2HBRu_uw

Jets & granite in the same frame, luv it.
Not my vids.

paul · Post by **paul** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:07 pm

Cama,

Did you make it down to Disney? If so, hope you had a good time.

Regards,

Paul

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:11 am

Happy Hump Day, Aerial Warriors!

We have completed the third day of competition, and so far no fatalities! We had 4 events today, and here are the results:

Drone shoot down
-1st place: ROD 15th FTR SQN F-16C Aircraft #11
-2nd place: Balzac 21 SQDN JAS39 Aircraft #7
-3rd place: ROD VF-11 F-4Z Aircraft #5

Attack cannon shoot
-1st place: ROD 19th FTR SQN F-15E Aircraft #2
-2nd place: Chrisdom Composite A-6 Aircraft #6
-3rd place: ROD VA-4 A-6E Aircraft #10

Aircraft maintenance competition winner is ROD 19th Fighter Squadron (F-15E)

Round 2 of the fighter head-to-head competition was held today. Each fighter flew 2 head-to-head missions and the standings are below. The final missions will be flown tomorrow to determine who the top 3 fighter pilots are!

ROD VFA-9 F-18C Aircraft#2 4 Points
Chrisdom Composite F-35C Aircraft #7 4 Points
Chrisdom Composite F-16 Aircraft #2 2 Points
ROD VMFA-3 F-18C Aircraft#12 2 Points
ROD 15th SQN F-16C Aircraft#2 0 Points
Balzac 7 SQDN JAS39 Aircraft #3 0 Points

paul · Post by **paul** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:26 pm

Sorry to hear about the stomach bug but it sounds like you had a great time otherwise so that is good. We will be going to Disney LA in January of next year.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:09 am

Those guys from Camastan are INcredABLE, just cannot be beat with that scoring and accounting validation system. Nice work, guess their military computer/network hackers are better than anyone else!!!?

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:36 am

Today we saw the culmination of the fighter head-to-head competition in some exciting aerial dogfighting. The finalists flew 2 sorties today, and then due to a tie in points they flew 2 additional sorties! So the winners are:

1st place: ROD 15th FTR SQN F-16C Aircraft #2
2nd place: Chrisdom Composite F-35C Aircraft #7
3rd place: Balzac 7 SQDN JAS39 Aircraft #3

The attack aircraft live bomb drop competition was also held today! Here are the results:

1st place: Chrisdom Composite F-111 Aircraft #8
2nd place: ROD VA-4 A-6E Aircraft #11
3rd place: Balzac 4 Wing BAE Hawk Aircraft #10

Tonight the pilots and crews will enjoy a St Patrickâ€™s Day party hosted by the ROD, and then bright and early tomorrow morning ALL aircraft will participate in a final grand air battle for the ages!

Organization for the battle is as follows:

Green Force
ROD VF-11 F-4Z Fighter
ROD VFA-9 F-18C Fighter
Chrisdom Fighter Various Fighter
ROD VA-4 A-6E Attack
ROD 19th SQN F-15E Attack

Red Force
ROD 15th SQN F-16C Fighter
ROD 66th SQN F-16C Attack
Balzac Composite JAS39 / Hawk
ROD 35th SQN F-4Z Attack
Chrisdom Attack Various Attack

We extend another invitation to The People's Republic of Camastan to come participate in our exercise and possibly collect a legitimate plaque or something!

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:25 am

Today the exercises wrapped up with the exciting grand finale! All squadrons participated in the grand aerial battle, conducting strike missions against ground targets with lie ordnance, while fighter escorts clashed in head-to-head fighter combat. Both teams performed well, but in the end the Red Team was victorious y only a handful of points!

Tonight, all of the pilots and crews are mingling and drinking at the All Service Military Ball, and then tomorrow they will enjoy a barbecue on the beach, as well as some volleyball in jeans, and then the squadrons will bid farewell until next year's fighter rodeo!

7.62 · Post by **7.62** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:04 am

Balzac would like to thank the ROD for opening up Air Rodeo 16 to outside Nations. It has been an excellent opportunity for different Forces to come together and exchange knowledge.

The BSDF would like to commit to attend Rodeo 17 next March.
Great job.

Maybe this is the start of a new genre of war gaming. When the hardware stays at home and with the aid of this interweb thingy dice are rolled at a distance or a sim is used.

My kid seems to have had this worked out ten years ago but without the need to take out a second mortgage on pewter.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:51 am

I would really much prefer to push some lead in person, but it seems like it's getting harder and harder to do these days. I think the ROD will be holding a fire support exercise over the summer, and then an international maneuver conference in the fall. Perhaps a naval exercise is in order too!

I wonder how I can work an actual wargame into this? There are some PBEM game systems out there that seem pretty good, though I've ever actually wargamed with them. I think I have anew project!

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:57 am

What a great host. I still have a few questions.... like, uhaaa, do you need a key to start the F-35. My ground crewman has always done it, but I do not see a key hole.
Redleg, thank you for running this competition.

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:19 am

Bump. To show the Gripens.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:02 am

Delightful Air Rodeo a year ago. The Grippen is sharpe looking. 7.62, you have some nice pics of your airbase. Will look forward to Jump School and Parachute competition.