4-12 Multiplayer F/A-18C COOP Supercarrier Operation Mission
Skills Required: Cold Start, Case III Launch, SLAM-ER with Datalink, HARM, JDAM, SEAD, OAP, Case III Recovery
Module Required: F/A-18C Hornet, Supercarrier, Persian Gulf Map.

**Forum Discussion**
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/307462-fa-18c-multiplayer-cooperate-campaign-operation-hormuz-finished/



Situation Update:
The joint OCA operation on Day 21 effectively eliminated the remaining Iranian air power and the Russian mercenary fighters in the Kerman region. One F-15C was shot down during the egress phase in the morning, but the pilot was rescued quickly by the Marines and returned safely. Air supremacy over the Kerman sky was held in our hands now. The ground force started pushing further north with more air support, however, they encountered much stronger resistance to the south of Rayen, presumably by the Russian mercenary troops. On Day 22, another joint air operation by the Air Force and the Navy was scheduled with the goal of destroying the air defense system in the Kerman region, which had been a major threat for our allied aircraft operating in that region. Similar to Jiroft's radar system, several early warning radar stations were deployed on the mountaintop of Khu e Bagh e Bala Mountain, connecting the frontline SAM sites with over 80nm distance. These early radar stations could share data with the SAM sites, allowing the SAM sites to launch the missile without turning on its own tracking radar until the last few miles from its target, turning Kerman City into an unpenetrable fortress. Therefore, finding and destroying these SAM sites became more complicated and perilous. As most fighter jets deployed at Kerman Airbase were destroyed in our OCA mission, the enemy CAP sorties have been restricted for daytime only, and the air defense system was the last shield protecting Kerman Airbase during night time. As planned, the first strike on these radars and SAMs would be carried out around midnight when there is no defenders in the sky. The mission aims to disarm the early warning radar stations and clear the long-range SAM sites deployed around Kerman City; followed by the second strike that would search and destroy enemy short-to-mid range SAM sites in Rayen region before dawn. If both missions were successful, a major offensive push toward Rayen would be carried out by our ground force in the morning, supported by several CAS sorites. Curfew in Bandar Abbas was lifted and people started to go outside, but life could hardly return to the same as it was before. Barriers used by the defenders were still blocking the streets, and building wrecks and bullet holes could be seen on every corner. Several cargo ships from Sohar and Muscat also berthed at Bandar Abbas' Shahid Bahonar Port, unloading thousands of tons of food, medicines, and other products for daily use. After the Hormuz Strait reopened for transit, more than 500 commercial ships departed the Persian Gulf in a single day, Brent futures fell below 100 USD/barrel as the logistics restored. However, threats to the free navigation of the Hormuz Strait still persist, especially from the increasing probability of nuclear strike by the Iranian army.