The United States has forced the hand of the cartels in Mexico resulting in immediate strikes of all known cartel infrastructures, assets, and equipment. Over the next twenty-four hours, the United States and Mexican governments will begin strikes at 0200 local time on March 31, 2025 on known targets with follow up targets to come in the progressing hours.

The initial strikes will engage known drug processing facilities under satellite and drone surveillance. Most of this will likely be abandoned.

Primary Objective:
-Contact Enfield (MQ-9 Reaper drone over Cartel Facility) to confirm location of ground to air defenses (enemy AA trucks)
-Engage enemy ground to air defenses

Secondary Objective:
-Contact Springfield (MQ-9 Reaper drone over secondary target) to confirm location of ground to air defenses

Engage targets of opportunity after completing primary.

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The initial strikes will engage known drug processing facilities under satellite and drone surveillance. Most of these will likely be abandoned by the cartels, but they will be deprived of using these facilities in the near future. Drones and other air assets are being launched to strike numerous facilities throughout the country of Mexico.

Due to immediate operational issues with some drones, you are to launch in an F/A-18C to strike the first cartel facility target. Engage any immediate threat assets such as air defenses. Most likely the cartels are armed with AA trucks, but intel indicates they have bought MANPADs from the Ukrainian military in the past months.

You are armed with 8 x GBU-38 - JDAM, 500lb Guided Bombs with targeting pod.

You will likely be informed of secondary targets while in flight.

Apache helicopters will sweep the Cartel Facility after AA threat eliminated.

Reaper Drone will sweep secondary target after AA threat eliminated.

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WP1 - southern takeoff
WP2 - IP to target
WP3 - Target: Cartel Facility AA threats
WP4 - Egress from target
WP5 - heading north west
WP6 - Land

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Support:
KC-130 Texaco for AAR; TAC-15Y, 230AM
E-3A Overlord; 249.1AM
MQ-9 Reaper Enfield: 133AM (currently over Cartel Facility)
MQ-9 Reaper Springfield: 134AM (confirming secondary targets)

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You should be familiar with the F/A-18C's:
-targeting pod and JDAM guided bomb use
-inputting new waypoints if needed (or refer to the map)
-air to air refueling as needed but not required