Saturday Night Bombers Flight

[SC_Manu653]

Thank you Spektre it's done !

[Jade_Monkey]

Manu, put me down as a *maybe*.

 

The wife made some plans, so it all depends if I can weasel out or move things around

[SOLIDKREATE]

I am so sorry I missed the match guys. I worked today and took an 'Old Man' nap when I got home. I actually just woke up 20min ago.

[SC_Manu653]

No problem Spektre !

[SCG_CorZero]

Brief AAR:   Klaus and I took 111's from Moro, escorted by Neun and Lufty.  Half way to target, Klaus dropped out with electronics failure (damn Russian jamming).  I made a successful hit on the target AB, with a nice 1000 Kger on a hangar, and some extra 250s thrown in for good luck, laughing at the pitiful flak sent my way. About 1/3 way home a nasty Ruskie fighter showed up and my gunners started going nuts.  Well, he found me so I jumped in the top turret and gave him some extra heavy metal, and with Lufty's assistance we sent him down.  Alas, my engines were shot up and gave out right at the runway, but we all lived to fight again.

 

Part way thru our second sortie, we heard that the Ruskies sued for a truce, so we called it a good day, mate!

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard]

It was short mission for me (got shot down early after my flight leader got struck by EMP ), but thanks to the 19.GIAP guys I had a good time they taught me The Way of the Steering with the LaGG 

 

Looking forwards to fly again with you guys (at SBNF or in normal servers).

 

~S~

Edited September 11, 2016 by -=PLR=-SuperEtendard

[Jade_Monkey]

Sorry I missed it today. I will definitely be in next weekend.

 

I'm all alone all weekend with lots of time to fly!

[SC_Manu653]

Great Jade, will have SNBF next week if not INWAR running.

[SC_Manu653]

Saturday 17th September 2016 at 15h00 EDT (NY) check your timing here:http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

 

 

MISSION: Hailstorm

 

Mission Time:11:48-14:30

Conditions: Partly Cloudy. Winds steady from the Northeast.

 

Situation: Under fierce air battles 216th SAD Sturmoviks are able to counter armored advances. Axis bombers continue to pound airbases and infrastructure while Pe-2s strike a tactical blow as the 14th Pzd advance on Stalingrad continues.

**Patrol areas and Targeting to be relayed via PM to each side.
*Wings of Luftwaffe 4./JG52 Settings for Saturday Night Bomber Flights will be Full CEM, No Icon, No Navigational aides.
*TS will be the jagdwaffe.enjinvoice.com password will be sent by mail; in one of the MP Channels.

 

Planeset:

Axis

 

 He-111 (9)

1-4./JG52 CorZero

 

 Ju-88A-4 (4)

1-II./ZG1=Spketre

2-

 

 BF-109G (8)

1-4./JG52 Manu

2-4./JG52 Neun

3-4./JG52 Doughboy

4-4./JG52 Hund

5-4./JG52 Wild

6-4./JG52 Casca

7-4./JG52 Anton

 

 BF-109F4 (2)

 

VVS

 

 IL2-41* (3)

 

 IL2-42 (3)

1-=PLR=-SuperEtendard

 

 Pe-2 s.87 (5)

 

 Lagg-3 (3)

 

 Yak-1 (8)

1-Jade Monkey

 

 

Thanks to Tip !

 

 

Edited September 14, 2016 by 4./JG52_Manu653

[SOLIDKREATE]

If no 110, I'll take a Ju-88A-4.

[SC_Manu653]

 

 

If no 110, I'll take a Ju-88A-4.

 

For this mission it'only bomber but if you really want a 110 beware of the flak over the target !

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard]

Is there a possiblity for the IL-2s to be mod 42?

[SC_Manu653]

Yes I will put some mod42 for the mission.

[Jade_Monkey]

I'll take  a Yak-1.

[SCG_CorZero]

I'll take a bomber, any one will do, thanks!

[SOLIDKREATE]

For this mission it'only bomber but if you really want a 110 beware of the flak over the target !

 

 

I've been through that before. ZG26 tried to kill me one at a rail yard but I prevailed with 167 targets killed.

[SC_Manu653]

I've been through that before. ZG26 tried to kill me one at a rail yard but I prevailed with 167 targets killed.

 

So you really want a 110 ? For me it's a job of 2 minutes.

Edited September 16, 2016 by 4./JG52_Manu653

[Jade_Monkey]

Seems like it's going to be really uneven. What do you guys do when this happens? 

 

Join a bigger server all together??

[SCG_CorZero]

Might be late today, need to do some moving

[SOLIDKREATE]

So you really want a 110 ? For me it's a job of 2 minutes.

 

 

Yes, but it looks a bit late now so I'll use the Ju-88

Edited September 17, 2016 by II./ZG1=SPEKTRE76

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard]

Looks like I won't be able to participate :/ family business (grandmother birthday).

 

Have fun and shoot down each other

[hames123]

For the next mission, could you have the server start a bit later. Sorry for being a fuss and bother, but the server is 5 am on Sunday for me!

[Jade_Monkey]

No more?

[SOLIDKREATE]

No more?

 

 

I think they only do FNBF now. I'll be hosting 24/7 in about 3 weeks. I have one mission almost complete for 84 players.

[SCG_Neun]

Looking forward to this Spektre...Looks really neat.

Edited March 11, 2017 by 4./JG52_Neun

[SCG_Neun]

Guys I will have a Tip_Tx mission up for Saturday 3:00 PM EST, which should be 8PM for most of our European friends, and we are open for 16 VVS players who would like to sign on.  We will have a maximum of 32 players on the server and see how it plays.  This is kind of a mini test to try and get SNBF going again.   Just PM me and I will forward you the VVS briefing.  Planeset  is as follows:

 

 

18 Bf-110****  

18 He-111s****

16 Ju-87s****

22 109Gs****

10 Mc202s****

 

==============================

22 Yak

18 Pe-2

18 IL2

12 La-5

9  P-40

 

We might have room for an additional 4 Axis players as well.  Based on the limitations in numbers we will more than likely limit the combat to a sector of the map, so we can maximize the possibility for some combat.  Anyway, let's see how it goes.  With TAW and RE down it might give us a little bit of excitement even with the reduced numbers...

[Scojo]

I can't fly this weekend, but I will be sure to let my unit know about this!

 

Hopefully I can join in on the next one

[Jizzo]

MC202 for me please.

[II/JG11_ATLAN_VR]

Hi still 1x bf109 available? Which server? only know fnbf Same server? Thx from germany

[SCG_Neun]

Guys, we just don't have enough VVS pilots to field an event today.  I'll give more notice next time and we will see what happens.  Spring is in the air....Thanks guys, anyways.

Edited March 25, 2017 by 4./JG52_Neun

[II/JG11_ATLAN_VR]

Ok yes spring is coming

[No_85_Gramps]

Could not make this one due to an ongoing home renovation project. Maybe I'll just take next Sat afternoon off for some flying.

[Sketch]

We at The Wet Bandits are starting up a new Saturday Bomber Flights campaign. These missions are entirely separate from [DBS]TX_Tips FNBF missions – who by the way, makes amazing missions – and are slated to run on Saturday in order to make the game available to all players in the western hemisphere, from California to the UK.

 

The campaign starts this Saturday, May 13th, 2017 at 1400 Central Standard Time.

 

Like other campaigns, we’ll start in the early days of the war and each Saturday work towards the conflict’s conclusion. Of course, the outcome will be altered based upon the success of each side’s pilots in seeing their individual objectives completed. Each week’s destroyed objectives will be tallied up and the next week’s mission set will be adjusted based on those objectives.

These missions are designed to be historical. That means no anachronistic GPS, Psychic Friends Network kill messages, whimsical modification of equipment that’s assigned to you, or magically having 100% fuel all of the time like you’re strapped onto a cold fusion reactor. You’ll have to contend with all of the things you manage in our standard daily missions, while also successfully keeping track of your location, friendly cover, fuel levels, and manually confirm your kills. Don’t worry if you’re not the best pilot in the world. The struggle to bring all of these things together is a great deal of the fun, and besides, The Wet Bandits welcome all levels of play into our campaign. 

 

All you have to do is sign up!

Once you do register and pick a side, you can view your team’s mission briefing. You can sign up by clicking this link:

https://goo.gl/3w5I7Q

 

 

 

Below are the rules and procedures for our Saturday Bomber Flights. You'll notice that they're similar to FNBFs; that's because TX_Tip has given me full support to launch Saturday Bomber Flights. If you have any questions; pm me, or email pand@thewetbandits.org.

 

1. Saturday Bomber Flights will have a total duration of approximately 2 and 3/4 hours.
2. There are two distinct phases to the operation:
   • A 12-minute ground operation, described in point #3 below
   • A 150-minute (2.5 hour) airborne phase, broken into two parts:
     • An initial 30-minute “mulligan period” outlined in point #4a
     • The 120-minute main body of the mission, in which no new aircraft may be spawned except as outlined in #4b
3. Once the server has fully loaded the mission, a 12-minute ground operation begins. No planes are to take off until the hold has been lifted. This wheels-down time can be used to pre-plan, taxi to the runway, and pick up any stragglers that are running late to the event. Following the 12-minute ground operation, pilots will see a HUD message with the phrase “Mission Start", and three green flares will be fired. Once pilots see these cues, the 2.5 hour mission timer has started, and all aircraft are cleared for take-off.
4. The airborne phase:
   • 4a) As soon as the official mission timer starts, a 30-minute “mulligan period” will be in effect. Pilots who render their aircraft unserviceable within the first 30 minutes of the mission timer are allowed to respawn into available aircraft. At the conclusion of this phase, a HUD message will appear with the phrase “Mulligan has now ended.”. 
   • 4b) From that moment forward, any players that die or are captured are excluded from the rest of that event. If you (the pilot) are not captured or destroyed, but your aircraft is lost, you can still get another plane as long as there are aircraft available at your airbase.
5. HUD messages generally show up for objectives as they transpire throughout the mission. Your mission is to ensure the destruction of all targets outlined in your briefing, but be sure to keep an eye out for HUD messages indicating any further objectives.
6. You must return to the base from which you took off from to get your plane rearmed and refueled.  You are not allowed to change airbases.
7. It should go without saying, but you are not allowed to change teams (German, Soviet) during the mission.
8. Players may conduct a coordinated Airbase attack only on Enemy Bases which have been specifically stated as an objective in the mission briefing. There will be absolutely zero vulching permitted in any case. 
9. No Intentional Team Killing, or base camping is allowed.

 

[NO_SQDeriku777]

Is there any way to sign up without having to create a Google account?

 

We at The Wet Bandits are starting up a new Saturday Bomber Flights campaign. These missions are entirely separate from [DBS]TX_Tips FNBF missions – who by the way, makes amazing missions – and are slated to run on Saturday in order to make the game available to all players in the western hemisphere, from California to the UK.

 

The campaign starts this Saturday, May 13th, 2017 at 1400 Central Standard Time.

 

Like other campaigns, we’ll start in the early days of the war and each Saturday work towards the conflict’s conclusion. Of course, the outcome will be altered based upon the success of each side’s pilots in seeing their individual objectives completed. Each week’s destroyed objectives will be tallied up and the next week’s mission set will be adjusted based on those objectives.

These missions are designed to be historical. That means no anachronistic GPS, Psychic Friends Network kill messages, whimsical modification of equipment that’s assigned to you, or magically having 100% fuel all of the time like you’re strapped onto a cold fusion reactor. You’ll have to contend with all of the things you manage in our standard daily missions, while also successfully keeping track of your location, friendly cover, fuel levels, and manually confirm your kills. Don’t worry if you’re not the best pilot in the world. The struggle to bring all of these things together is a great deal of the fun, and besides, The Wet Bandits welcome all levels of play into our campaign. 

 

All you have to do is sign up!

Once you do register and pick a side, you can view your team’s mission briefing. You can sign up by clicking this link:

https://goo.gl/3w5I7Q

 

 

 

Below are the rules and procedures for our Saturday Bomber Flights. You'll notice that they're similar to FNBFs; that's because TX_Tip has given me full support to launch Saturday Bomber Flights. If you have any questions; pm me, or email pand@thewetbandits.org.

 

 

• Saturday Bomber Flights will have a total duration of approximately 2 and 3/4 hours.
• There are two distinct phases to the operation:

• A 12-minute ground operation, described in point #3 below
• A 150-minute (2.5 hour) airborne phase, broken into two parts:

• An initial 30-minute “mulligan period” outlined in point #4a
• The 120-minute main body of the mission, in which no new aircraft may be spawned except as outlined in #4b

 

[*]Once the server has fully loaded the mission, a 12-minute ground operation begins. No planes are to take off until the hold has been lifted. This wheels-down time can be used to pre-plan, taxi to the runway, and pick up any stragglers that are running late to the event. Following the 12-minute ground operation, pilots will see a HUD message with the phrase “Mission Start", and three green flares will be fired. Once pilots see these cues, the 2.5 hour mission timer has started, and all aircraft are cleared for take-off.

[*]The airborne phase:

• 4a) As soon as the official mission timer starts, a 30-minute “mulligan period” will be in effect. Pilots who render their aircraft unserviceable within the first 30 minutes of the mission timer are allowed to respawn into available aircraft. At the conclusion of this phase, a HUD message will appear with the phrase “Mulligan has now ended.”. 
• 4b) From that moment forward, any players that die or are captured are excluded from the rest of that event. If you (the pilot) are not captured or destroyed, but your aircraft is lost, you can still get another plane as long as there are aircraft available at your airbase.

[*]HUD messages generally show up for objectives as they transpire throughout the mission. Your mission is to ensure the destruction of all targets outlined in your briefing, but be sure to keep an eye out for HUD messages indicating any further objectives.

[*]You must return to the base from which you took off from to get your plane rearmed and refueled.  You are not allowed to change airbases.

[*]It should go without saying, but you are not allowed to change teams (German, Soviet) during the mission.

[*]Players may conduct a coordinated Airbase attack only on Enemy Bases which have been specifically stated as an objective in the mission briefing. There will be absolutely zero vulching permitted in any case. 

[*]No Intentional Team Killing, or base camping is allowed.

[Sketch]

Is there any way to sign up without having to create a Google account?

 

 

I mean, I can add you to the excel sheet... but creating a Google account is free, and only takes a minute. It's much easier for me to manage a single form that multiple people automatically populate than to constantly add people to the form manually.

[Sketch]

Saturday Bomber Flights Hosted by [TWB] on May 13th @ 19:00 UTC: (1400 CST) "The First Shove!"

 

Date: August 24th, 1941

Time: 0530

Winds: 0m/s @ ground level, 3m/s @ 5000m

Wind Direction: From 90* (+/- 5*)

Clouds: Medium Overcast @ 800m

Temp: 18c (70f roughly)

 

Situation:

Comrades!

The situation East of Rjev is better today. The Russians are scattering like roaches! However, they have created a stronghold of ground units just West of Karmanovo. The 8th Armored Division will spearhead through the stronghold while we strike at the heart. We all know about the situation about our supplies and we are all struggling with material and fuel, but you all know that we have to keep up trying to reach air superiority above our sectors. Take a seat gentlemen…

 

**Patrol areas and Targeting can be found in your mission briefing by signup via google docs ->https://goo.gl/3w5I7Q

*Server is USA EAST - THE EAGLE'S NEST

*Sever settings for Saturday Bomber Flights will be Full CEM, No Icon, No Navigational aides.

*TS will be the Official BoS server (8.3.5.133:9407) password bos2014; in one of the MP Channels.
=Backup TS Address will be: ts3.riseofflight.net:7777 - Password: 1917

 

Planeset:

Axis 
BF109E7 - 24

BF109F2 - 8

Ju87 - 16

Ju88 - 12

He111 - 4

Ju52 - 8

 

VVS

IL2 1941 with bombs - 16

IL2 1941 with cannons - 2

i16 - 10

MiG3 - 4

Pe2 Series 35 - 14

 

Signup Here... https://goo.gl/3w5I7Q (seriously, there are some awesome mission briefs via this link!)
Current Roster

Edited May 10, 2017 by [TWB]Sketch

[curiousGamblerr]

Oh sweet, glad to see someone starting SNBF back up, thanks TWeBs 

 

I'm out of town the next two weekends but will definitely be in for the last weekend of May if you guys run one then!

[[TWB]Pand]

We're getting lots of questions regarding time zone calculations.   This table should help you understand the start the time of the event in your time zone. 

 

Pacific Time, PT                      12:00 noon PDT 
Mountain Time, MT                  1:00 pm MDT    
Central Time, CT                      2:00 pm CDT    
Eastern Time, ET                     3:00 pm EDT    
Greenwich Mean Time, GMT   7:00 pm GMT    
British Summer Time, BST       8:00 pm BST    
Berlin, Germany                       9:00 pm CEST   
Moscow, Russia                     10:00 pm MSK

[Sketch]

We currently have 15 people signed up, but we need more bomber pilots on both sides.

 

German:

BF109F2 - full

All other slots open

 

Russian:

All slots open

[SCG_Neun]

Sketch, I just wanted to applaud your signup system. Thanks to TWB for taking this on for the Community.