VAF Operation Khatachapuri Weekend

Important: THIS IS BEING RUN ON OPEN BETA! Sorry, my bad for not posting it earlier.

Also, the server is named "Virtual Armed Forces (Main OB)", so look for that one!

Hello all DCS enthusiasts.

The Virtual Armed Forces along with our partners the Black Veal Squadron, have been working on our campaign "Operation Khatachapuri" for just over a year now and we think it's more than ready for a good public run. The missions are all pre-designed but they are picked from a table in a random order. So even though they are not dynamically generated missions, the campaign missions are dynamically picked, so depending on the order of the missions the campaign can have a completely different feel and outcome based on that. But this is a very long campaign that requires serious A2A and ground attack coordination and typically takes anywhere from 10-12 hours to finish successfully. We are inviting the community to participate in our campaign on the weekend of September 5th and 6th starting on Saturday morning at 9 EST. We run our main server on a dedicated fiber optic line with 100/100Mbs and it's been very stable for large numbers of clients but the total is limited to 32 for stability. We will also be running LOTATC so if you are interested in doing AWACS, please message me or discuss it with any VAF member on the ED Discord channel.

There's no sign up in advance so please feel welcome to join in the campaign whenever you feel like doing so. The campaign is set up to accept any air frame since it's not trigger dependant although we only use a few airframes in our group. It's currently set up with F/A-18C, F-16C, F-14B, A-10C, UH-1H and MI-8. If you would like to come in with your dedicated group and would like to have other airframes available, please message me directly with your request. I can't add just one airframe just because someone would like to see one of everything in there but I'm willing to add for instance F-16's, M2000's or JF-17's for your squadron based on a group request. This is a campaign against Eastern equipment so we won't be adding any Eastern bloc aircraft other than choppers to reduce SA confusion.

The mission files is about 17MB and takes a few minutes to finish loading. You may get a black screen for that time depending on your connection. Please be patient and wait for the mission client slot screen to load.

Both the VAF and BVS use custom, personalized skins for regular operations. For this weekend's event, we will be using generic (non-personalized) skins, and making these skins available to the public. The BVS skins included are the "Bazadaise" (grey) patterns for the F-14, F-16, and F/A-18. VAF skins include the CAG/Show and line birds for the 111th FS (F-16C) and VFA-136 (F/A-18C). VFA-131 and VF-142 members will use the stock DCS skins for this weekend.

Google Drive Skin Downloads

The requirements are as follows:

1. It's not required but we recommend that at least one person per squadron be on our Discord server. If you do not have our Discord information please message me. This will be the primary coordination channel for the entire campaign.

2. Please read the in mission briefing carefully! It contains a lot of very helpful information and will answer a lot of your questions. Be sure to write down common TACAN's and frequencies for tankers, carrier and AWACS. Also, it's very helpful if you download the 476th Caucasus flight pub documents. Big thanks to the 476th for all their hard work on all of their amazing flight publications! Russia Flight Pub, Georgia Flight Pub

3. All participants are required to use SRS and the VAF/BVS integrated comns plan. The comns plan is very simple and is included in this post. I will also be able to message it to anyone that needs it. But essentially all comms on the ground for ATC use 264, all carrier ATC on 266, all fighter coordination on 255, all strike packages on 127, all global tactical comms (please keep clear unless necessary) are on 251. AWACS on 251 and refueling packages are listed in the mission briefing. If you are in a dedicated group I recommend that you use a combination such as 251 for tactical comms and 255.10 for your group as a preset at minimum. If you're in an F-16, the fighter coordination is 134 or if you're in a group I recommend that you use a combination such as 251 and something like 134.10 or similar.

4. If you want to do one of the dynamically picked missions, please state your intentions on the main tactical channel on SRS.

5. The server is limited to 40 clients to reduce chaos and too many packages running at the same time. I will be working directly with squadron commanders to make sure we don't have too many active groups in the server at any given time to avoid over tasking and general chaos.

6. The mission also requires flying choppers to ferry troops in to capture bases or support ground operations so keep that in mind. The campaign cannot be completed successfully without capturing Sukhumi and Gudauta and the FARPS needed to secure those areas. There is also a FARP near Beslan that can be captured to further the campaign and all airbases in North are capturable as well.

Thanks to everyone including the Black Veal Squadron, Eagle Dynamics, the MOOSE team, MIST, CTLD, SRS and all the VAF team members for the unbelievable number of hours spent working on and testing our multiplayer missions!

VAF BVS Integrated Comm Plan.pdf

For the comm plan, feel free to use the included graphics for your kneeboard. In general, we'll use VHF (i.e. alternate) frequencies for coordination to accommodate aircraft like the A-10 or F-16 that don't have two dual-band radios. We use UHF for ATC and AWACS/Tac Common.

Notes about the mission (will update as necessary):

Please note: There are some MP stuttering and desynch issues on servers with a high number of clients especially when launching A2A missiles currently! This is not a problem with the mission itself but rather with recent changes in the network code.

Unfortunately late activated allied aircraft at Sukhumi will not be available in this release version. There is a problem with the scripting engine where the coalition airfield ownership switching is not working properly. See this thread.

This is posted in the mission briefing but please DO NOT attack the enemy ships West of Sochi Adler. They are used in a mission and are a Krivak destroyer and 3 cargo ships. When the mission becomes available they are fair game.

Hey Striker & co., thanks for putting this together and sharing it! My group actually ran v2.0 last weekend and had a blast. Some of us will try to pop in at some point over the weekend if time allows. :thumbup:

Cool, glad you liked it. We've made a lot of improvements in the new version 3.2 and added another mission. Should be a lot of fun on Saturday.

HMy group actually ran v2.0 last weekend and had a blast.

Coming from you that's high praise indeed! I know we've had a lot of fun with your missions as well. :thumbup: