617 Squadron
Naval
617 Squadron, APOLLO: F/A-18C Hornet
Carrier-borne strike fighters, launching and recovering from whichever carrier the operation calls for.
- Callsign
- APOLLO-1
- Seats
- 8
- Officer commanding
- Blooders
Mission statement
Fly as one.
Fight as a
squadron.
Virtual Air Fighters is a UK-based DCS World fighter squadron. Every Tuesday night we fly briefed, structured operations across three squadrons flying the F/A-18C Hornet, F-16C Viper, F-14B(U) Tomcat and F-15E Strike Eagle, and we train like it matters.
- Mission night
- Tuesday
- Squadrons
- 617 · 3(F) · IX(B)
- Theatres
- Caucasus · Syria · Gulf
Squadron strengthLive from SPARTAN
15
Active pilots
145
Air-to-air kills
+8 last op
209
Ground targets
+9 last op
90
Sorties flown
+6 last op
89
Flight hours
+5.2 last op
Next operation
Warning order
Operation
Red Flag 26-10
- Date
- Tue 27 Oct
- Step
- 20:30 GMT
- Theatre
- Syria
- Package
- VIPER-1 · APOLLO-1 · TIGER-1 · OVERLORD-1
05Days
23Hours
09Mins
00Secs
Seats assigned6 / 13
Server status
Live
Public server
PAUSED
- Map
- Caucasus
- Pilots
- 0 / 199
- Uptime
- 19h 12m
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Private ops server
PAUSED
- Map
- Caucasus
- Pilots
- 0 / 8
- Uptime
- 19h 12m
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Order of battle
Three squadrons. One force.
3(F) Squadron
Fighter
3(F) Squadron, VENOM: F-16C Viper
Land-based fighters: air superiority, suppression of enemy air defences and precision strike from forward airfields.
- Callsign
- VENOM-1
- Seats
- 8
- Officer commanding
- SkyRack
IX(B) Squadron
Fighter / bomber
IX(B) Squadron, TIGER: F-14B(U) · F-15E
Long-range fighters and heavy strike: fleet defence, deep interdiction and precision bombing.
- Callsign
- TIGER-1
- Seats
- 8
- Officer commanding
- RedBear
Training pipeline
Forged in the
Crucible.
Crucible is VAF’s own dynamic, replayable training mission. New pilots work through it before taking a seat on a line flight.
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Apply
Submit your application through SPARTAN.
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Induction
Join the Discord, get set up on SRS, meet the squadron.
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Crucible
Fly the training sorties and qualify.
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Line pilot
Posted to 617, 3(F) or IX(B) Squadron for mission night.
Dispatches
From the squadron
After-action report: Operation: Lantern
6 pilots from 3 (F) Squadron, 617 Squadron and IX (B) Squadron flew Operation: Lantern over Caucasus on Tuesday, 20 October, finishing with 8 air-to-air and 9 ground kills for the loss of 1 aircraft.
After-action report: Operation: Deep Extraction
8 pilots from 3 (F) Squadron, 617 Squadron and IX (B) Squadron flew Operation: Deep Extraction2 over Syria on Tuesday, 13 October, finishing with 20 air-to-air and 17 ground kills for the loss of 9 aircraft.
After-action report: RedFlag26-9
8 pilots from 3 (F) Squadron, 617 Squadron and IX (B) Squadron flew RedFlag26-9 over Syria on Tuesday, 29 September, finishing with 12 air-to-air and 2 ground kills for the loss of 20 aircraft.