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Virtual Air FightersUK · DCS World fighter squadron

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.

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Mission night
Tuesday
Squadrons
617 · 3(F) · IX(B)
Theatres
Caucasus · Syria · Gulf
Squadron strengthLive from SPARTAN
15
Active pilots
120
Air-to-air kills
+12 last op
175
Ground targets
+2 last op
76
Sorties flown
+8 last op
77
Flight hours
+4 last op
Next operation Warning order
Operation

Operation - Deep Extraction

Date
Tue 13 Oct
Step
20:30 BST
Theatre
Syria
Package
VENOM-1 · APOLLO-1 · TIGER-1 · DIRTY-1 · OVERLORD-1
12Days
22Hours
03Mins
36Secs
Seats assigned8 / 14
Server status Live
Public server PAUSED
Map
Caucasus
Pilots
0 / 199
Uptime
19h 17m

Expansionv3.3.1

Private ops server PAUSED
Map
Syria
Pilots
0 / 35
Uptime
7h 59m

CRUCIBLE_SYRIA_v06

Order of battle

Three squadrons. One force.

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
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.

  1. Apply

    Submit your application through SPARTAN.

  2. Induction

    Join the Discord, get set up on SRS, meet the squadron.

  3. Crucible

    Fly the training sorties and qualify.

  4. Line pilot

    Posted to 617, 3(F) or IX(B) Squadron for mission night.

Dispatches

From the squadron

After-action reports

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.

After-action reports

After-action report: BVR Training Night

5 pilots from 3 (F) Squadron, 617 Squadron and IX (B) Squadron flew Bvr Practice over Caucasus on Monday, 28 September, destroying 5 enemy aircraft and 0 ground targets for the loss of 5 aircraft.