Central Front Air CMO Wargame Scenario Update #1

Yesterday I ran through the rough draft of the Central Front D+0 air war scenario I discussed back before Memorial Day. I have good news and bad news to report. On the good side, all missions for the Red (Warsaw Pact) and Blue (NATO) sides fired off perfectly through the first four hours of the …

WWIII Aircraft Losses: Warsaw Pact, East German Air Force, Central Front D+0 Part III

Jumping back into Warsaw Pact air losses on D+0 this entry will look at the East German Air Force losses on the first day of war. East German’s air arm was involved in the fighting but not in a decisive manner. For the majority of the Central Front, East German air units served in a …

Mapping Out June, 2023

Memorial Day has come and gone. Now 6 June looms in the very near future. Following the anniversary of the landings in France the summer weeks tend to speed up. Independence Day is approximately one month away. Here in the States, the holiday serves as halftime for the season. We have barbecues, watch fireworks, and …

Midweek Odds & Ends

Odd #1 I was looking around on BoardgameGeek.com earlier today and browsing game titles of more temporary World War III hypotheticals. I was specifically searching for air and naval centered games in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. To my disappointment I’ve only found a limited number of these games so far. Judging from reviews …

Air War On The Central Front: The Red Air Force’s First Day Of War D+0 (9 July, 1987) Part II

The preemptive airstrike launched by Israel in the opening minutes of the Six-Day War destroyed the majority of the Egyptian Air Force on the ground. The Soviet Air Force digested the lessons of Israel’s overwhelmingly successful operation and soon thereafter began developing countermeasures aimed at making it impossible for NATO to catch the Soviet and …