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About us
Phobetor is a small central Europe based F-18 squadron. We operate in a semi-milsim style, doing two events every week at 20:00 CET/CEST on friday and sunday.
Each event has a custom mission with mission-specific briefings, kneeboards, lore, and most importantly, they’re a bunch of fun!
We are committed to mastering the Hornet and following real-life procedures and comms, but with a layed back vibe. There is no expectation for our squadron members to fly or communicate perfectly.
Operations gallery
Here are two missions we’ve flown recently to give you a glimpse of our operations.
Operation Disarm 06/04/2025
In this mission we where tasked with taking out a chemical weapons facility deep within Syrian SAM control. We had to fly around a dense SAM area, through the vast desert and fend off many bandits to deploy perfectly timed decoys and JSOW’s
Participants
“Dirt”, “Broadsword”, “Fox Zwei”, “Yeet”, (“Tilder” as cameraman)
Debriefing
Our mission went flawless. We didn’t have to divert from the mission plan and with good communication and risk aversion we where able to deply our weapons safely. We where able to bring it back with a quick tanking for a great and efficient carrier landing.
Outcome: Success
Operation Black Fish 02/03/2025
In this operation we where tasked to scramble and take out a rapidly moving convoy going towards friendly forces in northern Syria.
Participants
“Dirt”, “Fox Zwei”, “Yeet”, “Tilder”, “NonArte”.
Debriefing
We managed to scramble and arrive in time, however due to a miscommunication, we didn’t manage to drop on the first run, and had to go in again. This resulted in the convoy engaging with friendly ground troops, which was not ideal. At the end, we managed to neutralize the convoy, and return home safely.
Outcome: Partial Success
Join us
To become a full on squadron member, you’ll need a foundation in flying, combat, situational awareness, and general DCS experience.
Requirements for all members:
- Be 16+ years old.
- Be available regularly for our training on Fridays and missions on Sundays, both starting at 20:00 CET / CEST.
- Own the hornet, supercarrier and Syria map.
- Have a HOTAS.
- Be able to use SRS
Guidelines for becoming a full member:
- Have experience with DCS AG and AA combat, ideally in the hornet.
- Be familiar with the hornet cockpit and systems.
- Be able to understand and use general aviation comms and as basic militarily comms.
- Be able to perform procedures like CASE I landings, formation flying, and AAR.
- Be able to use basic weapon systems. (e.g. paveway, jdam, dumbomb, amraam)
If you do not fulfill these guidelines, do not worry! We offer a Cadet role for pilots who are not mission ready yet, but are good enough to participate in our trainings.
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