Northern Fury 9 - Hold the Line, 1994

Northern Fury 9 - Hold the Line! 17 Feb 1994, 0800 Zulu, 0600 Local This is the ninth scenario in a 58 scenario campaign. See the Northern Fury background document for further insight on the background and happenings so far. The key nuggets: · Cold War continued, no thaw in relations. Germany still divided, WP still alive and doing very well. · 13 Feb 1994 while the world watched the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, the WP launch a war across Europe, the Mid East and Korea · Iceland is taken by an airborne assault 2 days ago (15 Feb). Norway collapses in 3 days (16 Feb). · It is now 17 Feb You are the commander of the USS Enterprise CVBG, (CVN-65). Due to heightened tensions, your refit/re-fueling was rushed through and completed 8 months ahead of schedule. On the 12th of Feb, while completing your workup trials off of Puerto Rico, you were sent a FLASH message to precede north at best possible speed. In your Task Group are the USS Anzio CG 68, a brand new Ticonderoga class cruiser, another Tico, CG 63 Cowpens and the venerable Leahy class cruiser CG-17 Yarnell. Adding potency to the escort, two refurbished Spruance class DD’s, the Thorne and O’Bannon have just completed workups, both with the new Vertical Launch System (VLS) providing a very robust missile capability. Two FFG’s the Curts and Simpson round out the TG. Your air group is Carrier Air Wing 6, and it’s a bit of a mixed bag, you have some of the oldest aircraft in the fleet (A6-E’s) and 6 of the very newest F/A-18C capable of using the AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, which proved very effective during a training run through. The journey north was full of news, as the war developed your training became very serious. At dawn on the 15th as the TG passed Bermuda it went into a Communications Lockdown and later that day met up with a replenishment group. By dawn yesterday you were topped up with all the supplies and ammunition needed. AOE 3 Seattle remained with the TG, although its slower speed is a hindrance you ca