Key information

Operation Lebra (2018) IX

Black Swan

Deploying

Wednesday 10 August 2022, 18:00 UTC

Situation

Earlier this morning, a squad of US Army Rangers responded to a pending Nationalist attack on Kabanino, defending the town from an ambush no sooner than they arrived. The Rangers cleared the surrounding area of Nationalist camps, removed the instigating insurgency from nearby Stary Sobor, and through the surrender of a Nationalist fighter, gleaned the location of the first ChDKZ supplied Nationalist stronghold. Just as the Rangers had cleared the stronghold, the squad obtained a document detailing a consolidation of all remaining ChDKZ-Nationalist supplies and forces for an imminent attack on Balota and its airfield. No sooner than the document was retrieved, the Rangers destroyed a ChDKZ-Nationalist convoy en route to retrieve supplies from the first stronghold, confirming the intelligence. The time is now 15:00 and the US Army Rangers are inserting a mechanized squad via C-17 Globemaster airdrop to prevent the destruction of Balota, uproot the final ChDKZ supplied Nationalist stronghold, and put an end to the cooperation of OPFOR and Independent forces for good. The US Army Ranger Squad is tasked with securing Balota and its airfield as soon as possible, preventing the planned attack on the town and providing any needed humanitarian aid to the residents. Additionally, the Rangers are tasked with finding and destroying the last of the two Nationalist groups supplied by Gustav Mikel, along with the destruction of the final caches of ChDKZ weaponry, while preserving as much of the local infrastructure as possible. An AC-130U Gunship has been assigned to support the US Ranger squad, assisting with securing Balota from the imminent attack, reconnaissance efforts for the suspected Nationalist stronghold, maintaining perimeter security in strongly Nationalist territory, and providing CAS as requested. Continue reading