East Africa Sourcebook now available - officially approved by FFE

[Olefin]

Congrats to Raellus on his Korean Sourcebook - hope to see others soon follow both of us as authors. And for those thinking of publishing there definitely is continuing interest in the new works as to sales - both Rooks Gambit and the East African Sourcebook continue to attract attention and new buyers months (or in my case nearly a year) after they were published - and bringing people back to the game who havent played it since it was first released.

[Toxoplasmaman]

Excellent module! Only thing I missed was a large scale map of the mentioned countries in Africa. Though I might of missed it!

Glad to see some BUFFs still flying. Makes sense in a relatively safe area for aircraft. Anyone have any thoughts on the CONUS B-52s?

[Olefin]

there is a large scale map of Kenya and the surrounding countries on page 4 - I am actually considering adding another page to the pdf as an update showing large scale maps for the other surrounding countries if people think that would be a good addition

Page 71 and 72 do show large scale maps of Tanzania and the Congo that show areas of control for the various factions and militaries of the area as well

I would suspect there have to be some B-52's flying still in CONUS but most likely all gathered in a couple of bases under Milgov control and probably reserved for nuclear only missions or very high priority conventional attacks

And thank you very much for your comments - glad you enjoyed the module so much! Loved being able to make a new canon release for the game after so many years since the last from the original authors

[mpipes]

In my campaign, there were still a few operational B-52s flying in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia and Egypt), Guam, Hong Kong, Fairchild AFB, Barksdale AFB, Minot AFB, and F.E Warren AFB. Alert bombers were staged from Minot and Warren. About 42 total fully operational (mostly Hs but a few Gs and Ds). Still plenty of others that can fly (or made to fly), but grounded due to fuel or maintenance issue. Also, over 27 B-2s operational (30 some odd surviving) and over 60 B-1s surviving (but only a handful - 8 - on alert).

Nice to see others letting the BUFFS up and flying!

[Olefin]

and since the East Africa/Kenya Sourcebook is canon that means that its canon that at least some of the big bombers are still operational and flying - its a small force in Africa but they are there and still operational - from the Sourcebook:

917th Operations Group
· 93rd Consolidated Bomb Squadron
o Manpower: 180 men
o Aircraft: four B-52H, two B-52G, three B-1B

This squadron, the last one operational outside the United States, was formed from the survivors of the squadrons that were based at Diego Garcia.

and they even have a few nukes left if the Soviets go nuclear again - four AGM-86B cruise missiles, eight B61 and three B83 nuclear bombs.

[mpipes]

Originally Posted by Olefin

and since the East Africa/Kenya Sourcebook is canon that means that its canon that at least some of the big bombers are still operational and flying - its a small force in Africa but they are there and still operational - from the Sourcebook:

917th Operations Group
· 93rd Consolidated Bomb Squadron
o Manpower: 180 men
o Aircraft: four B-52H, two B-52G, three B-1B

This squadron, the last one operational outside the United States, was formed from the survivors of the squadrons that were based at Diego Garcia.

and they even have a few nukes left if the Soviets go nuclear again - four AGM-86B cruise missiles, eight B61 and three B83 nuclear bombs.

My old USAFR unit!!!
Proper designation would be 917th Wing. The 93rd BS and 45th FS (A-10s) were part of the Wing in the 90s. We had 6xB-52s nominally assigned operated by the wing. In practice, the B-52s were actually shared with the 2nd Bomb Wing.

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by mpipes

My old USAFR unit!!!
Proper designation would be 917th Wing. The 93rd BS and 45th FS (A-10s) were part of the Wing in the 90s. We had 6xB-52s nominally assigned operated by the wing. In practice, the B-52s were actually shared with the 2nd Bomb Wing.

So would you have actually been on duty at that time with the wing? If so well now you know where you would be in the canon.

I had all the bombers placed in one squadron to be able to consolidate all remaining maintenance and support members along with the pilots and crew members in one squadron- you are looking at the remnants of several squadrons with the mix of aircraft.

[lordroel]

Originally Posted by Olefin

and they even have a few nukes left if the Soviets go nuclear again - four AGM-86B cruise missiles, eight B61 and three B83 nuclear bombs.

Those can cause some damage i think, but then again i think a lot of damage has already been done during the war.

[RN7]

Just bought your sourcebook Olefin. Excellent stuff!