Hornet Leader (1991)

Based on the articles by Jeff Petraksa in C3i #'s 1 and 3 (the PDFs for which are available on GMT's web site). This is for the original Hornet Leader published by GMT. The TDA (Tactical Decision Aid) lists all the weapons and pods available and details the average number of hits or wingman intervention percentage for AAMs and cannon by AtA modifier, the average number of hits against standard or underground target for AGWs and cannon by AtA or AtG modifier, and the effects of pods. You'll use the TDA to help decide how many AtG aircraft carrying which munitions to assign to a mission, and how much top cover to take. Or at least be left in no doubt as to the tough tradeoffs you'll have to make! Also included in the PDF are replacements for the Air Combat, Ground to Air and...

Some tuckboxes for this classic game.

An unpublished variant for Hornet Leader. In this variant the player uses an entire Carrier Air Wing to attack the Soviet Bases on the Kola Peninsula. You will need the Alpha Strike Pt 1 variant to play this variant.

An unpublished variant for Hornet Leader that adds A-7 Corsair IIs and F-18E/F Super Hornets to the aircraft mix for players to use.

An unpublished variant for Hornet Leader that adds F-14 Tomcats and A-6 Intruders to the aircraft mix that players can use.

This is a PDF version of the Pilot Experience Log

This is a PDF version of the Mission Log that comes in the game

Questions answered by designer and offical errata

Variant Rules from Thunderbolt Apache Leader

Mission Log Sheet