A Clone Army of Oscar (CAO) A-85 COIN aircraft and an O-43 reconnaissance aicraft have been shot down by Oscar Terran Army (OTA) forces as the humans have attempted to fight back against the CAO who seized the key town of Erinborough following a successful offensive.
An OTA spokeswoman said heroic patriots used SA-37 SAMs, the latest DDS MANPAD which has apparently been supplied to the OTA, for the shoot downs. Up until now only the older SA-17K and SA-22B road mobile missile systems were known to have been supplied. Two CAO T-55Zs were also destroyed by OTA artillery in the outskirts of Erinborough. An attempt to break through the CAO lines and re-enter the town by the OTA was foiled however.
Meanwhile the front near Los Calamos, scene of an unsuccessful OTA offensive in October, has also come to life as CAO forces have mounted an attack on the OTA positions. However the OTA are pretty well dug in there so it is unlikely the CAO will be able to break through especially as most of their heavy weapons were thrown into the attack to take Erinborough.
In other news the F-10A(S) supplied to the OTA have begun flight training though some in the DDS now question the wisdom of providing these jets and the TPM-A to the OTA as the prospect of the TPM falling into CAO hands would be a nightmare scenario, "you can bet the TPM would be on Cloneworld before you could say 'hyperspace jump'" a DDS spokesman said.
