Last Days of Disco

A variable-difficulty multiplayer strike mission in the Persian Gulf theatre for up to 4× A-10A, 4× F-5E-3, and 2× F-14B.

Alternative scoring is available in single-player, but the brief and general design assumes that multiple strike aircraft will be available to deal with all targets. In addition, the opposition will scale with the number of aircraft active in the mission.

Briefing

On-board VHF radios on all aircraft have been preset to the following channels:

 1:  Intra-flight (124MHz / 224 MHz)
 2:  Kerman ATC (127.35 MHz / 250.05 MHz)
 3:  GCI (138 Mhz)

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Situation

Cold start at 0730.
Flight times from starting bases to assembly area, and from assembly area to strike zone yields an estimated time on target of 0815 depending on the level of coordination within the strike package.

Weather: clear skies over Kerman; scattered to dense clouds and occasional rain showers over target area. Cloud ceiling at 10,000', with a cloud front moving south over the course of the morning.

Objectives

• Destroy the radio transmission tower, thereby disrupting the jamming signal

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• Destroy both control bunkers next to the tower, thereby removing the insurgents control over the site.

Estimated flight time to target area, taking into account a route that bypasses air defence sites:

• 15 min for A-10A strike group.
• 10 min for F-5E strike fighters.
• 8 min for F-14 escort group.

Direct ingress and egress to reduce flight time is possible at sufficient altitude, but not advisable due to air defence coverage and lack of detailed information about the exact placement of insurgent forces.

General concept

The mission is a fairly straight-forward bombing attack against a single target, but using aircraft that need to get close enough to be threatened by significant air defences. In addition, dynamic weather conditions and unpredictable enemy positions will change the dynamics of the situation depending on how long it takes for the strike package to arrive.

The opposition is low-tech, but numerous and can quickly become overwhelming if the the CAP is not doing its job or if the strike aircraft are slow to complete their task.

Mission file

Last Days of Disco.miz