Eastern Friendship - An AV-8B Single Player Mission by Sedlo

Eastern Friendship - An AV-8B Single Player Mission by Sedlo

Download link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3300426/

BACKGROUND

This is a fictional, “what if”, scenario where Georgia had hurriedly joined NATO prior to the full scale Russian invasions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

USAF, USMC, Canadian and French air power has begun basing at airbases around Georgia proper, and have commenced defensive air operations. Currently, NATO air forces are cleared to operate within the territorial boundaries of Georgia, and are cleared to conduct strikes to support NATO ground forces within Georgian Airspace.

Last night, a Georgian armoury was attacked by Russian backed separatist guerillas, and a number of heavy weapons, including APCs, ZSU-23 Shilkas were stolen. Intelligence suspects that the stolen armour is heading east in order to escape into South Ossetia.

This hostile group is believed to be made up of South Ossetian Guerillas, Russian SPETZNAZ forces and defecting Georgian Army personnel.

Badger 1, a joint Canadian / Georgian convoy has been dispatched to locate the purloined equipment before these criminals can escape.

MISSION

You are the lead pilot of Colt 5 flight of 2 AV-8Bs based at Kutaisi Airbase in northern Georgia. Colt 5 is sitting alert ready to support NATO and Georgian ground forces. Rumour is that Badger 1 is hot on the tail of the stolen armour.

The weather is not great, a low overcast of 10000ft will keep close air support right in the heart of the AAA and MANPAD envelope. We have already lost 2 NATO aircraft to hostile fire, so make sure to employ liberal use of flares when flying in proximity to hostile forces.

[TABLE]COLT 5 AV-8B x 2 CAS ALERT 5

COLT 9 CF-18 x 2 CAS ALERT 15

FORD 1 M2000C x 2 AIRBORNE CAP

NIGHTMARE 4 CF-18 x 2 CAP ALERT 15

TEXACO CC-130 TANKER[/TABLE]

MISSION NOTES:

1. ATC communications in this mission are scripted - you do not need, and you should not use, the standard radio menu to contact ATC (taxi clearance should happen 15 seconds into the mission).

2. You can use the Radio Menu to give orders to your wingman, and to get information from MAGIC, but that is all that you'll require it for.

3. This mission requires you to fly to, and over, waypoint 2 on departure, plus fly to, and over, waypoint 5 upon returning to base.

4. This functionality of this mission's triggers and actions are dependent on you NOT CHANGING THE WEAPONS LOADOUT! Doing so may break your mission, and that sucks! I was originally planning on using AGM-65s and ZUNIs for this mission, but since this is not currently functional in Open Beta, they've been replaced by the GBU-12 and Rockets.

5. DO NOT STRAY INTO RUSSIAN OR SOUTH OSSETIAN TERRITORY!

6. If you do make it back to base, keep in mind that you are in a combat zone and are expected to fly the overhead break to land. This way you keep your speed up as much as possible in case you are shot at. Plus it looks f'n cool!

7. If you liked the mission, let me know here in the forums! I'm always trying to improve my mission design, so constructive ideas are always welcome, too.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Voice overs kindly provided by:

TheHoneyBadger

T-Money

Spudknocker

Real World Comms used with permission from Mr. LazyG himself!

Mission updated to version 1.3 May 6, 2018

Updated specific trigger at target area to deal with a frame rate issue that popped up for some users.

Looking forward to this one. I enjoyed the Vulcan Forge campaign a lot. Excellent work

YEESS I was waiting patiently for another of your mission!!

thanks

Thanks Forcavitale and billybezeau! I hope you both enjoy this one.

Updated to version 1.4, changing weapons loadout to a more realistic CAS setup - One AGM-65 and one Zuni Rocket pod.

This mission was designed to be flown with the limited weapons loadout that Harriers bring into combat in real life. Stay with the limited loadout and enjoy the challenge!

PS, I've got a version of this in the pipepline that uses the A-10C coming soon.l

Eastern Friendship - An A-10C Single Player Mission by Sedlo

I've created a variation of this mission where the player controlled aircraft is now an A-10C. Check it out here if you're interested:

DOWNLOAD LINK: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3300474/

Absolutley awesome mission. Especially the voice overs were great.

Thank you Sedlo :thumbup:

Thanks very much, drgraubrot, I really appreciate it!

Absolutley awesome mission. Especially the voice overs were great.

 

Thank you Sedlo :thumbup: