Operation Elhotovo

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Another new mission:

3 Random spawn SA-6 sites with a cloud ceiling of 4000M, so it is a low altitude strike.
Also a convoy of supplies inbound to reinforce the enemy stationed to the Northeast of Elhotovo must be stopped.

This is not complete, but posted it for testing....

Situation:
Enemy troops have been suspected of staging to the Northeast of Elhotovo. We know they have captured the TV tower and other key buildings in the area. They have set up mortar positions in an attempt to fortify the valley and river bottleneck to choke off supplies to our airfield in Beslan.
Helicopters have routinely been patrolling the banks of the river outside of Planovskoye, providing cover from attacks from the west.
SA-6 sites have been deployed to stop any assistance from the north, so we will be going this alone unless we destroy the SAM's.

Blue Task:
This sortie will consist of two objectives and the objectives do have priorities!
 
Our first and highest priority will be to destroy the SA-6's north of Prohladniy, this will allow flights from northern bases to assist with the assault on Elhotovo.
Weather is not cooperating for high altitude attacks on the SAM sites because of dense cloud cover and limited views. Another factor that has us at a disadvantage is the resistively flat terrain. It is suggested you maintain a ceiling of no greater than 2000 ft on approach.
We will be attacking the SA-6's from an east to west pattern, so it is advised to circle to the east once a target has been destroyed and wait for the next SA-6 position to be radioed to you.
 
The second objective, although by no means less critical, is to strike the convoy moving to reinforce the enemy position northeast of Elhotovo. We cannot allow these troops to replenish their stores.
Supplies in Beslan are at a minimum and if the insurgents are resupplied we will be forced to fall back to Kutaisi.

[shelt]

Damn....we almost won this one....Meg and I took out the first 2 sam sites, then I got hit with a random ZU-23 sitting out in the middle of nowhere while approaching SAM site #3, making all of my load-out useless, had to fly back to base and get a new plane.
Meg took out SAM site 3 and then proceeded to work on the convoy, but they made the waypoint before I could return to help Meg out.

This is the result of not taking out the convoys in time and losing Beslan

[shelt]

Update is for version 3

[shelt]

Version 4 more ground forces moving into Beslan on failure, more SA-18 added as well.
SA-18's added to deter rouge pilots going for convoy before sams are destroyed
added 12 minutes to convoy's completion, time is thin there

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Version 5 has fix for wrong unit spawning in last SA-6 site

[MegOhm_SD]

Damn....we almost won this one....Meg and I took out the first 2 sam sites, then I got hit with a random ZU-23 sitting out in the middle of nowhere while approaching SAM site #3, making all of my load-out useless, had to fly back to base and get a new plane.
Meg took out SAM site 3 and then proceeded to work on the convoy, but they made the waypoint before I could return to help Meg out.

This is the result of not taking out the convoys in time and losing Beslan

Not to mention one  lone survivor soldier left a the base

[shelt]

SAM evasion is the key to winning this, Fly about 7000 feet and allow them to launch the hit the deck and start a "ladder" pattern away from the SAM's. It helps to have another player hang back until all (3) missles are launched. Also Avoid the shilkas when taking em out, only the launcher and radar are required to be destroyed.

Take the SAM's out fast then haul ass to destroy the convoys. Beware the AAA, they are deadly!