This mission "Flares escort" is the number 4 of "Operation Fugu" campaign is inspired by the "Operation Diodon" mission during the Lebanon war from 1982 to 1984.
The Multinational Security Force in Lebanon was created in September 1982 at the Lebanese request to the Secretary General of the United Nations and dissolved in March 1984 following the double attack against the French and American contingents.
Assignment:help the Lebanese army restore the authority of its government in and around Beirut. Ensuring the safety of civilian populations.
Four countries made up this multinational force: the United States, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. A strong naval presence ensuring their support off Lebanon.
The war is complex, marked by rifts between religious communities, militias, phalanxes, traffickers, and by foreign interventions (Syria, Arab League, Israel, Iran, etc...).
This Campaign is part of this context of both "neither war nor peace" with a wide variety of helicopter mission
There is a SU 25 at the parking so you can play the mission with a different hélicopter, not only a MI 24 !
The mission 4 of this campaign begins with civil operations (gendarmerie mission) but military interventions will be reproduced in this context.
Let's wish the Lebanese that they don't have to know any more war and live peacefully in their beautiful country !
Have nice flights and enjoy ! Commentary are welcome !
After the hard confrontation in the village of Jaybl, the international community decided to help the Lebanese government more.
But this aid is not well received by local actors who want this "atomization of the country into several factions" to continue. Terrorist threats have been sent to some countries to stop helping the legal government.
Your mission is part of this desire to protect international aid. A Hercules C-130 cargo plane loaded with counterintelligence equipment and mini drones was targeted by threats from local militias in the event that it attempted to land at Beirut International Airport.
Negotiations were intercepted by the secret services between local militias and international arms traffickers to dispose of portable anti-aircraft missiles of the "SA-18 Igla" type.
Threats have been sent to the government sending this plane, so that it does not land, blackmail with a ransom to recover the equipment on board is even suspected.
For the moment the governments have not yielded and despite this blackmail have maintained this air delivery. Your mission is to protect this Harcules C-130 on its final approach.
"Hades" callsign is register 7T-VHL and flight plan AL 137.
You will use the same tactics as the Soviets for the protection of their cargo planes in Afghanistan in the 80s to counter the threat of the "Stinger" missiles. This tactic consists of standing next to the plane to be protected, and sending flares as a preventive measure in case a missile is fired.
The Soviets used the mi-24 hind to disperse decoy flares on the final slope of the plane while remaining at its side during its descent.
You will proceed in the same way to protect the plane from any attack.
The mission is successful if your helicopter returns to the parking lot of the base after escorting a C-130 cargo plane called "Hades".
Take off at 17.10 pm. Intercept plane at "Zalka point" close formation and land with the cargo at Beyrut Internationnal airport !
The mission is successful if your helicopter returns from mission safe and sound to the parking 3 of the "Chekka base".
Formation flight will take place during this flight, allow approximately 1 hour 30 of mission. Combat in this mission !
All the info is in the kneeboards.
