Throughout the summer of 2019 tensions between Iran and the international communities grew almost to the point of open conflict. The Iranian Navy, with support fr om the Iranian Air Force, boarded and seized several ships that they claimed wh ere in Iranian waters.
A small detachment of A4 Skyhawks from the Iranian Air Force 41 Fighter Squadron has been temporarily located to the civilian airport on Kish Island. This morning those F5s have been tasked with inspecting the two main coastal shipping routes that lie between Iran and Iraq.
• Inspired by events in the region
• Audio from actual incident in the Gulf
• Custom Kneeboards
• 1 hour duration
My playthrough of this mission...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGJm7XrUOHA
V1.2 Updated 19 July 23
* Check my other mission files for a version of this sortie that uses the F-5E Tiger II aircraft
You are COLT, an A4 Skyhawk pilot fr om Iran's 41st Fighter Squadron. You have been tasked with patrolling the shipping lanes in the Gulf.
After you get airborne you will need to find up to 12 giant oil tankers that are in the region. Once you spot them you need to buzz the ship to get the registration number. A message fr om Headquarters will let you know if the ship is fine, or if you will need to get it to surrender to our Navy!
Be careful though, rising tensions between Iran and Iraq may mean you need to cut your mission short.
Skills Tested
• Startup and take-off
• TACAN Navigation
• Spotting surface targets
• Fuel Management
• Optional: Air to air combat
V1.2 Updated 19 July 2023 - Minor bug fixes. Hopefully this is the final version.
V1.1 Updated 14 July 23 - More triggers to help with tracking the enemy, triggers to help with rules of engagement, single player scoring added, spelling errors and bugs squashed, kneeboard pages updated.
Required Mods
Community A4 Skyhawk
Easily one of the best free aircraft mods you will find. I wrote this mission using version 2.1.1 You can download it from here:
https://github.com/heclak/community-a4e-c/releases/tag/v2.1.1
Civil Aircraft Mod
Click through this link and use version 0.87. The mod can be found here
https://cam.em-key.de/
Instructions of wh ere to put this excellent mod are included as part of the download.
