Northern landing force ( Task Group 56 ) in conjunction with Northern Attack force ( Task Group 52 ) is given the following mission. On Jig Day land, seize, occupy and defended Tinian Island in the Marianas in order to obtain the use of that island and to destroy the enemy thereon.
Aircraft of Task Force 52 shall provide air support for the capture of Tinian Island. Aircraft of Task Force 59 based on Saipan will also be utilized in support of the Tinian operation. In so far as is tactically practicable consistent with their main primary mission.
Task Assignment:
The 4th Marine Division reinforced to land at "How Hour on Jig Day", two regiments abreast on beaches White One and White Two. Seize Ushi Point airfield. Then on division order, make main effort in direction of Mt Lasso and seize the island of Tinian.
The 2nd Marine Division reinforced, land on order in rear of 4th Marine Division on beaches White One and Two. Move to assembly positions to be designated. Then make main effort in direction Gurguan Point airfield and seize Tinian Town.
Intelligence:
Reconnaissance overflights of Tinian Island have identified a enemy supply depot located in a cave complex south of Tinian Town. A hard packed coral and well developed rectangular road system connects the supply depot via trucks to enemy artillery fire support bases.
Objective
Provide close air support for the invasion of Tinian. Upon any unit of the 4th or 2nd Marines seizing the lighthouse on Lalo Point, the Northern force shall consider Tinian Island occupied.
How to Play
The 4th and 2nd Marine division will land on Tinian and begin the invasion once any human player is airborne.
The WWII asset pack is required to play this mission
The mission is designed to play with persistence on. However, persistence being enabled in DCS is not required.
The mission is loosely based on the Invasion of Tinian in July 1944 and the P-47 that supported that invasion.
The Mission contains all the Allied WWII era aircraft. However you can fly this mission in any aircraft by adding them at the mission editor.
You can play this mission as multi-user or single player.
If you are using persistence, you can reset the mission by deleting the file "Saved Games/DCS/Missions/invasion_tinian.lua" or if using Open Beta it will be in "DCS.openBeta" path. Then restart the mission.
Customizing
At the mission editor you can change, add, delete any aircraft type you want. You are not required to only fly the aircraft in the mission.
You can change the language and other settings in the running mission in F10 Other > Preferences Menu.
Gotchas
AI spawn into the closest parking spaces to the active end of runways. Keep any human parking spawning far away to avoid pileups.
I have tested this mission extensively as single user not nearly enough as multi-user. Please let me know in the comments about any problems you find.
Make any difficulty and skill level preference changes before you start a new mission.
