I have no idea what kind of CAP to expect - so I'll be taking along 4 AIM-9s. And just realised that as I only have 1 Thunderchief, and it's the only aircraft that can carry AGM-12s, and I only have 5WPs on the Thunderchief AND the AGM-12 costs 2 WPs - then I can only carry 2.so I'm going to have to pray at some point! Therefore the Phantoms can take 5WPs of weapons, the Super Sabre 3WPs and the Thunderchief 5 WPs. Suffice to say I won't be buying the tanker priority.not with so few SOs left for the campaign. I could counter this by purchasing the Tanker Priority for a cost of 4 SOs (1-3 Aircraft = 3xSOs, 4-6 Aircraft = 4xSOs and 7 or more Aircraft = 7xSOs). So all aircraft can carry 1 less weight point in armament. The area being attacked has a -1 Weight Point. Well, 5 pilots can fly this mission and I only have 5 pilots - so the choice is easy! Of course I could use SOs to pull Recon and get other targets presented - but SOs are like gold dust - I only have 6 for the whole campaign - and I'm already considering using 1.5 for my Bullpups. The Politics counter moves one to the left after each mission The 3 on this target would push me 3 to the right - meaning next turn I would only be able to choose missions with a Politics value of 1 or less. Keeping the Politics counter as far to the left of the track as possible is important because it affects the targets you can choose - you can only choose targets equal to or less than the number to the right of your Politics counter. I need 10 hits on the target - 12 to reduce the Political fallout of this mission to 2.
Of course I don't know what kind of bandit activity will be around.so I'll have to carry a couple of AIM-9s on a couple of aircraft. If I took an extra AGM-12 with me, I could take care of the M1939.once over the target with the 2 S60s and the M1939 out the way I'd only have the infantry to worry about. I could go high, approach from the West and fire a couple of AGM-12s which have a good chance of destroying the S60s.then go low into the target. Low level will attract all kinds of attention from everything else - including the 2 S60s which have a range of 1 - so even if I did stay high, I'll have to go low over the target and therefore I'd open myself up to them. That would keep me out of all defenses except the M1939. Looking at the defenses, a high approach initially looks like the best option. Recon over the site shows the following defenses
I doubt I can destroy the Ammunition Depot with 2 aircraft.but then the Supply Depot with only 5 is also a very touch mission. Special - Hit the target 12 times for overkill to move the politics counter 1 to the left.Bandits - 2 bandits in each approach areas and 1 over the target area.Sites - 2 Sites in each approach area and 3 in the target area.Tasking - 6 aircraft (modified to 5 with the -2 Special Rule and +1 Priority Option).Vietnam - Route Pack 6 with -1 Weight Point Penalty and 2 Stress.Special - Hit the target 7 times for overkill to move the politics counter 1 to the left.Bandits - No bandits in approach areas and 1 over the target area.Sites - 1 Site in each approach area and 2 in the target area.Tasking - 3 aircraft (modified to 2 with the -2 Special Rule and +1 Priority Option).Location - Laos 1 Corps Area with 0 Weight Point Penalty and 1 Stress.
Given the Special Options available in the campaign, what I received extra from the aircraft I selected and what I spent on the Priority Option, I start the campaign with6 available SOs for weapons. I've decided to buy the Fly 1 More Aircraft Priority Option for a cost of 4 Special Options This is going to be a tough Campaign with only 5 pilots and with the limitation of removing 2 aircraft from the mission specified aircraft! I often like to take at least one dedicated ATA airframe - but I'm likely not going to be able to do that. Given the Special Rule where I take 2 less aircraft per mission and given I have 3 less pilots, I've went for pilots with (where possible) higher Stress limit values and with positive ATG AND ATA values. Leftyğ-105 Thunderchief Green (gain +1 Special Option point for this aircraft).Surferğ-100 Super Sabre Green (gain +2 Special Option points for this aircraft).4xAverage (less 3 with the Special Rules).The list of available targets for this Campaign are: I've had to remove Mad Dog, Bat and Vapor from the list of available pilots and aircraft because they are in airframes with a date after 1965.
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