DCS A-10C: „Hideout“ Mission v1.1 by derelor

1. Mission overview

Allied Forces discovered a small terrorist base in a valley on Georgia territory in close proximity to Russian and South Ossetian borders.

Due to high tensions between Georgia and Russia neutralisation of this hideout is very delicate business. US and NATO forces with the help of local military are sending in a spec ops squad to take control over this camp and to find some valid evidence of Russian origin of this terrorist group.

Two UH-60 Black Hawks with task squad on board and one scout heli OH-58D are already on their way to the area. German Tornados will provide SEAD cover, your flight will clear the target area from other threats.

We're not expecting strong resistance, though terrorists might have some light air defenses including MANPADs.

Satellite image of terrorist base Global map of the area - target is located in the valley highlighted in red

DCS A-10C: Hideout Mission 1 / 8 2. Briefing

You're to lead a 2-ship of A-10s, callsign Hawg 2.

A Georgian airforce officer on board of a scout helicopter (OH-58, callsign Uzi 21) will lead other helicopters and provide real-time target info and communication support. Tornados will be waiting for clearance to begin the attack.

Use F10 ("10. Other") radio menu for communication with other flights.

1. Takeoff at 1800+ 2. Meet Uzi 21 at Rendezvous Point (RP) 3. Get latest target info from Uzi 21 4. Hold orbit pattern to South-East of RP 5. Clear SEAD flight to take out any SAMs in target area and wait for Tornados to do the job 6. Destroy all threats in target area 7. Clear helicopters to push to target area and drop task force 8. When task force will be on the ground, clear helicopters to go RTB 9. RTB

Detailed map of the area surrounding the target

DCS A-10C: Hideout Mission 2 / 8 ROE • Any military vehicle in target area declared hostile. • Maintain inbound/outbound altitude at 18'000 ft, hard deck is 4'500 ft AGL, which is about 10'500 ft ASL around target area. • Do not destroy bunkers in target area. • Do not cross borders of Russia or South Ossetia under any circumstances. • Use „emergency route" avoiding cities in case of hung bomb, gun jam or any other emergency. • Mission must be finished by 2000.

Radio Flight: 251.0 MHz UHF AM Vaziani TWR: 140.0 MHz VHF AM AOE Main and AWACS: 124.0 MHz VHF AM Tanker: 150.0 MHz VHF AM

Bullseye Vaziani AB 41°37'41"N 45°01'40“E

Loadout Station Weapon 1 AN/ALQ-131(V) Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) Pod 2 7xMK-1 2,75“ Rockets for Training Practice (LAU-131) 3 2x AGM-65D Air-to-Ground Missile (LAU-88) 4 1x GBU-12 Paveway II 500 pound Laser-guided Bomb 5 1x GBU-38 500 pound Inertially Aided Munition 6 - 7 1x GBU-38 500 pound Inertially Aided Munition 8 1x GBU-12 Paveway II 500 pound Laser-guided Bomb 9 2x AGM-65D Air-to-Ground Missile (LAU-88) 10 AN/AAQ-28 Litening AT Targeting Pod 11 2x AIM-9M Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missile (LAU-105)

DCS A-10C: Hideout Mission 3 / 8 Allied Flights

Colt 2: 2x F-15C CAP Dodge 1: 2x Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk Spec Ops

Enfield 2: 4x Tornado IDS SEAD Hawg 2: 2x A-10C AFAC (Player)

Texaco: Boeing KC-135 Tanker Uzi 21: OH-58D Scout

Wizard: Boeing E-3A AWACS

DCS A-10C: Hideout Mission 4 / 8 3. Walkthrough

1 Takeoff at 1800+ Perform cold start in hangar at Vaziani. When you leave the hangar and turn right, a Humvee is already waiting for you. Follow it to Runway 32 and takeoff.

A-10 Warthog – ugly, but deadly Following the Humvee

2 Meet Uzi 21 at Rendezvous Point (RP) Fly to WP #1 („WP2“), #2 („WP3“), #3 („WP4“) and #4 („RP“)

Radio calls before WP #1 („WP2“) „Hawg 21, This is Wizard, Come In, Over“ „[Wizard]: Dodge and Uzi are holding at RP as fragged, how copy?“ „Wizard, Hawg 21, Copy that“

Radio calls before WP #4 („RP“) „Hawg 21. This is Uzi 21, Come in, over“ „Uzi 21, Hawg 21, Go ahead“ „Hawg 21, Uzi 21 is visual“

3 Get latest target info from Uzi 21 „Uzi 21, Hawg 21, Roger. Say target status.“ „[Uzi 21]: We have confirmed one Zeus, one SAM, 4 APCs and 4 LAVs in target area.“ „[Uzi 21]: One stationary AAA and infantry at fortified post to South- East.“ „[Uzi 21]: I recommend striking this post as soon as SAM has been neutralized, over.“

4 Hold orbit pattern to South-East of RP Perform a 360: Turn and engage Autopilot in „ALT“ mode 5 Clear SEAD flight to take out any SAMs in target area and wait for Tornados to do the job

„Uzi, Hawg 21, Copy that, Call for SEAD“ „Hawg 21, Uzi 21, Roger that, Calling for SEAD, out“ „Enfield 21, Uzi 21, What's your status?“ „Enfield 21, Holding South-East of target area, Charlie aircraft, 8 HARMs, India Bravo mikes on station, over.“ „Enfield 21, Uzi, You are cleared to take out SAM in target area“ „Uzi 21, Enfield 21, Roger that“

DCS A-10C: Hideout Mission 5 / 8 → Tornados go in and destroy the SAMs „Enfield 21, Uzi 21, Good hits, Good hits, target destroyed“ „Hawg 21, Uzi 21, SAM is gone, now it's your turn, out“

6 Destroy all threats in target area Fly to WP #5 („IP“) and set WP #6 („TARGET“) as steerpoint. A good strategy is to let Wingman attack first:

1. Order Wingman to attack ground targets with Mavericks: HOTAS Mic Switch DOWN → Wingman... (F1) → Engage with... (F3) → Engage Ground Targets... (F1) → Missile... (F1) → Default (F1)

2. Order Wingman to attack ground targets with guided bombs: HOTAS Mic Switch DOWN → Wingman... (F1) → Engage with... (F3) → Engage Ground Targets... (F1) → Guided bomb... (F1) → Default (F1)

Attack from the distance, use all four Mavericks first. When all targets are destroyed, you receive the following radio call: „Hawg 21, Uzi 21, All targets destroyed“

Wingman firing a Maverick Terrorist base burning

Do not enter the no-fly zone! If you do, you get the following warning: „Hawg 21, Wizard, You have entered no-fly zone, leave it immediately!“ You can use the tanker's racetrack contrail as a visual reference. If you are lost, fly in the direction of the vapor trail. 7 Clear helicopters to push to target area and drop task force

„Uzi 21, Hawg, Affirm. You're cleared to go“ „[Uzi 21]: Roger that. Proceeding to target area. ETA 10 minutes“

After these radio calls, it takes approx. 10 minutes until the Black Hawks arrive at the terrorist base. You don't have to wait and can head back home. Fly directly to WP #3 („WP4“).

DCS A-10C: Hideout Mission 6 / 8 Black Hawk enroute Arrival at the target. Dropping of the Task Force is not animated

8 When task force will be on the ground, clear helicopters to go RTB

„Hawg 21, Uzi 21, Our mission is complete, ready to RTB“ „Uzi 21, Hawg 21, Affirm, go RTB“ „Hawg 21, Uzi, Roger, RTB“

You can make these radio calls on your way back to Vaziani. If you are fast, you are already in the landing phase at this point. 9 RTB Fly back to Vaziani, land and leave the runway. If you come to a halt, the message „Mission complete!“ is displayed. Good job! If you want, perform shutdown procedure.

Safe landing at Vaziani Woohoo! Mission complete!

DCS A-10C: Hideout Mission 7 / 8 4. Abbreviations

AAA Anti-aircraft Artillery AFAC Airborne FAC APC Armored Personnel Carrier AWACS Airborne Warning & Control System CAP Combat Air Patrol FAC Forward Air Controller HARM High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile LAV Light Armored Vehicle MANPAD Man-portable Air-Defense System ROE Rules of Engagement RP Rendezvous Point RTB Return to Base RWY Runway SAM Surface-to-air Missile SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses TWR Tower WP Waypoint

DCS A-10C: Hideout Mission 8 / 8