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air defense systems. In doing so, the escorts should not engage in fights with
the enemy if they do not pose a threat or are significantly off the course line.
FIGHTER SWEEP. The fighter sweep mission task is a combat task that
involves penetrating enemy air space to attack enemy fighters or other types of
aircraft. The main objective of a fighter sweep is winning air superiority and to
ensure unimpeded use of the air space by friendly aircraft. Since the aircraft
taking part in a fighter sweep may find themselves at a considerable distance
from their airfields and take part in prolonged dogfights, their fuel load will be a
crucial factor.
GROUND ATTACK. This mission task is used to attack enemy ground targets
using a variety of air to surface weapons. This type of mission usually involves
unguided bombs weighing from 500 to 20000 lbs. and unguided rockets. Unless
otherwise set in the advanced tasking options, the AI will generally prioritize use
of longer-range weapons, such as guided air-to-surface missiles, over shorterrange
weapons, such as unguided rockets and cannon.
INTERCEPT. This is a defensive mission task whereby the aircraft must carry
out an active search of incoming enemy aircraft and/or receive targeting data
from ground based or airborne radar. This type of combat task is reserved for
large scale defense and active patrolling and you should not use it while
defending a small area or a local installation. While chasing the enemy, the
interceptor may deviate far from its planned route and the area that is to be
defended will be left undefended.
PINPOIONT STRIKE. The Pinpoint strike mission task involves detecting and
attacking surface targets using precision-guided weapons.
RECONNAISSANCE. The aircraft will fly directly over the assigned
Reconnaissance Task waypoint to best acquire intelligence.
REFUELING. This mission task is reserved for aerial tankers. An aircraft
assigned this mission will refuel any thirsty allied aircraft during its flight.
RUNWAY ATTACK. This is a specialized form of ground attack that will allow
the aircraft to automatically align the axis of its attack along the length of the
targeted runway. This is most useful when deploying runway denial weapons. To
do so, set the Targeting area over the airfield to attack and select Airfields from
the Target Categories.
SEAD (Suppression Of Enemy Air Defenses). Similar to the CAS Task, this
mission task allows you to use attack aircraft in a more specialized role to attack
enemy air defense sites with anti-radar missiles or other weapon types.
TRANSPORT. An aircraft assigned to a Transport mission task does not take
part in any active actions against enemy forces and just follows its route. Under
the threat of an enemy attack the aircraft will try to evade it.
UNIT. The Unit selection is composed of two fields and they allow you to select how
many aircraft units will be part of the flight group (1 to 4). The right field is used to set
the total number of airplanes in the group; to do so, use the left and right arrow
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