Planning an "old school" strike mission with the MiG-21Bis

[slundal]

So I've been trying to recreate what an old school strike mission for the MiG-21Bis would be like. I know that most airforces worked with detailed pre-planning, navigation and absolute radio silence. The MiG-21 is not a CAS fighter so it can't be as flexible as the A-10 nor is it as competent as the AJS-37.

 

Anyway here is my take on it. Please give me suggestions and comments on how I can improve the mission and make it more realistic.

 

The video includes both the planning stage and the execution.

 

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[ZoomBoy27]

Good work on this - never thought to use the beacons except for landing

 

I tend to work on CAS missions as well and use the kneeboard a fair-bit.

But if you have a list of Waypoints, you can use a screen of the briefing to list the Waypoints and directions - very much like a mission card

 

A simplified Mission Card might be done such as:

 

Kobuleti depart Runway 70

turn to 260 (WP1 at Waters Edge)

Turn 180 to WP2 at River Intersection

Turn 177 to WP3 at Enemy camp

 

And you might want to take a look at older Mission Cards

- have them shown in the briefing as well

 

And I also use supporting spotter with flares - using F10 Options and Flare triggers

But I definitely need more recon photographs and model pictures for identified targets

 

There are also discussions on this with

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=139370

 

And samples of A-10 Mission Cards

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=61044

 

Thanks for this