Questions on Missions 1 and 2

[sobe]

I have been away from the A10c for awhile and wanted to fly this campaign to get back into it. But I have some questions on the first 2 missions:

 

Mission 1: when I am near Nellis to land, the ATC gives me a heading around 40 or 50 to fly to when the runway heading is straight in at around 210. Does the ATC want me to fly around for a while before landing?

 

Mission 2: Is this a hot or cold start mission? I watched Youtube and it said it was a hot start, but that does not appear to be the case with my jet.

Edit: It appears it is now a cold start, but I was not able to catch up to Wags until Steerpoint 6 and my wingman never took off.

Edited July 28, 2017 by sobe
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