TALDs from AI

[Captain Orso]

I'm trying to setup a mission, in which a group of 2 F/A-18's, each carrying 12 TALDs drop them towards an SA-10 battery on two drops.

Waypoint 0 = starting point (air start).
Waypoint 1 = first TALD drop.
Waypoint 2 = return to here to start second attack run.
Waypoint 3 = second TALD drop.
Waypoint 4 = egress point for RTB.

1) The special waypoint action at WP1, 'attack', selecting the SA-10 battery as the target, bombs as weapon, and HALF or FOUR NEVER drops starting on the waypoint with the special command, and never drops as many as I tell it to. It always starts dropping way before the WP1, and the number of TALDs dropped is never predictable: sometimes more than half, sometimes nearly all. One time the lead dropped 12 TALDs and the wing none on the first drop.

I then send the group back to WP 2 back towards where the Hornets started the mission (air-start), and the lead crosses over the waypoint about 3 or four times, always circling back to "try" again, before finally advancing to WP 3 to drop the remaining TALDs.

On the way to WP3 the last TALD(s) are dropped.

I don't get all these attacks before the WP and circling the WP numerous times before advancing.

Does anyone have an idea what's going on? Mission attached.

Joker's Gambit 01.miz