Mission 9 impossible?

[DrShaw]

I've attempted this mission 5 or 6 times, failed the a/a combat each time. I can't ever get a shoot cue with STL with my 120's even though they are in range (less than 20 miles), are they doing some crazy radar jamming or something?

I've tried mad dogging the missile's, I've tried attacking them offset from further back than I should be (not near my wingman), I've tried just outrunning them to get separation and then turn on the one that seems hell bent on just getting me. 

It's probably a skill issue, but here are 5 track files. I never once got STL even though I did shoot down 1 enemy plane once. 

Just doesn't seem fair and curious what others are finding? This campaign has been pretty bumpy for me. 

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[Sandman Simulations]

46 minutes ago, DrShaw said:

I've attempted this mission 5 or 6 times, failed the a/a combat each time. I can't ever get a shoot cue with STL with my 120's even though they are in range (less than 20 miles), are they doing some crazy radar jamming or something?

I've tried mad dogging the missile's, I've tried attacking them offset from further back than I should be (not near my wingman), I've tried just outrunning them to get separation and then turn on the one that seems hell bent on just getting me. 

It's probably a skill issue, but here are 5 track files. I never once got STL even though I did shoot down 1 enemy plane once. 

Just doesn't seem fair and curious what others are finding? This campaign has been pretty bumpy for me. 

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Hi,

I'll check if something has happened for this mission too. It's not easy one but shouldn't be impossible. Last time I tested it about month ago and we got all of the on second try.

[Sandman Simulations]

22 hours ago, DrShaw said:

I've attempted this mission 5 or 6 times, failed the a/a combat each time. I can't ever get a shoot cue with STL with my 120's even though they are in range (less than 20 miles), are they doing some crazy radar jamming or something?

I've tried mad dogging the missile's, I've tried attacking them offset from further back than I should be (not near my wingman), I've tried just outrunning them to get separation and then turn on the one that seems hell bent on just getting me. 

It's probably a skill issue, but here are 5 track files. I never once got STL even though I did shoot down 1 enemy plane once. 

Just doesn't seem fair and curious what others are finding? This campaign has been pretty bumpy for me. 

Tacview-20251031-150838-DCS-Mission 9.zip.acmi 3.83 MB · 0 downloads Tacview-20251031-155654-DCS-Mission 9.zip.acmi 3.33 MB · 0 downloads Tacview-20251102-110757-DCS-Mission 9.zip.acmi 3.45 MB · 0 downloads Tacview-20251102-114229-DCS-tempMission.zip.acmi 3.85 MB · 0 downloads Tacview-20251102-122153-DCS-tempMission.zip.acmi 3.75 MB · 0 downloads

This time I was lucky and made it on first try. Still not perfectly as one of the SU-24s just dropped its bombs before got killed. It's not easy mission but not impossible either.

I took heading to closing MiGs and shot 3 AMRAAMs. They shot two missiles at the same time and I had to break the radar lock and go defensive. Still two of my missiles hit which is quite rare. After evading missiles I shot one AMRAAM against fourth MiG. I thought it was killed by my flight lead and turned towards attack element. Shot rest of my AMRAAM and then noticed there was still one MiG alive. Fortunately the lead too it down and I went after the Su-24s. Killed one with AIM-9s and had only guns left. They were too fast for me but fortunately Cougar 1 flight came to help. Bit too late but all enemies got downed.

Of course I f*ed up my approach but don't look at that. 

I checked your mission files and I don't think you are doing anything wrong. Maybe trying to shoot the enemy before it shoots forcing it to break the radar lock might be one way. Not working every time. You don't need to wait for shoot cue as I think it comes only when enemies are in no-escape range. They are closing fast and you can shoot earlier. There is no radar jamming or any other sorcery.

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Edited Monday at 06:15 PM by Sandman Simulations