Hey all,
I'm a bit ashamed to say that it took me 8 tries to get through this mission... It's the one where you have to capture the oil platform but can't lose more than 4 aircraft.
My problem
The issue I had was that I always lost more than 4 aircraft. I put up a CAP-screen supported by my Beriev flying radar. The F35/Eurofighters always got to me. Quite depressing.
How I finally did it
If you can't match Norway in air... don't! I just came up with a crazy plan and it worked. I committed an act of war against Norway in the process, but at least I completed the mission.
1. Launch 2 Naval strike aircraft + tanker and send them North-east of your airfield. Hold them there to assist your surface ship.
2. Change the loadout on 4 of your SU-35s to Land Strike.
3. Use your single fighter to try and strike the E3, if it dies in the process, so be it.
4. Use your Beriev to find the Norwegian ship and fire at it with your own ship. In my case it didn't kill it but it was hurt badly.
5. Use your Naval Strike aircraft to hit the corvette (the small ship) if you can find it.
6. Wait till your Land-attack aircraft are ready.
7. Set your land-aircraft straight to the enemy airbase. Go Very Low and use military speed to get there fast.
8. Destroy the airfield (Yep, it's crazy!)
9. Get your strike package home as fast as you can. You might lose a plan, maybe two.
10. Wait a bit for the enemy planes to run out of fuel, since they can't land they'll just crash.
11. Send a fighter to the Oil Platform to kill any surviving aircraft.
12. Kill the Norwegian frigate if it survived using your own ship.
13. If you're sure the air is clear send up your helicopter from the ship and complete the mission.
This was the more unorthodox way of completing the mission if you'd ask me. But it worked, so now I (and maybe you too) can move on to the 3rd mission.
Good hunting!
Stealth
I'm a bit ashamed to say that it took me 8 tries to get through this mission... It's the one where you have to capture the oil platform but can't lose more than 4 aircraft.
My problem
The issue I had was that I always lost more than 4 aircraft. I put up a CAP-screen supported by my Beriev flying radar. The F35/Eurofighters always got to me. Quite depressing.
How I finally did it
If you can't match Norway in air... don't! I just came up with a crazy plan and it worked. I committed an act of war against Norway in the process, but at least I completed the mission.
1. Launch 2 Naval strike aircraft + tanker and send them North-east of your airfield. Hold them there to assist your surface ship.
2. Change the loadout on 4 of your SU-35s to Land Strike.
3. Use your single fighter to try and strike the E3, if it dies in the process, so be it.
4. Use your Beriev to find the Norwegian ship and fire at it with your own ship. In my case it didn't kill it but it was hurt badly.
5. Use your Naval Strike aircraft to hit the corvette (the small ship) if you can find it.
6. Wait till your Land-attack aircraft are ready.
7. Set your land-aircraft straight to the enemy airbase. Go Very Low and use military speed to get there fast.
8. Destroy the airfield (Yep, it's crazy!)
9. Get your strike package home as fast as you can. You might lose a plan, maybe two.
10. Wait a bit for the enemy planes to run out of fuel, since they can't land they'll just crash.
11. Send a fighter to the Oil Platform to kill any surviving aircraft.
12. Kill the Norwegian frigate if it survived using your own ship.
13. If you're sure the air is clear send up your helicopter from the ship and complete the mission.
This was the more unorthodox way of completing the mission if you'd ask me. But it worked, so now I (and maybe you too) can move on to the 3rd mission.
Good hunting!
Stealth