It is the fifteenth of May 2015 and Tadmur / Palmyra has recently been captured by ISIL.

You are stationed at Sayqal Airbase. You are one of the few pilots who have completed a few flights with the MiG-21Bis in recent years. The use of the Fishbed has become very rare.

You will fly one of these missions today. A convoy has been reported heading south from the Tadmur region. Our Air Force Intelligence Directorate has information that the target of the convoy is the Sharqiyah phosphate mine.

You will fly with a wingman. Ford Flight. Head north of the airbase onto Highway 53 and follow this and Highway 90 until you reach the intersection to the mine.

Locate and destroy the ISIL convoy. Return to Sayqal or, if necessary, to Tiyas to complete the mission. Use F10 to report whether the convoy is destroyed or not.

As far as we know, ZU-23-2, AZP S-60, DShK, Stinger and IGLA are deployed in the occupied territories. In addition, of course, various other machine guns and handguns.

Do not enter the town of Tadmur at the northern end of Highway 90. The threat there is currently expected to be very high.
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Cold Start
VFR Flight (follow highway)
RSBN Navigation (back to Sayqal or Tiyas)
You can't see yourself on the F10
There is no course marked on the kneeboard
A/G (Rockets, Gun)
Evasive maneuvers
Let the wingman help you
Best to fly mostly without afterburner
Landing
Only text messages
After you have attacked the convoy - you should use the F10 menu to report what has happened.

There is also a second mission file available for download. In it, your MiG and the convoy are visible on the F10 map after take-off.

This mission is based on events from 2015, but does not claim to be realistic or based on a concrete mission.
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