After more than seven years of fighting, Mujahideen resistance doesn't weaken. In fact, with direct support from the USA and Pakistan, it only gets stronger. Soviets decide to raise the bar and attack a large Mujahideen training camp in Pakistani territory.
This mission is based on a historic mission flown by Su-25 pilots taking off from Bagram airbase, imitating a flight profile of a transport airplane landing at Jalalabad and then proceeding toward their target at ultra low altitude. Pakistani F-16s didn't respond in time, will this outcome be repeated in this reenactment?
This mission was lead by then captain Alexander Koshkin who described it in his memoirs in 2012. Leading a flight of four Su-25s, captain Koshkin penetrated Pakistani airspace and attacked a large training camp Near Peshawar. Two bombing runs were made, followed by a single rocket pass and finally, a strafing pass. Soviet aircraft managed to leave Pakistani airspace well before F-16 fighter could react.
The player is supposed to replicate this. Takeoff from Bagram airbase, then fly toward Jalalabad in tight formation to reflect a single target on radars, after which make a turn towards the target and fly as low as possible. Primary targets are the barracks, hopefully you can hit them while as many Mujahideen as possible are still in them. Secondary targets include warehouses, garages, fuel tank, electrical equipment and vehicles. If anti-aircraft defense is not strong, finish with a strafing pass but then leave the target area to avoid being intercepted by F-16s.
Actual mission was flown in November 1986, but I moved it to January 1987. not to collide with my previous mission.
You can watch it being played on my YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kouq5zOqlO0
