About This File
*Version 1.1*
This update lowers the intensity level from Version 1.0. Only enemy squadrons located nearest the border will be assigned missions. Supply has also been reduced for friendly and enemy squadrons. As a result, fewer enemy aircraft should appear in the air, better reflecting the limited nature of the historical conflict. Make no mistake, occasionally the campaign engine will generate large aerial engagements; this is historical, as well.
*The Campaign*
This campaign depicts rising tensions between Israel and Syria from 1974 through 1982. Based on the stock WOI Lebanon War campaign, it begins in April 1974 and ends in May 1982. Played in sequence with the stock WOI campaigns, “Golan Stalemate” allows for a continuous career from the start of the Yom Kippur War to the end of the Lebanon War. When combined with “Attrition War” and "War for the Water," the player can begin in 1963 and fly a continuous nineteen-year IAF career.
There will be no all-out air offensive; “Golan Stalemate” is a long, limited conflict. You will face Syrian aircraft in and around the Golan Heights and Lebanon. Ground offensive has been disabled, so borders remain static. Supply is minimal, restricting the number of aircraft in the sky. Mission mix includes routine patrols punctuated by occasional strike missions into enemy territory. You may fly a maximum of thirty-six missions, roughly one every ninety days.
IAF fighter and strike squadrons start out with their historical aircraft, entering the campaign at the time they were activated. Some squadrons will upgrade both their livery and their aircraft type during the course of the campaign.
*Unit Start Guide and Upgrade Path*
-- 69 Squadron (1974): F-4E Kurnass (no upgrade)
-- 101 Squadron (1974): Mirage III C Shahak --> Kfir C2 (1975)
-- 102 Squadron (1974): A-4H Ahit 73 (no upgrade)
-- 105 Squadron (1975): F-4E Kurnass (no upgrade)
-- 107 Squadron (1974): F-4E Kurnass (no upgrade)
-- 109 Squadron (1974): A-4H Ahit 73 --> Kfir C2 (1977)
-- 110 Squadron (1974): A-4H Ahit 73 --> F-16A Netz (1980)
-- 113 Squadron (1974): Mirage 5 Nesher --> Kfir C2 (1976)
-- 115 Squadron (1974): A-4H Ahit 73 (no upgrade)
-- 116 Squadron (1974): A-4H Ahit 73 (no upgrade)
-- 117 Squadron (1974): Mirage III C Shahak --> F-16A Netz (1980)
-- 119 Squadron (1974): F-4E Kurnass (no upgrade)
-- 133 Squadron (1978): F-15A Baz (no upgrade)
-- 140 Squadron (1974): A-4H Ahit 73 (no upgrade)
-- 141 Squadron (1974): A-4H Ahit 73 (no upgrade)
-- 143 Squadron (1979): Kfir C2 (no upgrade)
-- 144 Squadron (1974): Mirage 5 Nesher --> Kfir C2 (1978)
-- 201 Squadron (1974): F-4E Kurnass (no upgrade)
-- 253 Squadron (1976): Mirage 5 Nesher (no upgrade)