VMFA-531 Mission Pack III (20-24 April 1965) for WOV

VMFA-531 Mission Pack III, for Wings Over Vietnam (WOV)

This pack covers missions flown by Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531 (VMFA-531) between the dates of April 20 through April 24, 1965. Where possible I have tried to keep as close as possible to the historical write-up of Mike Wanamaker and Lee R. De haven, given the constraints of the publicly available aircraft and ground objects in WOV. Where necessary, certain pre-requisites are used.

Update to V1.1

Set all drone ground targets to use Nation=DRONE value, to stop game engine automatically (randomly) using them in VietnamSEA terrain on some missions, other than gunnery practice mission. Updated installation instructions accordingly.

Update V1.20

This mod has been updated on request to remove direct links to any Capun and A-team prerequisite models. Instead please contact Capun for access - details enclosed.

Missions Included in this Pack

This pack contains the following missions:

1. [650420]#94605 – target a troop concentration and knock out a ‘possible’ gun emplacement

2. [650420]#94606 – target houses and trucks either side of a river

3. [650420]#94607 – target buildings and trenches either side of a highway

4. [650420]#94608 – target buildings, trails and VC troops in a wooded area

5. [650420]#94674 – target a VC hamlet

6. [650420]#94675 – target a separate VC hamlet

7. [650421]#94684+ - carry out in-flight refuelling training due to bad weather in target area. Also practice a bad weather approach and landing

8. [650421]#94686 – target a network of trails in a heavily wooded area

9. [650421]#94687 – carry out a Flaming Arrow helicopter escort mission, then divert to assist a FAC and attack a suspected armament repair building

10. [650421]#94687b – act out the role of the FAC in the previous mission in a ‘bird dog’ O-1E, returning to Phu Cat

11. [650422]#94688 – take part in another Flaming Arrow escort mission and clear the LZ by attacking VC troops dug in along a ridge line

12. [650423]531 Formation Training – carry out squadron-level formation flying training due to heavy ordnance restrictions

13. [650423]531 Gunnery Training – carry out live gunnery training on a specially prepared practice range, again due to heavy ordnance restrictions

14. [650424]#94982 – target VC transportation assets

15. [650424]#94983 – target VC-controlled buildings

For each mission NAV waypoints are defined to guide you to the target area and back to your home base.

Acknowledgements, Disclaimer and Terms

Thank you to all those modders that have provided the prerequisites I have used in my mission packs. If there are any problems with these missions and my own mods, then please contact me directly, not the authors of the prerequisites.

Released under the CombatAce Fair-Use terms: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=26131

Contents

This Pack includes the following:

1. 15 x Missions taken from the historical accounts of VMFA-531 for the dates April 20 through April 24, 1965

2. Detailed installation instructions

3. Detailed Mission Briefings (as .jpg files) containing more details about each mission

4. Static aircraft definitions for F-4B, O-1E, F-100D and A310 MRTT

5. New loadout definitions for the F-4B, O-1E and F-100D

6. Target definitions for each mission

7. Set of drone enemy ground vehicles - for use with gunnery training mission

Any problems, please let me know. Good luck!

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