F-22 Air Dominance Fighter / Red Sea Tour / Raid Egypt

Prepare your popcorn as the last sortie from this tour will be a long one. Full F-22 ADF playlist here:    • F-22 Air Dominance Fighter   Excerpt from the Strategy Guide: The list mentions some buildings that have to be destroyed and some which must not be destroyed, and this might lead you to the wrong assumption that the allied Headquarters is concerned about collateral damage. However, the Control Tower and Barracks are those at your very own take-off airbase, there is an enemy strike inbound and before you can commence your bombing mission, you have to intercept the inbound bogeys before they can release their weapons. Although it takes quite a while to win this mission, it can be lost within the first two minutes The intruder's escort is already overhead and the bombers are just a couple of miles away. With one escort flight of 4 MiG-29Ms and three waves of bombers consisting of 4 MiG-27 bombers each, assigning priorities becomes very important. Of the incoming bombers, the 4 coming in on a bearing of 130 dcgrees are the least dangerous, they do not carry any bombs and are thus just a diversion. The MiG-29Ms circling overhead and the four MiG-27s coming in from 330 degrees are second greatest danger, as soon as you have taken off, order your wingmen to engage, benveen them and the base's air defences, they ought to be able to handle that threat. However, the most dangerous bomber wave is sneaking in over the mountains west of the airbase, and you should concentrate on this group. As soon as you are airborne, turn right until you are flying due West, jettison your bombs, go to EMCON 3 and select the AIM- 120Rs as your active weapon. As you climb over the edge of the mountains, the MiG-27s should come into view. Build a shoot list and start shooting immediately, they will be well within range . When you have taken care of them, turn back towards the base and help your wingmen to fight the other bomber waves. After the successful defence of your air base, it is time to go on the offensive again. The first step is to rearm and refuel. To do that, land at your base without asking for permission to land (if you do, your wingmen will land as well and will not come back up again) and come to a full stop on the runway, your weapons and fuel will be restocked immediately. Take-off again, turn towards the first waypoint and engage the autopilot. For the attack part of the mission, you will have a Wild Weasel Escort of four F/A-18Es, and progressing on autopilot will give them a chance to catch up and will keep the formation intact once they have closed the distance. As you proceed into enemy territory, a couple of SAMs will light up and some enemy fighters will come to the party as well, but both threats should not present a problem. For the attack itself you should mentally prepare yourself for the fact that you will have to take out at least three targets, your wingmen will only go for the power station. Therefore, you must at least take out your primary target, the second office building and the chimney. If your wingmen play Dilbert again, the power station is yours as well. Although quite a task you should be able to pull this off, considering that you have 4 LGBs on board. In case you miss with one of the bombs, you have the option to either strafe the remaining buildings until they are destroyed or take the more realistic approach to return to your air base, to rearm and refuel again and to visit the target once more.