Mission failure despite destroying target
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I just flew an OCA strike mission from the “Multimission” tactical engagement. The target is to destroy a depot or other sites near the target. I deployed laser guided bombs that destroyed the depot and several other buildings (7 A/G kills in total), but the outcome of the mission was a failure with no damage to target. Does anyone know if that is a problem with a custom TE or a bug in 4.33? I am 99% sure I bombed the correct location…
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Radar and depot are the two high value targets. I forget the exact requirements for OCA Strike mission type success but I think it is reducing the effectiveness by X%. Missing the radar (if you did?) might not have been enough. The target should have been the early warning/air defense radar set at the target steerpoint.
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Same problem here, and I had the same results with 4.32. I tried the mission with 2 GBU-10 in 4.33 and with 4 GBU-12 or 6 retarded Mk-82 in 4.32, and after my strike I told my wingman to attack the remaining ground targets. Everytime we destroyed at least 7-8 targets but the mission is always a failure (but, at least, my rating is “Average”).
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Personally, I think there is a mis-take on the mission objective - Offensive Counter Air - or title on this one. If you are on a Counter Air mission the objective should be to deny enemy aircraft an objective…so if somewhere in the background a flight of enemy strikers gets off and completes their objective, you have by definition failed your OCA mission. What I hear people describing is more of a Self Escort Strike (SES)…I think the two are being somewhat mixed up here.