Arctic Escalation
To stop the imminent collapse of the Soviet Union the Stavka takes over the Soviet government in the late 80s and starts an all-out war in Europe.
Situation
The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard was taken over during the initial start of the invasion of Scandinavia. Due to the positioning of the archipelago and its many airports and ports future naval operations require the islands to be recaptured.
Now, with the main Soviet force destroyed on the outskirts of Narvik NATO command decides to launch a risky attack on the archipelago.
Briefing
You will be playing as Navy pilots
The operation has been divided into three stages:
Stage 1 - Escort the Marine expeditionary force to their LZ and achieve air supremacy. Support other Naval assets in the region and fight off any potential attacks.
Stage 2 - Help the Marines establish a beachhead by providing air support.
Stage 3 - With the beachhead established launch raids against Soviet held airfields and towns.
Notes
Each squadron can only use a single type of aircraft. You can change the aircraft type but not more than 2 times.
Aircraft available - F-14 (Fighter role) / AV-8 (Ground attack role) / EA-6B (EW & SEAD).
F-14s take off from Nimitz (100km from the AO).
AV-8s & EA-6Bs take off from Wasp-class amphibious assault ship (20km from the AO).
Losing an aircraft will require you to get another one from the bottom deck :)