Editing Mercenaries and planes (section)

====Briefing====


*BlackFlag Internal Document
 #100337
*Mission Briefing
“Gold Rush”
*Deployment
Kitona
*Pancake
Kisangani
*Alternate
Luanda (Angola)
*AAR
Il-78 Midas “Conoco” available
*AWACS
R-99 “Bird Dog” available temporarily
*CSAR
None

*Contract Employer
Internal Emergency Tasking

*Objective
Cover our withdrawal from Kitona.

*Background
Seems like we aren't out of the woods yet. Airfield security picked up a suspicious person who had been hanging around for several days. After a brief interrogation, we found he was an informant for the United Kingdom, and it seems like he's been documenting when our aircraft have departed and arrived. Our intel sources confirm that there has been a lot of traffic in their Ministry of Defense, so most likely our spin control will not enable us to keep this incident contained, and the British will be launching a reprisal strike soon. We're not taking any chances. As of 0300, we began evacuating our temporary facilities here at Kitona. All available air transport craft have been diverted to assist in the airlift. We suspect that the UK's Invincible class carrier, the HMS Ark Royal is currently moving into position at best speed, although they've apparently been enforcing strict radio discipline and cloud cover continues to negate our satellite overflights. We've been lucky, it looks like the Royal Navy is playing their cards close to their chest, and have decided to not stir up a public furor about the MS Queen Vic, maybe trying to put us at ease while they prepare to hit us. In any case, on first contact from Bird Dog, intercept and delay the strike package for as long as possible. We should be completely clear of the airfield within the next six hours, but every second you buy us counts. Protect the transports to the best of your ability, and then withdraw to op point Baker and meet up with Conoco for refueling and escort to Kisangani.

*HUMINT
We couldn't get much more out of the informer, he died before the interrogation was over.
*ELINT
Nothing yet.
*SATINT
Cloud Cover has hindered our data collection.
*Air Assets
Unknown. Protect the 4x C-27J, 2 AN-12s, 2 IL-76 and 1 AN-22.
*Surface Assets
HMS Ark Royal, Unknown escorts.

*Threat Assessment
Unknown. Royal Navy doctrine will require them to have visuals on targets before firing, but once they've established that they're not shooting at a civilian airliner or airfield, you can expect the strikes to begin. We're expecting a cruise missile strike on the airfield no more than 15 minutes after their initial strike force confirms our presence.

*ROE
Engage at will. Aircraft attacking the transport planes are priority targets.