---
name: Syria - Operation Blackball
theater: Syria
authors: Fuzzle
description: <p>A lightweight fictional showcase of Cyprus for the Syria terrain. A US Navy force must deploy from a FOB and carrier group to push from the north-east down through the island. <strong>Note that the ground units purchased on turn zero must sustain you until you've taken the first hostile FOB. The starting point does not have a factory to simulate a Marine Expeditionary Force deploying from the carrier group.</strong></p><p><strong>Backstory:</strong> The world is at war. With the help of her eastern allies Russia has taken the Suez Canal and deployed a large naval force to the Mediterranean trapping a US carrier group near the Turkish-Syrian border. Now they must break out by taking Cyprus back.</p>
version: "10.0"
recommended_player_faction: US Navy 2005
recommended_enemy_faction: Russia 2010
miz: operation_blackball.miz
performance: 1
recommended_start_date: 2006-05-17
squadrons:
  # BLUFOR CVN
  Naval-1:
    - primary: BARCAP
      secondary: air-to-air
      aircraft:
        - VF-142
    - primary: SEAD
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - VFA-106
    - primary: BAI
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - VMFA-122
    - primary: AEW&C
      aircraft:
        - VAW-125
    - primary: Refueling
      aircraft:
        - VS-35 (Tanker)
    - primary: Anti-ship
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - VS-35
    - primary: Transport
      aircraft:
        - HSM-40
  # BLUFOR LHA
  Naval-2:
    - primary: BAI
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - VMA-223
    - primary: Transport
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - HMLA-269 (UH-1H)
    - primary: CAS
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - HMLA-269 (AH-1W)
  # BLUFOR Start FOB
  FOB Andreas:
    - primary: Transport
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - HMLA-169 (UH-1H)
    - primary: CAS
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - HMLA-169 (AH-1W)
  # OPFOR CVN
  Naval-3:
    - primary: BARCAP
      secondary: air-to-air
      aircraft:
        - Su-33 Flanker-D
    - primary: TARCAP
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - Su-33 Flanker-D
  # OPFOR LHA
  Naval-4:
    - primary: CAS
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - Ka-50 Hokum
  # Larnaca
  47:
    - primary: TARCAP
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
      - MiG-29S Fulcrum-C
    - primary: CAS
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
      - Su-25 Frogfoot
  # Akrotiri
  44:
    - primary: BARCAP
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
      - Su-27 Flanker-B
    - primary: Strike
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
      - Su-34 Fullback
    - primary: Strike
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
      - Tu-95MS Bear-H
  # Paphos
  46:
    - primary: BARCAP
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
      - Su-30 Flanker-C
    - primary: Strike
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
      - Su-34 Fullback
    - primary: CAS
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - Mi-28N Havoc
    - primary: Strike
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
      - Tu-160 Blackjack
    - primary: AEW&C
      aircraft:
        - A-50
    - primary: Refueling
      aircraft:
        - IL-78M
    - primary: Transport
      aircraft:
        - IL-78MD
  # OPFOR First FOB
  FOB Gecitkale:
    - primary: CAS
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - Mi-24P Hind-F
  # OPFOR Second FOB
  FOB Guzelyurt:
    - primary: Transport
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - Mi-8MTV2 Hip
    - primary: CAS
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - Mi-24P Hind-F