In the summer of 1988, tensions simmering for decades finally ignite. Under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces surge across the inner German border, launching a full-scale invasion through the Fulda Gap. For months, signs of a shift had been visible; escalating rhetoric, unusual troop movements, a hardening of positions. However, few believed the Kremlin would truly abandon the uneasy balance that had held since World War II. It was only when the tanks started rolling west that it became clear. The Soviet Union had finally crossed its Rubicon. The battle for Europe had begun.
NATO forces, stretched thin and caught in partial readiness, are thrown into a desperate defence. From bases across West Germany, multi-national air assets scramble to blunt the assault. In the skies over Central Europe, control is fleeting, and the cost of failure is all too high.
miz: crossing_the_rubicon.miz performance: 3 recommended_start_date: 1988-07-13 version: "10.7" settings: hercules: true squadron_start_full: true squadrons: #Ramstein 165: - primary: OCA/Runway secondary: air-to-ground aircraft: - B-1B Lancer size: 4 - primary: Escort secondary: air-to-air aircraft: - Mirage-F1EE size: 8 #Sembach 156: - primary: CAS secondary: any aircraft: - A-10A Thunderbolt II size: 8 - primary: SEAD Sweep secondary: air-to-ground aircraft: - AV-8B Harrier II Night Attack size: 8 #Bitburg 200: - primary: TARCAP secondary: air-to-air aircraft: - F-15C Eagle size: 8 #Spangdahlem 162: - primary: BAI secondary: any aircraft: - F-4E-45MC Phantom II size: 8 #Hahn 155: - primary: Strike secondary: any aircraft: - B-52H Stratofortress size: 4 - primary: DEAD secondary: any aircraft: - F-16CM Fighting Falcon (Block 50) size: 8 #Wiesbaden 170: - primary: Escort secondary: any aircraft: - OH-58D(R) Kiowa Warrior size: 6 - primary: Air Assault secondary: any aircraft: - UH-1H Iroquois size: 6 #Frankfurt 163: - primary: AEW&C aircraft: - E-3A size: 2 - primary: Refueling aircraft: - KC-135 Stratotanker size: 2 - primary: Transport secondary: any aircraft: - C-130J-30 Super Hercules - C-130 size: 4 #Buchel 235: - primary: SEAD Escort secondary: any aircraft: - Tornado IDS size: 8 #Carrier Blue-CV: - primary: Escort secondary: any aircraft: - F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late) size: 8 - primary: SEAD secondary: any aircraft: - F/A-18C Hornet (Lot 20) size: 8 - primary: Armed Recon secondary: air-to-ground aircraft: - S-3B Viking size: 8 - primary: AEW&C aircraft: - E-2C Hawkeye size: 2 - primary: Refueling aircraft: - S-3B Tanker size: 4 - primary: Air Assault secondary: any aircraft: - UH-60A size: 4 #Haina 161: - primary: Escort secondary: any aircraft: - Mi-24P Hind-F size: 4 - primary: Air Assault secondary: any aircraft: - Mi-8MTV2 Hip size: 4 - primary: Armed Recon secondary: air-to-ground aircraft: - Su-25 Frogfoot size: 8 #Allstedt 157: - primary: Escort secondary: any aircraft: - MiG-23MLD Flogger-K size: 8 - primary: SEAD Escort secondary: any aircraft: - MiG-27K Flogger-J2 size: 8 #Sperenberg 101: - primary: Strike secondary: any aircraft: - Tu-95MS Bear-H size: 8 - primary: OCA/Aircraft secondary: any aircraft: - Tu-22M3 Backfire-C size: 8 - primary: TARCAP secondary: air-to-air aircraft: - Su-27 Flanker-B size: 8 #Tempelhof 29: - primary: AEW&C aircraft: - A-50 size: 1 #Schonefeld 26: - primary: Refueling aircraft: - IL-78M size: 2 - primary: Transport secondary: any aircraft: - AN-26B size: 4 #Finow 12: - primary: BAI secondary: any aircraft: - MiG-21bis Fishbed-N size: 8 #Templin 15: - primary: SEAD secondary: any aircraft: - Su-24M Fencer-D size: 8 #Wittstock: 1: - primary: DEAD secondary: air-to-ground aircraft: - Su-17M4 Fitter-K size: 8 #Peenemunde 25: - primary: Escort secondary: any aircraft: - MiG-29A Fulcrum-A size: 8