---
name: Marianas - Operation Velvet Thunder
theater: MarianaIslands
authors: Starfire
recommended_player_faction: USA 1970
recommended_enemy_faction: NVA 1970
description:
  <p>Operation Velvet Thunder is a high-intensity training exercise designed to 
  prepare fresh troops for the challenges they will face in Vietnam. The dense 
  jungle and rugged terrain of the Mariana Islands will provide a realistic 
  backdrop, allowing our forces to hone essential skills in jungle warfare, 
  unconventional tactics, and counterinsurgency operations. There are multiple 
  checkpoints scattered across the area of operations that will have to be 
  captured by Air Assault.</p>
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> This campaign is intended to be played with the 
  A-4 Skyhawk, OV-10A, C-130J, and Vietnam War Vessels mods active. If the Vietnam 
  War Vessels is not active, the C-101CC will serve as a stand-in for the Skyraider 
  in order to provide an Armed Recon platform. Airbase threat range is set to 20 
  for this campaign to optimise autoplanner.</p>
miz: operation_velvet_thunder.miz
performance: 1
recommended_start_date: 1970-11-29
version: "10.7"
settings:
  airbase_threat_range: 20
  a4_skyhawk: true
  hercules: true
  ov10a_bronco: true
  vietnamwarvessels: true
  squadron_start_full: true
squadrons:
  #Andersen AFB
  6:
    - primary: Escort
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - F-5E Tiger II
      size: 8
    - primary: CAS
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - OV-10A Bronco
      size: 8
    - primary: SEAD
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - F-4E-45MC Phantom II
      size: 16
    - primary: Strike
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - B-52H Stratofortress
      size: 4
    - primary: Air Assault
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - UH-1H Iroquois
      size: 4
    - primary: Transport
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - CH-47F Block I
      size: 4
  #Antonio B. Won Pat Intl
  4:
    - primary: Air Assault
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - C-130J-30 Super Hercules
        - C-130
      size: 8
    - primary: Armed Recon
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - A-1H Skyraider
        - C-101CC Aviojet
      size: 8
  #Blue CV
  Blue-CV:
    - primary: DEAD
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - A-4E Skyhawk
      size: 16
    - primary: BARCAP
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - F-8E Crusader
        - A-4E Skyhawk
      size: 16
    - primary: AEW&C
      aircraft:
        - E-2C Hawkeye
      size: 2
  #Rota Intl
  1:
    - primary: TARCAP
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - MiG-19P Farmer-B
      size: 8
  #Tinian Intl
  3:
    - primary: Air Assault
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - Mi-8MTV2 Hip
      size: 4
  #Saipan Intl
  2:
    - primary: BAI
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - MiG-21bis Fishbed-N
      size: 8