humannumber1

While going into the editor and deleting anything related to air has a certain "kobayashi maru" quality about it, it's not really what i'm looking for. I'm really looking for anything others may have found to work to mitigate the losses from air attacks that are included in the game. Maybe no one has found anything that works great, but thought I would see.

I've been playing through the battles and had a rough time with Russian air attacks in "Objective Delta" (I've seen others mention this too) and as I'm playing "Cry Havoc" I've started losing APCs to Russian Helicopters (after the Russians shot down both of my UAVs to add insult to injury). My stinger team seemed pretty ineffective in Objective Delta and no stinger teams have shown up in Cry Havoc yet (The briefing mentions them, but it's still somewhat early, so maybe they are coming later?). Has anyone devised any tactics to minimize their losses from Russian air assets? Do I just drive all my vehicles in the the trees when I hear sound effects that suggest there is about the be an air attack? Maybe pop smoke? Do I just pucker up and wait for one of my vehicles to explode? This was touched on a bit in the topic "US Anti Aircraft defences", but that thread is mostly people discussing how the scenario would play out in the real world. While interesting, I'm really looking for ideas about how to handle the situation in the game. As a player of CMSF, being on the receiving end of air attacks and much more effective artillery makes me feel bad for all those Syrians I was fighting :-P Thanks!