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RE: Interception of Naval patrol - 1/14/2022 5:08:43 PM

Zovs

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Searching through the Living Manual reveals that Sweep is still there.

18.1.7. Air Superiority
Part 4: The Air War
Aircraft assigned air superiority missions can intercept enemy air activity both on the way to and in their target area. Air superiority missions can be used defensively to protect a target area, or offensively as a fighter sweep type mission.

19.1. AIR MISSION SEQUENCE
19.1.1. General overview
6. Phasing player Air Group units return to staging base and then fly independently back to air base unit

Only fighters and fighter-bombers flying escort will drop the tanks when they have used them up during flight as a/c with bombs and drop tanks cannot drop one without dropping the other (so they keep the drop tanks until they drop the bombs). Fighter-bombers that are bombing may jettison their bombs and drop tanks and switch to �sweep� which simply means they are becoming fighters trying to fight in A2A going after enemy fighters. This allows those fighters and fighter bombers to engage enemy interceptors at full effect.

Air groups are broken down into smaller �flights� to resolve air missions, to include air to air combat and bombing runs. Decision by fighters or fighter bombers to drop their drop tanks/bombs is made by each such flight. These flights can consist of 4-12 aircraft So one part of an air group unit can switch to sweep while another keeps their drop tanks and press on with their escort mission or, for fighter bombers, to bomb the target.

37.1.2. Combat Resolution Window: General Info
The number of air missions and type (recon or bomb, escort, sweep, CAP) flown during the battle.

37.1.6. Air Combat:
MISSION: The mission the flight of aircraft conducted (RECON, BOMB, ESCORT, SWEEP, and PATROL).

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RE: Interception of Naval patrol - 1/14/2022 9:17:20 PM

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I have been keeping an eye out for SWEEP and I have seen one battle where fighters switched to SWEEP. When I clicked on loadout nothing was listed. It appears it can happen without any loadout.

How can you check the load out ?
I can't see it listed in the combat report.
If you look at the aircraft at their air base or on the commanders report and they are on auto I don't think that tells you what they use on a mission.

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RE: Interception of Naval patrol - 1/14/2022 9:30:13 PM

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Check air combat report

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RE: Interception of Naval patrol - 1/14/2022 11:29:19 PM

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Thanks, had never noticed the box at the bottom of the report.
That confirms, no load outs for the fighters.

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RE: Interception of Naval patrol - 1/15/2022 2:50:49 AM

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Here are some stats from the logistics report from a recent turn (lastest Beta). Most of the air action is over Lake Ladoga in rain. Clashing Air Superiority and Naval Patrols on both sides.
Bf 109s did pretty good. The He-111s lost are dropping mines. There are a mass of battles so difficult to get a feel for it.