Air support to ground

Helicopters on wire stands move 500 m per bound and cannot move and fire in the same turn; lift helicopters remain exposed at LZs. CAS missions declare target, load and direction; after surviving ADA rolls, two dice place the impact point on a locator grid (gross errors on 11/12), then a pattern template is placed and d66 rolls on weapons effects tables give suppression or kill per target.

Dice are rolled twice to establish the weapons pattern center on the impact locator.

Each AA Team rolls its RoF against the aircraft's d6, with each higher die a hit; the aircraft is driven off if it fails a save against the AA's AT. The attack is rolled on d6: bombs (3-inch radius, 3 RFPs, d10-3 deviation), rockets (AT 5 or 3 RFPs) or a cannon strafing line 12 inches by 2 inches (2 RFPs). Aircraft cannot target enemies within 12 inches of friendly teams.

When rolling Order Dice, if the Hero Die rolls a 1, an air attack immediately occurs on the Active Player's behalf before they spend any Order Points.

Roll per attack: 5-6 the target must save or be Scattered/Destroyed; 2-4 no effect; 1 if within 12" of an enemy HQ (its AA) the aircraft are dispersed and that side has one fewer attack per turn for the rest of the battle.

1 = if the attack was within 12" of an enemy HQ, the aircraft are dispersed. That air force is allowed one less air attack per turn for the rest of the battle.

Close Air Support (2D6=4+ or 5+, day only) rolls FP 3 against each unit within d6 inches of the target. Bomber Wing (2D6=5+) automatically suppresses all units within d6 inches, but the target cannot be within 12 inches of a UN unit. Air Supply drops 2 supply markers, with 2d6 inch drift on failure.

CLOSE AIR SUPPORT [Day only] Roll FP 3 against each unit within d6” of the target.

Each aircraft is present for up to 3 turns: it may strafe once in any turn and bomb only in turns 2-3 (using its Ordnance Load), never both in one turn. Bomb points are pre-plotted unless a Forward Air Support Coordinator is available (depends on nation/date and a cohesion roll). Each AA stand that passes cohesion adds +2 (40mm or less) or +1 (larger) to the strike's 'to attack' and 'to deviate' cohesion rolls. Deviation is 1D8 direction and 1D6 inches (1D6/2 for strafing).

Each aircraft may be in play for no more than 3 turns.