When I was in Iraq and we were getting hit by incoming fire the spotter for the enemy wanst flying around. We didnt know were the heck he was?
So we would have to just call in AS and look for him. I kinda understand what your saying so If not just chute down put the spotter in a GV.
Or you could have the option of flying a C-47 over the base and droping the paratrooper out that way the base knows atleast what direction he is in? and that he is there.