ripsnort the hidden cv creates a use for the currently useless ar234
load it up with drop tanks and rato and ditch the 500kg bomb and recon.
It is quite fun to find these cv's
they are almost always in typical hiding spots so if ou scout these locations its almost a sure thing to pinpoint their location.
i did this last week when rooks were hiding a bish cv.
loaded up an ar234 and blasted off to 12k in search of it.
about 15 minutes later i could see a cv in the distance from the bubblenose canopy of the 234 and i hightailed it back to base climbing to 16k to take advantage of the westerly winds aloft at that altitude.
Within minutes of landing i coordinated a strike package of a20 havocs with p51d escorts traveling on the deck to the target.
we popped up about 20 miles away and climbed to altitude.
As we got close we found to our amazement not 1 cv but 2 carriers!!!
I assigned our two best jabo pilots to hit the first cv with everything they had while the rest of us waited for the results.
they nailed it with every bomb and sent it to the bottom. freeing the rest of us to attack the second carrier with a vengence.
a minute later the rooks lost their second carrier
you dont have to use spies for the cv though this is a perfectly legitimate option. but by doing so you are overlooking the only recon mission we have in aceshigh.
its quite fun you should try it if you want a change from the normal way of finding enemy carriers.
and don't get adgitated by any tactics the other side uses. use your own tactics to defeat theirs. spies or recon planes do a fine job almost every time
