Air Assets and Operations

A modular air-operations toolkit for Arma Reforger. Four standalone subsystems — NPC aircraft, JTAC strike radio, player-flown SAR, ATC radio — that combine into a full milsim air-ops loop.

NPC AIRCRAFT — DROP A FEW MARKERS, PLANE FLIES ITSELF
Place an airfield setup; aircraft autonomously taxi out, take off, cruise, loop back, and land on the same runway.
- AAO Aircraft Spawner — dropdown selects aircraft (1 per airport for now)
- AAO Runway Start / Runway Takeoff / Taxi Point — runway geometry markers
- AAO VTOL Pad — vertical takeoff/landing only if no Runway Start/Takeoff exist
- AAO Air Control Tower — flight state machine; drives every spawned aircraft
- Full state machine — taxi, hold-short, roll, climb, cruise, 180° turn, fly-back, approach, descent, touchdown, rollout
- Animated gear — retracts after liftoff, extends on approach
- Realistic ground handling — turns, corners, terrain-following wheels
- Aircraft included: A-10 Thunderbolt II, AV-8B Harrier II
- AAO USS Enterprise CVN-65 — static carrier-deck placeable

Quick setup:
1. Place AAO Air Control Tower near your runway
2. Place AAO Runway Start at the start + AAO Runway Takeoff in the middle of the runway
3. Place AAO Aircraft Spawner on parking. Properties → "Aircraft" (A-10 or AV-8B)
- Optional: AAO Taxi Points; AAO VTOL Pad for vertical launches
- Optional: Tower properties → Faction (CIV = open to all) and Display Name
The plane sits idle until a JTAC Radio dispatches it.


JTAC STRIKE RADIO — CALL AIR SUPPORT FROM ANYWHERE
Wearable backpack. Contact a tower, then task its airborne aircraft.
- Show of Force — low-fast pass over your position
- Recon — drop a "Recon" map marker, aircraft orbits and reports
- CAS — drop a "CAS" map marker, aircraft dives, strafes, loiters
- RTB — recall the airborne aircraft to base

Quick use:
1. Spawn an AAO JTAC Radio (GM-placeable)
2. Approach it and pick Contact tower (requires airport setup)
3. Pick a tower from the list (e.g. Bagram 118.500) — 4-action menu opens
4. For Recon/CAS: drop a map marker with text "Recon" or "CAS" (case-insensitive)
5. Pick the action — plane taxis, takes off, executes, loiters (or RTBs)


SAR MISSION SYSTEM — PLAYER-FLOWN SEARCH AND RESCUE
SAR mission generator: auto-loop or single picks. Maritime and Field scenarios.
- AAO MEDEVAC Post — delivery zone. Defines per-pad random-spawn ring (default 500–5000 m).
- AAO SAR Survivor / SAR Survivor (Unconscious) — test survivors auto-picked by mission
- SAR Net radio menu — Start SAR Watch (auto-loop) or 1 Maritime / 1 Field SAR (single)
- Sitrep / Get In / Get Out / Abort workflow
- Wounded survivor pops smoke (day) or flare (night) on pilot comm-range entry
- Medics spawn at the Post; bring in via Get In. On Get Out near an unconscious survivor they walk in, treat (10s), walk back, re-board on Get In.
- Survivor walks to the Post on Get Out near base; mission completes on trigger entry
- Field-heal fallback — no Post placed → mission ends on full heal

Quick setup:
1. Place AAO MEDEVAC Post in your AO — where survivors are delivered
2. Spawn whatever vehicle you want to use for SAR (boat, heli, jeep) and get in.
3. Use any personal radio to open the SAR Net menu (hold R)
4. Pick Start SAR Watch (auto-loop) or 1 Maritime / 1 Field SAR (single)
5. Sitrep for status, Get In/Out for NPC medics, Abort to cancel
6. Once the survivor is conscious and you are close enough use Get In, and then Get Out near the AAO MEDEVAC Post
- Optional: properties → adjust random-spawn radius (default 500–5000 m)
- Optional: Medic players can also force Survivor to join group and follow them

ATC RADIO — ALWAYS-ON TOWER COMMS
ATC menu on the standard player radio. Parallel to SAR — switch nets mid-mission. Vehicle-only.
- Contact → tower picker → connected ops
- Multi-tower picker
- Recon — same dispatch path as the JTAC backpack. Helo pilot/copilot only.
- Vector to Base — compass heading + distance to the connected tower. Any vehicle.

Quick use:
1. Ensure there is at least one AAO Air Control Tower
2. Enter any vehicle (cars, boats, helos, planes)
3. Press interact — ATC menu appears alongside other radio menus
4. Contact tower → pick from list → Vector to Base (any vehicle) or Recon (helo crew only)


SPECIAL NOTE
Coexists with Tactical Ops Mod Suite (TOPS) — shared radio context; works standalone too.


CREDITS
Aircraft and asset meshes:
- A-10 Thunderbolt II — bohmerang on Sketchfab — https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a-10-thunderbolt-ii-free-f2979a68397534b59bd41fe989497ffcb (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- AV-8B Harrier II — Wolves-Realm on CGTrader — https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/aircraft/jet/harrier-jet-fighter
- USS Enterprise CVN-65 — Muhamad Mirza Arrafi — https://skfb.ly/ptJHO (CC-BY 4.0)
Audio: custom audio from freesound.org under their licensing.


LICENSE
CC-BY-NC-SA (inherited from the embedded A-10 mesh): free for non-commercial use, attribution required, derivatives must use the same license.


SUPPORT
Discord — https://discord.gg/xbZTD67MTr