The Ice Floe Base

The Ice Floe Base
Image Caption	"Bunkeres" [sic]
Game	Airforce Delta
Mission Number	15
Enemies	See here
Location	Smilna Straits
Mission Objectives	Destroy/Shoot down all targets
Time Limit	10'00''00
Conditions of Mission Failure	Getting shot down Running out of time Crashing Leaving the mission zone
Reward(s)	Variable amount of money depending on enemies shot down and how they were shot down
Unlocks	The Mountain Base F-22 Raptor (600,000 Credits)
Unlocked by	Satellite Intercept Mission

The Ice Floe Base is the fifteenth mission in the original Airforce Delta. It involves hunting down and destroying a submarine base inside of a vast icy tundra, where your radar and map will not help you locate the targets.

Briefing

We have a Navy communication requesting assistance.

The Federation Navy has been active in their use of submarines to attack transport ships.

Your mission is to search out and destroy the submarines' base of operation.

Unfortunately, the location of the enemy base is unclear.

The area is heavily snowbound, rendering radar sweeps ineffectual.

Track the course of the icebreakers heading for the base.

Walkthrough

This isn't a very tough mission. Finding the base itself isn't that difficult. Head up towards the main icy area, following the river. Track along the edge of the area, staying near the waterways. You should find it pretty soon.

If you need further help finding the base, check the first image in the gallery. There's an image of the map showing the approximate location of the base itself.

Anyways, once you reach the base, there are only five targets. Four subs, and one slightly bigger sub. No big deal. There are a decent number of gun pods and missile pods scattered about, and the subs can obviously fire missiles of their own at you, but it's not too hard.

And if you wanna go after the planes, keep in mind the snow is messing with your radar, making every enemy basically stealth. And keep track of where the base is if you decide to leave to go attack the planes! Nothing worse than losing track of the base while going after a fighter and having to track it down again.

Enemy List

Enemy Unit	Number	Score
Submarine	4	10,000
Nuclear Submarine	1	12,000
F/A-18C Hornet	2	42,000
MiG-31 Foxhound	2	40,000
JAS39 Gripen	2	43,000
EF2000 Typhoon	2	46,000
Su-37 Flanker	2	52,000
Icebreaker	3	4,500
Gun Pod	3	4,500
Missile Pod	3	6,000

Gallery (Enemy/NPCs)

Location of the base proper on the map; It's inside of and around that crevasse the plane is roughly facing.

Su-37 Flanker

Su-37 emblem

JAS39 Gripen

Gripen emblem

F/A-18C Hornet

F/A-18C emblem

EF2000

EF2000 emblem

MiG-31 Foxhound

MiG-31 emblem

Submarine

Nuclear Submarine

Missile Pod (MIM-104 Patriot, type 1)

Missile Pod (MIM-104 Patriot, type 2)

Gun Pod

Icebreaker

Image of the mission from the credits.

Video (Walkthrough/Soundtrack)

Trivia

• Every enemy in this stage has stealth capabilities, even those that do not normally have them. This is due to what the briefing mentioned.
• This is the only level in the game where targets are not directly marked on your map.
• In the manual, the mission location is instead given the name "Smyrna Channel"; this is likely the more accurate translation, as Smyrna is an actual name.