Search for ground units

[LoneGunman]

Hi guys, I´m wandering if it is possible to use "naval search" air mission also for the patrol flight over the enemy territory. I need to know the movement of enemy troops and I don´t know how to use my air squads for this type of mission as recon flights are targeted on particular hexes...

[bradfordkay]

Naval search will not spot ground troops. You can set air units to recon with no target and there is a slight chance that they might find previously unspotted troops.

[jmalter]

w/ an airgroup tasked to recon, w/ no target specified, start w/ rng=2 & increase range by 1 on successive turns, at the same time you increase the rest %age so the group's morale stays high.

best to use an airgroup w/ high recon-skill w/ planes that have an elint/camera device, but you can use chumps in a pinch & deduce the location of enemy stuff by noting where they got shot down.

[aphrochine]

You can target recon specific hexes (even non-base) iirc. However, I've resigned to simply using picket troops to detect enemy forces on the ground. Any mobile unit type (favorably small and inexpensive to rebuild) are best.