F18s not sticking to patrol mission

[smudge56]

Sorry if I confused question I was attempting to back you up. I was sure that the issue of aircraft going off a long way from there patrol zone. The only thing I don't know is what is an acceptable distance the planes can go outside there patrol zone.

I apologise if I muddied the waters it wasn't my intention.

[JCR]

I played the 2008 scenario ("give them hell") and had some very adventurous Flankers cruising around near Istanbul

http://i.imgur.com/fXx4I7O.jpg

[Dimitris]

More context please? What were they supposed to do? What was the expected behavior? Save available?

We're not telepaths, guys. Take the time to describe your problem.

[JCR]

I just checked. None of the AI Flanker patrols in that scenario had the "investigate contacts outside patrol area" checked.
The nearest patrol area was at least 100 nm away.

[thewood1]

I ran the same scenario from both Turkey and Russia up to the point you showed. I never had any SU-27 go beyond it's patrol zone. There is one patrol of Mig-31s that have the investigate option checked.

Here is a screenshot from the Russian side at about the same time you showed. Not sure what is going on in your run through.

[thewood1]

I had god's eye view on for that one. I let it run a little longer and declared Turkey and NATO hostile. Even with a couple F-16s engaging them from outside the patrol box, the Su-27s ultimate waypoint brings them back to the patrol. They skirted the outside of the box during the dogfight, but never went more than a couple miles out.