Can Operation Opera be accomplished?

[fatgreta1066]

I'm curious about this. I've tried several times to accomplish this while giving the planes the specific orders as outlined in the scenario briefing. At 50 miles out, as soon as the fighters fly up toward 25000 feet and the strikers fly up toward 5000 feet, they are engaged and destroyed by SAMs, fighters, or both. I can't figure out a way to get the planes in and out without being slaughtered. The Israeli's actually did it, so theoretically it can be done, but has anyone else found success?

[YukariYakumo]

Quickly bringing the strikers up from the south but staying low longer than the mission calls for, I am able to hit both reactors consistently.

In the real life version of the mission, the Iraqis supposedly forgot to turn on one of the radars, and some of the SAM operators were out to a midday meal! Not so in the game

[HalfLifeExpert]

Quickly bringing the strikers up from the south but staying low longer than the mission calls for, I am able to hit both reactors consistently.

In the real life version of the mission, the Iraqis supposedly forgot to turn on one of the radars, and some of the SAM operators were out to a midday meal! Not so in the game

Yeah the thing is the Iraqi attention was directed eastward toward the Iranians, and those who screwed up with the western-facing air defenses ended up with a bullet in the head!