- Prerequisites: Resistance Rating Level 2+ (Whitetail Mountains)
- Rewards: 200 Resistance Points, $1,500
- Details: Jacob sent combat helicopters looking for Whitetail Militia.
MISSION Commencement
Once your Resistance Rating for Whitetail Mountains increases to Level 2, Jacob Seed realizes who you’re partnered with and sends out three combat helicopters to search for militia and wipe them out. Dutch radios in to let you know about this.
DESTROY the Combat Helicopters
The airborne convoy consists of three off-white cult combat attack helicopters, each with a pilot and a sniper, plus other possible enemies riding inside.
Find them anywhere on the map, usually flying low to the ground. Listen for multiple helicopters and react as soon as you spot them. Intercept, and destroy them.
RECOMMENDED Paths
There’s no one plan that’s optimal here due to the random location you encounter each convoy in, but there are recommendations you can use to your advantage:
Assault the helicopters in a remote area, rather than close to a cult outpost, so no further reinforcements arrive.
Complete the general takedown plans for choppers—aim a sniper rifle at the pilot and tag him until he dies. The helicopter spins out of control and crashes. Repeat this, using available cover to hide from any incoming shots.
RPGs are another option, though they’re slightly more difficult to use than you might expect; the choppers usually fly away from the missile rather easily; try firing when the a chopper is hovering.
Have allies attack simultaneously from disparate directions so the helicopters can’t focus all their attack firepower on you.
By far the easiest method is to attack this convoy using a rapid-fire machine gun. You can carry it or use it from a nest or a mounted vehicle.
Another clean and easy takedown is to attack the airborne convoy from behind in an aircraft (a helicopter is preferred, as it’s slower and more maneuverable); strafe the enemy choppers with gunfire until you blow them from the sky.