We have good intelligence that a Syrian Cessna AC-208B Combat Caravan is flying from Syria to Israel. Even though the aircraft shouldn't be armed, we don't want the Syrians to collect intelligence over our territory, so the intruder must be destroyed.

We can't see it yet, so you need to activate a radar to find the intruder. You have four possible choices to accomplish this:

  1. Press "CTRL + SHIFT + F9" and in the EMCON page select "Active" in the Radar menu.

    This will activate every radar on every platform on your side. However, usually this is not the recommended solution as any hostile side will rapidly identify every unit under your command.
  2. Select one of the three radars north of Ramat David, press "F9", uncheck the "Unit obeys EMCON" box and then check the "Radar" box.

    This will activate the radar of the selected unit and is a good way to find enemy aircraft.

    This is one of the preferred solutions, but you will not always be in command of a fixed radar unit, and they are a good target for enemy aircraft with Anti-Radiation Missiles (ARM). If you choose this during a scenario, just make sure to have a CAP (Combat Air Patrol) nearby to protect your radar.
  3. Assign a Gulfstream G550 AEW Nahshon to a Support Mission, checking that the radar EMCON setting for the mission is set to "Active".

    This is the preferred solution in real life, as AEW and AWACS aircraft have long-range radars best suited for this task and, being mobile, the risk of losing it to an enemy attack is reduced. Again, just make sure to have a CAP nearby.
  4. Use the radar on your fighters.

    This solution has a few drawbacks, as the fighters radar are ill-suited for the task due to their limited coverage area and range. If the enemy has an ELINT platform using them can also alert the enemy and give away their position and type.

Whatever solution you pick, it's time to get some aircraft airborne and try to intercept the intruder!

Note that the Hermes 900 UAV can be used as a powerful jamming platform. You shouldn't need them against a Cessna Caravan, but they are useful when you engage armed hostiles.