IL-2 Sturmovik: Sky Nomads Campaign (DLC)

This expansion is for players who finished Stalingrad and want to keep flying the same skies, only now in the spring of 1943. There is less story spectacle here and more of a feeling that you actually live at the airfield: you take off, land, take off again, and realise the outcome of the Kuban offensive depends on how well you fly. What you'll like: - You operate from airfields far behind the front line, so every sortie feels like a long trip out and back. - Beyond the usual cover missions for ground forces, you will have to fight over your own bases, and that tension hits harder than you expect. - Reconnaissance and strikes deep in enemy territory bring a sense of risk that regular missions often lack. - You feel part of a bigger machine: the regiment keeps moving from one airfield to another, and that changes both the map and the pace of play. To buy IL-2 Sturmovik: Sky Nomads Campaign (DLC) Steam gift, send us your Steam quick invite link, and the bot will add you as a friend and send the game to your account as a gift. The expansion requires Battle of Stalingrad on the account. In May 1943 the battle for the Kuban bridgehead entered its decisive phase. The North Caucasian Front troops managed to capture the village of Krymskaya, but the main German defensive line was never broken through. The Soviet command began preparing a new offensive operation, which began on May 26 in the Kievskoye - Moldavanskoye sector. The success of the actions of the ground forces largely depended on the outcome of the battle that unfolded in the air between the Red Army Air Force and the Luftwaffe. While being an independent creation, Sky Nomads continues the story of the Soviet fighter pilot you may know from the Blazing Steppe campaign. You will take on the role of deputy squadron commander of the 43rd IAP (Fighter Air Regiment), which is part of the 278th Fighter Air Division of Major General Savitsky's 3rd Fighter Air Corps. The regiment arrived in the Kuban at the end of April and immediately joined the struggle to gain air supremacy, changing airfields several times and taking part in all the main events at the front. You can expect both the standard tasks of covering friendly ground troops, patrolling, escorting, and intercepting, as well as intense battles over your airfields and sorties for reconnaissance and strikes deep in enemy territory. The nomad life of the 43rd IAP Colonel Lisin's 278th IAD included the 15th, 43rd, and 274th Fighter Air Regiments (IAP), stationed on the Novotitarovskaya and Novovelichkovskaya airfields to the north of Krasnodar. These fields were over 70 km away from the front line, which significantly limited the amount of time the Yaks spent in the area of operations. In early May, the 278th IAD regiments received an order to relocate closer to the front, to the Slavyanskaya and Krasnoarmeyskaya airfields. At this moment the relatively calm life of the 43rd IAP has ended and our story started. The regiment moved to Krasnoarmeyskaya on May 6th, Slavyanskaya on May 8th, and then back to Krasnoarmeyskaya the next day. On May 16th Luftwaffe attacked the airfield, and the regiment moved back to Novotitarovskaya. On May 27th, after the beginning of the offensive in Kievskoye-Moldavanskoye sector, the 43rd IAP moved to the forward airfield Abinskaya. After surviving another airfield strike and losing nearly all machines in the endless air skirmishes the regiment returned to Novotitarovskaya on June 9th and on June 16th it was pulled from the front. Timeframe: May 6th - June 5th, 1943 Unit: 43rd IAP of 278th IAD Aircraft: Yak-7b series 36 Duration: 15 missions Average playtime: 8 hours Author: Alexander =BlackSix= Timoshkov