Reconnaissance missions DCS World Mission Editing
Last updated: May 16, 2025

Reconnaissance missions have to be set just like other missions without a specific ground target. The correct way to get these missions shown in the air tasking order is to create a waypoint action Orbit over the target area. The orbit can be both Race-Track and Circle. In case it is a Race-Track the waypoint action must be set on the first waypoint of the orbit. This process will generate a RECCEDAT and a PTRCPLOT lines

RECCEDAT/P/PRI:2/010700ZOCT/NET:010645ZOCT/NLT:010715Z/LTIOV:011345ZOCT1998/FLR/PINPT/FL/IMQ:V/CM:C/C/ANA/-/12/12-1//

PTRCPLOT/LATS:300105N0803428W/NAME:BLUE RIVER BRIDGE/RAD:1NM/150FT/WE//