Operation Winter Hawk is the eighth mission in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. The multiplayer version of the level is Airport.
Mission Objective[]
The ringleaders of the Phoenix Group's Idaho operation have fled to a nearby airstrip. Your mission is to intercept them before they can escape.
Briefing[]
John Clark: There's been a security breach. Someone must have tipped them off. They knew we were coming. There's no time to redeploy - you're going to have to make do with what you've got. Good luck.
Anne Lang: I knew this would happen. We've got a potential bloodbath on our hands. I'll manage the spin with the White House, but please, please, try not to make matters worse. Good Lord. If this gets out the press will eat us alive.
Catherine Winston: My God. I was watching the video feed. They were experimenting on people. It looks like they've taken all the biological samples with them. You have to stop them.
Mission Orders[]
The leaders of the Phoenix Group's Idaho operation have fled to a local airstrip. They are believed to be carrying dangerous biological agents, and will likely attempt to leave the area by airplane.
You will approach the airstrip from behind the control tower.
Due to time constraints you will be limited to the team employed on the previous mission.
NEWSWIRE[]
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO (United News International) - U.S. agents raided a rural compound thirty miles outside the city of Twins Falls Sunday morning, seizing a large cache of automatic weapons and explosive devices. Shots were exchanged between federal officers and the occupants of the compound during the course of the raid, and several of the compound's defenders were killed, although their names have not been released pending positive identification, It is believed that the occupants of the compound were members of a separatist militia group and that the arms were intended to be used during a general revolt against the U.S. government. Authorities learned of the compound's existence from a European informant who had had dealings with the group in recent months. According to a government spokesman, charges will be filed against the surviving group members within the week, and further arrests may result as the investigation progresses.
Trivia[]
- This mission is considered to be the easiest in the game, since there are no bombs or hostages and enemies can be killed before the shooter is even spotted.
- This is the only mission where the leaders use a unique skin. It is also the only mission where leaders are only equipped with pistols.
- Oddly enough, when in the mission planning screen before the game, almost all of the landmarks (Including the insertion zone) will not be named. The only named landmark in the hawker on the airstrip.
- Despite the mission's easiness for a human player, computer controlled squads will most likely be killed, since they cannot attack enemies until they are both within each other's range.
- Fire Walk and Winter Hawk are the first pair of missions that have squad restrictions, in which those who went on the former must go to the latter. The other pair of missions have the opposite penalty, in which the members that go on Lone Fox cannot be used in Black Star.
- In the Urban Operations add-on for Rogue Spear, Fire Walk is a mission, but Winter Hawk is not, despite the fact they happened practically at the same time. This is most likely because in Rogue Spear, enemies in vehicles can be killed, but there never was a new engine considering terrorists in planes.
- Although the Biosuit is able to be equipped before the mission, there is no need for it, making it useless. However, if one uses the suggested plan, it will be equipped anyway. It is suggested that the player switches it out for any variant of the woodland camouflage outfits.
- Rifles are the best option for this mission. The MP5 is far to inaccurate from long range and the shotgun is only useful in the control tower.
- If grenades or flash bangs are thrown, terrorists all over the map will most likely scatter. Humorous as this is, it is also dangerous, for it may cause leaders to flee prematurely.
- The leaders are carrying briefcases in the hand that isn't holding a pistol. This feature is only for these specific leader skins, and the briefcases are purely cosmetic.
- The leader's player model for this mission is also a model for one of the hostages in Eagle Watch's first mission: Little Wing.
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| Missions of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | |
|---|---|
| Rainbow Six | Steel Wind · Cold Thunder · Angel Wire · Sun Devil · Ghost Dance · Blue Sky · Fire Walk · Winter Hawk · Red Wolf · Razor Ice · Yellow Knife · Deep Magic · Lone Fox · Black Star · Wild Arrow · Mystic Tiger |
| Lone Wolf | Arctic Phoenix · Silent Shelter · Rapid Fox · Stone Feather · Cold Talon |
| Eagle Watch | Little Wing · Sapphire Rising · Lion's Den · Red Lightning · Eagle Watch |