Disrupt Air Support is a prep mission featured in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of The Cayo Perico Heist update, and a free roam mission that can be completed at any time while The Cayo Perico Heist strand is active. It is one of the three missions in the disruption category that is optional for completion.
Description[]
Destroy all the Buzzards that are intended for El Rubio's security on the island. This prep can only be attempted once.
If alerted, El Rubio's security will not have access to Buzzards during the heist.
Pavel tells the player that there are Buzzard Attack Choppers ready to be delivered to El Rubio and these give additional support when the island is on alert. Completing this setup will cause El Rubio's security to have no helicopter support in the finale.
that are due to be transported to Cayo Perico in order to ensure he has no air support during The Cayo Perico Heist. in order to ensure that El Rubio has no air support during The Cayo Perico Heist.The player is instructed to take out ten Buzzard Attack Choppers within ten minutes, which are located in groups across the map. These targets cannot be locked on by homing missiles and will be divided into four groups: two groups of two Buzzards on land carried by trucks, and two groups of three Buzzards on rafts carried by Tug boats off the coast. When the player destroys the first group of Buzzards, enemies will arrive in two Frogger helicopters. Note that, while the Buzzards cannot be locked onto, most have enemy personnel or other vehicles nearby that can be targeted, and shooting them will often destroy the buzzards nearby.
that is equipped with cluster bombs. Stealing this plane is optional but its weaponry can be used to help destroy El Rubio's Buzzards if required.Pavel also informs the player of a Mogul bomber plane, which is located at the airport and can be optionally used to destroy the targets. The plane will be lightly guarded by enemies and is equipped with cluster bombs, JATO thrusters and dual machine gun options for the nose and the rear turret.
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Effects[]
Destroying all ten Buzzards is mandatory to stop the enemy Buzzards from spawning should the player be detected during the heist finale, reducing overall firepower of El Rubio's security and lowering chances of being flanked from most covers outside the compound.
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