[shahadi]

"As a note, after checking the bombardment screen, none of the aircraft are assigned targets in this scenario. I suggest that is why the AI controlled aircraft did not enter into the battle, well, at least not in my copy of the scenario."

But, ah, as long as the FAC remains a passenger it will not provide targeting?

So, I put a test without a FAC and no air strikes occurred. Also, the FAC riding in a vehilce resulted in zero air strikes. However, once, I added a FAC the AI targeted the NASAM and other targets as well. I was so pleased!

Challenging scenario

Thanks for Grant1pa for the post!