Part 1 of 2, Part 2 can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmxpAvhQYmU This is a quick guide to show the basics of the Mission Editor in DCS World. The mission editor is a very complex piece of software and can be used for the most simple of flights to the most complex. This guide will cover the basics of setting up a simple combat mission and can be both scaled up and scaled down for more or less complex scenarios. This mission is a self-escorted strike mission against a communications bunker on Greater Tunb Island and shows step by step how to make a fun and engaging mission! Part 2 will cover flying the mission to test what we have created in the mission editor and then fixing any issues we may find within the mission! Coalition Creation- 1:45 Placing a Static Object- 4:25 Creating Flight of Jets and Waypoint Placement- 6:00 Skins and Weapon Loadouts- 12:00 Assigning a task to AI Aircraft- 16:30 Placing a Tanker in Racetrack Orbit- 20:00 Placing Enemy Aircraft in mission- 23:30 Late Unit Activation and Trigger Zones- 27:00 Placement of Air Defenses- AAA - Manpads- 29:45 Placement of Static Aircraft- 34:00 Creation of Radio Presets- 35:30 Creation of Briefing and Setting Weather/Time of Day- 37:45 Saving the Mission! - 42:20