During the height of the Operation Rolling Thunder, North Vietnamese began to be 'creative' about the placement of their surfacetoair missile batteries. Sometimes they would put them near civilian objects in order to deter an air attack. One such location was discovered in July 1967. A whole SA2 battery was placed on a football (soccer) stadium near Hanoi. An alpha strike was launched by USS Constellation which included A4 Skyhawks, F4 Phantoms and A6 Intruders.
DCS World doesn't have the real Vietnam map or many period assets. However, with the help of several mods, including recently released SAM Sites Assets Pack, we can approximate the experience.

Sources:
Peter Mersky US Navy and Marine Corps A4 Skyhawk Units of the Vietnam War 1963–1973
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Peter E Davies Osprey Duel 104 A4 Skyhawk vs North Vietnamese AAA
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Richard P Hallion Osprey Air Campaign 03 Rolling Thunder 1965–68 Johnsons air war over Vietnam
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Edward J. Marolda and Sandra J. Doyle Naval Air War, The Rolling Thunder Campaign

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Music Dan Lebowitz Lone Wolf

0:00 Cinematic Intro
2:07 Narrative intro
3:48 Disclaimer
4:55 Main Attack
11:39 Post battle analysis and final words
12:42 Landing


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