Flying this mission I get the error of being shoved onto the RED (Russian) side into group "R Presretaci" pilot "Pilot #002".

The briefing is correct for the USA/Blue side but when the mission is run the player is put into the wrong seat eventually as the Red group has a delayed activation.

I opened the mission in the ME but I can't find the error. I open the mission text file and find no problem. It's completely baffling why it acts the way it acts. Why is player put on RED side?!

This occurs with one other person who owns the module.

It's a screw up on the ED side that they're working to address:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2181703&postcount=2

It currently affects most of the game's campaigns and many of the single missions.

I edited the mission to change the red MiG-21s to MiG-23s (so much harder) and the bug is worked around.

Cool.

The good news is that the issue is apparently fixed now and in internal testing. They're looking to release it tomorrow.