I agree with many of the reviewers here; the battle was well balanced and perfect for Veteran fliers. Difficult, but possible to complete with one try.
Personally, I had a great deal of problems with Mission 3. Almost every time I have tried this mission Container Psi2 always gets blown up by the mines. The one time that I did manage to take out Green SQ and the mines the game froze, but that's a different issue. I only wished Totally Games put in the time acceleration feature that was so darn useful in TIE CD. If the containers were better spaced I'd give a higher score, but I'm just frustrated with getting fragged by Green SQ half the time and then having container 2 blown up most of the time, even before I get the chance to identify prior to going for the mines.