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20 December 2024 Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, Our huge Christmas DCS Winter Sale 2024 is in full swing on our e-shop and the DCS Steam Edition Winter Sale is also underway and contains the same amazing deals. Earlier this year we announced our very first full fidelity Soviet 4th generation fighter. Our MiG-29A Fulcrum is advancing full speed and our dedicated team has been working diligently for a release in Q2 2025. Please check out our development screenshots and read the project status update below. As we approach the end of the year, we want to take a moment to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your continued dedication to DCS. Your feedback and passion have helped us push boundaries, refine our simulator, and bring ever more realism to DCS. Thank you. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us! We look forward to soaring onwards and upwards into the New Year together! Thank you for your passion and support. Yours sincerely, Eagle Dynamics Winter Sale Up to 50% discount Now is the time to expand your hangar and sharpen your combat skills with new aircraft, terrains, and campaigns! Until the 6th of January 15:00 GMT enjoy deep discounts on a wide range of our most popular modules! The DCS Steam Edition Winter Sale is now on until the 2nd of January at 18:00 GMT. Enjoy! MiG-29A Fulcrum Development Progress The primary MiG-29A development efforts are focused on the design of the external model, cockpit, avionics, and general aircraft systems. The DCS: MiG-29A is our first aircraft based on photogrammetry. The cockpit reference aircraft is located in Aircraft Museum Kosice, and we greatly appreciate their generous assistance. The textures and geometry of the new cockpit have been created from scratch, using new technologies that include high-polygon models for baking-in normal maps. This technique has provided many quality improvements whilst also presenting plenty of challenges. We generated a huge number of photos and videos of the aircraft, and we completely reworked the external model. Based on this reference data and factory diagrams, we were able to include an exceptional level of detail for items such as surface materials and treatment, rivets, screws, and panel joints. The new normal map reflects the structure of the aircraft skin to a high degree of accuracy, with texture resolution increased by 400%. A lot of work has been completed on avionics and systems, including the Optical Laser System (OLS), which is an important component of the MiG-29 targeting suite. Its main elements are the InfraRed Search and Track (IRST) system and laser range finder. Most of the air-to-air targeting modes are progressing well and nearing completion. The gun sight development was not a trivial task, with a complex simulation of both the tracked-target mode and the non-tracked, “funnel” mode. The gun sights have been significantly redesigned for a highly accurate representation of the real unit. A new mode has been added which was designed to engage invisible aerial targets in cloud, haze or at night with the gun. Weapon modes for engaging ground targets with rockets and guns at fixed and moving targets in the presence of wind are in active development. We have also scheduled the development of the basic bombing modes in the near term. We have totally recreated the Fire Control Radar (FCR) architecture and the main modes. After primary work on the OLS and FCR is complete, we will model the interaction between the OLS and the FCR. The SPO-15LM radar warning receiver, also known as Product L006LM, has been completely rewritten. The new SPO-15 uses the same physics-based approach as the SPO-10, but with greater attention being paid to its second iteration of directivity patterns for transmitting and receiving antennas. The latter being of particularly high importance to Soviet RWR designs due to the independent processing of an output from each azimuth sector antenna. Additionally, the database has been expanded, with each radar having a unique signature in terms of signal properties and with the properties themselves covering additional details. Thanks to these improvements, the new SPO-15 can be modelled to closely emulate the algorithms used in the real system, and it simulates many of its real-life quirks and limitations. Pilots will find themselves having to pay attention to these limitations to utilize its full potential. These include, but are not limited to, non-linear range indications that will properly display the signal power, blinding by high power radars, and many cases of incorrect threat type determination due to limited resolution with which the signal parameters are measured. This depth and accuracy of the simulations will make our new implementation of SPO-15 in DCS the most realistic and detailed simulation of this system of any PC simulator. A Mission Editor data programming panel is being developed for the navigation system. This will allow you to program the flight before the start of the mission and use this program in flight. Access to the panel and modification of data will be possible during the simulation, when the aircraft is on the ground. We are developing the MiG-29A INS and its interaction with the navigation system. Special attention is being paid to the modes of ground INS alignment and its accuracy and drift in flight. This will be affected by the alignment mode and the presence or absence of radio correction from the programmed beacon. Work remains on the Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) system, but we'll release the core functionality of IFF at early access, and then continue to work on the more advanced IFF features. Aircraft systems are being added and refined to a deep level of functionality. This includes the new hydraulic and electrical system, procedures and physics of engine startup and shutdown, expansion and reconfiguration of automatic control systems. Numerous new modes are also being introduced, and transients are being improved. Merry Christmas Happy holidays! In the spirit of the upcoming Christmas holiday, we wish you calm winds, clear horizons, and treasured moments with friends and loved ones. May your hangars be full, your aircraft finely tuned, and your upcoming sorties filled with excitement and discovery. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and your loved ones. Thank you again for your passion and support, Yours sincerely,

Hi, Vietnam War Vessels 0.9.0 is out and can be downloaded from https://github.com/tspindler-cms/tetet-vwv/releases Release video: From the github announcement: Vietnam War Vessels 0.9.0 Update: New Ships, Planes, and Improvements! We’re excited to share the highlights of VWV 0.9.0, which brings new destroyers, aircraft, and updates to enhance your experience. New Destroyers This release expands the mod’s fleet with two Sumner-class destroyers: USS Laffey (DD-724): A historic ship that has been preserved and can still be visited in real life! Allen M Sumner (DD-692): The class's namesake ship joins the fleet alongside the USS Moale, available as a livery option. Both destroyers, like the Fletcher-class ships in the mod, are presented in their FRAM II configurations, complete with flight decks originally designed for the DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter). In-game, these decks can accommodate the OH-6 mod or even the UH-1H, though space is tight for the latter! Updates to Existing Ships USS Maddox (DD-731): Now updated to reflect its 1964 configuration, aligning closer to its historical appearance during the Gulf of Tonkin incident. USS The Sullivans (DD-537): The ship wake issue has been resolved for smoother visuals. Aircraft Enhancements Updated Aircraft A-1 Skyraider: Overhauled visuals and collision shell improvements ensure better compatibility with the latest DCS updates. While some minor clipping issues remain, we’re actively working on a fix. MiG-17F Fresco: Now features two Syrian liveries: Early Sixties and Seventies variants. New Aircraft MiG-21MF "Fishbed-J": This interceptor, used by the North Vietnamese Air Force in the 1960s, joins the mod. While texture work is ongoing, it’s ready for action! RA-5C Vigilante: A carrier-borne reconnaissance jet, available with multiple liveries for different carriers. Note: Due to its size, the Vigilante may be challenging to use on standard DCS carrier deck layouts. Starting from the runway is recommended unless further deck modifications are applied. Flagship Updates CVA-31 Bon Homme Richard Updates The Bon Homme Richard model has received visual improvements, including: New rescue boats, antennas, and searchlights for added realism. Kudos go to all contributors to the 0.9.0 mod: ChedforceOne (RA-5C livery) GKABS and Stratos (RA-5C pilot) Hawkeye60 (A-1 and MiG-17 work) Helijah (A-5 base model from FlightGear) James J Jackson (new Destroyers and updates) mrflyboy (testing) Odyseus (MiG21-MF overhaul, BHR improvements) seabat (all those liveries and testing) Seabiscuit (new xcf for ship numbers) Showtime 100 (testing and helo landing on Destroyers) Slapshot (CVA-31 and Essex based A-4 missions) toan (testing, wake file help, lua fine tuning) Whiplash (screenshots) Keep in mind that we have an on-going call for donations for Helijah, the author of the Vigilante model: If you like his catalog of 300+ free planes, please support him via the donate link on http://helijah.free.fr/flightgear/hangaren.htm We hope you enjoy exploring the new and updated content in VWV 0.9.0. Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome as we continue to refine and expand the mod. KNOWN ISSUE When 4 A-1 and 4 F-8 launch from CVA-31, one of the F-8 will drive into one of the A-1. This results in the F-8 becoming in-operational and despawning. Some Screens from Whiplash for you:

Good Morning Everyone, Thank you all for your kind words. It means a lot. Most people don't understand the mental impact of being disabled by pain. So I appreciate it. It's good to know some of you care and I thank you all for that. That is why I will continue to provide AI ship mods for DCS because of your continued support. As promised I will be releasing the Cavour Carrier and the Paolo Thaon di Revel class Offshore Patrol Vessel. I am preparing them for release as I write this message. -- Known Aircraft issues with the Cavour are the AH-64 Apache Player creates a lag in the game but I receive an FPS of 100 plus with all other aircraft. I don't have the Kiowa mod so I couldn't test her FPS on deck. --I also see some issues with the Aster 15 Missiles but it's hit or miss when the missiles launch. They tend to explode after launching. I have been working to fix this issue. However, all the deck guns work great. I will finish testing her this afternoon and release her either late today or tomorrow morning. --Lastly, I can't get the collision model damage textures to work but I will continue to work on both mods until I fix it. Stay tuned for release.

Recent ai take off testing on CVN-78 and Admiral189's C550 24 F/A-18Es 10 F-35B

We made some improvements in SA-2 missile smoke: Default smoke density of liquid engine is increased. Added contrail depends on air temperature All these improvements will be available in 2025 winter update of DCS. Please see two screenshots. They were made in one mission but with various air temperature, first in summer with +30 C degrees and second in winter with -12C degrees. The altitude of contrail is very depend on air conditions.

No vid at this time but a few pics of the little bird... ...and some AI assets null null(MH-60 160th livery by PRCcowboy)

Bugfixes for what we already have would be great I for one don't constantly need something new. Sometimes it's enough to have what you already own working properly And besides, there are plenty of bugs that have been around for 5-10 years. Getting those squashed would be great, or simply things like a proper implementation of modern RWRs would make a lot of people happy as well I bet.

Hi, meantime we've found (by accident almost) the cure for the A-1 and F-8 colliding issue. You need to replace the F-8 collision shell: Download https://tetet.de/dcs/mods/crusader_collision.edm Place the downloaded file, crusader_collision.edm, in "TeTeT VietnamWarVessels base 0.9.0\TeTeT VietnamWarVessels 0.9.0\TeTeT VWV\mods\aircraft\vwv_F-8\Shapes" Install with your favourite mod manager, or copy to your Saved Games as usual Good luck and sorry for the inconvenience! Cheers, TeTeT

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20 декабря 2024 года Дорогие друзья, Наша праздничная распродажа DCS Winter Sale 2024 в самом разгаре. Она работает как для покупок в нашем магазине, так и для владельцев Steam версии игры DCS Steam Edition Winter Sale. Ранее в этом году мы объявили о разработке первого, полнофункционального модуля советского истребителя 4-го поколения МиГ-29. Работы над модулем МиГ-29A Fulcrum идут полным ходом и он будет выпущен во втором квартале 2025 года. Смотрите скриншоты разработки и читайте подробности о некоторых этапах разработки. В преддверии конца года мы хотим от всей души поблагодарить вас за вашу преданность виртуальной авиации и DCS. Ваши отзывы и увлеченность помогают нам расширять границы доступного и совершенствоваться во благо всего игрового сообщества. Спасибо! С Рождеством и хороших выходных для всех католических христиан, отмечающих праздник в эти уходящие дни декабря! Вместе мы достигнем новых высот в предстоящем, новом, 2025 году! Искренне с Вами, Команда Игл Дайнемикс Зимняя распродажа Выгода до 50%! Время расширить ангар или совершить первую покупку в нашем магазине чтобы исследовать мир авиации! Только до 6 января 2025 вы сможете воспользоваться праздничной зимней скидкой в нашем магазине и до 2-го января в системе Steam. Распродажи закончатся в 15:00 и 18:00 часов соответственно. МиГ-29А Fulcrum Отчёт о проделанном МиГ-29A Fulcrum - это наш первый самолёт в DCS разработанный с использованием данных фотограмметрии. Реальным прототипом послужил экземпляр, находящийся в Авиационном музее в Кошице и мы очень благодарны персоналу за предоставленные возможности и помощь. Текстуры и геометрия кабины были созданы с нуля, с использованием новых технологий, включающих высокополигональные модели для наложения карт нормалей. Эта технология позволила сделать качественный скачок, но при этом потребовала решения целого ряда ранее неисследованных проблем. В ходе работы мы использовали большое количество разнообразных фото и видеоматериалов. На базе накопленной информации и других референсов мы достигли высокого подобия элементов конструкции самолета и деталей, вплоть до заклепок, винтов, соединительных элементов и обработки поверхности. Новая карта нормалей с высокой степенью точности отражает структуру обшивки самолета с сильно увеличенным разрешением текстур. В настоящее время наши основные усилия сосредоточены на разработке внешней модели и кабины, авионике и общесамолётных системах. Подробно моделируется работа квантовой оптико-локационной станции (КОЛС), которая является важной составной частью системы управления оружием МиГ-29. Уже смоделированы и работают его основные элементы, такие как обзорно-следящий теплопеленгатор и лазерный дальномер. Пушечный прицел далеко не самая простая часть в моделировании любого боевого самолёта. За время разработки воссоздан режим стрельбы из пушки по визуально видимой воздушной цели и значительно переработан режим прогноз-дорожка. Добавлен новый, ранее не реализованный режим для стрельбы из пушки по визуально невидимой воздушной цели. В активной фазе разработки находятся режимы стрельбы по наземным целям с использованием НАР и пушки, по неподвижной и подвижной целям, в том числе при наличии ветра. Впереди нам еще предстоит переработать основные режимы бомбометания. Следующий участок работ - воссоздание архитектуры БРЛС и основных режимов её работы. После того как будут закончены главные работы по КОЛС и БРЛС, нам предстоит увязать работу КОЛС и БРЛС между собой для совместной работы по воздушным целям. Для полного моделирования системы навигации в редакторе миссий симулятора разрабатывается специальная панель ввода данных для программирования маршрута перед началом миссии. Доступ к панели и модификация данных будут возможны в процессе симуляции, при нахождении самолета на земле. Идёт разработка ИНС и её взаимодействие с навигационным вычислительным модулем. Особое внимание уделяется режимам выставки ИНС на земле и точности её работы в полёте в зависимости от режима выставки, наличия или отсутствия коррекций от запрограммированных радиомаяков. Идет работа над системой “свой-чужой” и к раннему доступу базовый функционал “свой-чужой” уже будет реализован. Система предупреждения о радиолокационном облучении СПО-15ЛМ Береза, также известная как изделие Л006, была полностью переписана для проекта DCS МиГ-29 Fulcrum. Новая СПО использует тот же физический подход, что и СПО-10, но с более глубоким моделированием деталей, в том числе диаграммам направленности передающих и приемных антенн - что имеет особенно большое значение для советских конструкций СПО ввиду независимой обработки выходных данных с каждой антенны азимутального сектора. Кроме того, база данных угроз была расширена, причем каждая угроза имеет уникальную сигнатуру с точки зрения свойств сигнала. Благодаря новому уровню моделирования в разработке СПО-15 мы весьма близко подошли к работе алгоритмов используемых в реальной системе, и таким образом, можем имитировать многие из ее реальных особенностей и ограничений. Пользователям придется обращать внимание на эти ограничения, чтобы использовать систему в полном объеме. Они включают в себя, но не ограничиваются, нелинейной индикацией дальности, которая теперь правильно отображает мощность сигнала, ослепление мощными радарами, а также множество случаев ложного определения типа угрозы из-за ограниченного разрешения, с которым измеряются параметры сигнала. Глубина и точность моделирования позволяют сказать, что новая реализация СПО-15 в DCS World является самой реалистичной и детальной в мире симуляторов на ПК. Перерабатываются все общесамолётные системы до максимального соответствия реальности. Разрабатывается новая гидравлическая система. Детализируются процедура и физика запуска/выключения двигателей. Система автоматического управления двигателями значительно расширяется и перенастраивается, внедряются новые режимы, улучшаются переходные процессы. Счастливого Рождества! С праздником! В преддверии предстоящих рождественских праздников мы желаем вам безоблачного неба, чистых горизонтов и незабываемых моментов с друзьями и близкими! Пусть ваши ангары будут полны, ваши самолеты - в отличном состоянии, а ваши вылеты - насыщены интересными моментами и открытиями! С Рождеством и счастливыми праздниками вас и ваших близких! Спасибо за вашу любовь к авиации и содействие! Искренне с Вами,

Thanks your work bandit648!

Indiafoxtecho FB: As 2024 comes to a close, we'd like to share a recap of our DCS activities this year, and some preview screenshots of the new G.91 cockpit. MB-339A/PAN +++++++++ The Macchino continues to be one of the most beloved modules to us, and in 2024 we have introduced a number of fixes and improvements. In particular: FLIGHT DIRECTOR SYSTEM: The most significant addition this year is undoubtedly the implementation of the Flight Director system, based on a PID control. This addition extends the training possibilities, which now include instrumental landings. SPECIAL OPTIONS: New special options have been introduced, allowing users to customize their flight experience on the MB-339. These options provide greater flexibility in configuring the module to personal preferences. NEW KEY BINDINGS: We have expanded the number of available keybindings to allow for more intuitive and comprehensive control of the aircraft. FLIGHT MODEL IMPROVEMENTS: The flight model has undergone several updates, further refining the aircraft's performance. In particular, improvements have been made to ground behavior during taxiing and takeoff, making these phases more realistic. BUG FIXES: We have worked tirelessly to address various issues reported by the community. Some of the key bug fixes have been: - More accurate Gunsight adjustments. - Resolved GPS and TACAN issues, which now correctly indicate magnetic heading. - Fixed incorrect altimeter values. - Numerous other minor optimizations that improve stability and overall experience. FUTURE UPDATES: The MB-339 remains in continuous maintenance, and we will continue to release updates and bug fixes to ensure the highest level of quality and fidelity. Additionally, we are considering introducing new features, such as the ability to deploy AIM-9L and/or Magic II air-to-air missiles. Although this is a fictional feature for the A version, it could be an interesting addition to expand the module's operational capabilities. DCS G.91 ++++++ Although we have been very quiet about the development of the G.91 module, rest assured that we have been working on it quite a lot in the past few months: this module remains a key project for us, and development is actively progressing. In particular we have just completed the the total refactoring of the cockpit model, and, while the textures are still WiP, we are happy to finally share with you some screenshot of the pilot's office. The next major step is to fully integrate the new cockpit with the aircraft code on the aircraft to date, allowing us to get rid of the old model, which we no longer consider up to the high-quality standards achieved by DCS World. We believe the G.91 development will proceed at a much faster pace and we are confident that we will be able to release a first version of the DCS G.91 by 2025. While we cannot commit to a specific date just yet, our philosophy remains unchanged across all our products: "It is done when it is done." Thank you for your patience and support as we continue working on our projects - a usual we'll keep you posted with the G.91 progress as soon as possible.

Hallo ihr alten Kämpen, mit denen ich nun schon seit fast (im Februar werden es neun) Jahren zumindest digital verbunden bin. Den einen oder anderen, wie die Hannoveraner, durfte ich in den Jahren auch persönlich kennen lernen. Oder wir sind gemeinsam geflogen und hatten jede Menge Spaß dabei. Das Forum ist für mich mittlerweile zur Anlaufstelle für Problemstellungen weit über DCS hinaus geworden. Siehe mein Netzteilproblem. Und auch, wenn ich nicht mehr so aktiv schreibe, schaue ich immer noch täglich, was es neues gibt. Viele haben wir hier kommen und gehen sehen, aber wir sind immer noch da. Euch allen ein frohes Weihnachtsfest. Ich hoffe, ihr könnt wie ich, nach ein paar holprigen Jahren die Zeit mit Euren Lieben genießen und findet, ebenfalls wie ich, die Zeit, unser gemeinsames Hobby ein paar Tage intensiver auszuüben. Gute Wünsche an euch alle, besonders an (ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit, seht es mir nach, wenn ich wen vergessen habe: @Yurgon @Shagrath @FishDoctor @Rakuzard @Steph-JJ @yogi149 @dstar @Spielkind @Manitu03 @Bishop_DE

ED provides an utility for viewing its 3D models and liveries in great detail, a tool that you use when creating new liveries or when editing training missions. The utility can't be used with the new F-5E because the base files are now in an encrypted format, such that even ED's own Model Viewer 2 utility can't view them.

Now I want them to upgrade the F16 with photogrammetry

Superb Thanks!

В русском языке буквальный перевод "товар доступен" звучит не совсем по русски. Выражение "товар в продаже" лучше определяет суть, что товар поступил в магазин на продажу.

That's too bad. I really enjoy it. But it helps that it's my kinda terrain. I also really like the ORBX airfields. At first I wasn't much on Baghdad Int. I thought it was meh!, but it actually looks meh! in real life so that's that. I prefer Kola simply because I like the environment, but Iraq remains an excellent map. Can't wait to see what down south ends up looking like. I think it's going to be super nice.

Frohe Weihnachten an alle!

As always Admiral extraordinary work, we all hope you get better soon, I too have several health problems unfortunately, but we must always fight and never give up!

О да, про МиГ - это лучшие новости под конец года! Восторг! https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/ru/downloads/screenshots/

Скриншоты на МиГ выглядят прям очень. Текстура кожи на К-36 как настоящая. Интересно, фигуру лётчика в кабинет посадят? Жду, недождусь.

24.03.1999 - Mig-29 combat flight - Nebojša Nikolić Pilot: Major Nebojša Nikolić Airplane type: L-18 (MIG-29 9.12b) Airplane ID: 18111 Time: March 24th 1999, 20:30 Take off: Airbase Batajnica Landing: Knićanin, near Titel Flight length: 3 min Nobody refused - part 2 - Nebojša Nikolić - Mig-29 pilot interview 1st video segment at 01:48 01:58 Narrator: Approximately around 20:15, at the airport of Batajnica the order arrives: “Mig-29 to scramble to confront the NATO airplanes which have already started the bombing of Yugoslavia.” 02:15 Narrator: Major Nebojša Nikolić has been ordered to take off and fly toward Bečej, where the larger formation of enemy airplanes is expected”. 02:24 Narrator: Nikolić takes off from readiness number 2, and discovers that course navigation on the airplane is not operating. 02:36 Nebojša Nikolić: As soon as I took off, before even retracting the undercarriage, I felt the explosion near the airplane shifted the whole aircraft. I corrected the shift and continued take off. 02:51 Nebojša Nikolić: I switched the radio station to the channel of the GCI squad, which I received, and attempted to establish communication with the GCI officer. 03:04 Nebojša Nikolić: I attempted 3 times, unsuccessfully. 03:09 Nebojša Nikolić: I turned the radar on immediately on take off and I saw it had malfunctioned. 03:16 Nebojša Nikolić: While climbing toward 3000m, I headed to the designated zone, which was the Bečej zone. 03:25 Nebojša Nikolić: Given the fact that they were already above Belgrade, they launched the missiles which I felt when exploding near the airplane. 04:41 Nebojša Nikolić: Each of these explosions was, due to air pressure changes, shifted the airplane left and right. I constantly corrected for the shift. 04:53 Nebojša Nikolić: I arrived at 3000m. I started to maneuver, but avoided doing this too energetically, in order to be able to constantly keep track of the lights of places toward which I have been ordered to fly 04:14 Remark: The story interrupts, and continues the stories of Major Ilić (and Iljo Arizanov). 2nd video segment at 12:12 12:12 Narrator: Nikolić has flown toward Bečej, where the larger formation of enemy aircraft was expected. He was detected (by the NATO forces) and the missiles were fired upon him. He managed to evade and continued the flight toward the zone of expectation. 12:27 Narrator: At this moment he is above Titel… 12:31 Nebojša Nikolić: One of these missiles that I felt (maybe even more which I did not feel), has caused the fire on the right side of the airplane, and the cockpit was on fire and full of smoke. 12:55 Nebojša Nikolić: I moved the flight stick and found out that the airplane was still controllable, but I could not see anything outside. 13:03 Nebojša Nikolić: I reported on the radio channel of my position, altitude, that I have been hit, I was on fire and that I had to eject. 13:18 Nebojša Nikolić: I pulled the ejection seat handle, and I ejected. 13:25 Nebojša Nikolić: The airplane has been hit with another missile after pulling the ejection handle. The canopy has separated and I followed it up. 13:38 Nebojša Nikolić: Stabilizing parachute was activated and then the main parachute followed. 13:47 Nebojša Nikolić: I was descending (falling) near the Danube and Tisa rivers junction. 13:51 Nebojša Nikolić: I was aware that this area was full of swamps and that it had a lot of water channels, so I settled in a seat harness(of parachute) awaiting the touchdown. 14:04 Nebojša Nikolić: My descent lasted about 30 seconds with a parachute, perhaps longer. At moments like this seconds are long, and you do not have time to count… 14:19 Remark: The story interrupts, and continues the stories of Major Ilić. 3rd video segment at 20:28 20:28 Narrator: Major Ilić was hit over Titel, managed to eject and landed in the Knićanin village area. 22:36 Nebojša Nikolić: The crash location of the airplane is over there, and since the crash it was on fire all the time I was in the area (He stands on the left side of the water channel, airplane is on the right). 22:48 Nebojša Nikolić: My landing location was over there, some 300m (opposite, across the channel) from the airplane. 22:57 Nebojša Nikolić: Once I landed and got myself free from the parachute, the first thing that came to mind was to lighten a cigarette (he finally smiles here) and I considered how to exit the field and to which direction. 23:13 Nebojša Nikolić: I decided to go toward Čenta, due to its vicinity to the Zrenjanin highway, where I could see vehicles passing by. 23:23 Nebojša Nikolić: As I headed towards Čenta, I arrived at a large water channel which prevented me from crossing it in order for me to reach the highway. 23:42 Nebojša Nikolić: Once I climbed on the channel embankment, I saw that near the burning plane there was a police patrol. 23:50 Nebojša Nikolić: In order to get noticed by them, I fired 2 red signal rockets, but they did not see me and left quickly. 24:02 Nebojša Nikolić: I was counting on the fact that they would report this to someone (that there was a burning plane), so I decided to return back to my jet. 24:17 Nebojša Nikolić: Arriving at a smaller water channel, I could not find the point I crossed it earlier, so I decided to wait until dawn, to make it easier for me to figure out how to get to the nearest houses. 24:34 Remark: The story is continued by villagers' reactions, not much information here, except that one of them saw the hit at 20:30. Except for their anecdotes, so I will skip the precise translation of this part. They were searching for a pilot, observed missiles under wings and cannon, and got dispersed by police, which took the parachute from one of them. Based on this account, this is already some time later… 4th video segment at 26:53 26:53 Narrator: Nikolić was hit around 20:30. The rescue helicopter arrived for him 5 hours later at around 01:30 in the morning. 27:07 Nebojša Nikolić: Around that time I heard the helicopter sound, I looked up and recognized the silhouette of Gazelle (SA-341). It landed just next to my burning airplane. 27:18 Nebojša Nikolić: I quickly grabbed the grass near the water channel and set it on fire. After taking off again, the helicopter crew noticed the fire I had started and landed near me. 27:30 Nebojša Nikolić: From there we flew directly to Batajnica airbase. 27:38 Remark: The story interrupts here with story of Major Predrag Milutinović 5th video segment at 50:10 50:10 Nebojša Nikolić: I realized that one of those missiles will be for me, being 3 or 7 fired (at me), one will be for me. 50:18 Nebojša Nikolić: I felt a kind of helplessness, despite my strong will to defend my country, to defend everyone. 50:25 Nebojša Nikolić: I knew there were more of them and that they came with the task to shoot down whatever flew toward them. My task was to shoot down the NATO pact. 50:40 Remark: The story interrupts with Boro Zoraja conclusion. 6th video segment at 54:13 54:13 Nebojša Nikolić: It does not matter what weapon you defend with. What matters is what you defend. 54:21 Nebojša Nikolić: We did not have the right means to do it properly, our airplanes were near the end, malfunctioning. 54:27 Nebojša Nikolić: We had insufficient flight hours. 54:36 Nebojša Nikolić: Despite all of that, I would have done exactly the same. 54:43 Remark: The story interrupts and continues with Major Abdul Emeti. Aircrew Interview: Interview with Mike "Dozer" Shower on the F-15C Eagle 7th video segment at 17:25 17:29 Mike Young: And then, while you were having the best in Lakenheath (F-15 NATO base) in 1999 you had a pretty eventful evening, didn't you? 17:36 Mike Young: Could you share this with us? 17:38 Mike Shower: Yeah, they had that whole, you know, we should avoid the politics and all the stuff about the campaign of Operation Allied Force, because there was a lot going on at that part of the world but… 17:47 Mike Shower: ... You know now nobody wants to see a war once it has passed up there was bad things happening anyways. 17:54 Mike Shower: Regardless, our leaders put us there, right… I mean NATO and in the US we got involved, so at the end of the day we just went and did it. 18:03 Mike Shower: You know, we did what we were told to do basically and you know. So we were deployed at in Italy, which was a really cool deployment minus the war part of it, because you know hadn't been to Italy before and the food was good. 18:14 Mike Shower: We lived near beach in a hotel and it was just… It was a really cool set up and the folks were really friendly, so I enjoyed that. 18:21 Mike Shower: So... yeah, March 24, 1999, that was the first day of Operation Allied Force when the aircraft got involved. 18:29 Mike Shower: I'm sure there were ground things happening that we didn't know about. 18:32 Mike Shower: Aircraft got involved and I was fortunate enough, being the weapons officer still. 18:37 Mike Shower: I've would just hand it off to a brand new weapons officer, he just got there, he didn't know the squadron so you know of course I'm planning and everything, kind of from that perspective and... 18:44 Mike Shower: We had two, four f-15s up north going into Serbia. We had 4 down south and we had 2 big strike packages so we had two pushes if you will that very first night you know, in from the north and south side, times 2 so... 19:01 Mike Shower: But they were separated by a number of hours and there was a lot of kind of surreal things because I've been in Iraq a lot and every once in a while they toss surface-to-air missiles on that but not a big deal right... 19:11 Mike Shower: And this is a little different. This is like a real country that was intact, its infrastructure was there. 19:15 Mike Shower: The Serbs are not known... they know how to fight and they're good fighters. 19:19 Mike Shower: Their equipment was just you know not as up to par as ours was or the mass enough that we had to our control. 19:25 Mike Shower: So I don't take anything away from the Serbs because I said they're.... They're tough. (If) they had the same equipment you know or more things to their advantage, it would've been a heck of a lot harder to fight for sure, you know… 19:35 Mike Shower: Plus you know I give them kudos they're defending their country right. I mean we would have done the same thing if we had to. We're attacking their country. 19:41 Mike Shower: Right or wrong, whatever, but you've got it, they are protecting their country. That's what they're supposed to do. I would have done the same thing. 19:47 Mike Shower: So we had specifically for where I was I was down south, or up north I had a 4 F-15s, 4 F-16CJ's was shooting the harm missiles back at the surface to air missiles, playing that little game. 19:59 Mike Shower: And we had 2 B-2s that were coming in all the way from the United States and they were flying from the north south side of the country all the way across it to the north... 20:05 Mike Shower: And we were kind of, you know, the southern portion of that strike package of aluminum jets, was gonna kind of hand off the B-2s halfway across the country to us and then protect them there... 20:15 Mike Shower: And then we had 10 F-117! They were still flying so that was our strike package up north. 20:19 Mike Shower: We were the stealth package. 20:20 Mike Young: Wow! 10! That's a lot! 20:20 Mike Shower: Except for the... Yeah it was! 20:24 Mike Shower: Other than 8 F-15s and F-16s tollbook , since we were the "Chum" where they can see us and shoot at us where they can't see the other guys, that's part of the theory. 20:31 Mike Shower: So we pushed in from Hungary and went south towards Belgrade and that's where most of our targets were at. And... 20:39 Mike Shower: We were out in front of everybody because that is the F-15s job and we kind of got to the very first CAP which is just north of Belgrade and we had four of us, who were split apart. It was all nighttime, so it's dark... 20:49 Mike Shower: And we're in a trail formation so you know 3 to 5 mile trail is kind of what we did back in the day. Don't do that anymore but we used to. 20:56 Mike Shower: We didn't have datalink, we didn't have NVGs, we didn't have any of the fancy tools that you have now for all this stuff to make them much easier to employ that way. 21:03 Mike Shower: And so... We got to the very south edge of our CAP or combat air patrol we came, did our first spin and as I turned around and that. 21:12 Mike Shower: You know F-16s are getting close, F-117s are right behind and we don't know that other than you know they're getting close timing wise. 21:17 Mike Shower: And I saw the first little blip on the radar and it was out Batajnica, which was their Mig-29 base, out of Belgrade. 21:17 Remark: Slight correction of the name of the place: Janica => Batajnica. 21:26 Mike Shower: And so locked it up and it was 150 knots you know 59 feet, you know just taking off. 21:26 Remark: 150 knots is 277.8 km/h. 59 feet is 17.98 meters. 21:30 Mike Shower: I'm sure and I know was their pilots you know their Mig-29 is alert scrambling as soon as they knew we were coming... 21:35 Mike Shower: So those guys are hopping in their jets and fire up for take off and... 21:40 Mike Shower: He turned around about 35 miles and I kind of track him down the scope for a bit. 21:40 Remark: 35 nautical miles is 64.82 km. 21:44 Mike Shower: I lock him, you know at the appropriate range say 25-ish miles or so and... 21:44 Remark: 25 nautical miles is 46.3 km. 21:48 Mike Shower: ... start working the electronic ID because there's a number of things we had to fulfill to say that he was a hostile, somebody that we could shoot at... And... 21:56 Mike Shower: I did all that. And we've got a lot closer. We were probably about 14-15 miles apart. Finally got the ID, called out on the radio. I took the first shot which was AIM-120... 21:56 Remark: 14-15 nautical miles is 25.93 - 27.78 km. 22:07 Mike Shower: ... and then followed it up very shortly after, cuz it was active. We're so close, it was active off the rail. 22:11 Mike Shower: We switched over to AIM-7 because we had 2 AIM-7s, 4 AIM-120s. 22:15 Mike Shower: And AIM-7s got a big warhead, you hope it really does, you know, takes care of the problem if it's still, the aircraft still working. 22:21 Mike Shower: And... plus I always wanted to shoot one. So they're one of those kind of things as well. 22:26 Mike Shower: Okay I can shoot as many as I want here, because it’s combat and we also had a philosophy of typically always shoot 2. 22:31 Mike Shower: Because missiles miss! They are not (hit)iles, they are missiles, right. They miss a lot. In our peak it's like sixty percent or so. You know whatever X number of missiles aren't gonna hit. 22:42 Mike Shower: Something's not gonna work, the enemy's going to maneuver, is gonna get jammed or chaffed or whatever. So you always try to shoot a couple to up the probability of a kill. 22:49 Mike Shower: I did that! And off they went... And staring at Belgrade in the background, pretty cool because it's a VFR night so crystal clear. 22:49 Remark: VFR stands for Visual Flight Rules (flying is not impaired by the weather). 22:54 Mike Shower: Lights of the city in the background and I'm just watching the missiles go and they get to about 5-6 miles and the aircraft is breaking into the beam on me... 22:54 Remark: 5-6 nautical miles is 9.26 - 11.11 km. 23:03 Mike Shower: And I watched the first missile time out about the time the second one times out I don't see a fireball. 23:08 Mike Shower: Oh-Ohooo switch over back to an AMMRAM shoot a third one. 23:11 Mike Shower: And now I'm diving down towards him and he's kind of you know in a corner to me turning. 23:17 Mike Shower: When that last missile comes off at about five-ish miles he breaks out of the beam, starts to kind of merge head to head. 23:24 Mike Shower: And we were about a mile and a half - two (1.5-2) miles apart the missile which I'm just watching the motor I can see it burn, so I don't know... 23:24 Remark: 1.5-2 nautical miles is 2.78 - 3.7 km. 23:29 Mike Shower: I can't see him with the eyeballs. I am just watching the missile so I'm looking outside. 23:33 Mike Shower: The missile motor from that little orange goes to a big fireball. 23:36 Mike Shower: And so my god... I say, I call splash on the radio and kind of watch it spiral you know down towards the ground. 23:40 Mike Shower: You never know what happens to pilot. You find out after you know all the things are over. 23:46 Mike Shower: They had picked him up and he survived. 23:49 Mike Shower: And I believe only one pilot that was down down died and they told us based on, you know, what they had for intelligence assets gathering information, that the only one that actually died was, I believe, one of them died during the ejection... 24:03 Mike Shower: ... in that 2 vs 2 date-time couple days later that we had and one… And/Or one of them might have died because they believe one of their own aircraft was shot down by a surface to air missile. 24:11 Mike Young: Right, yeah... 24:12 Mike Shower: So I even have the interview from the guy that I shot down from the Ser...Yugoslav press is kind of funny because all the time we matched. 24:20 Remark: He explains how he made another CAP turn afterwards end encountered another Mig-29, but his story will stop at this moment. His story will continue in story about Ljubiša Kulačin. Rescue mission - Aleksa Milanović, Gazelle pilot 8th video segment at 47:57 47:57 Miodrag Marić: How did you rescue him? 48:01 Aleksa Milanović: Let me tell you, one of my responsibilities was to help the colleagues if they needed it. 48:04 Aleksa Milanović: By the way, that first day was very chaotic, interrupted with alerts. 48:08 Aleksa Milanović: I personally was assigned the task down toward Kuršumlija, to the south, but it was cancelled and I found myself the search and rescue service for that evening. 48:19 Aleksa Milanović: The story the "Keša" told us, this attack on Batajnica, Buca was also there, it was a light show. 48:19 Remark: Keša is a nickname of Nebojša Nikolić. Buca is the nickname of Slobodan Pejić. 48:26 Aleksa Milanović: It was a light show... 48:32 Miodrag Marić: "Star Wars", they were targeting you? 48:36 Aleksa Milanović: Maybe, "Star Wars" or "War of the Worlds", whatever... 48:38 Aleksa Milanović: I believe I have seen "Keša" taking off. 48:41 Aleksa Milanović: When he taxied from 7th, I only saw the spot light and he disappeared in the dark. 48:48 Aleksa Milanović: The tomahawks started to hit the hangers one by one. 48:52 Aleksa Milanović: All this happens in some sort of confusion, we did not have the correct information. 49:00 Aleksa Milanović: We watched the TV and during News: "The missile attacks happened in Kosovo". 49:00 Remark: For pilots to find out that the war started from the TV news, does not paint a good picture of the command. 49:05 Aleksa Milanović: That was the first information on the war. 49:07 Aleksa Milanović: And then the events started to occur... 49:11 Aleksa Milanović: After 3 attacks on Airbase Batajnica, I have received the order from Operation Center: "Do you have a helicopter ready?". I replied "I believe I do". It was in the dark just like the rest of the things... 49:22 Aleksa Milanović: "We received the information that our pilot ejected in area Čenta - Zrenjanin". Keša likely reported the area like that. 49:29 Aleksa Milanović: "He should be picked up." I replied "OK". 49:33 Aleksa Milanović: The AKL was functioning somewhere in some hole. 49:39 Remark: AKL = Aerodromska kontrola Letenja. English: CTR = Control Zone 49:37 Aleksa Milanović: I announced the take off to them, so they can eventually pass the information to "those nearby". 49:37 Remark: He means the PVO (Air Defense) units. 49:43 Miodrag Marić: So to avoid friendly fire? 49:46 Aleksa Milanović: That's right! 49:47 Aleksa Milanović: To prevent further circus acts. 49:49 Aleksa Milanović: We took off just like in American movies, you know Vietnam, Apocalypse... Fire is everywhere, smokes... 49:57 Aleksa Milanović: I flew toward Inđija, and then I received over the radio: "You have been detected, land immediately!" 50:03 Aleksa Milanović: Again darkness everywhere, we land near Inđija. 50:06 Aleksa Milanović: A younger colleague was with me. Even if we find him, the single person can not provide help properly. 50:14 Aleksa Milanović: We landed near Inđija, we lit cigarettes, while watching the sky, we searched for the lights of airplanes and wondered if among 6 millions of stars something is flying... 50:26 Aleksa Milanović: Finally we arrived in the area of Čenta toward Zrenjanin, with a logical assumption: to search for him in dark areas. If he is in a village, our people are there... 50:34 Aleksa Milanović: It's a swampy area, if he, god forbid, landed in the swamp, he might be drowning, so we can help him if there is any chance. 50:44 Miodrag Marić: Do you have any communication with him? 50:46 Aleksa Milanović: No, we did not have any communication with him. 50:53 Aleksa Milanović: We searched the dark places, and while returning from Zrenjanin, we arrived at the triangle Tisa-Danube(Slankamen)-road. Darkness... 51:04 Aleksa Milanović: We found the airplane which was still burning. 51:07 Aleksa Milanović: We landed near the airplane... to check what was going on... We see the debris of the airplane, burning, and foam from the fire extinguisher all around. 51:17 Aleksa Milanović: Logically he must be within a circle of a few km around the airplane, if he ejected and if he is still alive. 51:22 Aleksa Milanović: And we found him nearby, he started a small fire and smoked a cigarette while standing near the channel. 51:22 Remark: He presents this as almost a joke... 51:30 Aleksa Milanović: I landed on an embankment, Keša approached us, alive and well, holding a helmet and parachute. 51:40 Aleksa Milanović: I asked him "Are you well?", he replied "Yes, I am well". I asked "Do we fly to VMA hospital?" ,he replied "No, not needed", "So where do we go then?", "Back to the airbase." 51:45 Remark: Story interrupts here as Miodrag Marić asks about organization of US rescue missions. 03:09 Remark: Instead I will continue with the conclusion of the rescue mission, which was placed in the introduction part of the interview. 03:09 Aleksa Milanović: I still remember clearly, when we returned to Batajnica, at some time well after midnight. 03:14 Aleksa Milanović: It was a time when we reported each one of us to his own commander, that we were alive and successfully completed the mission. 03:23 Aleksa Milanović: I look at Keša, and a thought - a comparison comes to my mind... 03:29 Aleksa Milanović: He's so burnt behind the neck, so burnt in front, on his eyelashes and eyebrows, his camouflage flight jacket, so, not to say shabby. 03:44 Aleksa Milanović: A box of cigars, a "Blue Best", is sticking out of his pocket, which I also did smoke at the time. That was the standard for us, normally. 03:54 Aleksa Milanović: I think to myself, "On one side: NATO pact, on other Keša, like the one in Cervantes, when the one with the pitchfork goes to fight with the armored man." 03:54 Remark: He refers to the novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes, and the scene where Don Quixote fights with the penitents. On one side Don Quixote, with the sword, and on the other penitent with forked prop. 04:10 Remark: He introduces himself as Aleksa Milanović, retired as colonel in 2005, and that he was a pilot of Gazelle helicopter. Reconstructed flight The provided map is rough reconstruction based on interview and publicly known information. Slight differences and personal speculations Nebojša Nikolić stated that enemy airplanes were already above the city of Belgrade during his take off. Mike Shower had just started tracking Nikolić's MiG-29, while at the same time Nikolić is counting misses from the enemy missiles, effectively avoiding them by flying north. This slight discrepancy, indicates possible presence of other enemy airplanes capable of launching air-to-air or air-to-ground missiles on Nikolić. One such group could certainly be 10 F-117 which made an ingress from the East along the border with Romania, and according to the published NATO video⁶, one of them did hit the hangar at Batajnica airbase. Another group could be 4x F-16CJs which were tasked with SEAD missions, but also carried AMRAAM air-to-air missiles (e.g. the one shot down on May 2nd, 1999 had 2 x AIM-120⁷). It should be noted that practically all S-125 missile batteries were not active: aside from 2 at firing positions south of the city, the remaining 6 were in transport configuration and ready to move. The 2 batteries at their firing positions, even if active, could not engage due to the orders not to fire at azimuths that would endanger the city. Meanwhile VOJIN (EWR) has reported a much larger number of targets to the North, which was likely protective jamming, covering the ingress of the large F-117 group. Cruise missiles had taken out nearly all 4 active EWR radars belonging to the primary radar network. My personal conclusion is that conditions allowed for the presence of non-stealth aircrafts above the city at the time of Nikolić's take off. Personal memory While investigating the events by hearing the accounts of different people, sometimes you can find yourself crossing paths with your own memories. One such personal memory was brought back to the surface when considering the story differences of two pilots and trying to reconcile them with information from other sources. On March 24th, the author of this post was himself on the ground some 25-30 km away from the Batajnica air base. Already during the day, our regular activities were interrupted multiple times with combat alerts starting already around 08:45 in the morning. The last alert we received was around 19:30 in the evening. After we had our dinner, we moved to our allocated dispersion location and awaited further instructions. The sky was crystal clear, and I still remember being very unhappy about that. The city lights were bright as if there was no war going on. Around 20:00 we could already hear remote detonations. Few minutes later a low flying missile passed over us, coming from the East and direction of the city. It was heading toward the direction of the railway marshaling yards in Železnik. Some 30-60 seconds later, we saw a bright flash reflecting from the ground into the sky, which was followed up by the loud sound of an explosion some time later. We judged that it fell in the direction of Jakovo, where we knew there was some PVO base (3rd missile battery of 250th missile brigade, as it turned out later⁸). It is sometimes difficult to judge the significance of events, but the research of this event brought this memory back to me. Sources 1. Niko nije rekao neću (drugi deo) - Nobody refused - part 2 (see above), author Slađana Zarić, director Boban Simojlović, journalist Vesna Ilić, montage Marija Bogićević, link. 2. Aircrew Interview with Mike "Dozer" Shower on the F-15C Eagle , link. 3. Piloti ( SFRJ/SRJ/SCG ) o Nato agresiji 1999 god..., link. 4. Ratni dnevnik 1999, link. 5. NATO Briefings, link. 6. NATO Briefings Video - 26 March 1999 - Batajnica Hanger, link. 7. Pad noćnog sokola (2nd edition) - Slaviša Golubović, link. 8. Zoltan Dani's lecture on the downing of the F-117A aircraft, link. Credits Ronin Gaijin, for review and english corrections

Yes my brothers, sisters, uncles, son is a friend of the window cleaner at the building opposite Eagle Dynamics who saw a post-it note reflected in the windows he was cleaning, it said simply - 'BOOM!'.

В целом, моё имхо, физика ветра в пределах реализованного выполнена более-менее нормально. Вся проблема в том, что распределение ветра по высотам сделано через одно место. Почти все летатели ДКС почему-то не учитывают, что в брифинге указывается ветер на высоте 0 - то бишь, на уровне моря. А все аэродромы на всех картах имеют некоторое превышение над уровнем моря. Если в Краснодаре это 30м, то в Моздоке будет 150, а в Беслане все ~500. А в редакторе миссий при задаче ветра на высоте 0, скажем, Х м/с, на высоте 500м он автоматически выставляется в удвоенном виде - 2Х м/с. Поэтому, если задать на 0 высоты несильный ветер 2-3 м/с, то на высоте 500м он будет уже 4-6 м/с. И всё бы ничего, если бы зависимость силы ветра от высоты была линейная, но и тут наперекосяк. Она не линейная, и при 3 м/с на высоте 0 мы можем получить удвоенную силу не на 500м, а уже на 300м высоты, а может ниже. Я тут смотрел треки через таквью, там ветер, воздействующий на борт в миссии, отображается. Вот стоит борт на земле (Краснодар), прога показывает воздействующие на него 5 м/с (в миссии на высоте 0 выставлено 4 м/с), временами небольшие порывы (за счёт турбулентности) до 6 м/с. После чего борт вертикально отрывается от земли и зависает на высоте 10-15 метров, и прога показывает уже 8-9 м/с, воздействующие на борт. Куда это годится?.. Потому очень многие пользователи на этот ветер и грешат, что, дескать, его физика совершенно не адекватная и прочее. Да просто распределение ветра по высотам не шибко адекватное. И отсутствие возможности привязать ветер не к высоте над уровнем моря, а к поверхности земли, чтобы на аэродромах и площадках с большим превышением этот ветер не доходил до запредельных значений. Ясен пень, игрок увидел в брифинге более-менее благоприятные 5 м/с на нуле, сел на борт, а там ему в борт задувает уже десятка. А прибавьте к этому патологическое пренебрежение местными вертолётоводами правил взлёта и посадки вертолётов против ветра, вот всем и кажется, что с ветром в симуляторе творится какая-то непередаваемая дичь. Но повторюсь, это всё моё личное имхо.

Концепция концепциями, а в реальности приходиться красться на ПНВ и кабрировать даже что бы кинуть УАБ. И всех ЛА, которые захотят просто висеть на 5км и спокойно сбрасывать лазерные/спутниковые бомбы (как это делалось в войне с бармалеями) Так говорили о каждом виде вооружения, которое им поставляли. С эти согласен. Может предложишь лучший способ уничтожения живой силы противника c вертолёта?) PS 34ки вполне себе кидают РБК с УМПК по лесополосам. Да даже если натыкать пехоту среди зданий (для усложнения задачи) - то часть будет уничтожена.

Thanks a lot Rudi for opening this topic! I agree more than 100% with your request. I can't even imagine an Irak map without any Iranian city or airbase. Please ED reconsider your plans concerning this map and add some facilities, I'm actually working on many iran/Irak mission and can't go further until you enhance this beautiful map! Best Regards Nicolas

Тока вот, если рассматривать противостояние не с бармалениями, то применении JDAM/КАБ (со спутниковым наведением) всё равно достаточно рискованное занятие и приходиться задействовать тактические приёмы: или кидать их с кабрирования (как это делают Украинские Су-27/Ми29) или с большой высоты и сразу сваливая как это делают 34ки. В обоих случаях это не гарантия безопасности. И вот в таких условиях эффективность/выживаемость А-10 малоскоростного неизвестна. Ну по факту, ВКС сейчас практически полностью перешли на управляемое оружие. Противник сам заявляет, что ВКС применяют сотни УМПК в месяц. НАРы с кабрирования применяют тока Су25 и вертолёты для поражения пехоты в лесопосадках - где как раз нет точечных целей, так как пехота рассредоточена на площади.

G.91 PROGRESS UPDATE Although we have been very quiet about the development of the G.91 module, rest assured that we have been working on it quite a lot in the past few months: this module remains a key project for us, and development is actively progressing. In particular we have just completed the the total refactoring of the cockpit model, and, while the textures are still WiP, we are happy to finally share with you some screenshot of the pilot's office. The next major step is to fully integrate the new cockpit with the aircraft code on the aircraft to date, allowing us to get rid of the old model, which we no longer consider up to the high-quality standards achieved by DCS World. We believe the G.91 development will proceed at a much faster pace and we are confident that we will be able to release a first version of the DCS G.91 by 2025. While we cannot commit to a specific date just yet, our philosophy remains unchanged across all our products: "It is done when it is done." Thank you for your patience and support as we continue working on our projects - a usual we'll keep you posted with the G.91 progress as soon as possible. Bye Phant

Mission attached with all SA-2, SA-3 and SA-6 sites. Updates to follow with Roland sites and other DMPIs. Desert Storm Template v2.miz

Anybody here been? what do you think? I thought it was amazing and worthy of a mention! I Felt a strong sense of obligation to get this video done. Shame I couldn't get this out on Monday. It would have been more impactful and meaningful. This is a short video for those who have not been. I hope you find it useful. Thought you guys who love the WW2 planes might like this or at least... appreciate this. #cptmrcalm #dcsworld #WW2 #WW1

Обалдеть!!! Хочу машину времени, чтобы переместиться во 2-й квартал 2025!

Each team is working as hard as they can on our projects, when we have updates we release them, but they do take time. I'm sure many will welcome the 2025 and beyond video and the news it has, others wont, and dont enjoy the hype but that is ok. Whatever happens I hope you have a great holiday season. thank you

I'm glad the MiG29A is coming to DCS, but I'm disappointed with what they did with the F5E. The F5E cockpit deserved the love the MIG29A got. The textures, night lighting and 3D model are spectacular. It's a shame we'll never see the F5E at the same level. I would have paid a lot more than $10 to have the same love in the cockpit of the F5E.

The 9.12A looks good: the rivet counters are going to be very happy! Is there a patch planned still this year, to include the OH-58 fixes that have been ready for release for a while now? And I bet the F-16 drivers are eagerly awaiting the take-off/landing ARI fix as well Happy festivities for everyone in the ED team and their loved ones!

To be honest the C variant is a totally different aircraft (evolved avionics, different cockpit and several external differences). 9.99$ are not even sufficient to cover the electrical bill for the work necessary to make this version. Inviato dal mio SM-F731B utilizzando Tapatalk

Seeker head (9B 1101K, product 470-1) is the same between the missiles. Only the rocket motor changes.

IMHO, even if unrealistic, the Fox-IIs would be a welcome addition for the Macchino.

Помню к нам в виртуальную эскадрилью приходил летчик Апача голландский - отвечал на вопросы. Его как раз спросили, что он думает по Ка-52 на Украине и НАР с кабрирования в частности - ответил, что в случае большой заварушки они имеют все шансы дойти до таких же методов + назвал этот механизм вполне рабочим, сказав что вертолет при надобности - это мобильное РСЗО на ЛБС. А начал он с лекции, где правильно сказал - что главная задача ударного вертолета - это выполнять все прихоти наземного командира насколько бы они странными не были, тк ему виднее и он тут ради него.

seems that moving it to my m.2 has removed most of the stutters but still micro stutters occasionally. but that could be iraq itself dcs.log

Hello thank you for this great mod! i enjoy it while playing in VR, i have some overlaps with texture on the nose and canopy side with the wings : will this be fixed in the future? thanks

Why not laser swords? Sorry for the sarcasm, but in which way we can integrate advanced weapons on the MB-339? Inviato dal mio SM-F731B utilizzando Tapatalk

@GrEaSeLiTeNiN I think it‘s not implausible behavior, just a bit of a pitfall. Again, JDAMs, and JSOWs probably even more so, are primarily designed to be used against stationary targets with well known coordinates. It‘s simply in the nature of DCS that the TOO mode is used more extensively because designating a tgt with the TGP is mor fun (and easier) than punching in coordinates.

Если было бы всё так просто, то Украинские Су27 и Миг29 для применения JDAM не использовали бы полёт на ПНВ и пуски с кабрирования. Так то у более серьёзного ПВО дальность поражения десятки/сотни километров - и оно ка раз прикрывает свои войска от угроз с воздуха. Что-то вон нет картинок с где Ф-16 с подвесными контейнерами да и Байрактары быстро исчезли) Спор о выживаемости А10 при войне с нормальными армиями а не с Бармалеями. С этим согласен Согласен. Ну это лишь твоё мнение. Судя по видео, КВО приемлемый для поражения пехоты. Причем даже в ДКС такое можно повторить.

But they might on an updated SOAR model to go with the Little Bird From what I can see it's certainly some breed of 'hawk or other. I was just wondering if this is the "heavier" mod in the works... ...or, sticking with the specops vibes... #backinmybox

А она, наверное, очень упиралась... Будь ты хоть 5-й армией Галактики - если нет желания и мозгов, результат одинаков. Ну и для чего тогда огород городить с бронированным штурмовиком?

I *really* hope it is - and I'm hoping for "save and continue" of a mission rather than "save and create a new mission based on what is saved" - we already have that from third parties, and it is not what I call "save". I'm currently not convinced that it's in the cards, though. All missions in DCS currently run on Lua in DCS. To be able to save&continue, ED first have to be able to save&continue a Lua script. I don't think that the kind folk at ED have the required talent inhouse to do that - IIRC they weren't even able to shoehorn the existing Lua JIT compiler environment into DCS, which isn't as complex technology-wise as implementing Lua save&continue. Once we start seeing major changes to DCS's Lua environment (and I'm hoping JIT, threads, save&continue) we have a good shot at a save&continue mission feature. Here's to hoping.

Really loving this map Got down and dirty & did a "Thunder Run" into down town Baghdad. Enjoyed that most of the generic building & objects were destructible. P.S. I'm just finishing off the M1A1 & 2 Abrams liveries in the pics & will release as a pack in the next few days Links Added: US M1A2 Abrams HD livery pack 1 for "Operation Iraqi Freedom" US M1A1 Abrams HD livery Pack 2 for "Operation Desert Storm"

Good Morning Everyone, I hope everyone is doing well. As Eddie mentioned I'm still having back issues but I'm pushing through it. I'm not going to bore you with my health problems. I took a short break away from the Forums but I was behind the scenes working on the Italian ITS Cavour Aircraft carrier. She is 99% complete. I will finish the aft missile launcher cell animations today. All weapons work as they should. I plan to release her this weekend along with the Paolo Thaon di Revel class Offshore Patrol Vessel. This couldn't have been done with the expertise of Beldin. He has a unique talent for creating Aircraft deck parking and takeoff. As you can see below she is fully loaded. I need some help from you all though. I need a Harrier or F35 Aircraft Player to do some testing for me. Not sure if there's a flyable F-35 in DCS. I haven't seen one at least. So if you fly the Harrier please PM me and I will send the Cavour over for testing. Armament: 2x OtoMelara 76 mm guns, 3x OtoMelara Oerlikon KBA 25mm guns and 4x 8 cell Sylver Launchers. MBDA Aster 15 Missiles. Stay tuned. Thanks for your patience.

Hello F1 fans If you want to watch Mirage F1M take off and land (for real), here is a video made on the Spanish F1 airbase (C14) :