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So if I'm right I'ld better wait with patching anything until the next 2.0 patch comes out. Otherwise I would render my Mig-21 in 2.0 inoperative.

Maybe the problem is the maintainers? Retiring a type entirely means saving on maintainers, who can be redirected to F-35 ? They wanted to do the same with A-10C, but then everytime they propose to retire an old airframe some nostalgia sets in!

What I was talking about, structural problems with F-15C/D airframes: http://aviationweek.com/defense/center-fuselage-rebuild-could-be-f-15cd-achilles-heel I guess the USAF's retirement proposal didn't came out of the blue.

I think everyone agrees that F-22 should have been the replacement, and cutting short their production was an incredible mistake. But there are only 187 of them, that is less than 4 per US state? Those who cut this short dealt the USAF a blow that no enemy would ever be able to pull off. It would more than make sense to fill the enormous gaps by using F-16's coming free due to F-35 replacement for ANG air defense.

I think there might be a problem with both part obsolescence and airframe fatigue on the F-15C fleet. The F-16C replacement option seems a realistic and affordable scenario to me, as there are already plans to introduce SABR AESA radars on the F-16. Flying aircraft until they literally fall apart would serve no ones interest I guess. As long as we can keep flying the fantastic F-15C in DCS, I'm happy :)

I second that, the vanilla Frog is an absolute joy to fly! Others I really like to fly are F-5E, Mirage, P-51D. I must confess though that I fly them like an airliner, I almost never search for the flight boundaries and keep it very safe. Viggen seems a future winner to me, but FM isn't final yet so I shouldn't include it here. At the moment turn performance is abysmal.

I noticed an extreme performance drop when I mount the 150 Gal center fuel tank. Is this normal or excessive? It's a cut by at least 60-70 mph.

Anyone noticed the AI Viggens dispense flares even without the pod ?

Once in a while I come into this thread to repeat my absolute support for the Phantom in DCS !!! The one and only :-)

In the mean time: flying around with this big airliner turbofan engine is just awesome! The Viggen really has character !

Seemed to be an issue with a failing USB port

On my portable with a CH Fighterstick I experience in mid flight suddenly my rudder going to the left where it stays blocked. I had this with both the Mig-21 and A-10, I guess I have it with all planes. It is after some fighttime and manoevring. Now there are some famous aviation accidents with a blocked rudder due to metal fatigue or substandard pins breaking, but I wonder what happens here? Are it micro-inputs that accumulate? Or is it just a broken joystick?

When I fire an RB75B or T, when I activate the next missile and want to boresight it again, this doesn't work: the seeker keeps wandering around. I do not have this problem with the vanilla RB75 (AGM-65A) version.

https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article161078829/IS-Kaempfer-zerstoeren-den-deutschen-Panzer-Mythos.html

Ah OK, thanks!

What a beauty! Does anyone know the added instruments on top? Is it a GPS system? https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24414f_46d5fc9fead341e8aa0a8f45e41355b0~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_827,h_620,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/24414f_46d5fc9fead341e8aa0a8f45e41355b0~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.webp

I agree. The only issue with the F-35 is that it is 7 years late. This has caused many headaches, for logistics, planning, people's careers ... It also means that the legacy hornet fleet is falling apart and that the stopgap Super Hornet has become the mainstay of the fleet. Adding more, more modern Super Hornets could be a good interim solution to soften the pressure, but is no real surrogate for the F-35. The growler is an asset in its own right that will stay important long after the F-35 has been introduced to the fleet in sufficient numbers. Buying or refurbishing F/A-18E/F's with Growler wiring (as the Aussies did) is a smart move, but is no alternative for the F-35, and certainly not for the USAF.

Again the Phantom's last flight, I just had to post it. To me, simply the greatest ever!

Incredible tragedy indeed!

I'm not Israeli but also vote for Mirage IIICJ ! In november 1964 first Mig-21 was shot down by a IIICJ, but I do not think it was Mig-21bis. Could be a Mig-21F13 or so.

I managed to score a direct hit! I made a target with a FARP and some barracks, in a circular zone about 30 meters in diameter. After really precise measurement in the ME of the altitudes, distance from IP and bearing I got a big hit ! This works great!!!!

Will we be able to see earth's curvature from our DCS:Mig 25 ?

I say yes. We need some speed!

OK thanks both! I thought it was the other way around, now it works!