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^^nice story!

For me: 1/ Mirage 2000C 2/ Mig-21

Voted for the Phantom but I like them all!

Yup. Also updated!

Flyover to honour father of A-10: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/22/politics/a-10-avery-kay-funeral-flyby/index.html

I was always puzzled by the sudden end to F-22 production. Was Robert Gates such a delusional fool? Was LM lobbying for a move to F-35 only to ditch "partner" Boeing alltogether from the fighter business? Or are there things about the F-22 that we don't know that made it obsolete? Maybe its weakest point was not having a long range optical sensor, in an era where targeting pods were completely revolutionizing air warfare. It also saved many aircraft from sheer obsolescence, like A-10C, B-1, B-52, Harrier, ... Here a photo of an F-15C with a sniper pod:

Great stuff !!!! With this, the Mirage is completely in the game! I must say classic Lockon nostalgia comes up now we can do these epic A2A fights with a razor sharp tool like the Mirage! I quickly shed years of putting my nose down looking for ground targets like a warthog now that I rediscover the true dynamics of air combat! What a pleasure to breathe some fresh air and see some blue sky!!!

Whisper

Nice, thanks for the info!

You will not see a diamond in Mirage. In fact, you need to know where the target approximately is, and then proceed as if you would do CCRP: so bug the target area with the pipper.

Yes but you can make the JTAC "invisible" and "immortal" (Perform Command menu) I also put ROE=HOLD so that the JTAC doesn't start firing at the target himself.

Well, if I get the Hornet as an extra with the AGM-65E I won't complain of course :=)

The laser-guided AGM-65E is quickly becoming the most popular Maverick variant, and it is deployed now on the A-10C's also (according to the latest Air Forces issue). It would be a very logical addition to our A-10C in game, the only thing is it would need some recoding as it has no visual sensor image like the current modelled variants.

I want that startup sound in DCS!

Typhoon fires Storm Shadow and Meteor: http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newseurofighter-typhoon-conducts-successful-firing-of-storm-shadow-and-meteor-missile-4809772

Victory! http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/02/13/air-force-to-congress-you-win-well-keep-a10-wartho.aspx

Well, the missiles do work but from very close range. Here a simple track where I first do a kill with a 530D from less than 8km ! and then turn around to get the wingman with a Magic II. I must say I like the Magic work in the Mirage since you really have to dogfight and get in the six of the opponent very close in. It's like a Mirage III fight of the late sixties. Tacview-20160209-211737-DCS.txt.acmi.zip

Simple JTAC mission In attach a mission in its simplest form. I put an armored vehicle very close to the target. In the advanced waypoint actions, I set a command "invisible" and a command "immortal". I also set an option "ROE=WEAPON HOLD" (otherwise the armed Humvee starts shooting) I then set "Start Enroute task" - "Engage Group" You indicate the target group, set designation to laser (you can also set WEAPON to guided bombs eg) Set the radio channel (I put 135 Mhz AM, which is channel 2 on your main U/VHF radio) Once airborne, Start comms, select the right radio (or use easy comms if you want) and press the key for the JTAC which should show up. The dialogue follows. The biggest problem is to make the JTAC itself work, has nothing to do with the Mirage. The JTAC only lases when he is very close to the target (max 1000 feet or so, best even less, that is why I pout it so close and set immortal and invisible), and has line of sight to the target. Depending on terrain this often just does'nt work. there are many places on the map where it doesn't work at all. So it takes a lot of time before you have a mission with actually a working JTAC! Once the JTAC lases the target "LASER ON" you just do as if you are going to do a CCRP bomb. Mark a zone close to the target as if you would do for CCRP. The difference is the laser will precisely guide your bomb to the target. If you do this missions without labels, add a smoke marker or so nearthe target zone so that you know where it approximately. FT Mirage Test LGB 2.miz

LGB AI JTAC lasing now also works in 2.0.1 ! Great!

I also noticed a difference, I have a small reference mission in which I go head to head to two Migs, in which before path 2.0.1 I always had a first kill with the 530D. Now it simply always misses. Same mission, same distance. Dunno what happened.

Oops forget what I said, there was just a problem with my key assignments. everything OK now, it is NOT going auto in SST, only the symbology has improved!

The Mirage got some love in the latest patch! What are exactly the changes? Normally I had to lock target twice to go into SST, now it seems to go automatically into SST ? When I press IFF interrogation (do not know if anything is implement yet) I get a double circle ? And the word TIR appears sometimes, sometimes not ?

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I would like the F-21 Kfir !

Yes you need to ak teh JTAC to las. Mak esure your JTAC signals he will mark with Laser in the 9-line brief. Often you get "No Mark", and then there is no lasing. You than say "IN", than "LASER ON". In the Mirage you bomb as if you were bombing with CCRP, so as with MK82's. You point to the target some, lock (you don't have to be precise, as the bomb will follow the laser) and you drop as you would do an unguided CCRP bombing. Please note that it is quite hard to set up a JTAC in DCS that actually wants to lase : your AI JTAC needs to be in line of sight, very close to the target (max a few hundred feet). Any terrain curving or incidence will make sure the JTAC says "No Mark". It also helps to select the weapon "guided bombs" in the JTAC config instead of just taking "auto". I set the JTAC immortal and invisible so as to make sure he isn't dead before I arrive.