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Hello Nate, could you look into this?

In attach the mission I was working on. There is a JTAC "Playboy" (kind of spy) on the VHF FM radio admidst the hostiles that will lase the Tunguska. You will see that if you approach to low, so that the Tunguska isn't in line of sight and you have LSS on hoping to intercept the beam from playboy, that you will track the approaching Rezky ship in the background instead. Escape from Novorossysk 4.miz

Just a quick mission I made with the Mission Editor

Well, seriously damaged a Resky. See mission below. Beware of Tunguska. Escape from Novorossysk 3.miz

Is this a known bug? In the region of Achigvara near Gali I always get wrong coordinates from the JTAC: it should be in the GH12-GH13 grid, and I always get GH16 - GH17 coordinates, completely off the mark. I thought I had the same problem near Kobuleti. In attach a mission with only the necessary things in it to show what I mean. Contact the JTAC on FM 30 MHz, and you will get the wrong coordinates FT new roadblock mission.miz

I run the current version but do not CTD?

The TGP in LSS mode automatically tracks ships. Is this meant to be the case? I find it very handy in antishipping scenarios. I just put LSS on, when I popup over the hill it automatically tracks the vessel and I can lodge an AGM-65G onto it. Would even be better with AGM-65E!

Some very nice footage indeed, thanks!

This thread is rapidly derailing ... Can we please stick to the news and keep opinions for ourselves?

Super!

^^great!

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/awx/2011/12/29/awx_12_29_2011_p0-410195.xml&headline=Saudi, U.S. Finalize F-15SA Sale&channel=defense "The deal with Saudi Arabia includes Raytheon advanced, electronically scanned array (AESA) radars for the F-15s, plus 10 Goodrich DB-110s, an internationally marketable version of the Senior-Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System flying on the U-2, and an infrared search-and-track capability. Sniper and Lantirn targeting and navigation pods are also part of the package, along with Digital Electronic Warfare System. The weapons package features AIM 120C7s, the AIM-9X Sidewinder for air-to-air engagements. Also included are 500-lb. dual-mode laser-guided munitions, 2,000-lb. Paveway III laser-guided bombs and Sensor-fuzed Weapons including the Wind-corrected Munitions Dispensers and 2,000 lb. Joint Direct Attack Munitions for hitting ground targets. The AGM-84 Harpoon Block II, which does not include the Block III data link package for in-flight retargeting, is built-in for engagement of ships and the Saudis are also buying the AGM-88B High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile. "

After they were so eager to blame the pilot, they now find it prudent to inspect the EOS fleetwide: http://www.newsherald.com/articles/force-99290-inspected-oxygen.html My - humble and strictly personal - opinion on these guys wouldn't comply with the forum rules, that's for sure! :D

Matsushima AB was struck by the Tsunami. 18 F-2 fighters got damaged, 6 can be recovered.

For some reason, I find the F-35C the most elegant and balanced of the 3. Very beautiful aircraft.

Yes, I noticed that, that's why I limited my statement to what we know for sure: "The EOS wasn't activated by the pilot." The problem is that the report then goes on to incorrectly assume that this was due to a pilot error. There is nothing to sustantiate that. A correct statement would have been: "The board was not able to find material evidence as to why the pilot didn't activate the EOS. The board suggests the possibility that this was due to channelized attention". I would say IvanK's hypothesis is as valid as theirs. We just don't know. What we learned from the report about USAF brass and their misguided conception of leadership is disheartening. How on earth can you write a statement like "A damage cost of $147,672,000.00 includes the total destruction of the MA along with its internal stores. The MP did not eject and was fatally injured." ? What about: "Besides the tragic loss of the pilot, a damage cost of $147,672,000.00 is incurred including the total destruction of the MA along with its internal stores." My heart goes with the pilot and his family.

Right. This accident report already has the smell of LM lawyers all over. Most of us will agree the report is clear: There was a bleed air leak The cause of the leak could not be established The oxygen was cut off The EOS wasn't activated by the pilot The highly skilled pilot didn't recover his aircraft timely from a dive, due to channelized attention and spatial disorientation So, what we *know* and all parties agree on, is that a malfunction of the aircraft's systems is at the basis of the event, and that a highly qualified pilot didn't manage to take the right steps to recover the aircraft. What if this happened in combat? Wouldn't we prefer that the pilot could channel his attention to the enemy instead of trying to solve aircraft system issues that require so much attention that even a skilled pilot doesn't manage to save his own life? The report seems to imply that since the pilot was to blame, we could consider training pilots with waterboarding so that their attention doesn't get channeled when they are suffocating during combat.

An article with a pilot's view: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/12/23/f-22-mishap-blames-pilot-not-oxy-system/

Well, I'm not sure I find it a good read. The reports seems to me too assertive in blaming the pilot for failing to save his own life. It would have been more decent to point at the combination of factors and acknowledge that a hazardous situation arose from the bleed air malfunction. But I'm sure the board president will take the air in an F-22 to show how the pilot should have responded.

Supercool!

Maybe a RAM coating like Have Glass on F-16?

As Elvis would say:

First production F-35B:

Thanks, R.I.P. for my unfortunate compatriot! Back to topic: of course I still find the idea that the iranians would have managed to take control of the jet or successfully jammed the communications even more improbable, not to say absolutely unlikely.