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I understand the appeal of an a/a sim, I know I get the desire to do a little dogfighting whenever I come across topgun on tv. But for me personally I like the emphasis on the ground and pound. Realistically speaking isn’t that essentially what air combat is in the 21st century? I mean how many a/a engagements have taken place in the last 30 years post-Vietnam? Just my opinion, I know it probably isn’t shared among very many.

No, not me (that does sound familiar though). I was never out there in the online community. I spent some time in the past on a site called F4Community which was moderated by a fellow named Grmcle, very knowledgable. I mainly just read posts there and at Frugals. Never flew Falcon online as I could never commit the effort with a growing family. I tried with IL2 but it was tough to find a moment where I wasn't being pulled away to change diapers. I hope to be able to give a go with online flying with the A10 module and the DCS community. Well said. Can't wait.

Thanks for the link. I noticed a quote from Michelange: I hope that's not the case. Boy does he do good work, it looks great.

Afghanistan or some kind of middle east theater would be neat. Maybe not as big of a deal to create now that we have Nellis desert tiles? Either way the module will be great regardless of where it takes place.

Thank you all for the welcomes.

I have been an avid flight (mainly combat) simmer since the days of Falcon AT and have dabbed with nearly every type of combat flight sim release since. Because nothing compared I mainly stuck to the Falcon series (I wore Falcon 4 out). For years I have been under the impression that the Lomac product was a little “less” of a product than Falcon. I tried Lomac and flew a few flights then shelved it. In comparison I felt it lacked an atmosphere of a real dynamic environment existing outside the cockpit. Plus it didn’t seem to be as much of a “study sim” which is my preference. Or perhaps I was simply influenced by the propaganda that I received from the Falcon community and was biased, therefore never really giving it much chance. With F4 getting a little stagnant, I recently craved a new study sim so I reluctantly tried Blackshark. I’m not really into helos but I wanted to try the sim to see if the A10 module was going to be a possibility for me. Boy was I in for a surprise! I love it! It is a real challenge, extremely detailed, and the graphics are strong. I can’t comment on the flight model as far as accuracy as I have no idea when it comes to helos of any kind (I flew Longbow as well as EECH which doesn’t really count I know). I have to think it is fairly close to the real thing considering this group’s access to real data. They certainly seem to be extremely thorough in every other department. I am still a little unsure of a non-true dynamic campaign and a smaller operating map region. I know the region is more than enough for a helo to operate in but I do wonder about the A10. This is a minor issue though. And as far as a dynamic campaign, I guess you could argue that it’s been 13 years since F4’s release and the Freefalcon team are only beginning to introduce a campaign that isn’t riddled with bugs. In summary (sorry I rambled), I just want to say thanks to the DCS team for great work and I am highly anticipating the A10 module. I hope this breathes life into a dying market. One last thing; Forgive me if this has been answered but I did a search under preorder and I only found the Warthog Thrustmaster thread. So my question is will A10C be available for preorder and where? I’m excited and eager therefore I wanted to know the soonest way to get a version.