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I retired as a Aviation Electronics technician, First Class, or Avionics tech, I worked on the DECM out of the old A-7Es, A-6Es, then the F/A-18C/Ds. I did three WESTPACS as ships company on the Connie, 78-82, two with VA-94 (A-7s) out of NAS Lemoore, on the Enterprise, 85-88, and two more as ships company on the Lincoln, 93-97, where I retired out of Everett, WA. and came back here to Lemoore where the wife and kids were.
Fair Winds and Following Seas to your Dad.
Mike Williams. AT1(AW/SW) USN ret. 1977-1997
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If I'm not wrong about the year, the NAVFLIR started being replaced by the ATFLIR around 2003.
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18 hours ago, Archangel44 said:
Let us not forget…
my Dad’s favorite while he served as an AN 4 n the early 60’s….
The F-8 Crusader.
What's a AN 4?......... we can also use RF-8s, their last cruise was June of 82..... VFP-63 on the Connie..... my third and last cruise on her.
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I did three WESTPACS on the Connie, 78-82... That was during the Yemen Civil War, Iranian hostage crisis era, we got rammed by a Liberian tanker around 0100 while doing an UNREP.... GQ....the Ranger was rammed by a Liberian tanker in the Straights Of Malacca coming out to relieve us. We had to wait for the USS Midway to get underway and take the Rangers place as our relief. I did two more on the Enterprise with VA-94 (A-7E) 85-89, We did the ditch in 85 into the Med for the Libya thing, 88 we did Operation Preying Mantis. Two more WESTPACS on the Lincoln 93-97, we got called out of the Gulf in Oct. 93 to sail off Somalia after the Blackhawk down mess. I would say the Golden age of Carrier Aviation for me was cruising with F-14s, A-6Es, EA-6Bs, RF-8s (VFP-63), EA-3Bs VQ-1...... A-7Es, E-2Cs, S-3Bs, SH-3s. C-2s, US-3Bs on the Connie.
I was an I-level Avionics tech, I repaired the DECM out of A-7s and A-6s.... ALQ-126A, ALR-45 & 50s, ALE-29,39 and 41s, later I repaired the ALQ-126B, ALR67, ALR-45F, KIT/KIR-1A and KY-58 COMSEC gear. After I retired April 30, 1997, I went to work for Boeing at NAS Lemoore at their Avionics Repair Facility.... yep B-ARF. I was at Lemoore for eleven years, at AIMD, VA-94, and NAMTRADET teaching DECM. I retired from there June 2021.
AT1(AW/SW) USN ret. 77-97
Semper Fortis
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Reveal today 7:00 pm CET...... 10:00 AM PST on their discord channel, probably their YouTube as well.
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I'd rather see the P-38, any of the late models, they can be used on the Mariana's too.
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Were the lights on the camera red or green? Be careful you don't have the pause set to something you have mapped to your HOTAS. It should work just fine in any mode of the game once you start it, have green lights on the camera on your monitor, and you're centered in your TIR camera screen with three lights.
Make sure whatever profile you are running for DCS, you check "Exclusive" that way it won't change no matter what you do... I use my IL2/DCS profile for both games, and I never worry about switching between games. It's always there.
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I'm starting to think this one is vaporware... I'd rather have the Corsair than the Hellcat. We can use the Corsair in Korean scenarios along with the Mustang. It would of been nice to have the La-11 instead of the 5. There are no accompanying allied AI aircraft to match it up with for campaigns. So we will just have a carrier full of Hellcats, no SBD, Avenger, or SOB second-class SB2C. I know we are supposed to get AI Japanese aircraft, and I'm thankful for that, at least we will have something to shoot at.
I'm not holding out much hope on the F4U, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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On 3/16/2024 at 11:38 AM, DaddyO17 said:
"Just because we're holdin' hands doesn't mean we're gonna take warm showers 'til the wee hours of the morning. You hear me?"
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome.....
At least you have the right Carrier in your post above... USS Abraham Lincoln... "Shall not Perish"... Haze Grey and Underway baby.......
Ships company AIMD/IM1/QA.... July 93 to April 30, 1997. Did my sixth and seventh WESTPACS on her...
AT1(AW/SW) USN ret. 77-97
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I can remember laying in my rack under the Port Bow Cat and the F-8 going into afterburner for its cat shot... there was a very big and loud boom..... We had VFP-63 on board the Connie, back in the late 70's early 80's.
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TM Warthog, Throttle and F/A-18 Stick, Viper Panel, BlackHog A, PTO2, K51 Trim Box, Crosswinds...... way more than needed...
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Sweeeeet.. nice stick to the landing...
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I worked for Boeing at NAS Lemoore from 1997 to June of 2021 at the C/D Avionics Repair Facility. Ive still got friends there in VFA-122s hanger mod supporting the C/Ds for the USMC. And just south of our hanger AE Com. are still doing SLEP work on the E/Fs, and there is a contract to turn some of them into Advanced Super Hornets.
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Nice outfit. I made three cruises on the Connie as ships company with VF-211 & 24, 78-82 (AIMD/IM3/64C). Of course they flew F-14s. I had a lot of friends from AVA, and AFTA schools at NATTC at NAS Millington, Tenn, that were in both squadrons. I did two more cruises with VA-94 on the Enterprise 85-89 (TAD to AIMD/IM3/64C). And two more on the Lincoln as ships company 93-97 (AIMD/IM1/QA). I live about 14 miles down the road from NAS Lemoore, I worked for Boeing there for 24 years in their Avionics Repair Facility in VFA-122s MOD.... yep BARF....
AT1(AW/SW) USN ret. 77-97
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If you have the magic answer please share it with Stryker990.
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome. GySgt Highway
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Use sequence or chain event with your preferred joystick software. Sequence.. switch up the first time opens guard, up the second time flips switch. Down flips down guard which also flips down switch. Chain commands, flip the switch up the guard goes up, one second later the switch flips up. Throw your switch down, guard and Toggle switch go down. Easy peasy, all done with one switch.
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Joy2key only needs two presses to get the job done. Chain sequence, chain events lets you program the first sequence chain function (example button 12... UP position) to Open the guard, the second sequenc event will flip the switch. Since joy2key sees the on/off condition of the switch as two different buttons each position can have up to four chain, sequence events when activated. Your down position would be button 13, down posion of button and you just tell it to flip the guard switch down. In the P-47 to arm one bomb takes three different functions to arm a bomb. One one switch I'll get the ACTIVE UP button 12, to seq. 1- flip up guard, seq. 2- flip up switch, on the front Bomb panel, seq. 3- pull up the bomb arm lever on the left rear onsole up. Bomb Armed..... drop bomb...... DEACTVATE DOWN button 13, seq. 1- flips down the guard, seq. 2 lowers the arm lever. I use this to arm Left bomb, Right bomb and Belly Station. Easy Peasy...
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome....... GySgt Highway....
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Un-bind your throttles and use each lever for its specific engine. If you yaw to the left, bump the left throttle a bit more, and vice versa if you yaw right. Its kind of like using a T-handle stearing device. This works for taxi,, and take-off runs. You won't need to use the over sensitive breaks. There is a thread somewhere on how to adjust curves to slow down the sudden locking of the breaks.
Good luck
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I found un-binding my TM Warthog throttles, and using each lever individually for each engine, its much easier to keep it straight on the runway. If I yaw to the left, increase the left throttle a bit and she straightens out. And vice versa...... once airborne, rebind your throttles if you wish.
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Same principle.
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The ALR-67 is connected to the Quad Reciever, the Quad receiver is connected to four antennas, two in each wingtip. One on the leading edge one on the trailing edge, that cover 360⁰. The Quad Reciever is basically a signal multiplexer that takes those received RF signal and sorts them to range and bearing to your plane in real-time space. The ALR-67's threat library tells you what type of threat it is and it's priority. Think of the RWR indicator as a moving map display with you in the center. It's constantly moving in relation to yor position in the battle space.
AT1(AW/SW) USN ret.... 1977-1997... DECM technician W/C 64C.
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Put it on your AV exemption list.... in fact put all your DCS stuff, DCS game folder, Saved Games folder, TIR, SRS, and any Joystick programs...
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Don't forget about Spuds video on making all your game and related folders exempt in your preferred AV.
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Keep the ball in the middle of the slip indicator with rudder control. Keep your turn speed around 270 mph..... Don't be too poor to pay attention to your instruments.
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Thtustmaster AVA joystick base
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The first pictures I saw of it it had a baseplate like the Warthog stick.