Shapper

Man that was a ball buster of a mission yesterday. :megalol: I'll make a single-player version of it for you guys. Friday we'll do a ME session if y'all want.

0201 SITUATION. Yesterday saw the realization that the Abkhazian and Ossetian dissident groups are far more coordinated and better equipped than first thought. During the first hours of having the coastal shipping lanes opened for traffic, three merchant vessels were attacked and sunk. Coalition air and sea forces were able to engage and destroy a number of hostile combatants including a large patrol craft, but themselves suffered a number of losses. The remainder of the day yesterday and all through the night, intel worked hard crunching data from numerous sources. A few hours ago, the location of the Abkhazian and Ossetian leadership has been confirmed. It is the Task Force Commander's intent assault this position with the objective of either capturing or killing the enemy leadership.

I'll use this thread for information related to this campaign. Things with the ME are coming along real good now. :thumbup:

Red Ka-50 sil vous plait

In urban areas, fields of fire are restricted, landing areas are limited, and buildings provide cover for enemy forces to engage helicopters with near impunity. The presence of noncombatants, protected structures, and important resources and facilities normally demands careful weapons and munitions selection to avoid collateral damage. The proximity of enemy and friendly ground forces increases the risk of fratricide. Communications may be degraded by many structures. Thermal effects from paved surfaces and the channeling effects of buildings can cause wind conditions to vary significantly from point to point. Special, restrictive ROE should be expected. Standoff is key to aviation survival.

Movement Techniques Traveling is used for moving rapidly over the battlefield when enemy contact is unlikely, or the situation requires speed to evade the enemy. All aircraft move at the same speed. Traveling overwatch is used when speed is essential and enemy contact is possible. Lead aircraft move constantly and trail aircraft move as necessary to maintain overwatch of lead. Bounding overwatch is used when expecting enemy contact. It is the slowest movement technique. It uses alternate or successive bounds, with lead aircraft moving to a position while trail aircraft overwatch. The overwatching aircraft then bound to a position ahead of the lead aircraft. Each aircraft bounds separately while the other overwatches the movement. Length of the bound depends on the terrain, visibility, and the effective range of the overwatching weapon system.

Let's use this thread to post questions/concerns/info regarding ways we can better support one another on the battlefield. First up, the 3 basic movements. Remember, we only get 1,000 characters per post, so if you have some info you want to post and it's larger than 1,000, just split it up into separate replies.

Another issue from yesterday is the FARP services. I had zero response to my calls to replace the NVGs with the HMS. Fuel request also went unanswered. The only thing that worked was the request to change ordnance. I noticed that both FARPs sitting next to each other have the exact same frequency. Try changing one of them to something else and see if that has any effect.

Muy bueno muchahos! :) (and that's about as far as my Spanish goes) Thanks to the planning team.

Now for what I actually came in here for today. Speaking of air defenses, can we get some AD beefed up around the FARPs for the rotary guys? I'm sure the Blues wouldn't like it having fast-movers "Hawking" their FARPs and killing them on the pads either. Nothing too crazy like S-400s or anything. Just a Tunguska here and there would be nice.

A retired USAF buddy of mine who has his 1,000 hour patch for the A-10 (granted circa 1980's), says they routinely flew with only one 65 under each wing and that's it. Their primary weapon back then was considered to be the gun as their primary mission back then was killing Russian tanks heading for the West German board en masse. Anything more under the wings and they would lose speed and maneuverability. So it was blast off, shoot two mavs, go to the gun, RTB when empty, and do it all again after hot re-arm and re-fuel. Granted, the scope of the mission and capability of the aircraft have changed. So naturally flying with a wider assortment of ordnance under the wings while sacrificing performance is more routine today. That being said, flying a bomb-truck at max gross weight with every ordnance configuration possible under the wings is highly unrealistic. A balance of a couple of Mavs, a couple of bombs whether guided or unguided, and a good load of fuel is realistic.

Red Ka50 please

I'll take a Red Ka-50, and you might as well put RedX_7 and Gixxer600 in there as well.

I believe like Megan Fox, is goes both ways. :lol: BUT! I believe the blue pit would be in the majority as it's a standard throughout the Soviet...I mean...Russian Air Forces (pardon the Freudian slip there). :smilewink:

Checkout these replacement textures for BS2. I'm going Blue! :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=94081

Red Ka-50 or Su-25T, as needed.