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In the F-14 firing test of the six AIM-54s in 1973, it's not as bad as it seems. 4 out of 6 targets were hit, but one missile failed just seconds after launch and self detonated, one of the target drones lost agumentation which caused the AWG-9 to break lock which cause the missile to not find the failed drone which crashed. The remaining 4 scored direct hits or passed within lethal distance. The AIM-54Cs are active within 14 miles of the target The AA-9 (R-33) was not close to the abilities of the AIM-54 with a range of around 62 miles, but it's replacement the R-37 which would have armed the MiG-31M is, with at least a 95 mile range and six could be loaded on a MiG-31M along with 4 R-77s. The MiG-31M would have been a very impressive interceptor.

Anybody know anything about the AIM-7MH that was featured in JF/A-18? According to Janes it is aslo called the AIM-7H. I can't find much if anything solid on this missile.

Its actually MiG-29S Fulcrum C, 9-13 people seem to get that mixed up. Its like the Su-27K/Su-33 Flanker D.

That and the visibility over the nose was very limited for the pilot to the point where it is out of sight for most of the landing, not good when you have to match up the pitch and roll of the ship so the main gear contacts the deck evenly.

Yes, true and there was the FB-111, slightly longer range with a dedicated nuclear bomber role. There may well be a FB-22 at some stage aswell.

Would it be the F/A-22A not F-22A, and to add to the point the F-111 hardly a fighter but still the ''F'' designation

It was renamed F/A-22 to gelp secure more funding for the aircraft. It was seen by many that the F-22 cost too much for just one role. So in 1997 it was decidede to give it a secondary strike role and was called F/A-22 instead. It's suprising that the F-35 is not yet called the F/A-35 seeing as it will be hitting ground targets more and will not be assigned many air defence missions, in the USAF at least. And in the future Lockheed is suggesting a FB-22 variant to replace the F-15E and F-117. It will have a larger wing and weapons bay but it will be slower. This is still around 15-20 years down the line and the YFB-23 concept may well go head to head with it.

Thanks for all the feedback. It sounds like an essential pice of kit from your experiences of using it. Ah what the hell, I'll order one now. :D

ED thought the upgrade was going ahead aswell as in Flanker 2.0 the Su-33 had the R-77 and it was removed in Lockon as the upgrade never happened. But if it did the Su-33 in lomac would have had it as the MiG-29S does. And if you want proof, just read either of Yefim Gordon's books on the Flanker, he also has some good Fulcrum books btw.

It sure does, and so do other sites. They are all wrong. The upgrade was ment to go ahead and add the R-77, Kh-41 and other A2G goodies but the money was never put in place. It was announced some time in 1998/9 and a lot of sites put up the info as true and never changed it, including Janes Defence Group.

I must be trying to download the wrong thing then. I clicked for the FREE download and gave e-mail etc and then it asks for payment method and gives different price options, wtf. Can somone be so kind and PM me the link. Thank you.

You actually have to pay for E.mule? No thank you.

Looking foward to it. I want to hear how it performs. http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=12109

The Su-33 upgrade did not have enough funds to complete the project so the Su-33 can carry R-77s but it can' use them.

And have you seen the new cockpit. It has two F-16 type MFDs, one each side of the cockpit, but are full colour like the latest F-16s. And the new stick grip looks very much like the F-16C/D one instead of the old one that is based on the F-15A/B grip. You can see the actually Lockheed Martin touches on it.

I'm really considering getting Track IR4 after seeing the BlackShark 6DOF video. I am just wondering how many people here have it and is it really as good as people make out. A problem I can see with it is, if you turn your head to look around you will be trying to look at the screen out of the corner of your eye trying to see what you are looking at. Is this a problem for some users? And is there an option to switch it off and on ingame on the fly, so I turn my head to look around the room without having my view turn aswell ingame?

How would that be? Do you mean the cockpit features of the Ka-50 are a step in the direction of F4s? Yes that is a good thing and hopefully one day it will be standard on all flyables. On thing I do also like about F4 is the ability to do a cold startup, flicking all the switches and buttons, I love that, and this has also kind of been added to the Su-25T.

I'll just say I have both and I fly Lockon a lot more. I'm not going any further than that as the thread will get ugly very quicky and most likely locked.

The F-15 in lomac now is a mish mash of different systems from different ''standards'' all rolled into on airframe. The radar we are using is not even the latest version which is the APG-63V1, not including the 18 Alaska based Eagles with the APG-63V2 AESA. In lomac we have what is, a combination of the APG-63V0, -63PSP, -70 radar. The sperry MPCD was first fitted on to F-15C/Ds coming of the production line from 1984 and all older models have been retrofitted. It may well be modeled in the future as ED said they have more info on the F-15 now and have the time. They said they would love to model it again. Just not now.

I'm not saying it's a good upgrade move, but that in theory it could be or have been done. As it is now I believe there is an extanded range Maverick in development with a lest twice the range of current Mavs but is will also have a data link allowing the pilot to see the image from the missile right up until impact and be able to adjust the aiming point as needed or even switch targets to another that is in the seeker FOV, provided the missile has the energy to hit it.

Well, now they carry the Litening II pods and with the A-10C coming along in a few years, who knows. An A-10 would be able to carry a lot of HF missiles.

I give you, the J-35 Draken. Oh, I see you just added it, along with some others. :D

I think you missed one. The Draken.

Yeah, credit given where credit is due. The Draken, Viggen and Gripen are quite an achievment for being the domestic products of a small country. I always liked the idea of how the airbases are in the countryside with roads being used as taxiways and runways.

The F-14 and 15 have had that since 1972. Not sure about the F-4 now.