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I believe the RCAF used the same ranks as the RAF until 1968, so why not give Canada a drop-down menu so way the folks flying the Spitfire and Mozzy will have the proper period ranks

I asked I think if you have the SC you should have a deck crew

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The cold war is definitely DCS' greatest weakness in terms of period assets. In the Korean war era, we have basically no Red assets besides the MiG-15. Later we are missing blue assets

In World War II, Korea ships and land based EW were all you had then in Vietnam Red Crown was a call sign given to ships acting as EW

No argument here. I was posting about the lack of ships here and gave a list of possible ships to add. Until ED starts DCS land an Naval modules the best answer is to earmark $x of each module for related assets. When the F-4E comes out I would love it if we saw a Thud and other cold-war assets.

They have always shot down the idea of subscriptions. So I want land and naval modules. The minimum would be my proposed Combined Arms II and Fleet Ops family of modules.

A lot of people are going to scream they don't want a paid asset pack, but that doesn't change the fact ED needs to add more assets. I believe more modules are the solution.

I strongly agree we DCS needs an overhaul of its naval assets. First I would like to see the ship menu change so we can have more drop downs. I think ships should be categorized the following way I'll use the USS Oklahoma City <category> Cruiser <type>light cruiser (CL) <class>Clevland <subclass> <ship>Oklahoma City (CL-91) <fitting> ----------------------------------------------------------- <category> Cruiser <type>Guied missle cruiser <class>Galveston <subclass> <ship>Oklahoma City(CG-5) <fitting> I don't care if the ships in a class use the same model or if they are individually modeled the entire point of grouping them together by class is just for better organization. I believe that implementing a system like that for the ships we have right now would be a good starting point. I would also love to see the option to load different ammo types on a ship

I believe magnitude is working on the Crusader I will have to pop into the A-1 discord and see if they have considered including ships

Any chance we can get a Vietnam era Essex-class carrier?

Considering we are getting an F-8 and A-1 and not the f8u and AD I would expect them to be listed as cgs and not DLs. The fact the Ark Royal was scrap metal at this point is only a problem if you have historical mode on if it's off then it's a non issue. The real issue for DCS is if Heatblur has any British Phantoms planned? Though if anyone has a Buccaner planned I hope they have the Ark Royal.

We have the A-4 Community mod, F-8, and A-1 in the works so the SCB-125 Essex class would work for them. So what are your thoughts on the 1975 redesignation? For example, if we get the Leahy-class or Bellknap-class which were originally designated as DL, would the fittings before 1975 be DLG and the fittings after 1975 be CG? I know the Royal Navy Royal Navy mainly used the Phantom for Air Superiority, and the Buccaneers were the strike platform, but it still doesn't change the fact that if we get a the Royal Phnatoms, I'd love to do a what-if campaign in the Falklands

As I said earlier, I am not expecting everything on either of our lists just the most economical coverage. I would also add the scb-125 Essex class carriers there needs to be a bit of work on ASW. The 1975 redesignation raises the question about the dl that were reclassified as Cruisers should they be left as Cruisers or should the designation change based on the date ? I would love it if Razbam did Clem with the Super Étendard. She would still need escorts I know she never carried planes. However the real question is if it would have been realistic to fly Gazelles off her to support an amphibious assault or if she was an asw ship. I hope we get a Royal Phantom module with a carrier hms Tigger would be awesome for fire support. I know I only listed the Soviet Navy as opfor. We have the Caucuses map and Kola Peninsula map planned in both cases I want enemy ships to sink

I understand which is the reason I state So as you can see I am expecting ED and the other developers to whittle the list down and leave us with the fewest number of ship classes possible and still have period accurate naval ops.

The recent update on the A-7E got me thinking about the state of DCS' naval assets again. Right now between the F-14, community A-4, the planned and confirmed A-7, A-6, F-8, A-1, and the speculated Naval F-4 it looks like we have a decent late 1970s/1980s American carrier airwing in the works, and if we don't get too hung up on the module I think we would have something passable for the 1960s and if we toss in the Super Entendard we will have a passable French carrier airwing. However, we don't have the right ships. I'd love to see ED and the other developers get started on fixing this. I made a list of ship classes that were in service with the US, French, and since we could use an OpFor I made Soviet navies in the time frame discussed. I don't expect to see all of them put into DCS so the next question, is which ones should be in DCS? That should be based Doctrine/mission set and the following items in any order Years the class served Number of ships built how many were in service during the 1960s-80s ship variants - subclasses and refits Amount of work to model the variants fame As I have stated in other posts, I'd love to see ED's template system improve so we can place historically correct or user-defined land and naval groups in a mission. Next in the case of ships, when historic mode is on, I'd like to see a finite number of ships in each class with the names automatically changing, whether I am building a naval battle or an amphibious operation I don't want duplicate ship names. Anyway my list of ships and service years, some are already in DCS ------------------US Navy--------------- Aircraft carrier Angled Deck midway Angled deck Essex older fittings of the Forestal cruisers Des Moines (1948–1975) 3 built Baltimore (1943–1971) 14 built Galveston (1958-199) 3 converted Clevlands I'd love the OKC. 2 had 1 6-inch turret one had 2 Providence-class cruiser (1959-1974) 3 converted Clevlands they didn't have a consistent number of turrets Albany (1967-1980) 3 converted Baltimore Boston (1955—1970) 2 converted Baltimore Lehey (1962-1995) 9 built Belknap (CGN) (1964-1995) 9 built Long Beach (CGN) (1961-1995) 1 built she normally escorted New Jersey in the 80s California (CGN) (1974-1999) 2 built Virginia (CGN)(1976-1998) 4 built- and we get Texas Ticonderoga-class (Mk26) 2 built they were available before 1985 Ticonderoga-class (VLS) Available from 1985 on. The easiest to get into DCS our late refit variants can stand in for now Destroyers- Fletcher (1942-1971) 175 built Allen M. Sumner (1943-1975) 58 built Maddox was one of them Gearing (1945- 1983) 98 built Norfolk (1953-1970) 1 built Mitscher (1953–1978) 4 built Forrest Sherman-class (1955-1988) 18 built Farragut class (1959 - 1993) 10 built Charles F. Adams-class- (1960 -2003) 23 built Spruance destroyer (1975 -2005) 31 built Kidd-class (1981-1999) 4 built Arleigh-Burke Flight 1 1991 onwards Arleigh-Burke Flight II 1998 onwards Arleigh-Burke Flight IIA 2000 onwards (in DCS already) Frigates Garcia-class (1964-1990) 10 built Brooke- class (1962-1989) 6 built Knox-class (1969-1994) 46 built Oliver-hazard Perry-class (1977-2015) 71 built Battleships Iowa-class (1968) A bit before my time frame but come on--- 9 × 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal Mark 7 guns 20 × 5 in (127 mm) 38 cal Mark 12 guns Iowa-class (1982-1992) 9 × 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal Mark 7 guns 12 × 5 in (127 mm) 38 cal. Mark 12 guns 32 × BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles 16 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship missiles 4 × 20 mm/76 cal. Phalanx CIWS --------------------------------------------------France-------------------------------------- Aircraft carrier Clemenceau (1961–2017) - we might not have the French Crusader but I can't think of any reason not to have Clem. Jeanne d'Arc (1961-2010) Helicopter carrier/ cruiser similar to the Moskva class cruiser Suffren (1930-1972) built 4 Duquesne (1929-1962) 2 built Destroyer / frigatte the French seem to use Firgatte for everything Georges Leygues (1979 – 2022) 7 built Cassard (1988–2021) 2 built D'Estienne d'Orves (1976 to present) 17 built Tourville (1974-2014) 3 built Aconit (1973–1997) 1 built T53 class (1957–1992) 6 built battleship Richelieu (1940-1967) 2 built ------------------Soviet Navy---------------------------------------------------------------- Carrier Kiev (1975-1996) Moskva (1967-1996) 2 built helicopter carrier similar to the French Jeanne D'Arc cruisers Kirov (1980- present) 4 built Slava (1976-present) 3 built Kara (1971–2014) 7 built Kresta II (1969–1993) 10 built Kresta I (1967-1994) 4 built Kynda (1962-2002) 4 built destroyers Udaloy (1980- present) 13 built Sovrmeney (1980-present) 21 built Kashin (1962-2020) 25 built Kanin (1960-1993) 8 built Kildin (1958-1991) Frigates Neustrashimy (1986-present) 2 built Krivak (1970 - present) 40 built Riga (1954 - ) 69 built

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I don't think it makes sense to have a module to play as an AWACS controller, as people will normally use the F10 menu for the role, however I think it would make sense to give us a more realistic AWACS view in DCS core. Though an E-3 module might be cool Now tankers, I'm not sure how much stick time you'd get as a boom operator in DCS and I could see ED shooting down a dedicated boom module however a KC-135 module would be awesome. As the KC-135 and E-3 are both based on the 707, I'm wondering how much do they differ upfront. I think they could make a good two-pack. Jammers- currently we don't have any in DCS however if we ever get EW improved enough for a human controlled Jammer an EB-66 module would be awesome

The SLEP ended in 1985. So we have a 22-year period where we have a carrier and no escorts. Here are some period-correct cruiser classes and subclasses I'm not dealing with individual fittings There are a few that could be added Lehey (1962-1995) 9 built Belknap (CGN) (1964-1995) 9 built Long Beach (CGN) (1961-1995) 1 built she normally escorted New Jersey in the 80s California (CGN) (1974-1999) 2 built Virginia (CGN)(1976-1998) 4 built- and we get Texas Ticonderoga-class (Mk26) 2 built they were available before 1985 Ticonderoga-class (VLS) Available from 1985 on. The easiest to get into DCS our late refit variants can stand in for now Destroyers- Forrest Sherman-class (1955-1988) 18 built Farragut class (1959 - 1993) 10 built Charles F. Adams-class- (1960 -2003) 23 built Spruance-class destroyer (1975 -2005) 31 built Kidd-class (1981-1999) 4 built Arleigh-Burke Flight 1 1991 onwards Arleigh-Burke Flight II 1998 onwards Arleigh-Burke Flight IIA 2000 onwards (in DCS already) Frigates Garcia-class (1964-1990) 10 built Brooke- class (1962-1989) 6 built Knox-class (1969-1994) 46 built Oliver-hazard Perry-class (1977-2015) 71 built -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't think we'll see everything on the list, at least for a while, so we have to decide what we do we want to see added. The first issue is what will take the least amount of work. As we already have the Burke, Tico, and OHPs in DCS those would be the top candidates to look at. I'm not sure how well DCS models navionics however weaponry can be more obvious. So let's take a look at the Burkes for an example. We currently have flight 2a Burkes which carry more missiles than the previous ships in the class. So it might make sense to keep the 2As as their own class/subclass and have the 1 and 2 combined into one (at least at first) and possibly divided later. So if we get the flight 1 and 2 Burkes that takes the Destroyers to 1990 and by adding the MK26 armed Ticos we can get as far back as 1983. As for what other classes, that is another issue. Clearly, a battlegroup for a given period in DCS should look like one did in real life. I'm not sure which criteria should be given more weight, so I think we need a chart where each class is given a score based on the following criteria Number of ships in the class, years in service, variants, doctrine/practice/mission set, and fame. The first three issues should be obvious, everything else being equal ED should focus on the larger classes with the longest service lives with the least amount of change. Now we have to balance out what ship types were actually in a typical battlegroup plus what makes the most sense to have in DCS based on the mission set. The mission sets should be given the following priority multi-mission, AA, and ASW. Even though AWS currently doesn't exist in DCS, ASW ships still make sense for the sake of accuracy.

I think you mean f4h Phantom II. I would love the Super carrier and some cold war destroyers and cruisers and the Iowa-class battleships

Not on the E. The B, J, S, N would work just not the E

It would be easier, first there is the issue of classified vs open source documents. There are clearly some open source documents for the F-15E otherwise we wouldn't be getting it however there are not enough for the Su-27 Flanker. Something the same age as the F-4E is way less likly to have something classified about it, this is the reason that we have a FF MiG-21 Bis but we might never get a FF Flanker or Fulcrum unless something dramatically changes. Then on the flipside if something is too old their might be a chance that the necessary documents weren't saved which people feard would be the case with the Thud, that might be wrong and I hope it is.

If this is how to get a realitic universal seeker then, I'd expect heatblur to do just that. Though I would love to have mutiple seekers, so we can get the frustraing early days of SEAD. I think this would be a good wishlist item

I know how things work now, but I'm not thinking about a simple campaign but a flight school module with an AI instructor