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It'll be a F-14B only if Heatblur are still making a mid-80's F-14A and a mid-90's F-14B.

Unfortunately, I have had something come up for Sunday and will not be able to attend. Happy hunting all.

Cobra, is Heatblur still aiming for a mid-90's F-14B and Mid 80's F-14A?

Every Marine is a rifleman. That saying is true. Even though some of them fly jets/helicopters, drive tanks/trucks and operate artillery pieces they are all riflemen first. They do not possess their own acquisitions/support infrastructure and instead use the Navy for that which is why NAVAIR is seen on everything aviation related. Their paychecks come from the Department of the Navy. They do not even have their own medical personnel instead relying on the Navy for their Hospital Corpsman. One of the interservice jabs that routinely gets used is that MARINE is an acronym- My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment.

That's because Marine Corps aviation falls under the aegis of NAVAIR and the Navy never invested in the AIM-9P... which was an Air Force only missile in US service. He is correct in stating that the aggressor squadrons flew AIM-9P's though. The Air Force calls them aggressor squadrons but in the Navy and Marines they are adversary squadrons.

Physically, yes it is easier to really crank the jets around a tight circle due to a lack of actual G forces but I'd venture to say it is harder to efficiently fight the platform due to a lack of sensory input. A lack of G forces, lack of peripheral vision and 3D movement are a major part of the difficulty, for me at least. Even the large professional full motion simulators can't get that right for the most part. VR, with its associated failings in the long range spotting department, goes a little way to help remedy this but without the motion and vibrations it is still very difficult to know exactly what your plane is doing without looking at the instruments through a soda straw... I need a bigger monitor. It is a lot harder to find the sweet spot without those sensory inputs.

No worries, it happens. I just grabbed a cold one, threw a steak on the grill and tuned in to Mavericks stream to enjoy the rest of the event... Scottish accents are always entertaining to listen to especially when the excitement level goes up and the expletives start flying.:thumbup:

The F-14 has a command eject lever that will allow the pilot to remain with the aircraft if the RIO ejects when "pilot" is selected. Selecting "MCO" will eject both crewmembers. The command eject lever is located in the RIO cockpit so you had better only allow someone you trust in there if you don't want them ruining your gameplay.

F99th-Vampyre #14 USA AV-8B

If the maps stay small in scale then there is no reason to have aircraft like the 737. The size of the maps are important for large airliners but for planes like the Cessna 172, Pilatus PC-6, Beech King Air, SAAB 340 or Shorts 330 they are good enough. To keep things interesting for civil pilots the DCS "World" has to get bigger even with the smaller civil planes. The fun is not only in operating the aircraft, but going to different locations as well. Hopefully this can be realized in the future.

The Yugoslavian/Serbian display team is called the Flying Stars.

Perhaps we should be thinking outside the box?

Is it a Galeb? Is it a Super Galeb?

It seems to be a MP loading problem. When you load the mission, immediately disconnect and reload it. That usually gets rid of my stutters although sometimes I have to back out and get back in once more. PITA but it works.

Not true. VF-213 was in my Air Wing (CVW-8 ) during the war cruise in 2003 on the TR. VF-31 then joined us for the final Tomcat cruise in 05/06.

We never had a problem with ice or snow on the deck. Snow rarely accumulated on the deck and when it did it was not there long. Steel is not a good insulator and the ship is packed full of equipment and the crew all of which create heat. Between that and the fact that during flight ops there were so many jet engines turning that the conditions were not good for H2O to remain in its solid form. I can tell you that a Maglite stuck into jet exhaust right by the tailpipe for a couple of seconds makes a great hand warmer.

Here's the more accurate account of the story. Wikipedia sucks. http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10314/the-time-a-f-4g-wild-weasels-anti-radiation-missile-blew-apart-a-b-52s-tail

Nice. Needs a little refinement I think but very promising indeed.

It's the Su-7IG. Technically still a Su-7. It is the prototype for the Su-17/20/22 jets.

Nice find. Can't wait to get a hold of that beast. Now to find a recent NFM-000. :thumbup:

I'm not voting because there are no choices for me. There are more than two versions of the Sikorski S-70 family. With the current fleshing out of the naval aspect of DCS, I'd rather see the MH-60S or HH-60H both of which have some interesting weapons options. Of course what I really want most of all is a CH-53E.

I'm not an Eagle guy but I think what you are trying to point out is the avionics cooling fans shutting off when the power from the generators shut's off. When engine RPM goes below a certain percentage the generators will stop delivering power to the aircraft systems. Shutting off fuel flow to the engines stops the combustion process but the engine is still spinning keeping the generators running until the engine spool's down enough that the generators will no longer deliver electricity to the aircraft systems to run things like avionics cooling fans.

That's an Mi-24V. The tell between it and the similar looking Mi-24D is the shape of the missile guidance pod under the nose.

... and there's 52 Fridays in 2018.:thumbup:

Fixed it for you.:thumbup: