Vampyre

The weapons are not the same. Iranian Tomcats used the AIM-9E which was in the USAF line of sidewinder missiles and the AIM-7E-4 Sparrow. USN Tomcats would have used the AIM-7E-4 until around 1976/1977 when that missile would have been quickly replaced by the AIM-7F. There are rumors that some AIM-7F/M's made it to Iran through the black market and Iran-Contra but that has never been confirmed. As for the Sidewinders, USN Tomcats would have never used the AIM-9E but instead used the AIM-9G/H until 1982 when the AIM-9L was introduced. The AIM-54A is realistically the only missile the IIRAF would have in common with a mid-80's USN Tomcat if one were to use purely historical loadouts.

The AAQ-29 mounted on a boom offset port gives it away as a modernized CH-53E Super Sea Stallion. There are no S-65's that have had a FLIR mounted in this way.

Yes, and the J, N, and P were developed within the USAF line.

Regardless of whether the USAF used them or not, NAVAIR never procured them. They were a missile developed for the USAF even if the USAF never actually used them. The AIM-9P and its iterations are based on the airframe of the AIM-9J and a lot of them were upgrades to the existing stocks of USAF AIM-9J's.

AIM-9P and AIM-9P5 are Air Force missiles. In real life you will not see it on a Harrier.

Radar guided AAA. Probably a M-163 Vulcan, ZSU-23-4 Shilka or Gepard.

F99th-Vampyre #14 F-5E

That is absolutely not true. The F-105G carried bombs on a regular basis in Vietnam to destroy the SAM launchers and support vehicles.

Yes. The track radar is mounted on the individual launcher vehicles. It is inside the large green radome on the front of the turret.

The AGR-19A is primarily designed for use on helicopters. AGR-20A is for fixed wing fast jets. AGR-20A includes a CAD to force the guidance fins open, a modified guidance section and is designed for operations in freezing temperatures and turbulance of high altitude and high speed flight.

The USMC uses the AGM-65G as their IIR Maverick. The D is a USAF variant.

That is the prototype for the Su-27, not a MiG. Google Sukhoi T-10.

Evidently, the pods were paid for but the guns never materialized... might as well use them for something, right?

The F-4E has never been a naval variant. For naval variants you want the F-4B, F-4J, F-4N, F-4S or F-4K (Phantom FG1). There was also a USN F-4G back in the 60's that had updated nav suite and ACLS... it only made one war cruise in Vietnam before the jets were converted back to F-4B's and the designation dropped. The USAF, in the late 70's then picked the F-4G designation up for the Wild Weasel V modified F-4E's it was replacing the F-105G Wild Weasel III airframes with.

It'll be pretty embarrassing getting shot down by anti-tank missiles fired by tanks or utility helicopters while being highly exposed trying to hover in a combat zone. Hovering while trying to stare at a screen in the cockpit is just a bad idea... That is exactly what the vast majority of the Ka-50's I bag online are doing when I whack them with rockets. I cant wait to shoot down my first Harrier in a Huey or Mi-8.:thumbup:

Need a little more information as well... Map, map location, QFE, fuel load, weapons load, air temperature. Are you using the PSS?

I have not noticed any significant difference in takeoff or landing in the Normandy pre alpha.

Top Gun didn't come from a book... it was a article from a magazine. I wouldn't have minded seeing a movie made of the book Final Flight. Looking forward to the A-6E and A-7E to populate the virtual carrier decks.

The book is always better than the movie.

I assume zionid put the bulls there for a reason. I'm trying to answer his question as thoroughly as possible.

The bullseye is over Amiens Belgium. This map is not going to be very useful for Operation Jericho which was a low altitude raid. Bulls Eastern edge of the detailed area at altitude.

It's ugly. Here's the edge of the detailed map.

Phantom, Sader, Vigi, and Whale flew off the Forrestal.:thumbup:

Love the ships.

I thought you were chasing the one in front of him so when he started to turn I followed got tone, uncaged my seeker and waited for a better angle to shoot... My missile left the rail right as Moose popped into my view and I had no Idea you were under my nose... that one was very messy but luckily only the red guy got hit.