Vampyre

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.

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.

All technology can be considered a crutch. Just like it can be considered a force multiplier. The JHMCS/HOBS is a fairly recent development for the F-15. The MiG-29 and Su-27 had these capabilities in the 80's. Why do you suppose the Soviets decided to include this feature on the MiG-29 and Su-27? Was it a crutch or a force multiplier or both? It took almost 30 years to get it on the premiere air superiority fighter in the world partly because it was not considered a required tool for the mission. Now it is a required tool due to the advent of near peer 5th generation threats and poor decision making of politicians that limited production of its replacement, which also did not have JHMCS/HOBS for the first 10-12 years of its service even though the technology was available. To further refine my statement, In the context of this discussion, this technology would mainly be a crutch because, in DCS, the only new threat is the F/A-18C. The JHMCS is needed to make The F/A-18C somewhat competitive in the game due to its poorer flight performance in the air to air arena. It is not needed for the F-15C. This is why I chose the word crutch vice force multiplier.

F99th Loki doing his Gazelle magic.

What is the purpose of technology? The answer is to make tasks easier and more effective. To give the pilot with the poorest skills a chance at survival technology was added to equalize the playing field with opposing pilots of a higher caliber who do not have access to these fielded technologies but the task is harder. In skilled hands a fighter without JHMCS can still be successful in an engagement with one that has JHMCS, the field is more level. The technology has to be designed to the lowest common denominator. 2nd Lt Schmuckatelli with the basic knowledge of how his airplane works and understands most of the systems straight out of the RAG is that lowest common denominator. JHMCS makes his job easier and therefore makes him more effective. Are they force multipliers? Yes. Is it a crutch? Yes. Is this the most nonsensical thing one can say? Should I ask if you even overhear other people talking about the news? There was a lot more nonsense put out by so called "professional" news agencies in the past hour than that little snippet.