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Have to say as Wags videos go (they are pretty good usually) this one is clear as mud. I have watched a couple of times now and have no idea which of the various symbols he is actually lining up with the targets, Why is he aligning the extreme right side of the helmet tracker over the target area?

One of my prized possessions is my calendar the from 1983 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete And the page I got the most signatures on..... And by the way the dcs F111 does need to be a thing

The testing that airbus have done is a small part of the process, when the envelope of the airframe is changed so dramatically you have go back a retest a whole bunch of things for example munition separation. One of the things that has delayed a number of Raf Typhoon projects is the lack of development aircraft to run the test program.

I think the amount of retesting that would be involved with fitting the kit would put most off.

Few more progress shots of my seaplane build Started to add some more weathering, streaked with enamel wash And then added the rust streaks Weather the barrels with gun metal, Bronze and burnt grease pigments. Attached and weather the barrel boots Attached the catapult, and added the cabling

As a side note, the RAF has shot down a hostile Drone over Syria, with an Asraam missile. First combat kill for the Asraam and Typhoon and first British Air to air kill since the Falklands 40 years ago

RAF Typhoon shoots down hostile drone over Syria with Asraam. First British Air to air kill since the Falklands. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59615769

Well interestingly in the book it says that one of the things that gave it such high performance was the extremely stiff titanium rotor head, and its compact size was a gearbox that used conformal gear tooth profile, but that these also led to very high vibration levels and high cabin noise (at least in the mk1 and 2) . It jokingly says you can tell ex lynx pilots and observers apart by which ear they wear their hearing aids in!!

I bought "The Royal Navy Lynx: An Operational History" a week ago and have just got to the end of the section about its involvement in the South Atlantic. Firstly a great book with first hand accounts from most of the various flight that operated the Lynx during the war. Secondly, it really makes you want to have a flyable version in DCS, not just for the South Atlantic map, but also the Gulf.

This is a great book that covers everything from Vietnam, Yom Kippur through to Kosovo, has loads of detail about the weapons, jammers, tactic etc. Sits very nicely with the other books mentioned.

A few more progress shots , started to weather the catapult. Black base coat And then highlights Some edge highlight and the rivets And the base grey Start the chipping with light grey Then partially filled with dark grey

@Nealius That is a very nice collection of models, Love your work.

I know being on the receiving end of anything an Apache is sending down range is not terribly pleasant, but flechettes round is not the way to go is it?

Thanks Guys!!! Another stupid Question, if the Pilot is whisking the cyclic about in the back seat does it also move the Cyclic in the front seat?

I don`t want to drag this to far off topic but.. @Raptor9 I have seen the picture of the AH-64A cockpit a number of times before and have always wondered this, why is one of the lens in the HDD blank off? Is it because of the helmet sight and if so why is the the left one covered?

I never quite understood why there is so much hostility to the inclusion/use of A/G radar in the game. While I understand that it probably hasn`t been the most important sensor in use of the past 20 years, that isn`t to say it wasn`t important in the past and people using DCS might want to replicate missions that weren`t involving Gps/LGB weapons . There are plenty of examples of it being used in Desert Storm when the weather prevented PGM use. Radar was used as part of the ROE when dropping LGB`s, certainly by the RAF. the ROE precluded dropping LGB unless they had obtained certain radar fixes prior to the drop. Also it isn`t to say it wouldn`t be in the future, as many in the thread have already stated if you are trying to hit a target in Europe/SE Asia you can`t rely on the weather and just as a example you wouldn`t be hitting N54° 50.34’ W004° 55.81 during September with a GPS weapon, would you take the risk of your weapon missing West Freugh airfield and landing in Stonekirk church instead?: Notification Of GPS jamming exercise: West Freugh, 6 September – 4 October 2021 Dates: The exercise will run over the period 6th September – 4th October 2021. Location: Jammers will be located within 3 miles from N54° 50.34’ W004° 55.81’ (British National Grid reference NX119533) Times: 08:30 – 16:00. Frequencies: 1560 – 1609 MHz, 1212 – 1252 MHz Worst case areas of effect against a receiver: 2m AMSL - Up to 7 km (4 nm), directional. 25m AMSL - Up to 20 km (11 nm), directional. 70m AMSL - Up to 40 km (22 nm), directional. 5,000ft AMSL – Up to 50 km (27 nm) in all directions. 10,000ft AMSL – Up to 90 km (49 nm) in all directions. 20,000ft AMSL – Up to 90 km (49 nm) in all directions. 30,000ft AMSL – Up to 90 km (49 nm) in all directions. 40,000ft AMSL – Up to 90 km (49 nm) in all directions

Well done sir

The Raf were well aware of the dangers of Low level tactics, after all they had used them in the Falklands 10 years before and had lost a number of aircraft. But they had a number of problems, firstly most of their weapons were designed specifically for low level use. JP233 and BL755 could only be used at low level. Also most of the stocks of dumb bombs they had in the Gulf had retarded tails, they actually ran out normal tails during the war and had to band shut retarded ones. Secondly they didn't have a dedicated Sead force, Alarm officially hadn't even been introduced into service. There wasn't even a manual written for it!! Bae systems at Stevenage went into overdrive to increase the stocks, even so the Raf fired off the whole stock of 128 missiles before the end of the war. Given the whole reason for the Tornado force was OCA really the only choice was low level/Jp233. Although delivering it was a fraught experience (if you read John Nichols book Tornado or Ospreys Tornado units of the first Gulf War for first hand accounts), it is also worth pointing out not only were none of the aircraft shot down delivering it, none were even damaged by flak. The aircraft that had been carrying Jp233 was lost 3 minutes after completing its attack and was 30 miles from the airfield. Having said that low level tactics were a contributing factor in all the losses prior to going the medium level. Once the threat from the Iraqi airforce had been neutralised and the shift away from OCA , going in low level made no sense. As regarding testing their tactics against Canadian or German forces this was probably was just normal training rather than anything specifically to do with Gulf tactics. I worked for the Ministry of Defence during the first Gulf War and through the 90s at the Royal Airforce Signals Engineering Establishment Henlow. Specifically I working with the Electronic Warfare unit at Raf Wyton. The Raf had a electronic warfare range at Raf Spadeadam, where I spent most of 90/91. Spadeadam had a selection of Soviet air defence systems that had been "aquired" through various means These were controlled from a central bunker, and were used to train aircrew in defensive tactics. The range controller would lock up a jet with a Sa2 for example and as they broke its lock would then lock with a sa6. They could give them a really tough time. They also had the skyguard 35mm system from Raf Waddington, manned by a territorial unit. It had been captured during the Falklands. When the decision to go to medium level was made we did a lot of testing at Spadeadam, without going into details there were some Electronic Warfare systems on aircraft deployed to the Gulf that worked sub optimally at medium level. There was a lot of very hasty work done.

U⁷ Hmm the RAF lost 6 Tornados during GW1, 4 while dropping dumb bombs, 1 dropping laser guided weapons and 1 dropping Jp233. The jp233 Tornado was hit after it had finished its run and dumped the weapons bodies. Not sure 1 loss equates to heavy.

I think the picture in the OP is interesting in the sense that its clearly the work of the marketing dept at Eurofighter, the type of advert you regularly see in the back of Airforces monthly. Interesting not that it shows any actual tactical capability of the aircraft, but that advertising a $122 million aircraft in a magazine is an effective marketing tool

I should have qualified my post by saying I actually think the Phantom was an excellent design!! The point I was trying to make was any flaws ( it was by no means perfect) in it as a whole weapon system were not because the designers didn't know a thing about combat, but they were asked to design something to shoot down non manoeuvring bombers, not to dogfight Mig 15s. I completely agree with you about doctrine and training, and it's testament to the versatility of the underlying design of the aircraft that it took on so many roles so well. Rubbish aircraft don't have 5000+ production runs, no matter what the OP thinks.

I think this is a bit harsh, to be fair the USN got what they asked for in 1955 when they asked for a all-weather fleet defence interceptor, given that they already had a gun armed dogfighter with the F-8. its hardly the designers fault it fought a war it wasn`t designed for.

Italy have just confirmed they will be going with ECRS mk2 the same as the RAF which is interesting with its wide band electronic attack functions https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/dsei-2021-italy-joins-eurofighter-radar-2-programme

Ramos, I will PM you, I work at Cranfield University and we have a Centre for Simulation and Analytics. They run the simulation and synthetic environment laboratory at the Defence Capability Centre (DCC) at Shrivenham, which does pretty much what you are asking about. I will send the link to their page they might be able to help. Mark

Ramos where are you studying at the moment?