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Tornado IDS is good news, but we need a dedicated Wild Weasel asset as well, like the ECR.

Everyone is already aware that you can set your keys. I asked for a nuanced profile or setup recommendation though.

Probably because a settled methodology may have been found to be closer to the real setup than whatever you tried, even if it benefitted you to learn to keybind through this.

NS 430 does not work in these. You can make it appear but you cannot click anything or rotate the knobs. Can you fix asap?

No, since the Shrike looks for more emitters than the HARM will. The HARM will fly to a point and look for a narrower band.

Needs more USMC skins and the Harvest Hawk Hellfire mod.

Pre-planned with a designated launch point. Definitely not 'totally blind firing'.

This would be essential for the Caucasus map now.

So is it at least possible to duplicate the Su-25a model, and port just the -25T HUD and maybe the screen?

I am going to sound like such a jerk asking, but the real reason I am asking is because I won't even touch a module until I get your controls. Do you have a settled or prototype of Mirage F1 controls for the Thrustmaster Warthog?

For the F1?

Only the Navy flew the F-8J. The Marines would be immediately excluded by this unhinged choice. The -E was always the way to go.

Why they didn't decide to do the F-8E, which flew the lion's share of missions in US use between 1962 and 1973, I will never understand. Why does everything they put out have to be a little bit wrong?

The Hun is a good idea for the Kola map, but only if we get some later upgrades akin to what Denmark would have used in the early-1980s. Can we get an F-5A/CF-5A package? How about an F-16A Block 10? These are necessary for NATO ops.

Well, whether it was USAF or USMC sending F-4s to Desert Storm for a shooting job, it was equally a waste. The difference is that the Air Force could justify that waste, even if the Phantoms it sent were literally on their way to the Bone Yard. The Marines had a ground role and a smaller air wing, thus it could not justify sending the F-4S to that Theater, given that they were confined to Sheik Isa, a couple FOBs and the floating bases. Since there is no Desert Storm, or even 1980s Gulf War, scenario in DCS, one could easily place the F-4S in ever scenario the F-4E would be present, and more.

No, the reason the Phantom (including the -E) was not the best choice for Desert Storm is the logistical issue. I'm not counting the F-4G, since it was highly specialized and as necessary as the early Stealths we sent in. Otherwise, we saw the USAF waste their effort by sending a squadron of F-4Es, only to fly four missions and drop ordinance only three times. In a realistic DCS scenario, placing the F-4S onboard in a carrier air wing or forward base, which there were several good candidates, is a much better use than sending F-4Es paltry into the grinder from several hundred miles away.

The reason the F-4S is a better fit during this timeframe is the -S has better avionics, a better radar and better flight performance than the F-4E. The F-4E is unnecessarily weighed down with a lot of additions necessary to turn the Phantom into an Air Force bomb mule. Being in Marine service in 1992, the -S would be more expeditionary and have a bigger relative role in the Corps' smaller air fleet, compared to the Air Force's massive air fleet of 4th gens. Not to mention, the F-4S is just much cooler than the F-4E. I would gladly take an RF-4C module that goes into depth on the recon mission for DCS.

They said it's the -E. The likelihood of more variants is probably extremely low. How many projects survive into further developments? There is more daylight between an F-4E and an F-4J than there is between an F-14A and an F-14B.

The F-4Es flew four missions in Desert Storm, and flew directly to the Boneyard/AMARC. The F-4S Marine'd on until 1992.

I also disagree with this. The selected planes should not be what was most used; they should be what plausibly would have been used during a certain timeframe. The F-4E variants we are getting are huge outliers, even for the late-80s scenarios people are making. The F-4S is a much better fit and it aligns better in terms of timeframe and doctrine. The last -S's were retired in the early 1990s, making challenges against MiG-29s and Su-27s possible. The -E variant is basically a Vietnam variant great for..... ?

Since when has historical combat use been a concern for DCS? They released the P-51 when the closest aircraft in time to the P-51's combat use were the B-52 and Tu-95. Similarly to your first point, the F-4E variant we are getting was already obsolete in the age of the F-15, F-16, MiG-29 and Su-27s it would have faced. In fact, the only USAF version that really would be at home with the DCS plane set is the F-4G Wild Weasel.

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I have found this persists, particularly when you're carrying GBU-12s

J and S... BEFORE the -E

I think this should probably include the Orkney and Faroe Islands, north of Scotland.