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On page 131 of the FC3 Flight Manual, under the Air-to-Air Weapons Delivery mode section of the A-10A HUD and TV Monitor Ops chapter, it mentions pressing the 2 or 3 key to activate this GAU-8A or AIM 9-Ms. However, when I access config and look at my control options for the A-10A, keys 2 and 3 aren't even options, just 1, 6 and 7. I believe I did manage to select a Sidewinder at 1 point, but can't remember how, might have been 6 + D, but I'm not sure; missile just thudded into the tree tops anyways. So far I've only been messing around in the A-10A CAS insta action, but I'd love to fire some Sidewinders on those Gunships So I'm wondering how you use AIM-9Ms with the A-10A, or if it's even possible?

I didn't realize you could download the manuals for the different aircraft right from the Steam store page. That's a big bonus and is helping me a lot in figuring what I want to purchase and what I'm looking at in difficulty. That's a good suggestion. I'm leaning towards getting A-10A's for both my son and and also getting the A-10C for me. That way, I figure we can learn the basics of DCS World and the Warthog flying the A-10A, but I could jump to the A-10C once I'm more comfortable with it.

Wouldn't we require 2 copies of LOMAC if we wanted to play FC3 co-op? I traded away my LOMAC CD-ROMs ages ago and wouldn't really be interested in repurchasing it.

Thanks for all the feedback. I'll check out the youtube tutorials and it's good to have confirmation that the SU-25T and A-10A are close in complexity. The only thing now will be whether I've got the gaming rig to do it justice. There's no doubt my son's rig will fly it nicely, as it's upgraded on a regular basis and he really doesn't have many problems running bleeding edge games with their settings maxed. My rig on the other hand is far less stellar with a quad core i7 @ 1.6 Ghz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, Radeon HD 5860 w/718 MB, 64bit Win7. I'm OK with running on low settings just as long they don't compromise my ability to effectively play the game.

While it would be nice to have a truly dynamic campaign, that's not too much of a problem. Like WoE/WoI, 90% of our playtime with this will be with co-op missions, so that's the main concern. BTW I checked out the SU-25T manual and if the A-10A is similar in complexity I think it'll be perfect.

Jona many thanks for the reply. :) I'm more than half way there on the DCS World Download, so I'll definitely check out the Frogfoot before I pull the trigger on the Warthog. Great to know the mission editor is much better than WoE's - I actually used the fanmade one and got quite good at editing the raw text files, so that did the job for me. We couldn't do dynamic campaigns co-op in WoE either, so that won't be too big a deal. [Edit] BTW the Georgia/Caucasus theater is very interesting to me - it's been a while, but IIRC LOMAC was set in that vicinity. I played in cold war Europe and Israel with my son, and he was never too concerned where we were playing; just as long as he had some stuff to blow up.

I've been looking for a while for a combat sim for my son and I that will make use of current PC hardware. We've been playing Wings Over Europe and Wings Over Israel for some time and out of all the jets my son likes the Warthog better than any other. The problem with those 2 sims is that only the original/older series allows online/LAN co-op play and they run less than optimally on a modern gaming rig. I've considered the A-10C, but I can't see my son enjoying something of that fidelity/complexity. To put it a bit into perspective, I've sat him down to Falcon 4 with a complete CH HOTAS setup and some 3rd party terrain and cockpits, but he just seems to think its just chopped liver - which he hates BTW. ;) He does enjoy WoE with all the realism set to high, but it's a far cry from the realism of A-10C which I've experienced on a buddies rig. For anyone here who may have played WoE, is the DCS World A-10A more of a gaming experience comparable to that? A few other questions I had. While I played LOMAC back in the day, I'm really not sure what DCS World is all about. I realize it's a unified world that supports multiple aircraft and players, which is great, but I'm not sure about the theaters and whether it supports missions or campaigns. I've started the free download of DCS World on Steam, but before I spend much time tinkering with it I had these questsions: Could my son and I fly A-10A's in co-op missions as a 2 man flight? Could my son and I fly A-10A's in a co-op campaign as a 2 man flight? Any answers to those questions would be much appreciated.