Greekbull

Nice cockpit! That's awesome!

VFA-2 just started a new Campaign in 1.5.4 thanks to these amazing new textures by Starway! We just posted a bunch of screenshots in our screenshot thread: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=167107&page=7 and we have quite a few more on our site in the link below. Just in awe at the detail. We had pretty much given up on the Caucasus Map and were just doing some traps while doing missions in NTTR. These textures have changed that map 100% and made it an absolute blast to fly! Thanks so much Starway!

So Tuesday we started our new Campaign set in 2003 with the Russian Georgian invasion...Operation Restore Balance. I'll get some of the awesome briefing slides that Sage put together up in here soon. We flew the first mission to start the Campaign with just the VFA-2 Bounty Hunters. Mission 2 which will take place next Tuesday the 19th will be flown with our good friends from the VFA-113 Stingers. This first mission was a deep strike. We had two flights TARCAP with Bullet's 100, 102, and 106. With the strike being conducted by Bullets 101, and 103. The mission was a pretty deep interdiction which required us to tank on the way out, the CAP flight had to alternate a few times out to get gas mid mission. And we had to tank on the way back to the carrier to end the mission. The CAP flight was at altitude with the Strike flight coming in on the deck using terrain to get through the SAM network. It was a great mission. The Strike group successfully destroyed the targets and the CAP kept them safe. Great start to the new Campaign!

Looks great!

Hey guys looks like Leavu3 isn't working with the new 1.5.4? The HSD shows waypoints and the stores management is working but no RWR and no FCR. Was that taken out by the update? Thanks!

Yes those 1.5 picks are using Starway's awesome textures. Thanks on the details. We've had a lot of contributions on the artwork from Jar, Strom and myself(on the XO Bird). For some reason my custom fuel tank art wasn't working in 1.5 the other night. Need to trouble shoot that :) but it is showing nicely on the 2.0 pics that are most recent. We run a variety of mission types from CAP, Strike, CAS, and SEAD. We're getting ready to start a new Campaign in 1.5 now that we have Starway's textures were we will take off and return to the Carrier.

Right now for the most part we do separate our carrier ops from missions. We fly traps beforehand for a grade then fly most of our missions in the NTTR map which we use a overlay of Iraq that works quite well. We do however have some full campaign missions in the works that launch and recover in 1.5. The Merge will help things a lot. So will the Strait of Hormuz map :D

Great videos! Can't wait for the Tomcat!

Nice video! capthalti, that's BMS;)

Yeah it may just be the mod or the Mig-21 model in the game but they are pretty tough to detect especially when they come in low. Had a few more good pics...

Nothing too regimented we just train something different each week. A lot of times we try and tie it in to the upcoming mission that weekend.

Yep exactly as Sage said we pretty much just working on Case 1 stuff along with formations, tanking, and CAS, SEAD etc.

Great pics wish I could've flown with you guys last night. The new external tank art looks awesome! Especially the CAG bird!

Yeah don't think that'll be a problem:D We usually are pretty busy during carrier ops with guys either flying or working the LSO platform and the PLAT Cam. But I think we can get some more put together. Here are a few we've taken before. And there are quite a few more at our Website Gallery linked in my Sig:

Great to see them back in the air!

A bit of fun flying after doing our carrier ops tonight. Including some formation flying under the bridge by Hoover Dam

Thanks! We fly together on Tuesdays for training and Saturdays for missions for our formal flight nights. We also have a few opportunities to fly together on other days as well. Usually a couple of hours each time.

Also debuted new VFA-2 accurate Bounty Hunters helmets... And Storm added a #6 to his jet in order to honor the memory of Captain Jeff Kuss who flew the #6 Jet for the Blues.

Debuted the new 101 XO Livery tonight!

Wow that Carrier looks great!!!

I can't recall anything like this in Aviation History as far as 4 military demonstration teams(counting the Swiss F-5E that went down today) losing planes in one week and two unfortunately losing pilots. RIP to the brave pilots!

That's really cool!