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Cheers turkeydriver.:thumbup:

I was wondering what the most efficient way to load 2 x Siderwinder, 3 x Sparrow and 2 x Phoenix would be?: 1) 2 x AIM-9 & 2 x AIM-7 on the glove stations, with a single AIM-7 in the rear tunnel station and 2 x AIM-54 on the forward tunnel stations. 2) 2 x AIM-9 & 2 x AIM-54 on the glove stations, with 3 x AIM-7 in the tunnel. With this loadout you don't have to carry the heavy AIM-54 pallets (2 x 1000lbs), but may suffer a little more drag from the glove stations.

AIM-7 said it's sad about Banzaiib.

Thanks Jabbers, nice video:thumbup: You forgot to mention what that thing between the pilots legs does! And no, I don't mean 'THAT' THING' between the pilots legs.:D

Yep, that was the upgrade I was dreaming about here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3791998&postcount=1143 Most of the foreign Strike Eagles have them. While I'm dreaming, forget about upgrading and just get the equivalent to the F-15SA, with EPAWSS and GE-132s. That stores load you mentioned must be the draggiest combination at present. ODS was even worst with a 12 pack of SUU-30s, as each side had almost twice as much drag and then there's the desert heat!:shocking:

You learn something new every day. It's interesting to see the changes that have happened to stores carriage since the F-15E was introduced. 12 of the big CBUs (SUU-30 and SUU-6X) could previously be carried with wing tanks, until they realised there were store to tank collisions on occasion. 4 GBU-10s on the CFTs was also used during ODS, but later revoked because of seeker damage to the trailing bomb. I'm sure there's other examples as well and this isn't unique to the F-15E.

Rainmaker, what do you mean when you say 'they didn't even lock out CFTs'? And with the MK82s not looking great coming off, are you talking about them wobbling off the racks?

Thanks, I had assumed the Es received the 9X around the time they received JHMCS, but I've only started getting back into aviation the past few months, so I'm trying to get up to speed on many of the changes. Regarding the 2 weeks joke, it looks like the Eagle community and the Heatblur community share the same ghostwriter :) I think that explains quite a bit. A quick Google search throws up both the Oregon & Florida Guard jets receiving Sniper, this means they also received the PAD display. PAD/PASS (excluding the actual sniper pod), FPCI, VSRD & FPCDV are all mostly just display upgrades unique to the F-15C/D. PAD is the (Passive Attack Display) and is used for Sniper video, TEWS display, SIT display and a few others: https://www.ieeinc.com/iee-upgrading-passive-attack-display-pad-f-15cd PASS is (Passive Attack Sensor System), it combines PAD, Sniper, DVR (Digital Video Recorder) to control recorded and live video imagery from various onboard sources and EMD (Engine Monitor Display). The PAD display can also be split into 3 different formats (each format is basically a different way of dividing the display), so for instance you could have Sniper imagery as the primary display in a 6 x 6 inch window, with a column of three 2 x 2 inch windows on the right showing eg, Air-to-Air radar, RWR & EMD data. FPCI is the (Flat Panel Control Indicator) and is basically an updated version of the Navigation Control Indicator (NCI): https://www.driven-technologies.com/simulated-flat-panel-displays/simulated-military-displays/f-15-simulated-displays/simulated-military-displays/f-15-flat-panel-control-indicator-fpci.html VSRD is the (Vertical Situation Display Replacement), which is used to display radar modes primarily. With it I think there's a change in the attack display format, from the gridded 4 x 4 air-to-air radar display to a format similar to that used in the F-22 & F-35, like a pie slice within a semi-circle. VSRD is for AESA equipped Cs and works hand in glove with ADCP II. There's also FPCDV (Flat Panel Color Display Variant) which is basically an updated MPCD. The -82(V)1 has a lot of new technology (new in comparison to the APG-77) so I'm not surprised it's beast of a radar. 'Load arcade mode boys!':joystick:

I can imagine. AESA technology makes a big difference with situational awareness, the funny thing is (given this is a sim forum), while it'd be great for DCS to implement AESA versions at some stage for diversity, you'd (if AESA equipped) lose the 'fun/challenge' of managing the various air-to-air modes. When I think of AESA I think of selecting arcade mode in most sims past and present:). There're Cs flying around with Sniper pods, but I guess they're spread quite thin at the moment. The Cs started to get them in 2015 I think, so Suite 6M. I see, that's a big deal. I never considered the time out of action, but it does make sense now you mention it. The ECS system needs to be modified for APG-63V(2) & V(3) so I'm sure it's the same for the 82(V). I think a few Suite 7C Cs received ADCP II along with the VSDR and a few other goodies for field testing. That's surprising! 12xGBU-38/54 is only around 7000lbs (excluding wing tanks, 9000lbs), so I'm guessing these limitations are for -220 equipped jets operating from high alt airfields? Now since you mentioned better engines and we're talking upgrades, may as well throw a pair of GE-132s at the problem.

Thanks for the info on the 'Es' SATCOM. I was thinking about ADCP II, but perhaps I'm confusing builds. ADCP was introduced with Suite 7C and some 'Cs' were modified for future integration with ADCP II?

All wouldn't be lost, do you know what you could do with that! I remember a few years back, seeing a picture of a guy that had converted an SUU-30 dispenser into a mammoth barbecue grill!:lol:

Glad you had fun DR5. :) Rear seat JHMCS is another one. The Super Hornet WSO have been getting them:

The E received Sniper first and when the C followed, it was necessary to introduce the PAD to display the data. The C received AESA and JHMCS before the E and as you say those were significant systems. The E did get an MPD & MPCD upgrade quite a while ago, with the C's VSDR and FPCI being more recent. I'm not sure about SATCOM, but I think the C's are getting/have being getting ADCP ahead of the E's? Another nice upgrade for the E, would be to have the upper CFT stations GPS weapons compatible.

Thanks for the update GG. Yes 'upgrade' isn't perhaps an accurate description, as it's an entirely new system with new capabilities. The Boeing video says it can geo-locate emitters which is a definite step up from the ALR-56, but this is pretty much standard practice with newer systems I think.

I think it's more to do with the F-35 program consuming a large piece of the budgetary pie. There's still EPAWSS (RWR upgrade) for both the C & E, but again it's up in the air last I heard.

I'll believe it when I see it;) and still no love for the F-15E.:cry:

Yep. My understanding is that they don't contain the internal baffles of the more expensive tanks, so fuel gets sloshed around as it's used.

The F-15E does seem to have been neglected more than most in the wake of the F-35. The F-15C has received/continues to receive the VSDR, SATCOM, PASS/PAD, Sniper, FPCI and ADCP etc.

I didn't think about that :doh: I think it could be left up to the host and perhaps have a minimum time of 3 minutes or so.

Last time I checked (this was a while ago), the -82 was introduced to the Air Force in 2014? Not sure how many aircraft have been upgraded as of 2019, but I think the Mountain Home jets were some of the first to enjoy shooting those special trons.

I hear you Rainmaker. The video I posted is ancient, circa 2001 so pre-Sniper and perhaps wasn't even a production version of the Litening, but it was nice to see the displays. There's info 'out there' for Suite 4E+ and I think even one (same suite) with the early introduction of Sniper. JHMCS came much later and the and the AN/ASQ-236 even later after that, then there's the brand new AN/APG-82 ........

Those are General Electic F110-GE-129 engines, which always have petals installed. The Pratt & Whitney engines never do (when installed on Eagles), with the exception of the Israeli F-15I Ra'am I think.

Having an off-boresight missile at hand can't hurt.

There're still plenty of pre-millennium systems that remain classified to this day.

The following video is footage from the F-16's and F-15E's AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING targeting pod. At 2:07 you can also see side by side recordings of the APG-70 Air-to-Air radar mode and air-to-air TGP mode, the latter of which isn't available in the unclassified -34. ;)