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+1 Neil, well said. Tony, if you aren't already in one, have you considered joining a virtual squadron? I can understand playing DCS as a single player could eventually get repetitive. However if you put yourself out there and find a squadron, the joys of flying any of the DCS modules as a group will add a whole new dimension to your experience of the DCS World.

Oh look everyone, a totally unqualified statement! :lol: Seems like the 4cent guys are having a direct dig at the A-10. I heard the Hog was pretty terrible in Desert Storm, OIF and OEF too. :smilewink:

Not when you've got eyesight like me! :D Thank god for optometrists, contact lenses and aviator sunglasses. Oh and for Targeting pods, laser designation, zoomed optics and thermal imaging also I guess.

Ahh OAF and the A-10A - here's a great extract from that book which talks about the Warthog FAC(A) pilots and how they had to operate. We're truly spoilt with our TAD and datalink, it's amazing what they had to do in that time and environment. After an A-10 AFAC located a lucrative target (Which was quite a feat in itself), he had to develop the data necessary for the FAC-to-fighter brief (9-line). To do so, while flying the aircraft, he would have to use a sequence similar to the following: 1. Find the general target area on a large-scale map (1:250) that had markings for each of the smaller-scale maps (1:50). 2. Determine which 1:50 to use. 3. Find the correct 1:50 among the stack of 16 such maps. (Imagine all that crammed in your helmet bag which itself is crammed in the cockpit somewhere.) 4. Study the terrain, roads, forests, power lines, and houses marked on the map to match the target area on the ground. 5. Read the coordinates, in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) format, from the scale on the map. 6. Write these coordinates on the inside of the A-10’s canopy in grease pencil. 7. Go back to the 1:50, follow the contour lines to determine the target elevation in meters, and write that on the canopy. 8. Use the Inertial Navigation System to convert the UTM coordinates to latitude and longitude, and write those on the canopy. 9. Use the HUD to convert the elevation from meters to feet, and write that on the canopy. 10. Finally, read the target information to the incoming fighters over the radio.

Really nice edits!

What are the chances of getting a repaint of the Huey in the current USAF HH-60G scheme? Please! :music_whistling:

Awesome Mainstay!

My god that's stunning! I must keep up with the Mig-21 progress more closely.

That looks AMAZING Maler!

Nice vid! The slo-mo shots were very cool. Cheers.

The most comprehensive F35 avionics/cockpit video I've seen so far. Looks really enticing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2CXB3UZq24

Thought I'd post a couple of old images of interesting RAAF Hornet loadouts. Trials of the ASTER (Advanced Staggered Triple Ejector Rack), never seen since to my knowledge: And an ARDU (Aircraft Research and Development Unit) Hornet with rainbow coloured Mk-82s.

I can't exactly help you but I got a good laugh from the thread title!

Thanks! It's just a skin but a good one at that: http://www.lockonfiles.com/files/file/2393-fa-18c-fuel-tank-texture/

Finally got around to testing Aussieboy's RAAF 75SQN skin in the sim, here are some shots:

Please forgive me, I always love an excuse to post that meme. :D Was that during a 'combat' (rather training) sortie though, or just for the ferry flight to/from the exercise? When the Hawgs deploy around the globe they always seem to take external tanks and travel pods but what interested me about these pics is that they were testing them for use during combat sorties.

Awesome, thanks Snoopy!

Great news, glad to see ED acknowledging your awesome work!

Another pic:

Probably not news to many of you but I thought I'd post this nonetheless: Interesting to see they're trying to lengthen the legs of the Hawg. The types of COIN sorties they fly these days in A-stan with multiple trips to the tanker must finally be getting reviewed. How about that loadout too! From the Warthog News Facebook page: "An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 40th Flight Test Squadron, moves down the runway at Eglin AFB, Florida. The aircraft is loaded up with weaponry to test the combat carriage limits of the Sargent Fletcher external fuel tank. The A-10 flight personnel are testing to ensure the A-10 can carry the tank into a combat environment safely. If proven to be safe to carry, the tank will add up to 60 minutes of flighttime to its combat sortie. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) Note: Pictured is A-10C 81-0989 from the 40th Flight Test Squadron, 46th Test Wing (ACC), Eglin AFB, Florida. Date of shot isn't mentioned in the original photo caption. But according to this photo's official U.S. military VIRIN code and also to EXIF data, it should be taken August 14, 2013."

Thanks Aussieboy!

Hey Aussieboy, great work on these RAAF skins - I love 'em! I completely missed this thread but found the 3SQN downloads in the User Files when I was aimlessly browsing today. Do you have any plans to complete the 75SQN bird?

Love your work, thanks guys!

Awesome, love the AAAVN blackhawk scheme. What mod is that?

Looks like a sweet mission, I like the COP. Is this mission available for download?