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Just like with other West German helicopter bases, the large light masts should be removed at Celle.

You are probably right, will do, even though I frown upon opening several new threads on the same old problem and thereby clogging the forum...

0800 local in mid-November in Southern Germany... no way ED, this is wrong.

IP-Ausbildung bei der 1./JG71 Die 1./JG71 bildet aktuell Instructor Pilots (IPs) auf dem hinteren Sitz aus, die zukünftig neue Piloten in der 1./JG71 als Mentoren im "back office" unterstützen und an unsere Verfahren heranführen können. Nach einigen Theorie- und Simulatorstunden am Boden ging es heute für einen IP candidate (yours truly) auf die erste life training mission im hinteren Cockpit: Im Abflug aus Büchel zu einer Radar Intercept Exercise - ziemlich dunstiges Wetter heute morgen Short final in Büchel nach einem TACAN approach auf die 21; Lutz bringt gleich die Maschine sanft an den Boden.

IP-Ausbildung bei der 1./JG71 Die 1./JG71 bildet aktuell Instructor Pilots (IPs) auf dem hinteren Sitz aus, die zukünftig neue Piloten in der 1./JG71 als Mentoren im "back office" unterstützen und an unsere Verfahren heranführen können. Nach einigen Theorie- und Simulatorstunden am Boden ging es heute für einen IP candidate (yours truly) auf die erste life training mission im hinteren Cockpit: Im Abflug aus Büchel zu einer Radar Intercept Exercise - ziemlich dunstiges Wetter heute morgen Short final in Büchel nach einem TACAN approach auf die 21; Lutz bringt gleich die Maschine sanft an den Boden.

Please also add Toplicane regional KFOR HQ and helicopter base near Prizren in Kosovo:

Please include "Feldlager Rajlovac (Camp Capitaine Carreau)". It was a HQ and helicopter base for the German SFOR component in Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated 12km northwest of Sarajewo.

It appears there is a problem with sunrise / sunset times in DCS. I just checked with the CWG map, around Frankfurt the sunrise these days should be at around 0730 local, but in game (ME) it is one hour late. Same goes for sunset, it should happen in the Frankfurt area around 1645 local, but in-game it is shown at around 1730 in the ME.

Check the bug section of the L-39 forum.

Now this is really good news!!!

I could offer SIDs from Feb-June 1999 and IAPs from Aug-Nov 2003... If you are fine with current (modern) procedures though, simply take these: https://www.milais.org/

Hey, what's up buddy, are you ok? What's on your mind right now?

Throwing in my two cents and purely personal views here, for the WP/red side the L-39 is a good trainer and, despite being pretty much abandoned by ED, it can do everything you would expect from a training aircraft in DCS. The Yak-52 take-off and landing characteristics are totally off in my view, so I'd not use that one. It is also pretty much abandoned by ED. For Bluefor training, the C-101 is constantly bugfixed and updated, but I cannot stand the engine sound, and - maybe I am doing something wrong here - it needs a horrendous lenght of runway on take-off. I also do not like the Spanish labels in the cockpit of the trainer version (the CC has English labels). It also does not have a TACAN receiver. That is why it is not very well suited for NATO elementary flying training. The MB-339 on the other hand has very good flight characteristics, comes with a TACAN receiver and an English cockpit, so in order to simulate NATO basic flying training, I'd go with that plane. It is true however that upates and bug fixes on the MB339 are very rare, but as far as I can see, there are no real show-stoppers currently. @Bananabrai In my squadron we recently had the discussion whether we should introduce a basic flying training program utilizing a training aircraft, but several long-time community members said it's not worth it. They said they had experienced similar attempts in other squadrons, but the result was very dissatisfying, as most people - even if they have no effing clue of how to fly an aircraft properly the military way - simply do not want to "waste" their money and time on a training aircraft, they want to start flying their fighter right away. They also said, many candidates simply do not want to put in or underestimate the time and effort needed to really train what it takes to be a fighter pilot, so after the IPs invested quite some time and work into candidates, the candidates would jump off and play something else or turn to another aircraft and squadron or whatever. The general consensus was that if a squadron really wants to invest resources into a training program for nebwies, it should be on the fighter the squadron is flying from the very beginning, because that would increase the probability of candidates actually finishing the training, and it would not deduct resources from the squadron's main flying activities. Since it's only a "game" where you can crash a thousand times and restart, that was seen as the more realistic approach towards the mentality of the DCS community. That said, I still absolutely favour the idea of a realistic training program for new candidates, but I have to accept that the DCS community is what it is.

An F-4F of 1./JG71, callsign "HG17", departing Buchel AB IFR for the night intercept exercise.

CWGNTS is currently in a night flying phase during main European evening times, and cooperating with other pilots and controllers, just yesterday 1./JG71 had a great night intercept training exercise where two independent F-4F flights were vectored onto a simulated target flown by a pilot in an F-5E out of Ramstein. Fighter control was provided by CRC LONESHIP, while full ATC support was provided for Buechel (Tower, Radar, PAR) and Ramstein (Tower), and area control was provided by Frankfurt Radar. A great flying and controlling experience for everyone involved! An F-4F of 1./JG71, callsign "HG17", departing Buchel AB IFR for the night intercept exercise. Radar scope of Frankfurt Radar during the exercise. The CWGNTS community continues to invite like-minded squadrons and lone-wolf pilots to join the interesting challenge of flying "as real as it gets" in a realistic airspace and ATC environment and find their virtual homebase in Cold War Germany on our 24/7 server to fly your own training missions or combined exercises with other squadrons. Send a PM if you are interested in joining us.

Im Rahmen der gerade stattfindenden Nachtflugperiode hat die 1./JG71 in Zusammenarbeit mit externem Piloten und Controllern kürzlich Night Intercepts geübt. Zwei F-4 wurden mehrmals vom CRC LONESHIP an eine in Ramstein gestartete F-5E (Callsign "ROGUE 1") herangeführt, die für uns Zieldarstellung zwischen Warburg und Cola TACAN flog. Alle Flights flogen IFR ab und kame später mit TACAN bzw. PAR approaches wieder zu den Heimathorsten zurück. ATC- und CRC-seitig wurden mehrere Stationen bedient, clearances, squawks und vectors vergeben und so den Piloten ein realistisches und immersives Flugerlebnis geboten. Fünf von sechs intercepts konnten erfolgreich durchgeführt werden. Wieder einmal ein toller Abend bei der 1./JG/1 und auf dem CWGNTS! Von Büchel Tower aus fotografiert: HG17 startet in die Nacht zur night intercept exercise Radarbild von "Frankfurt Radar": HG15 wird von LONESHIP "nose cold" an den Bandit herangeführt, HG17 in Position für ein neues Setup gebracht. Die 1./JG71 "Richthofen" ist auch weiterhin offen für neue Piloten, die Interesse an möglichst realistischem Übungsflugbetrieb der Luftwaffe im Setting der 1980er Jahre haben und die "true grit" mitbringen. Schreib uns gerne eine PN hier im Forum, wenn Dein Interesse geweckt ist. Darüber hinaus suchen wir Kontakt zu "like-minded" virtuellen Staffeln und ATC+TAC/C2, um miteinander oder nebeneinander auf unserem "Cold War Germany NATO Training Server (CWGNTS)" zu fliegen, den virtuellen Himmel zu bevölkern und so gemeinsam eine realistische und immersive Flugverkehrssituation zu schaffen. Auch hier gerne Kontaktaufnahme via PN hier im Forum.

Im Rahmen der gerade stattfindenden Nachtflugperiode hat die 1./JG71 in Zusammenarbeit mit externem Piloten und Controllern kürzlich Night Intercepts geübt. Zwei F-4 wurden mehrmals vom CRC LONESHIP an eine in Ramstein gestartete F-5E (Callsign "ROGUE 1") herangeführt, die für uns Zieldarstellung zwischen Warburg und Cola TACAN flog. Alle Flights flogen IFR ab und kame später mit TACAN bzw. PAR approaches wieder zu den Heimathorsten zurück. ATC- und CRC-seitig wurden mehrere Stationen bedient, clearances, squawks und vectors vergeben und so den Piloten ein realistisches und immersives Flugerlebnis geboten. Fünf von sechs intercepts konnten erfolgreich durchgeführt werden. Wieder einmal ein toller Abend bei der 1./JG/1 und auf dem CWGNTS! Von Büchel Tower aus fotografiert: HG17 startet in die Nacht zur night intercept exercise. Radarbild von "Frankfurt Radar": HG15 wird von LONESHIP "nose cold" an den Bandit herangeführt, HG17 in Position für ein neues Setup gebracht. Die 1./JG71 "Richthofen" ist auch weiterhin offen für neue Piloten, die Interesse an möglichst realistischem Übungsflugbetrieb der Luftwaffe im Setting der 1980er Jahre haben und die "true grit" mitbringen. Schreib uns gerne eine PN hier im Forum, wenn Dein Interesse geweckt ist. Darüber hinaus suchen wir Kontakt zu "like-minded" virtuellen Staffeln und ATC+TAC/C2, um miteinander oder nebeneinander auf unserem "Cold War Germany NATO Training Server (CWGNTS)" zu fliegen, den virtuellen Himmel zu bevölkern und so gemeinsam eine realistische und immersive Flugverkehrssituation zu schaffen. Auch hier gerne Kontaktaufnahme via PN hier im Forum.

Adding Alhorn NLP at A29 to the list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_runway Film scenes were shot there.

Since the map seems to feature the A29 (also visible in the phases map) and given the popularity of the Bundeswehr Classix video of autobahn landings from 1988 (see page 1 of this thread), I hope Ugra will also consider the NLP strip at Alhorn on the A29, since this is where the video scenes were shot ("Highway 84"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_runway

You know and I know, but let's not irritate people with these tiny historical details It also seems unfair to the people of HTG64 who occupied the base for about 25 years, while JG71 was only there for about three years. Fun fact, we actually started as a Sabre squadron. The interest of the community back then was... less than stellar. So much for proper fighters, the wider community does not care about it very much

Same here, just flew the Huey the other day, everything normal.

Wittmund (and Jever for that matter) would be part of phase 3 if this map still shows the intended extensions of the map in the different phases. When it's time to talk about phase 3, we should definitely make our voices heard to have these airbases included. Phase 2, which is the next phase, could and should feature Oldenburg and Ahlhorn (the latter planned as mentioned by Maestro) as northern GAF bases though. Oldenburg as a Gina (later Alpha Jet) airbase and Ahlhorn as a UH-1 airbase would fit perfectly into the available and prospected module list of DCS.

Die 1./JG71 führt aktuell eine Nachtflugphase durch und trainiert hierbei Navigation, Formationsflug, Intercepts, Plartzunden und Nachtlandungen. Hier ein paar Impressionen vom Nachtflug: