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Zurück in Deutschland auf unserem (vorläufigen) Heimatfliegerhorst Büchel - einige Aufnahmen vom gestrigen Flugbetrieb, der ACT in der TRA205 beinhaltete: Start auf der RWY 03, die Feuerwehr (gesteuert von unserem ATC) hat alles im Blick. Butterfly Setup Dogfighting. Overhead break. Roll-out. 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. Schreib uns 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

After a three weeks long training commando in Norway together with the Joint Task Force Francophone (JTFF), 1./JG71 is back in Germany and populating the Cold War Germany NATO Training Server (CWGNTS). We are reaching out to like-minded milsim squadrons and ATC + TAC/C2 folks that are interested in creating a realistic and immersive military air traffic environment, something like a "VATSIM lite in DCS". Designate your virtual homebase on our server and respective spawning slots and have your squadron training flights here with us. This increases the chance to see other virtual traffic and create a little bit more atmosphere and immersion. It also provides you the opportunity to find like-minded squadrons and stage joint training missions in the growing community of CWGNTS. For ATC folks, you will find realism-minded military training traffic on one single server that ideally gives you more than just a single VFR flight to work with. We offer a chart repository of historical VFR and IFR charts to provide a common (and fixed) set of procedures for both pilots and ATC folks, plus a historically authentic airspace structure of Germany from 1989. Are you member of a virtual squadron or ATC/TAC-C2 and interested of joining the CWGNTS community? Send us a private message here in the forum to get more details and the access data to our Discord. Come fly with us, we are looking forward to seeing you in the pattern and hearing you on frequency!

Zurück in Deutschland auf unserem (vorläufigen) Heimatfliegerhorst Büchel - einige Aufnahmen vom gestrigen Flugbetrieb, der ACT in der TRA205 beinhaltete: Start auf der RWY 03, die Feuerwehr (gesteuert von unserem ATC) hat alles im Blick. Butterfly Setup Dogfighting. Overhead break. Roll-out. 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. Schreib uns 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.

Looks like ED fixed the CATM-9M at some point, as it now gives a tone again. It works with the F-5E, but not with the F-4E, see tracks attached. Can you fix this, HB? F-5E_CATM-9M_AIM-9P5.trk F-4E_CATM-9M_AIM-9L.trk

That's exactly what you can do right now with Combined Arms.

That's a rather optimistic estimate

Heute hat die 1./JG71 ihr dreiwöchiges Tiefflugtraining in Norwegen mit einer letzten mission abgeschlossen, bei der eine combined exercise geflogen wurde mit der 2/5 "Ile de France" und der 59th TFW der ungarischen Luftwaffe auf dem Server der JTFF. Die 1./JG71 hatte die Aufgabe, ein maritimes Schleppziel mit BDU-33 anzugreifen. Vier Mirage 2000C der 2/5 flogen OCA, um uns die vier MiG-29 der 59th TFW vom Hals zu halten, was sie gut hinbekommen haben. Merci pour l'hospitalité à la JTFF et à bientot! Die MiG-29 der 59th TFW beim run-up. Die vier M2K hoch oben in Bereitschaft. HG10 auf dem Weg zum Ziel. Mit Beendigung des Norwegen-Kommandos geht es für die 1./JG71 wieder zurück auf die (vorläufige) Homebase Büchel, wo wir auf dem Cold War Germany NATO Training Server (CWGNTS) wieder für traffic sorgen.

Heute hat die 1./JG71 ihr dreiwöchiges Tiefflugtraining in Norwegen mit einer letzten mission abgeschlossen, bei der eine combined exercise geflogen wurde mit der 2/5 "Ile de France" und der 59th TFW der ungarischen Luftwaffe auf dem Server der JTFF. Die 1./JG71 hatte die Aufgabe, ein maritimes Schleppziel mit BDU-33 anzugreifen. Vier Mirage 2000C der 2/5 flogen OCA, um uns die vier MiG-29 der 59th TFW vom Hals zu halten, was sie gut hinbekommen haben. Merci pour l'hospitalité à la JTFF et à bientot! Die MiG-29 der 59th TFW beim run-up. Die vier M2K hoch oben in Bereitschaft. HG10 auf dem Weg zum Ziel. Mit Beendigung des Norwegen-Kommandos geht es für die 1./JG71 wieder zurück auf die (vorläufige) Homebase Büchel, wo wir auf dem Cold War Germany NATO Training Server (CWGNTS) wieder für traffic sorgen.

Geht mir auch so, die haben was...

ZEL was never really a thing with the F-104. I'd rather like to see the devs' resources spent on something more relevant to be honest...

Some great reference photos for East German MiG-29s here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/skychallenge/albums/72177720307556314/

The ramp at Holzdorf is too small. The so-called "Vorstartlinie (VSL)" was much larger to provide space for many jets, as you can see on this areal photo from the late 1980s/early 1990s:

Laage airbase in East Germany looks too much like the modern Laage airport. In DCS it features the Eurofighter hangars in the east and also the civil ramp in the southeast. Both were not there in the 1980s in the German Democratic Republic. The southeastern ramp in fact was the ramp ("VSL") of MFG-28, the only East German Navy jet fighter-bomber wing flying the Su-22. It should therefore feature the ramp items that the other ramps at Laage have. Here's an areal view of Laage before the new constructions took place.

Most misplaced taxiway lights have been corrected, thank you Ugra @MAESTR0 However, one area close to runway threshold 09 remains where there are misplaced taxiway lights:

I'd also like to hear about the Su-17/22 that was once teased, and about the planned MiG-21 overhaul...

Correct. Visual Reporting Points that I placed based on RW coordinates are also in the correct locations.

Glitch, ground checks work perfectly here.

Das neueste Projekt der 1./JG71 ist heute "live" gegangen und richtet sich mit der zugrundeliegenden Cold War Germany map insbesondere auch (aber nicht ausschließlich) an interessierte deutsche virtuelle Staffeln und Controller. Mit dem "Cold War Germany NATO Training Server" hoffen wir eine Basis zu schaffen für gemeinsames, realismusorientiertes Fliegen mit Air Traffic Control. Wir freuen uns, wenn gleichgesinnte Staffeln dazustoßen und wir gemeinsam "traffic generieren", uns in der Platzrunde oder im Luftraum begegnen und uns "on frequency" hören.

Das neueste Projekt der 1./JG71 ist heute "live" gegangen und richtet sich mit der zugrundeliegenden Cold War Germany map insbesondere auch (aber nicht ausschließlich) an interessierte deutsche virtuelle Staffeln und Controller. Mit dem "Cold War Germany NATO Training Server" hoffen wir eine Basis zu schaffen für gemeinsames, realismusorientiertes Fliegen mit Air Traffic Control. Wir freuen uns, wenn gleichgesinnte Staffeln dazustoßen und wir gemeinsam "traffic generieren", uns in der Platzrunde oder im Luftraum begegnen und uns "on frequency" hören.

What is it? The Cold War Germany NATO Training Server follows the idea of merging the concept of virtual air traffic networks like VATSIM with the world of DCS. It intends to offer DCS milsim squadrons an environment in which real-world flight rules apply and must be adhered to, where human Air Traffic Controllers and Fighter Controllers / TAC/C2 can offer their services and get enough traffic to have a good time, where squadrons meet and train together, and where, hopefully, many like-minded squadrons and ATC/FC folks will find their virtual homebase. This is a peace-time training server. All combat action is simulated and happens in the constraints of a real-life exercise. All aircraft and many ground units on the NATO training server are therefore set to immortal, and no real combat will take place. When flying on the server, you must act as if this was a flight in real life. As a few examples, that means: no weapons employment of any kind outside of ED-Rs or ED-Ds; no jettisoning of ordnance or external tanks if not absolutely necessary, and especially not over populated terrain; no violation of airspaces and the ADIZ; no supersonic flight below FL360 (FL200 over sea); no violation of minimum altitudes (500ft over unpopulated terrain / 1000ft over populated terrain / 2000ft over large cities, low flying areas minimum 250ft will be added to the map in the future) outside of ED-Rs; adherence to control zones and traffic patterns; collision avoidance; The Cold War Germany NATO Training Server uses a collection of historic charts for the airbases available in West Germany on the Cold War Germany map by Ugra as basis for a mandatory procedure framework. Where no historic charts are available, we use the modern charts and adapt them accordingly. Due to the small community within a small community that we are and also due to the difficulties of finding authentic documentation from one timeframe, some simplifications had to be made to the ATC and tactical structure. In general, in our virtual world we have two big civil Radar sectors (BREMEN RADAR and FRANKFURT RADAR) controlling the north and the south of Germany respectively, plus two CRCs working similarily. Additionally, the aerodromes feature Tower, Radar (for APP/DEP) and PAR frequencies, and some also come with Ground. Just like at VATSIM, our ATC system is intended to work top-down, e.g. if only a BREMEN RADAR controller is online, he may provide full ATC services to the sector you are flying in if traffic permits. You will find more information on our ATC/CRC system in our documentation at our Discord. Who is the target group? The Cold War Germany NATO Training Server aims at “full-real“ milsim NATO squadrons (both jets and helicopters) and interested ATC and Fighter Controllers / TAC-C2 that are looking for a high level of realism. While it has “Cold War” in its name, it does not exclude squadrons flying post-Cold War aircraft variants, but due to the nature of the map and the scenario, we ask these squadrons to try to use Cold War procedures as much as possible and use the 1989 airspace structure that is provided. No PBN approaches, and East Germany is off-limits (sorry EUFI guys, no Laage ETNL for you). You come from an F-15 / F-16 / F/A-18 / AH-64 squadron and want to have the latest weaponry on your wings? Fine with us, just please don’t bring them when we practice DACT together, that’s all. In order not to destroy the immersion of NATO aviation in West Germany in the 1980s that we are trying to create on the server, we currently do not allow squadrons flying eastern hardware, sorry. Since 1./JG71, the squadron behind this project, is based in Germany and affiliated with other squadrons and ATC from Europe, this project mainly aims at (but is not limited to!) European-based squadrons, and we intend to populate the server during European evening times. However, if you Yanks, Aussies or Kiwis can gather enough people to fly at your times, you are more than welcome to join the community of CWGNTS. What can you do on the Cold War Germany NATO Training Server? You can fly realistic peace-time training missions with your squadron, in the best case under ATC supervision or with TAC/C2 support. The larger ED-R areas are air-to-ground ranges where you can drop ordnance on targets. As a game master, you can also activate various air defenses at a few ranges to train threat evasion and the employment of countermeasures. You can also fly into one of the TRAs and practice A2A engagments. Additionally, the idea is to have more like-minded traffic on one server to provide a living, realistic military aviation environment that enhances your immersion. If you are an ATC or TAC/C2 controller, the chance of having enough competent traffic to work with is another intention of this server. For your air-to ground training, the CWGNTS currently offers five restricted airspaces (ED-R) three around Fassberg (ED-R 26, ED-R 27 and ED-R 39) one nearby Guetersloh (ED-R 18) one nearby Ramstein (ED-R 1 Baumholder), including “Polygone” EW-Range with SAM threats For your air-to-air training, the CWG NTS offers four Temporarily Reserved Airspaces (TRA) and two Danger Areas (ED-D) ED-R 201 (TRA) over northern Germany and the North Sea ED-R 202 (TRA) over northern Germany ED-R 203 (TRA) over central Germany ED-R 205 (TRA) over southern Germany ED-D 44 over the North Sea for (but not limited to) A2A live-firing ED-D 48 over the North Sea for (but not limited to) A2A live-firing It also offers two tankers, one in the north in the JUDY Anchor, and one in the south in the VIRGIN Anchor to practice AAR. For rotorheads, a few auxiliary airfields linked to the "Heeresfliegerwaffenschule" in Bueckeburg have been recreated to offer sites for basic helicopter flight training. Additionally, a little helicopter firing range and a nearby FARP have been created in ED-R 27 to practice basic weapon employment. How to participate? The CWGNTS is not a public server, as it aims at virtual squadrons and ATC/FC folks who want to walk the extra mile when it comes to realistic military air traffic operations, which is why access is limited to like-minded people to protect everyone from destructive behaviour that can be seen on public servers from time to time. Send me a private message here in the forum and write a few words about your squadron and which airbase you would like to have as your homebase, or your experience as an ATC/FC, then you'll get the link to the CWGNTS Discord. There you can find the documentation on how to fly or control on the server in detail. We are looking forward to flying with you, seeing you in the pattern and hearing you on frequency!

Heute hat die 1./JG71 nach Bodo in Norwegen zum "GAFTIN" (German Airforce Training in Norway) verlegt, um in Kooperation mit der JTFF (Joint Task Force Frankophone) auf ihrem Server in den nächsten drei Wochen Tiefflugtraining durchzuführen und damit gemeinsam mehr traffic zu generieren und hervorragendes ATC zu nutzen. Die erste Mission war ein FAM flight in die Low Level Training Area North, um sich mit einer der zwei verfügbaren Standard-Tiefflugrouten zunächst mal bei MIndesthöhe 500ft vertraut zu machen und "Land und Leute" kennenzulernen. Nach dem Tiefflug ging es dann an den Tanker zum AAR, und schließlich über eine VFR recovery und zwei pattern mit touch and go zurück nach Bodoe, wo der Flug nach fast 2h Blockzeit endete. Schön war's! Danke an die JTFF, wir freuen uns auf weitere Missions in Norwegen. 500ft bei gemütlichen 480 kts. F-4F vor schöner Landschaft. Ready pre-contact bei ARCO 1. Kurz vor dem overhead break. Phinal 07

Heute hat die 1./JG71 nach Bodo in Norwegen zum "GAFTIN" (German Airforce Training in Norway) verlegt, um in Kooperation mit der JTFF (Joint Task Force Frankophone) auf ihrem Server in den nächsten drei Wochen Tiefflugtraining durchzuführen und damit gemeinsam mehr traffic zu generieren und hervorragendes ATC zu nutzen. Die erste Mission war ein FAM flight in die Low Level Training Area North, um sich mit einer der zwei verfügbaren Standard-Tiefflugrouten zunächst mal bei MIndesthöhe 500ft vertraut zu machen und "Land und Leute" kennenzulernen. Nach dem Tiefflug ging es dann an den Tanker zum AAR, und schließlich über eine VFR recovery und zwei pattern mit touch and go zurück nach Bodoe, wo der Flug nach fast 2h Blockzeit endete. Schön war's! Danke an die JTFF, wir freuen uns auf weitere Missions in Norwegen. 500ft bei gemütlichen 480 kts. F-4F vor schöner Landschaft. Noch mehr schöne Landschaft. Ready pre-contact bei ARCO 1. Kurz vor dem overhead break. Phinal 07.

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