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In-game Abkhazia operates L-39ZAs only with no assigned paint schemes. In real life they have 4 L-39Cs that appear to wear standard Russian camo with no national markings and yellow or red borts. Is there any chance we can at least get L-39Cs assigned to Abkhazia and maybe an official scheme since it's so simple? Abkhazia is a relatively important player on the Caucasus map and its force composition should be accurately represented. Red 62: http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/17/pics/276_1.jpg Red 71: http://s7.photobucket.com/user/radeks/media/L-39ABJAZIA2.jpg.html Yellow 34: http://i.imgur.com/IIgZvLF.jpg Also it's worth noting that these L-39Cs carry R-60s.

I kind of shied away from real storytelling from this one, I just wanted silly AC melodrama for the Yukes while the Oseans stay pretty DCS-y (and some unusual missions). My next full campaign will probably be more story-driven, though. Has anybody been playing this yet? I'd like feedback in case there's anything that needs patching or balance tweaks.

Right now the A-10 is the only airframe with unique callsign options, but I'd love to get some prominent F-14 squadron callsigns (Victory, Wichita, Gunfighter, Fast Eagle, etc) and modex-style numbering. ...and I'm just tired of the same 9 options for every fighter in DCS currently. Is there any chance of either of these happening?

Well, if you have them working on the Su-25 or Su-25T it should be the same method.

Wings of Osea's been released! Download here. I've changed the scope for now to solely include a single player campaign and skins, but I might add multiplayer missions and instant action scenarios in the future. See the OP for additional details. Also (putting this here to avoid cluttering the OP) I didn't include music due to copyright concerns and uncertainty about how it would be received, but I have a recommended playlist. Starting loops around the same time that the AWACS speaks to you after takeoff (or when you fence in on missions 2, 4, and 5) should fit the atmosphere well: Mission 1: [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haEoo0RHu-Q]AC04 Blockade[/ame] Mission 2: [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiFQrAQ_Nc]AC04 Operation Bunker Shot[/ame] Mission 3: [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UANlAn2AbqM]ACI Blue Skies[/ame] Mission 4: [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbGRFRs-Tmw]AC04 Escort[/ame] Mission 5: [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKQxFzLF_g8]AC04 Invincible Fleet[/ame] Mission 6: [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM9Z8KKozC4]AC Anthem (Unofficial)[/ame]

Thanks, that worked.

I have two problems relating to campaign development: How do I ensure the next stage triggers after terminating a mission? Does it only require an offline score higher than 50? And how do I allow for missions to be failed and replayed any number of times without failing the campaign, like the default FC3 missions? By default even terminating a mission while it's inconclusive will immediately fail a campaign.

Wellllllllll there is a Star Trek shuttlecraft hidden in one of the hangars. In reality though Groom Lake is used for relatively mundane stuff (at the very least it operates a squadron of Flanker aggressors and F-16 chase planes for prototypes that we won't know about for decades; I'd speculate there are still Fulcrums out there too but they haven't been photographed like the Flankers).

Oh I know about Novorossisk, but at least that's far removed from the action unless we ever get Crimea back.

I know it's not a lot, but the Frogfoots disappeared from Kutaisi at the same time they started showing up at Marneuli ~6 years ago (Frogfoots appear at both bases in 2009 and afterwards only Marneuli). You have to keep in mind that Georgia's fixed wing combat assets are only: L-39 x 4 Borts 71 through 74 Su-25 x 4 Borts 03, 07, 16, 17 Su-25KM x 3 Borts 18, 22, 23 Su-25UB x 2 Borts 20, 21 And that's compiled without losses in the 2008 war because details have been hard to come by. So with 7 Frogfoots on the apron there, that's either their entire inventory or 7/9 depending on how many were lost. I've been consulting a lot of sources including ACIG, Flight Global, and Google Earth for Georgian stuff. I can very confidently say that in the event of NATO intervention, Lochini, Kutaisi, and Marneuli are the only airbases capable of hosting any foreign fighters. I've also seen a lot of references to an Alekseevka AB near Tblisi, but as far as I can tell that might be the Georgian military's current name for Marneuli.

I've been conducting a lot of research on the current composition of the Georgian armed forces, and it seems that in the past 5 years or so all of Georgia's fixed wing assets have transitioned from Kutaisi to Marneuli AB. Marneuli city is on the map but its airbase isn't modeled. Is there any chance of getting this in an update to the Caucasus? It uses the same Soviet VVS architecture as the others, and would basically be the only accurate Georgian airbase on the map considering that: Batumi: Entirely civil, no military facilities Gudauta: Russian military base Kobuleti: Abandoned since at least the 90s Kutaisi: Formerly military (restored after 2008 bombings), but increasing civil use Senaki: Entirely taken over by the Army, no aviation assets, never restored after 2008 bombings Sukhumi-Babushara: Abkhazian military base Tblisi-Lochini: Mostly civil, but hosts Georgian rotary wing assets Tblisi-Soganlug: Abandoned since at least the 90s Tblisi-Vaziani: Entirely taken over by the Army, no aviation assets

Has anyone tried getting NVGs working on the A-10A since 1.5 came out? I've tried the configs posted here as well as directly copying them over from my A-10C to no avail.

USAF 48th Fighter Wing (48FW) RAF Lakenheath 56th Rescue Squadron: HH-60G x 5 (UH-60A skin planned) 492d Fighter Squadron, “Madhatters”: F-15E x 23 (1 lost in 2011) (Default skin) 493d Fighter Squadron, “Grim Reapers”: F-15C x 22, F-15D x 1 (1 lost in 2014) (Skins for F-15C) 494th Fighter Squadron, “Panthers”: F-15E x 24 (F-15E skin planned, low priority) With the disestablishment or reassignment of many USAFE assets following the end of the Cold War, the 48th Fighter Wing is the USAFE’s only F-15 unit. The 493FS’s F-15Cs most frequently deploy to Iceland and the Baltics for NATO air policing but has had a surprisingly small role in Operation Atlantic Resolve (NATO presence in Eastern Europe in response to Russian intervention in Donbass and Syria), perhaps because they have not yet received the APG-63v3 AESA upgrades that National Guard F-15Cs have. Elements of the 493FS also frequently accompany Air Force One in Europe. The default DCS 493FS skin is accurate for the 1990s or early 2000s, but the Mod Eagle pattern has since changed. This skin pack provides a more accurate pattern for the mid-2000s through the present day, as well as the CO bird from ~2008-~2012, AF84-027. Throughout the 2000s, the wing’s F-15Es have periodically deployed in support of OIF and OEF, and in 2011 contributed to Operation Odyssey Dawn in Libya. Given the proliferation of S-300s to South Ossetia and Abkhazia and general strength of Russian strategic and tactical air defenses, deployment of F-15Es rather than A-10A/Cs is more likely in the event of an outright war with Russia. However, a lack of F-15Es can be explained away with entanglements elsewhere on Russia’s borders (Ukraine, Baltics, etc.) and the relative scarcity of F-15Es available to the USAFE. 492FS F-15Es are already available in vanilla DCS; we may make a 494FS skin eventually but it’s not a high priority. 56RQS is a recent addition to the 48FW, granting them integrated CSAR capabilities by operating in conjunction with PJ’s from the 57RQS. When the battlespace is further from the duty station than an HH-60’s range, they can deploy to USN ships in order to conduct operations, as they did during Operation Odyssey Dawn from the USS Ponce. It is common for components of the 48FW to deploy alone, so it is reasonable for 493FS F-15Cs to deploy to Georgia without F-15Es or only a single squadron rather than both, especially in light of Georgia’s airbase situation. Prior to the Russo-Georgian War, USAF fighters could be hosted at Vaziani, Senaki, or Kutaisi (Kobuleti has been in disrepair since the fall of the Soviet Union; other Georgian runways in DCS are civilian use or rotary wing military only). However, Senaki and Kutaisi were both targeted with anti-runway munitions and disabled during the conflict. Since then Kutaisi has been repaired but Senaki is solely a ground forces base. Vaziani has also been converted to a ground force base, with all remaining fixed wing aircraft transferred to Kutaisi. With airbase facilities limited, USAFE deployments would be tightly tailored to fit the operation’s strategic needs with little excess.

The Fighter Mafia is a research and texturing group I originally started to standardize realistic Eastern and Western skins for Vector Thrust, but ever since the LOMAC days I’ve been disappointed by the unrealistic selection of aircraft skins in vanilla ED content. I’ve decided to write profiles and release skins for the most important military units in our ORBAT for the Caucasus with help from our Russian-speaking members, and eventually expand to other theaters as they are released. Despite the fact that I’m mostly linking to airliners.net photos, this information has been compiled from a wide range of sources and is the best information we could gather on these units. Before I start, there are some basic facts about VVS organization that often go overlooked due to the lack of English language sources on them. Among the most important points are: Anatoliy Serdyukov’s 2008 organizational reforms have largely been rolled back. Any source that refers to numbered air bases is out of date; aviation regiments have mostly gone back to their prior designations, although many remain merged together. The only numbered bases remaining are Russian deployments to foreign soil. In DCS’s Caucasus theater, this includes the 4th Military Base in South Ossetia, 7th Military Base in Abkhazia, and 3624th Air Base in Armenia. The tricolor star and overall grey scheme are mostly being abandoned, although examples of both remain. The tricolor star was rolled back in 2015, with the VVS stating that the blue outline degraded jets’ low visibility. In the future the VVS intends to shift to the red outline seen on PAK-FA prototypes as well as Su-35 bort 701, but in the meantime repainted airframes are using the white/red star. Despite Serdyukov’s other changes being done away with, it seems that the “VVS ROSSII” text on stabilizers will remain a standard marking for the foreseeable future. New production airframes and refurbishments suggest that different camo patterns at each airbase will become the norm. When making VVS skins, we’ll be using the two-tone star unless a scheme is specifically depicting an airframe within the 2010-2015 timeframe and excluding civil registration numbers because they would have to be static between every airframe. Also, in the interests of standardization, we'll be consistently translating смешанный to Mixed and отдельный to Independent (some sources use Joint and Separate respectively). Table of Contents VVS 3SAP, Krymsk AB (Su-27P skin) (Su-27SM3 skin) VVS 19GIAP, Millerovo AB (MiG-29 skin) VVS 3624AB, Erebuni IAP (MiG-29 skin) VVS 368ShAP, Budyonnovsk AB VVS 960ShAP, Primorsko-Akhtarsk AB SRF 4th Military Base, Tskhinvali / South Ossetian Military SRF 7th Military Base, Gudauta AB / Abkhazian Military SRF 58th Army USAF 23FG, Moody AFB USAF 31FW, Aviano AB / USAF 52FW, Spangdahlem AB USAF 48FW, RAF Lakenheath (F-15 skins) USAF 100ARW, RAF Mildenhall / USAF 552ACW, Tinker AFB (KC-135 skin) (E-3 skins) Georgian Army Caucasus Emirate VVS 3rd Mixed Aviation Regiment (3SAP) Krymsk AB Su-27P x 14 (Skin for Su-27) Su-27UB x 6 Su-27SM3 x 14 (Skin for Su-27) Su-30M2 x ~6-12 (No Su-30 skin planned, use default af standard last) Ka-27PS x 4 Mi-8SMV x 16 (Skin planned for Mi-8MTV) Mi-24P x 20 (Skin planned for Mi-24V) Mi-28N x 3 The 3rd Mixed Aviation Regiment was formed by merging the 55th Helicopter Regiment with the 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment; it was known as the 6972nd Guards Aviation Base from 2009 to 2013 and is currently subordinate to the 1st Mixed Aviation Division of 4th Air Force and Aviation Defense Command. Krymsk underwent renovations from 2011 to 2014 and now includes an apron north of the runway that is not present in DCS. 3SAP is the closest fighter unit to the Georgian border, and in the event of a conflict involving BLUFOR with modern fighters (NATO/US intervention) would be the primary unit providing CAP for Russian, Abkhazian, and/or South Ossetian forces. However, they did not play a significant role in the Russo-Georgian War due to Georgian Air Force composition not including air superiority fighters. In the 1992 Abkhazian War of Independence, Russian Su-27s with sanitized markings flew out of Gudauta in support of Abkhazian forces. It's likely that the 3SAP would operate from Gudauta (controlled by the Russian 7th Military Base and with many permanent ground and rotary wing assets present) if deeper strikes into Georgia or persistent CAP are necessary. Krymsk’s Su-27Ps are aging PVO airframes that feature green antennas and white radomes, although a few newer airframes have white antennas. Their Su-27UBs are also older and feature a similar two-tone camo scheme and appear to uniformly have green radomes. Starting in 2010 several airframes underwent refurbishment and returned with new three-tone paint schemes unique to the 3SAP. This scheme has been completed for DCS and will release pending its approval in the User Files section. The older airframes don’t have an exact match among default skins, but can be reasonably approximated with Air Force Standard skin variants. All borts are red and range from 2 to the 30s. Some of Krymsk's older Su-27Ps (especially the green-tailed ones) have been reassigned to Belbek AB in Crimea (38IAP) following 2014 refurbishments, but we're still working on an estimate of how this affects current force composition. Delivery of Su-27SM3s started around 2010 and they wear a three-tone camo pattern similar to the production Su-35S camo. This scheme has been completed for DCS and is available here. Borts are red and range from 51 to 64. It is worth noting that despite their compatibility with R-77s, Krymsk Su-27SM3s and Su-30SMs only appear armed with R-73s and (both radar and IR-guided variants of) R-27s, so we assume that the airbase lacks a meaningful inventory of R-77s. Given this conjecture as well as the radar buffs given to the Su-27s in FC3 for balance, FC3 Su-27s can reasonably be used to simulate Krymsk’s Su-27SM3s as well as their Su-27Ps. If anyone can find Krymsk airframes carrying R-77s I’ll correct this. Krymsk’s Su-30M2s wear three-tone camo similar to their Su-27SM3s and lack antiglare and canards. Some Russian media claims that four of their newer airframes wear antiglare and have canards, however this may be an incorrect stock photo. We have no plans to release Su-30 skins until the model is revised. The Ka-27PS is a rescue variant of the Helix normally operated by the Navy, but those found at Krymsk have Air Force markings. Ka-27s have been used as command/scout assets for attack helicopters in Chechnya, but given the variant these airframes are most likely used for CSAR and maritime rescue. Their bort numbers are yellow and include 20. The Mi-8SMV is an airborne jamming platform specifically tailored towards impeding enemy air defenses while jets and helicopters conduct A2G sorties. Its systems are not modeled in DCS, but we’ll release an Mi-8 skin for this unit in the future. Their bort numbers are blue and include 74. Krymsk’s Mi-24s are standard P variants but wear a unique camo scheme; this will be released for the in-game Mi-24V eventually. Bort numbers are red and include 08. Krymsk’s Mi-28s wear the standard dark grey scheme already present in-game, and were sanitized of markings for deployment to Syria in late 2015.

Been busy and getting over a head cold since New Years but I've made some additions in the last two weeks; the most relevant info for mission makers is probably MiG-29s much closer to the play area than Millerovo's (albeit a training squadron). I still have to do more research on the Georgians and I'm currently researching Budyonnovsk AB's garrison.

Added coalitions (more scenarios to come), Azerbaijani Air Force data, and the Black Sea Fleet with AVMF assets.

I'm holding off on F/A-18s until the official module but I definitely have a lot of OMDF Hornet and Tomcat content planned. When the paintkit comes out I'll be making an Aurelian mission for the Mirage 2000 on NTTR.

LINK I'm building a comprehensive ORBAT of military forces located on the Caucases map, within operational distance of it, or with expeditionary roles likely to have them sent in the event of a conflict. This is based on public ORBATs, geospatial analysis from Google Earth, and foreign language sources with the help of Eastern and Western military enthusiasts. It's present-day, but the annotations mention some changes over time. Russian numbered air base organization from 2010 to 2014 has been totally reversed recently but I might add those alternate designations. TO DO: Standard US MEU (any II MEF component might be deployed) Strategic SAM map (Russia's IADS has significantly deteriorated but some permanent coverage remains) Georgian ground forces composition and organization French expeditionary forces Turkish ground forces on the Georgian border NTTR ORBAT will be coming after this, and a Straits of Hormuz ORBAT after we see how big the map coverage is. Please feel free to reference it for your own missions; it should help with making realistic scenarios.

WINGS OF OSEA DOWNLOAD SINGLE PLAYER RELEASE OVERVIEW An Ace Combat campaign depicting OADF operations against the Yuktobanian VVS during the Circum-Pacific War. Players are assigned to the OADF's 5th Wing during mid-November 2010, flying F-15s and A-10s to support an armored push towards Yuktobanian port facilities. CURRENT FEATURES Missions: 1. F-15C Intercept 2. A-10A CAS 3. F-15C Fighter Sweep 4. A-10A Convoy Interception 5. Su-25T False Flag Maritime Strike 6. F-15C Escort All missions include 10-20 voice acted lines during major events. Skins: A-10A OADF 51FS A-10C OADF 51FS A-50 YAF AH-64A Osean Army E-3A OADF 152AACS F-15C OADF 23FS F-15C (Os-15bis) YAF 67GIAP Il-76MD YAF Ka-50 YAF MiG-21bis YAF 270IAP Su-25T YAF 421ShAP Su-27S YAF 133IAP Su-33 YAF 333KIAP UH-60A (HH-60G) OADF 264RQS Credits Textures, Mission Design, and Scriptwriting Michael Durao Ka-50 Texture Flogger23m Voice Acting Annika Perkins: AWACS Darkstar Ben Balmaceda: Yuke Convoy Soldier, Yuke 133IAP Pilot, Yuke 333KIAP Pilot 2 James O'Byrne: Hammer 3, Yuke 67GIAP Pilot Kyle Quibell: Osean ATC, Yuke Carrier Airboss, Yuke 270IAP Pilot 1 Nick Beaton: AWACS Venera, Yuke 333KIAP Pilot 1 Paul Hikari: Yuke 270IAP Pilot 2 Timothy Kohler: Yuke Artilleryman, Yuke Candid Pilot Tyler Dobbert: Yuke Tank Crew

I'm making a MiG-21bis skin based on the VVS camo, but I can't get the bort textures working right. I've tried copying the texture settings from the original skin but they make no difference. This is my description.lua and I've attached a screenshot of what the serials currently look like; I just want red VVS bort on the nose. livery = { {"MIG21BIS_01", 0 ,"MiG21Bis_01_Difyuke",false}, {"MIG21BIS_02", 0 ,"MiG21Bis_02_Difyuke",false}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_01", 0 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_01", 1 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_01", 2 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_01", DECAL ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_10", 0 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_10", 1 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_10", 2 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_10", DECAL ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_100", 0 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_100", 1 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_100", 2 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_100", DECAL ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_1000", 0 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_1000", 1 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_1000", 2 ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_SER_1000", DECAL ,"empty_ser",true}, {"MIG21BIS_LOWREZ_1_NODMG",0,"MiG21Bis_01_Difyuke",false}, {"MIG21BIS_LOWREZ_2_NODMG",0,"MiG21Bis_02_Difyuke",false}, {"MIG21BIS_LOWREZ_1",0,"MiG21Bis_01_Difyuke",false}, {"MIG21BIS_LOWREZ_2",0,"MiG21Bis_02_Difyuke",false}, --[[ {"MIG21BIS_SER_FIN", 0 ,"MiG21Bis_01_Dif",false}; {"MIG21BIS_SER_FIN", 1 ,"MiG21Bis_01_NMp",true}; {"MIG21BIS_SER_FIN", 2 ,"MiG21Bis_01_Spec",true}; {"MIG21BIS_SER_FIN", DECAL ,"empty_ser",true}; {"MIG21BIS_SER_TAIL", 0 ,"MiG21Bis_01_Dif",false}; {"MIG21BIS_SER_TAIL", 1 ,"MiG21Bis_01_NMp",true}; {"MIG21BIS_SER_TAIL", 2 ,"MiG21Bis_01_Spec",true}; {"MIG21BIS_SER_TAIL", DECAL ,"MiG21Bis_SerNum_Tail",true}; ]]-- } id=0 name = "YAF 270th Fighter Aviation Regiment" countries = {"USA", "RUS", "FRA", "UKR", "SPN", "NETH", "TUR", "BEL", "GER", "NOR", "CAN", "DEN", "UK", "GRG", "ISR", "ABH", "RSO"} countries = {"USA", "RUS", "FRA", "UKR", "SPN", "NETH", "TUR", "BEL", "GER", "NOR", "CAN", "DEN", "UK", "GRG", "ISR", "ABH", "RSO"}