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thanks for posting that. :smilewink: I've been looking everywhere for that thread and that post specifically but couldn't remember where it was. :P

Could be. :D I'm very intrigued to see what they've come up with. :smilewink: When did they say they would inform us on what they've been up to? A few months I think?

Sad but true. As much as I would love a Mig-23 they said they're not working on it. On the other hand I remember watching a video from ED that said they can produce a module for a WW2 bird a lot faster than they can a jet so maybe they're making one of those instead.

Now THAT'S skill. :thumbup:

Yup. :smilewink: The F-4E and the Mi-24P. :D Both would do well with a Mig-23 module. One to attack and one to perform ground assault tasks while the Mig protects it. :D

There is a Phantom in the works right now from Belsimtek. So if Magnitude does make a Mig-23 it would have at least 1 good adversary (sort of like the F-86 and the Mig-15). :smilewink:

Exactly where I got it from. :P I wanted an image that showed the wings best and that was the best one I could find. :smilewink:

It's been pretty quiet here for a while. A lot of good stories were told so let's keep it going. :smilewink: I'll regale you all with a story of my recent exploit. :D (some screenshots are uploaded in the ed screenshot thread) I took off from Minvody with my AI wingman, he was flying a standard bare metal mig and I was flying my custom made white Vietnamese mig. We were both loaded with 4 R-60s and 2 R-3Rs. After I took off and waited for my wingman to join the formation I contacted our A-50 that had took off while I was starting-up. He reported there were contacts flanking at 160 with an altitude of 4500. I'm a sneaky person so I kept my radar off and flew in a little lower than 4500 meters up armed my guns and R-60s. As we kept updating our approach thanks to that wonderful A-50 I saw 3 dots in front of my and my wingman called out contact 3 times (I guess to let me know it's really a contact and not some dirt on my screen :P). I turned on the afterburners and came at them fast with my wingman watching my tail. As I got close enough to get a tone 2 of the 3 broke off and came toward us. I launched one R-60 and immediately got a hit. The second bandit flew past me and was coming around fast. I used after burners and (this time) I kept an eye on the UUA so I wouldn't stall and fall to the ground (the issue I had against the F-5 in my first story). I got below him and launched another R-60 while we were going head to head. My R-60 hit and as he passed above me I could see it was a flight of 2 F-4E Phantoms (the leader died in my first strike). His engine was smoking as he passed and I could see he was trying to get behind my wingman. I was able to get my mig turned around using afterburners and keeping that UUA around 10 and I got him in sight for another R-60 shot. That missile ruined his day and he went down hard. Now, I know I saw a third dot at the start of this encounter.... so where did he go? Who do you ask? Your friendly A-50. He gave me the bearing of 39. That's really close to Mozdok where a large number of Mig-21's, Mig-15's, and Mig-23's are sitting out in the open. A bomber could easily destroy all of them and cripple the Red side air force. I flew fast at bearing 39 and turned on my radar. after a few seconds I had a contact on my radar. Sure enough he was headed straight for Mozdok. I armed my R-3Rs and locked him up. The moment I was in range I fired the first one. It looked like that missile was going to miss but righted itself and hit the large enemy aircraft. I switched to my second R-3R and slowed down to keep on this guy and as I got on him I saw it was a B-52 loaded to take out the runway and the fighters on the ground. I wasn't about to let that happen so I kept my pipper right on him and launched that second R-3R. That hit took his wing right off (and almost took me with him). I moved quickly to keep from hitting any debris and watched that B-52 go down. It was time to relax... until I looked at my fuel and noticed I was low. Too low to make it back to Minvody. I ordered my wingman (who was helpful in distracting the one F-4 but did nothing else) to RTB. I contacted Mozdok and came in nice and smooth for a landing. I taxied beside the line of Mig-23's I had just saved and waited for my wingman.... and waited.... and waited... Turns out he didn't make it to land and had to eject. At least we survived to fight another day. :thumbup:

Who says the Philippines can't fight? :thumbup:

Splash 2 F-4Es and 1 B-52. Ok Belsimtek, I'm ready for the F-4E module now. :cheer3nc:

Count me in for the Corsair and Zero. The Hellcat is a nice plane but the Corsair has the iconic bent wings. :smilewink: I actually got an up-close look at one flying at a small airshow where I used to live. :smilewink: My Grandfather used to work on them in WW2 in the Marines.

As far as I know it would be the Mig-21. The tactic I found that works best against the Mig-21 & Su-17 is to keep my radar off, stay low to the ground, get in behind him, keep the radar off so he's not alerted to my presence, and fire one Aim-9 when I can see him relatively clearly. I then get the second Aim-9 ready in case the first misses. Usually it's a sure hit if I gaged the distance right. ;)

That's true but since DCS doesn't have the F-3 as an option then it'll be all on it's own. :smilewink: Now if DCS were to get the F-3 made for AI at least then I'm all in. :thumbup:

Personally, I like the idea of a Mig-17 module but with the Mig-15 and the Mig-19 I don't think there would be much of a selling point. Especially since, as you said, there's not much in the way of good opponents for the 17. I agree with you 100% here. I love flying the Mig-15 over either of the 2 WW2 birds I bought. I don't even bother with the 109 actually. I find the Mig-15 a lot easier to handle both in the air and on the ground.

That is awesome. :D Something every DCS plane needs. :D

Ran out of ammo and that P-51 STILL wouldn't go down.... So I MADE him go down. :lol:

Hear hear. :thumbup:

Don't let them get you down. :smilewink: I haven't bought the Viggen yet as I'm waiting for the F-14 first, but this little easter egg has certainly made me even more interested to get both. :smilewink: I prefer fun and easter eggs over extreme realism any day.

It's looking good. ;) I need to visit fb more often. :P

No problem. :D

No, I fly the Su-27 and Mig-29A as Kazakhstan all the time and they always speak English but are red faction. ;) Same with the Su-27 as Chinese and the Mig-15 as North Korea. :D

What country did you choose for your mission? All crew will speak English unless Russia is chosen for the country in the ME. ;)

Personally I'd like to see a Mig-25 module somewhere down the line. ;)

For me when I come across a persistent problem like that I end up taking a day or 2 and uninstall DCS and reinstall it completely, but that's a bit extreme. :P Have you heard anything from Magnitude\LN about it yet?

Werewolf, do you have any mods or skins installed? I haven't had any luck finding what could be causing the problems but I remember reading that mods can cause problems even if they're not connected to that particular aircraft.