ShinyMikey

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The website seems to be down again and I can't login.

Please don't forget the AI A-6E

The update just came out...the TARPs pod is in, but I wasn't able to see the boarding ladder. I checked for the boarding ladder on both static aircraft and uncontrolled AI aircraft.

I disagree with this advice...I pretty much never hard lock a target beyond 20nm and certainly never beyond 25-30nm. A 50nm head on shot is exactly when you would fire in TWS, especially if they are high and fast and your aircraft is at 30k+. If you know there are two fighters but the second track has not broken out clearly, then fire on the one solid track that you have and ease into an offset. When the first missile goes active and that guy defends that will break out both aircraft clearly. If you do drop the track shortly before pitbull, then the AIM-54C still has a good chance to acquire the target if he hasn't actually maneuvered much. Whether the first missile hits or not, at least one of the bandits will be defensive. I would save the STT locks for inside 20nm, better yet a sub 10nm ACM cover up shot. See some examples in my videos:

Not there...the boarding ladder for static and AI aircraft isn't there either

What happened...? The new Air Bases didn't make it in to the patch again.

Any update on when the preorder will be available on Steam?

I just saw this new A-6E pic on the DCS: Roadmap (unofficial) page

I wouldn't get too hung up on Eagle vs Tomcat stuff, every plane has strengths and weaknesses. In the case of the USN and USAF, we are all on the same side. Dale Snodgrass explains Tomcat vs Eagle really well in this clip:

I've been having a problem with the TACAN since at least 2.9..I can't pick up the boat's TACAN until I'm within 20~25 miles. I've been having to use the recovery tanker's TACAN to guide me in until I get pretty close and then switch to the boat's signal. In the hornet, the carrier's TACAN seems to work normally.

I'm Sorry...Looking forward to the new skins

Those look nice, but is seems like you never release any of your skins anymore.

The new airbases didn't make it into the patch? Nothing in the patch notes.

Yeah, I have the vsn model for deck decoration on a few practice missions I have. But the vsn A-6 is a mod..so it is no good in multiplayer, same as downloaded skins. To fit things into multiplayer missions so that they can be put up on the server and anyone can easily join and fly, we need the A-6E to be a default DCS AI aircraft.