boquinauer Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) The old USSR air force used this tactic to refuel and rearm the fighters of their frontal aviation during the cold war. This enhanced the limited range of their airplanes and allowed to refuel and rearm very close to the frontal line and away from the vulnerable air bases. Rearming sites based on roads could be hidden from the enemy and easily moved if necessary. This also explains why the USSR frontal aviation fighters didn't have inflight refueling capabilities. They just didn't need it. Here there is a demonstration video of how they worked in such operations. It's in russian though. In the present time, there are still air forces that use this tactic. If we could employ this strategy in DCS World with russian airplanes like the Su25T or the present Mig21, we would have a new world of possibilities for this great simulator. In my virtual squadron have made some trials landing on roads and it's perfectly possible. Nevertheless, it's imposible to refuel or rearm at the present time. We even tried to employ a helicopter FARP but doesn't work with airplanes. My request is, if you could made those FARP structures compatible with airplanes, so we could employ them to refuel and rearm close to the battle front. That would enhance the DCS Word simulation. Thanks. Edited October 1, 2014 by boquinauer
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