DCS FIGHTER PILOT Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 Being that this week we got the first Data Link update for the Hornet I was curious on the basics on how it all works, mainly the IFF modes and the interrogation modes. I do realize that a lot of this is still pretty secretive but what do we currently know? From what I understand there are 4 modes, 1,2,3,4. For 3 there are sub modes a and c. Military aircraft use all 4. My question is, who sets these codes, the pilots or a computer before the flight? Are all codes for a friendly force identical, similar? I know that the mode three code is set by the pilot via atc instruction but what about the others? Do interrogation modes correspond to the IFF modes? What is the purpose of the ufc IFF? Does that allow the pilots to set the code? I know that it is a lot of questions but It is good stuff to know.
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