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On 2/8/2022 at 1:57 PM, Mike Force Team said:

When the F-4 is available, will we be able to use it in the South Atlantic Map?  

 

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Also only after the map is released!  Which might nor might not happen before or after the Phantom launch. My guess is both will appear this year though, so the wait to get both shouldn't be all that long.

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Yes as we will get the airfield with the long runway.

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Didn't the port Stanley runway have some form of cable/arresting gear installed from late'82 /83 to accomodate the F-4s until MPA was built? Not as violent as a carrier stop, but enough to help with wet/cross wind recoveries. In DCS even a simple carrier single wire should/could be added to map? 

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On 2/26/2022 at 4:12 PM, F1GHTS-ON said:

Didn't the port Stanley runway have some form of cable/arresting gear installed from late'82 /83 to accomodate the F-4s until MPA was built? Not as violent as a carrier stop, but enough to help with wet/cross wind recoveries. In DCS even a simple carrier single wire should/could be added to map? 

 

It would have had a cable for sure, but I think the runway was extended just before the Phantoms got there.

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In addition to the F-4s, we are likely to have the F-15s available.  At least, I saw the F-15 flying in the South Atlantic map videos.  We can have loads of fun attacking and defending our positions using both jets.

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There's no limitation to what aircraft you can fly on what maps aside from runway lengths. So, I'd really imagine that yes, the F-15 and the F-4 will be quite available on South Atlantic.

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On 2/26/2022 at 10:12 AM, F1GHTS-ON said:

Didn't the port Stanley runway have some form of cable/arresting gear installed from late'82 /83 to accomodate the F-4s until MPA was built? Not as violent as a carrier stop, but enough to help with wet/cross wind recoveries. In DCS even a simple carrier single wire should/could be added to map? 

 

it would be awesome if we got cables for runways

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It's said we will have them eventually, maybe not in every airport, possibly the newer maps first, maybe newer maps only, but who knows how will they be or when we'll get it. In Marianas it's been said they won't be just the paint on the runway but usable in due time.

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Ideally, it'd be a placeable piece of gear. AFAIK, most airports that we have don't have them built in IRL (it's mostly US military bases that do), but there are portable arresting wire installations to help with that.

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Reading "The Phantom in Focus" by David Gledhill atm. After the Falkland war they extended the runway with AM-2 matting (metal runway planking) so they could take-off and land with the Phantoms there. They also used arrestor hooks and cables to shorten the landing distance considerably.

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