Tanker Advanced Waypoint Actions order

[Captain Orso]

Has this changed recently--within the last months or so--that the order of Advanced Waypoint Actions for setting up a tanker to start TACAN and orbit have to be in a specific order?

I have a mission I've been updating for years to use for testing and training. I have a couple of tankers--KC-135 and an S-3B Tanker--setup for doing AAR training, which I haven't done for a while.

Since I got a brand, spanking new Virpil MongoosT-50CM3 stick base specifically to make AAR easier--my personal hell--I started trying to do some AAR on my training mission, which always seemed to work before.

Now I could not find any tankers on TACAN, and the orbits, instead of being nice long racetracks, would now just fly to the second waypoint and circle, but AAR would otherwise work.

In ME, on the waypoint where tanker duties were to start the Advanced Waypoint Actions were:

1. Tanker -a ref
1. Refueling
2. Orbit(H = Hwpt = 10000feet)
3. Activate TACAN(BRG, 20X, "ARC" Unit....
 

After hours of trying changes and testing, I discovered that the actions MUST now be in a specific order:

Tanker -a ref
TACAN
Orbit
Refueling

When did this change? I don't think it can have always been like this, because my mission used to work, unless I'm suffering from Early Onset Dementia, which I cannot absolutely exclude, especially if I have EOD 

Edited January 30, 2023 by Captain Orso

[Captain Orso]

Editing is done now