NoodI Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 +1 Wishlist:f4e,f4j,f4g,f4e aup,f8,f6f,f4u,f15e,ah1g/w,fr fireball,a7d,g91,jaguar,f1,ch53e.
Lieuie Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 Even if they did decide to make it don't expect to see it any time soon. We still haven't gotten the J-35 and the A-6 and KA-6. 3
Omega417 Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 Just as a general question, I know the Navy had "Red Crown" as its PIRAZ call sign. Did the USAF have something similar? 1
G.J.S Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 7 hours ago, Omega417 said: Just as a general question, I know the Navy had "Red Crown" as its PIRAZ call sign. Did the USAF have something similar? Ethan. (Vague memory - the number afterward denoted which area it operated) 2 - - - The only real mystery in life is just why kamikaze pilots wore helmets? - - -
Biggus Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 Probably going to need an E-2B or C. I still don't understand the decision to model an E-2D with the modules that presently exist, and that needs to be corrected for the Tomcat, the naval Phantom, the Intruder and the Corsair. (Also a KA-3D would be nice). 3
Bananabrai Posted March 3, 2023 Posted March 3, 2023 Warning Star would be cool, +1. Alias in Discord: Mailman
F1GHTS-ON Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 On 3/1/2023 at 8:51 PM, G.J.S said: Ethan. (Vague memory - the number afterward denoted which area it operated) Warning Star Callsigns: I was about to reply that I read somewhere that it was "Disco" - but (Wiki is my friend!) G.J.S. is right, it was "Ethan" for Rolling Thunder, with "Disco" introduced for the Linebacker campaign. I think they also had airborne C-130's acting as the ABCCC (airborne Command & Control) and many of the other stuff that we see today in complex Air Campaigns first introduced in the Vietnam War. A lot of the Navy's CROWN doctrine started as a solution to countering the kamikaze attacks at the end of WWII, and has been refined ever since. Flying the DCS F-15/16 & 18 with IFF nearly always correct (well in some multiplayer games I would question some players ability to read that correctly!), where as back in the 1960s the "game"(?) was much harder and proved to be a real challenge. It'll be interesting to see how IFF is modelled in DCS with the F-4. Either a lot of "declare" calls to the AI E-2/3 AWACs or a "jester" that is vaguely competent....... 2
Heimz Posted March 15, 2023 Posted March 15, 2023 Yanks Air Museum opens up their E-121 Connie quite a bit, including tours by the EWO's that served upon them during Vietnam. I'll try to ask them if they recall particulars like above. 1
Aussie_Mantis Posted March 27, 2023 Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) On 3/7/2023 at 3:13 AM, F1GHTS-ON said: Warning Star Callsigns: I was about to reply that I read somewhere that it was "Disco" - but (Wiki is my friend!) G.J.S. is right, it was "Ethan" for Rolling Thunder, with "Disco" introduced for the Linebacker campaign. I think they also had airborne C-130's acting as the ABCCC (airborne Command & Control) and many of the other stuff that we see today in complex Air Campaigns first introduced in the Vietnam War. A lot of the Navy's CROWN doctrine started as a solution to countering the kamikaze attacks at the end of WWII, and has been refined ever since. Flying the DCS F-15/16 & 18 with IFF nearly always correct (well in some multiplayer games I would question some players ability to read that correctly!), where as back in the 1960s the "game"(?) was much harder and proved to be a real challenge. It'll be interesting to see how IFF is modelled in DCS with the F-4. Either a lot of "declare" calls to the AI E-2/3 AWACs or a "jester" that is vaguely competent....... F-4s have internal IFF interrogator systems. It'll probably be a Jester system. Edited March 27, 2023 by Aussie_Mantis 2
303_Kermit Posted April 1, 2023 Author Posted April 1, 2023 On 3/27/2023 at 2:17 AM, Aussie_Mantis said: F-4s have internal IFF interrogator systems. It'll probably be a Jester system. EC-121 for a long time had no IFF. It's a long and interesting story, because USN for some time used ... IFF of russian planes to recognize a enemy plane type.
Raven (Elysian Angel) Posted April 3, 2023 Posted April 3, 2023 On 4/1/2023 at 9:25 PM, 303_Kermit said: long and interesting story Now you made me curious! Spoiler Ryzen 9 5900X | 64GB G.Skill TridentZ 3600 | Asus ProArt RTX 4080 Super | ASUS ROG Strix X570-E GAMING | Samsung 990Pro 2TB + 960Pro 1TB NMVe | VR: Varjo Aero Pro Flight Trainer Puma | VIRPIL MT-50CM2 grip on VPForce Rhino with Z-curve extension | Virpil CM3 throttle | Virpil CP2 + 3 | FSSB R3L | VPC Rotor TCS Plus base with SharKa-50 grip | Everything mounted on Monstertech MFC-1 | TPR rudder pedals OpenXR | PD 1.0 | 100% render resolution | DCS graphics settings
Dragon1-1 Posted April 6, 2023 Posted April 6, 2023 Look up Combat Tree. It interrogated Russian transponders to ID them, a quite unique setup that worked pretty great for what it did.
Biggus Posted April 7, 2023 Posted April 7, 2023 Yeah, I'm wanting to hear this story, because it doesn't align with my understanding. The EC-121 and WV-2 definitely used IFF systems, they were equipped with the QRC-248 which was able to interrogate Warsaw Pact transponders. This was in use a few years before Combat Tree was installed in Phantoms.
Recommended Posts