Kola Map - what are the features that makes this map different / your favorite?

[Rolling]

I see the need of the F-111 for DCS

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, Rolling said:

I see the need of the F-111 for DCS

 

We have so many western aircrafts already on DCS, I'd rather wish for a full-fidelity Su-24 .. an aircraft that entered service 50 years ago, surely the russian MoD won't mind, right? 

[Steel Jaw]

Is it released?  How can it be a favorite? 

[Gunfreak]

1 hour ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

We have so many western aircrafts already on DCS, I'd rather wish for a full-fidelity Su-24 .. an aircraft that entered service 50 years ago, surely the russian MoD won't mind, right? 

SU-24 will probably become a front line fighter again, much like the T-64 has become on the ground.

So Russian don't want to share the secrets of the Su-24

[Northstar98]

1 hour ago, Steel Jaw said:

Is it released?  How can it be a favorite? 

Because of the area it depicts.

And everything I said here.

Edited December 2, 2023 by Northstar98

[smire666]

2 hours ago, Gunfreak said:

SU-24 will probably become a front line fighter again, much like the T-64 has become on the ground.

So Russian don't want to share the secrets of the Su-24

May be the T34 will follow And Pe2

[stuart666]

On 11/18/2023 at 5:21 PM, mkellytx said:

@Northstar98 Great stuff, After I read a few historical papers on the Norway theater and the NATO flank strategy which came into play in the 1980's I had the same idea.  Here's a bit of a view towards my WIP.  Definitely willing to share.  This site, Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991 (ww2.dk), is awesome for information on the Soviet Order of Battle.  The 1990 info is straight out of the CFE Treaty.  Also, I've looked a bit at the USAF Orbat for the 1989/90 time period as well:

All of the Norwegian airfields:

Soviet Air Defenses 1980:

Soviet Air Defenses 1989/1990:

 

 

Id be a little wary of that. For one thing the runways at Greenham Common were all broken, and there were no HAS. All they had was the buildings for the GLCM's. That might have been envisaged as a deployment location, but if it was, nothing came of it.

I did read that the HAS at Boscombe down were for an American F111 wing to deploy to the UK at short notice. Not sure what one.

Ive actually done marker files for all the barracks and military installations (not necessarily including all the runways) in Baltic and Leningrad military districts. Let me know sometime if its of interest and Ill post it up.

[rkk01]

On 5/30/2023 at 1:27 AM, Slippa said:

Two of my relatives served there. One lost two aircraft, everyone came home but some crew wounded. The other was on a carrier there on the Convoys. Be interesting to see what's made of the scenery.

One of my relatives spent a short time at Bodø - evacuating troops in 1940… then Arctic Convoys to Murmansk and Archangelsk in 1941 and 1942

… very keen to get some flight hours on this map. Must have been all those sorties in F-19 and EF2000

Edited December 5, 2023 by rkk01

[Johnny Dioxin]

Endless hours of fun in the area playing 2nd Fleet wargame in my early 20's. Awesome.

[Slippa]

2 hours ago, rkk01 said:

One of my relatives spent a short time at Bodø - evacuating troops in 1940… then Arctic Convoys to Murmansk and Archangelsk in 1941 and 1942

They’re all heroes to me. I appreciate them and what they all went through ‘just doing their job’. I can only imagine.

My Grandad also spent a ‘short’ time in Bodø. He was a WOpAG. In ‘42 he was attacked while trying to take off from Bodø in a Short Sunderland. I can hear him saying when Jerry came over they “took awf like a scalded cat”. There were a pair of them, bombed and strafed, badly shot up, neither made it out. They tried salvaging my Grandads, repairing it with parts from the other aircraft  but Jerry came back over and finished her off the following morning. They were picked up by a Destroyer, all survived but some wounded.

My Great-Uncle and Godfather was a FAA fitter, on Swordfish (of all things) on a Carrier with Wildcats & Sea Hurricanes. He was on the Arctic convoys from ‘42 (60ft waves at times). I have some of his snaps, one from the focsle of his ship in the ‘Kola inlet’ in ‘45 so I’d love to have a virtual look around.

if I ever win the lottery I’ll have a salvage team off Bodø trying to get my Grandads Sunderland back. No messin . Should be pretty well preserved in that cold water. Maybe I should start a crowd funder thingy? 
 

[Gunfreak]

5 hours ago, rkk01 said:

One of my relatives spent a short time at Bodø - evacuating troops in 1940… then Arctic Convoys to Murmansk and Archangelsk in 1941 and 1942

… very keen to get some flight hours on this map. Must have been all those sorties in F-19 and EF2000

 

 

Might be something for you. Will be very Norwegian centric of course 

 

 

[TOViper]

The feature that makes this map my favorite one is that it will be the first map for the Viggen.

I am looking forward ORBX will create a nice map, and at least I started praying for this a few months ago day by day.
I don't want a stutter monster like the South Atlantic map, which I start to abandon because of exactly this.

Edited December 8, 2023 by TOViper

[Razorback]

Soon....

I really hope that this map has a good level of modelling, especially at low altitudes for helo flights... after all, we're in 2024 and the helicopter world in DCS has evolved considerably.
Screenshots with good luminosity at low altitude are pretty rare... which is why I've decided to wait and see what users have to say once the map is available before ordering it myself.

[doedkoett]

I am hoping that the Kallax airfield is included, which is the home base for F21 fighter wing. I also really hope some of the war time reserve bases in the area are included, both runways and road bases, complete with taxiways and parking spots. The ones I know of are Fällfors, Jokkmokk, Vidsel and Kiruna. I feel that is 50% of the reason for including Sweden in a DCS-map, so that we can feel truly at home in a Viggen.

[Northstar98]

2 hours ago, doedkoett said:

I am hoping that the Kallax airfield is included, which is the home base for F21 fighter wing.

This is planned, Vidsel was also explicitly mentioned in the announcement too. I can't imagine they'd miss Jokkmokk either and the Bas 90 Kortbanor runways are obvious in satellite imagery. The same is mostly true for Vidsel (only 2 of the kortbanor runways are to the west, with one immediately to the south), with a roadbase to the southwest).

[GeorgeVB]

The Aurora Borealis on the Kola Peninsula, near the Tuloma river. My photo. It would be interesting to see this in DCS

Edited April 27, 2024 by GeorgeVB

[GeorgeVB]

Yuri Gagarin at the Luostari base on the Kola Peninsula in 1958-1959. He was a pilot on the MiG-15.

Edited April 30, 2024 by GeorgeVB

[Kafka]

To answer the OP question ..... no sand!