av8orDave Posted July 19, 2023 Posted July 19, 2023 I watched an interview the other day with a pilot from the 494th out of Lakenheath. He made a quick comment at one point to the effect of “the NAV pod projected FLIR imagery onto the HUD before we had NVGs”, and the way he phrased it got me wondering… Do operational squadrons still use the NAVFLIR on the HUD, or have night vision goggles made this obsolete?
Nealius Posted July 19, 2023 Posted July 19, 2023 I'm curious about this as well. NAVFLIR at night seems like something suited for low level flying. With current conflicts focusing on high-level bombing I've wondered if/when the NAVFLIR is used post-2000s.
Gorn_GER Posted July 19, 2023 Posted July 19, 2023 I use the FLIR in HUD feature of the AV8B every time I am flying at night. I think I will do, too when the F15E is nearly free of Bugs and usable. For example, using the MFDs is nearly impossible with NVG on.
_Guill4ume_ Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) @davidrbarnette could you post a link to this interview, I will be curious to see it. Same i’ve tried to find something about the reapers leaving EGUL, but no joy so far ( except paper article in Combat aircraft ). @Gorn_GER are you able to use nag on the f15e? Is it from the module or an external mod? How does it interact with nav flair projected on the hud? i found that your crew chief can ‘ load ‘ nvg to your aircraft on the ground but I don’ t find any bindings nor control to how activate it edit : never mind I found the binding it’s under helmet visor Edited July 20, 2023 by _Guill4ume_
av8orDave Posted July 20, 2023 Author Posted July 20, 2023 3 hours ago, _Guill4ume_ said: @davidrbarnette could you post a link to this interview, I will be curious to see it. Same i’ve tried to find something about the reapers leaving EGUL, but no joy so far ( except paper article in Combat aircraft ). @Gorn_GER are you able to use nag on the f15e? Is it from the module or an external mod? How does it interact with nav flair projected on the hud? i found that your crew chief can ‘ load ‘ nvg to your aircraft on the ground but I don’ t find any bindings nor control to how activate it edit : never mind I found the binding it’s under helmet visor Start at about 13:00. He says “it also has a forward looking infrared camera as well that was actually used prior to night vision goggles.” 3
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