Onboard No and Callsign Question

[enigma6584]

Would someone enlighten me as to the purpose of these two things? The reason I ask is I'm working on a mission and I'm looking at the spaces in the mission editor for "onboard #" and "callsign." If I have two aircraft in a flight, should they have the same onboard number? How is the callsign related (if any) to the onboard number?

[JG14_Smil]

It is really up to you. It can be good to have the A/C in a flight numbered XX1, XX2, XX3, XX4 to keep things organized.

[enigma6584]

So in other words, the "onboard number" is just the individual aircraft identification and the "callsign" is the pilot identification. Am I correct in this assumption?

[AlphaOneSix]

The onboard number is the number on the side of the aircraft, such as 25 or 51. The callsign is what you will hear on the radio when referring to your aircraft. In most of the single-player missions, it's 251 or 501. FOr most of the deployment campaign, for example, you and your wingman have onboard numbers of 51 and 53 on the engine nacelles, and your radio call signs are 251 and 253, so when you talk to the tower, you will refer to yourself as 251.

[enigma6584]

Thanks.

[Duke49th]

This russian callsign thing (they use only numbers) is really confusing .:)