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  3. Posted

    Does this mean that if a pilot is MIA in a Single Mission or a Campaign could he/she be used again?:dunno:

     

    The way it's been done before MIA is end of pretty much end of story. Personally, i would be inclined to roll some dice and give something like a 10% chance of the pilot being among the living.

     

    PS will be out for a bit longer as i have to get a new monitor and joystick

  7. Posted · Edited by Lt. James Cater

    Thinking about things since my last answer i've changed my opinions a bit.

     

    In the early campaigns, the MIG 19 is the big threat across the board on the Red side. It has it all over the F-100 in '62 and is still quite a threat vs F-4s in a close in fight. It's speed also makes it harder to disengage from compared to a 17. Speaking of the Mig 17, if you ever get low and slow with one around you are as good as gone.

     

    Call me a bit blase, but the MIG 23 i never consider a threat in a fight. The only threatening thing about them is SARM shots as one closes in or tries to disengage.

     

    In later campaigns the SU27 has a bit of an edge over the MIG 29 but both are formidable aircraft.

  8. Posted

    As for why wingmen sometimes don't use certain weapons? That one has always bugged me as well. Though it's not unusual for flight and element leaders to use up everything in a prolonged fight.

     

    A thing i do to organize things a bit is to put everyone in flights and make sure to have the more experienced pilots as leads. All things being equal, the more skilled get the benefit of the doubt.

     

    Here's something that might help a bit.

     

    http://combatace.com/topic/64208-woe-advice/page__p__490602__fromsearch__1#entry490602

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    we have a word in Eastern Europe for exactly that meaning we call it - "everything". :rofl:

     

    For starters, try not to justify being a thief merely because you are from Eastern Europe. I could give you the names of quite a number of Metal bands from your area and you could go discuss small band economics with them.

     

    http://www.negativland.com/albini.html

     

    Perhaps if i ever do get things going again, i'll invite you over to be road crew and you too can experience the (infamous) joys of touring North America in a van while making less than a kid working at McDonalds with no guarantees of food or a place to sleep. But before we get on the road we need some music. Maybe those people downloading all that free stuff might decide to donate a few cents towards studio costs since we (the band) have to pay for that out of our pockets as well as the costs of all gear involved.

  14. Posted · Edited by Lt. James Cater

    Just read about Megaupload being busted.

     

    I'm not to thrilled about the SOPA and all but i'm equally not all warm to those who act like everything should be free to download.

    Over the last few months i've realized the futility of doing anything musicwise for the simple reason that illegal downloading would make decent sales of any kind impossible. When a new CD comes out, within 24 hours you can find it in a blogspot or file sharing site with ease and i've run into many people throughout the years who see absolutly nothing wrong with this.

     

    The only thing i've downloaded is stuff that has been out of print for years and is either virtually impossible to find or is priced way out of reach.

  15. Posted

    I flew F-111s in ODs quite a bit and it's no easy thing.

     

    Routing and timing is easily overlooked but is very crucial. Don't go in amongst the leading edge of a Coalition strike and you'll be able to avoid the worst of the hassles. That'll give plenty of time for SEAD flights to do their thing as well as having other flights in the target area attract SAMs that would otherwise be launched at you. In and out routes are the worst possible thing you can do. You want to be able to skirt the edges of the enemy defense until it's time to drop down to begin your attack.

     

    As you are popping up for ordnance release, hit chaff and flares repeatedly and if you get radar activity turn on ECM. As soon as the bombs are gone, more flares and chaff as you drop back to the deck. Ideally, egress should be along your attack heading for at least 10 miles. 20 miles preferable.

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    Just figured i'd ask around here in the course of my search.

     

    Tommorow, i'm going to pull everything down to the minimum deposit in my BOA checking account. Usually it's a no brainer changing banks, but since more than a few these days are not exactly on the level it's better to take a good long look.

     

    Any recomendations?

  22. Posted

    I was asleep!

     

    I worked the swingshift at a rent-a-car place near Mccarran airport and so was sawing logs when it all went down. When i went out to catch the bus to work i cut through a casino that was in front of my apartment complex and i quickly noticed something was wrong. EVERYONE not behind a table game was watching the TVs and so i found out somethig was wrong in NYC. My first reaction was "what again?" remembering the earlier attack a few years prior

     

    There was a lot of talk on the bus but it didn't really hit me until i got to work. We faced an onslaught of customers. Air activity over the US being shut down, people needed to get home one way or another. Especially from a place like Las Vegas, which is basically out in the middle of nowhere geographically speaking. Every car for hire in the whole valley was gone within 24 hours.

  25. Posted

    Saw it on the news. Man what a crazy scene. BTW for those of you in the NYC metro area, you have three faultlines in the area the last time i checked. Hope one doesn't slip anytime soon.

     

    Where i'm at, we have a faultline within a mile of us and the State has been checking it out for the last few years.

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