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apologize? no offense taken. No problem. mine was just a suggestion that if you post the terrain, the Falklands team might like to look at it. Of course, I cannot and do not speak for them. Just an observation. If its really, really good, they might incorporate it. I think they are very close to releasing the update though.

and of course the Ballistic Missile Defense version............. 'Twas The Night Before LDO! 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the skies, Missile defenses were up, with electronic eyes. MDA staffers were nestled in ready-room beds, As successful IFTs danced in their heads. Every GBI in its hole, each PAC-3 in its tube, Was doubly-redundant, linked to the Blue Cube, And UEWR and COBRA DANE gave coverage so dense That nothing that flew could slip through our defense! When out of the klaxon arose such a clatter I dashed to the screen to see what was the matter; I increased the gain and then, quick as a flash, Fine-adjusted the filters to damp out the hash. And there found the source of the warning we'd heeded: An incoming blip, by eight escorts preceded. "Alert status red!" went the word down the wire, As we gave every system the codes that meant "FIRE!" On Aegis! Up Patriot, use GMD, and the full 04 Block, And scramble our fighters--let's send the whole flock! Launch decoys and missiles, use chaff by the yard! Get the ABL up! Call out the National Guard! They turned toward the target, moved toward it, converged. Till the tracks on the radar all finally merged, And the sky was lit up with a demonic light, As the foe met his fate in that high arctic night. So we sent out some recon to look for debris, Yet all that they found, using SATCOM and C2BMC, Were some toys, a red hat, a charred left leather boot, Broken sleigh bells, white hair, and a deer's parachute! Now it isn't quite Christmas, with Saint Nick shot down. There are unhappy kids in each village and town. For the Spirit of Christmas can't hope to evade All the web of defenses we've carefully made. But a crash program's on: Working hard, night and day, All the elves are constructing a radar-proof sleigh. So let's wait for next Christmas, in cheer and in health, For the future has hope: Santa's coming by stealth!!! NOTE: Many years ago, in some radar Ops room far away, an "Air Defense" version of "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" was penned by an air defender whose name has been lost to history. This is the somewhat modified poem to a Missile Defense version (with apologies to Clement Moore).

Watch out Santa........ Have A Stealthy Christmas Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the skies, Air defenses were up, with electronic eyes. Combat pilots were nestled in ready-room beds, As enemy silhouettes danced in their heads. Every jet on the apron, each SAM in its tube, Was triply-redundant linked to the Blue Cube, And ELINT and AWACS gave coverage so dense, That nothing that flew could slip through our defense. When out of the klaxon arose such a clatter, I dashed to the screen to see what was the matter, I dialed up the gain and then quick as a flash, Fine-adjusted the filters to damp out the hash. And there found the source of the warning we'd heeded, An incoming blip, by eight escorts preceded. "Alert status red!" went the word down the wire, As we gave every system the codes that meant "FIRE"! On Aegis! Up Patriot, Phalanx and Hawk! And scramble our fighters -- let's send the whole flock! Launch decoys and missiles! Use chaff by the yard! Get the kitchen sink up! Call the National Guard! They turned toward the target, moved toward it, converged, Till the tracks on the radar all finally merged, And the sky was lit up with a demonic light, As the foe met his fate in the high arctic night. So we sent out some recon to look for debris, Yet all that they found, both on land and on sea, Were some toys, a red hat, a charred left leather boot, Broken sleighbells, white hair, and a deer's parachute. Now it isn't quite Christmas, with Saint Nick shot down. There are unhappy kids in each village and town. For the Spirit of Christmas can't hope to evade, All the web of defenses we've carefully made. Just look how the gadgets we use to protect us, In other ways alter, transform, and affect us. They keep us from things that make life more worth living, Like love for each other, and thoughts of just giving. But a crash program's on: Working hard, night and day, All the elves are constructing a radar-proof sleigh. So let's wait for next Christmas, in cheer and in health, For the future has hope: Santa's coming by stealth!

another classic P-51 Christmas Ride 'Twas the night before Christmas all over the place, When we were confronted by an old flying ace. There was icing reported and turbulent air, He said "File me a flight plan, I gotta get there." Outside sat his aircraft all ready to run, And the old man walked out to that P-51. "Bad weather's no problem," he silently mumbled, The prop came to life...that big Allison rumbled. He eased in the throttle, the roar shook the ground, He taxied on out and he turned it around. He went through the run-up and seemed satisfied, Then he said to himself "I'm in for a ride." So he lined it up straight as he poured on the coal, The tailwheel came up as he started to roll. Up off the runway, he sucked up the gear, And that mighty V-12 was all y! ou could hear. He screamed overhead with a deafening crack, The blue flames were flying from each shiny stack. He pulled up the nose and started to climb, No ice on that airframe, it didn't have time. On top of the weather with the levers all set, He looked up above him and saw a Lear jet. With jet fuel and turbines there just ain't no class, Gimmee pistons, and props and lots of AVGAS! Now he was approaching where he wanted to go, But the weather had covered the runway with snow. How will he land it? We just have to guess, Because the only way in was a full I-L-S. Then over the marker, he started his run, The ceiling was zero, visibility....none. Still going three hundred and he felt the need, For an overhead break to diminish his speed. Over the numbers he zoomed, along like a flash, Pulled into his break, we just knew he would crash. Oh, why do they do it on these kind of nights??? Then over the threshold,! we saw landing lights. "I'm on short final with three in the green , And I see enough runway to land this machine. Then he tied down that Mustang, and they all heard him say... "Next year, I'm stickin' with my reindeer and sleigh!!" Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all..... From Paul Harvey....Goooood Day!!

oh, I know a great deal about what's in the pipeline. A lot of it, though, is pipedreams. I think this is one of the latter.

THE MOOSE MILK SECRET The secret of Moose Milk has been sought after for many years by Americans and Europeans alike. However, the inhabitants of the Great White North long ago decided that the ingredients must be kept from those who would use the recipe to influence others. Moose Milk was officially adopted by Canadians in 1867, but European explorers have been after the recipe since Christopher Columbus, John Cabot and Jacques Cartier first arrived in North America in the late 1400’s. The illusive recipe caused them and future explorers so much anxiety, that many traveled clear across North America looking for the recipe, hence the discovery of the Pacific Ocean. However, after years of searching, the disappointed voyageurs eventually returned to Europe without the prized recipe and have had to put up with Bitters, Beaujolais and Weissen beer ever since. The Americans have been after the recipe for years as well. In 1866 they sent the Fenian raiders into Canada to retrieve knowledge of the superb substances which were said to cure many an ailment including impotence. But alas, they were beaten back from the shores of the Great Lakes and have since resided to the South of Canada, hoping one day to catch a poor unsuspecting Canadian on the wrong side of the border so they could finally force him/her to reveal the secret. Recently, however, rumor has it that a young pilot officer who was on tour in Colorado Springs released the secret of Moose Milk to his NORAD brethren (he had consumed large amounts of Bud light, large….amounts). Much to the dismay of the Canadian Chief of Staff, the recipe was recorded and distributed among the staff at HQ NORAD. So, after 500 years of secrecy, here is the recipe: 10 gallons of Moose Milk (must be from a female moose) 1 large bucket (25 gallon capacity) 15 Cdn pinecones 1 bucket of sap from a maple tree (must be Quebec grown) 1 cup of cod liver oil (must be from an Atlantic cod fish) 1 cup of salmon scales (must be from a BC salmon) 2 cups of Prairie Oysters 7 cups of Great Lakes Water (well make it bottled water) 2 gallons of Yukon snow (without the skidoo tracks) 2 gallons of NWT crushed ice 10 gallons of NFLD Screech (version of rum commonly used as paint thinner) Carefully milk the moose in a large bucket, gently stirring in the maple sap, snow and crushed ice. Gently mix the cod liver oil and water with the prairie oysters and add them to the mixture. Lastly mix the entire 10 gallons of Screech and mix well (discourage all from smoking during this operation or maintaining open flames). Top with pinecones and salmon scales (for aesthetics purposes only). Makes 25 imperial gallons. Serves two (2).

by all means. the team that is building the new Falklands campaign might even want to take a look at it, with your permission of course, as a lot of them are here.

agree. unfortuneately, that technology together with the power to drive them is still decades away.

if you don't already know........

Sierra Hotel!! Good job and I know that it means a lot! Best of luck for the next step!

the problem with chemical lasers is that they take a lot of, well, chemicals. So it only gets a few shots before its out of fuel. The BMD Airborne Laser with a 747 airframe can only take a handful of shots before its of business and has to come home. Without a completely impractical fleet of specialized tankers, using this technology for tactical applications doesn't sound to me like it will be practical. The airborne laser's niche is for really high value, limited number of targets. I think this will kill any actual use of this.

Interesting historical photo I picked up from the pilot of the Blackbird. "The date was 9 Aug 87 and my nose gunner and I were about halfway through an 11.1 hour mission in the SR-71. A mission this long was very unusual, having only occurred a few times in the history of the Blackbird program, usually in times of national crisis. The 1973 Arab-Israeli War was one example. Our sortie was also to the Middle East, though the crisis involved Iranian gunboats attacking Kuwaiti oil tankers re-flagged as US carriers. The intel community needed imagery of the entire Persian Gulf in a hurry, and the best option was to fly some SR missions out of Kadena AB on Okinawa (one-way distance was about 6,000 miles). On refueling #3 of the five we did that day, we found ourselves over top of a carrier battle group on station in the Arabian Sea, not very far outside the Gulf. While hanging on the boom of a KC-10, a pair of Tomcats joined up with us to keep an eye on things. We appreciated the company given that we were within the combat radius of Iranian F-14s and sitting ducks flying low and slow behind the tanker! The attached picture was taken by the RIO in the backseat of Tomcat #2. I’m fairly certain this was the first and only time these three aircraft got together in the air. Our butts were sure sore after a good twelve hours in the pressure suits. The final numbers were: 11.1 hours in the air and about 12,000 miles covered (about halfway around the globe)."

not sure what you mean by undetected. That is how it works. Squadron numbers have to match.

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/ this is a link to photos from Fleet Week in San Fransisco. A LOT of really cool aviation photos here including some nice Blue Angels and Raptor shots. also two links to another air show and some WWII birds. caution - if you are on dial-up, you might want not to go here.......

sorry. I didn't catch the sarcasm. I see we are very much on the same frequency. I've been reading the reporting on the AF daily ops report. Not good. More F-22's may very well be part of the longer term solution.

VERY nice!

as I (vaguely) remember.....

I will be incorporating portions of this in the next 1.3 version release. Some of the loadouts in this one are closer to the Quick Strike and other planned variants which, unfortuneately, never made it past the View-Graph engineering phase. If you like the Quick Strike version, also check out Land Warrior's version.

sounds like a great trip! this reminds me of an encounter between two ships tied up at the pier in what was for both of us, a foreign port. On one side, a US CV. Down the pier was a Canadian FF which invited a contingent to come over for cocktails. The Canuks did all proud with a full honors for the visiting delegation from the Air Wing and Ship's Company for an evening of fun and frolick with liberal libation using the hangar deck, all decked out, and the wardroom. At the end, all conceeded that the Canucks won that "round" (pun intended) with most of us crawling back along the pier to our own ship with a decidely amused and unsympathetic quarterdeck watch. I am, to this day, still trying to figure out the physics of how the Canadian FF was able to get enough booze to FLOAT the ship INTO the ship and be able to serve it ........ :yes:

your lead-in is missing - but I presume you are referring to Putin's statement on their withdrawal from the CFE treaty. He is referring to our withdrawal from the ABM treaty and the proposed stationing of BMD components in the former Warsaw Pact territory (now NATO territory) which is a sore point with Russia.

no doubt accomplished by putting a bomb into the jet that crashed and hammering away with jack-hammers at the structural spars on the other jets that were found with cracks, all without anyone on the flightline maintenance or security noticing...... (rolls eyes in disgust.....)

must be that Sheriff's dept burn facility upwind.........

yes, but I haven't posted any, yet, because I'm not yet satisfied with the level of complexity and precision that I get between the mission planner and the sim. There is an art to getting the mission planner make the sim do what you want it to. when meshing multiple flights into the scenario, it doesn't always seem to work. as an example, I have a great multi-axis anti-ship strikes against task forces. I tell the wingmen to go attack and they fly off to West Falklands somewhere and bomb troops...... same thing happens when I assign an element to bomb ships, they just casually go fly over and get shot down. :( still working on them.

I'll give $61!!