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are those Black Helicopters I hear coming your way.......

I do both a lot, the single missions a lot to check out new aircraft and terrains. also a lot of campaigns across the different installs from prop wash to stratosphere. I've recently been privilaged to be able to check out WIP's (both aircraft and terrains) and have gone in and modified campaigns and terrains to be able fly WIP's in short campaigns. Flying F-18C's and D's in the Red Swarm, Libyan Warlord and DS from carriers, for example, has been a great way to check out new stuff in work. A blast (pun intended)

yup. I recall that too but I don't remember which country fell for that particular sales pitch. :yes:

my point was that they only kept one squadron in operation because of the high cost of maintaining them and their low availabilty compared to the western aircraft they also have. (My ref for that was a direct quote by the Luftwaffe commander on a tour of Cheyenne Mountain some years ago.)

but with random availablity. Sometimes, more of them would show up. One of the key indicators for us was their 48 hour standdown. Then all $#@% would break loose. So with their advanced planning they could surge for a short time. Hard to replicate that variability in SF/WOE. We still see that today when they deploy to a forward base and standdown for 48 hours before they fly the exercise or operation they had planned.

since I am a defense contractor I will point out that (rant on) its the US Commerce Dept and their idiotic export control and foreign disclosure rules and Congressional meddling that cause all that! (rant off) pause. deep breath............. sigh..................

no. Cheap - yes. But their in-service rates are abysmal by our standards and they take a lot of maintenance per flight hour. In past decades we noted that one reason they had 6 times the air order of battle against us was so that they could hope to get an equivelant number into the air. for export aircraft the reliability of the supply line has also been an issue. That has also proven to be a hinderence in their marketing because most countries recognize that and take it into account. Their newer aircraft are reported to be much better, but still no where near US or Western European standards. as a case study - the Luftwaffe inherited a rather large supply of Migs and Su's. They could not afford to operate them because they cost so much more per flight hour than the other aircraft they had. So they kept just a handful for opposition training and junked the rest.

its tough to beat the cost figures. And the Mig35OVT will be a highly capable combat aircraft. The issues though will also include supportability and reliability (not strong points for the Russian aircraft). But since they are already operating advanced Su-30's and Mig-29K's (soon) the Mig has a strong base already established. If I were a betting man, I'd say the Mig will take it.

Tough choices. They all look like pretty good planes. I suspect the decision will come down to how good the contract off-set package is.

we could all contract to the IAF to do their fly-off for them.......

well, in a campaign if you make it to friendly territory and eject, the campaign doesn't end in defeat. You fly again. But ejecting over the fuel tanks you just bombed or the troops you just straged is in poor form......

it is even more the issue of the nationalization and seizure of assets of American citizens by Castro which is why the embargo was initially imposed and why it remains in place. The embargo has nothing to do with communism and everything to do with sanctions in response to theft.

"There's one in the MarcFighters site under development but it's been a couple of weeks now and it still isn't available for download..." this stuff takes a while to do right. If you want something bad, you get it bad. But that doesn't happen here much. Patience, and join one of the teams.

I think that would be way cool. I'd like to see that and extended to a lot of the other ships that have been uploaded in the past and that don't currently work.

mine too. But jumping into it is fun and you may get the hang of it. I dont' know if anyone is working on an updated weapons pack.

!!!!!! I had previously skipped over that because we already had the stock A-10. I had not realized there were 4 aircraft in there. OUTSTANDING!! Downloaded it and checked it out. Way Cool!!!!

now we need an Indian-Pakistan terrain......

no

I think we have a new weapons pack modder! Welcome aboard!!

it certainly has been keeping us (NORAD) busy this summer. Back to the good old days again!

Amen. May he rest in peace.

yes, everyone in a multiplayer has to have the exact same load, mods and planes.

sorry to hear that. I've been enjoying your sim of one my old stomping grounds. Hope it all works out.