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Falcon 2.0 was my first back in the mid 80's, IIRC. Moved on steadily from there. Oh and I cant forget SWOTL! Too many hours to count, or even attempt. Back when Air Warrior was free on AOL, I'd take a week of leave and play morning to late night. That was addicting. Storm

Probably, but I didnt want him to get a big cranium. Or jinx him for that matter

Those are still at Kunsan AB, Korea but will be transferred to the 18th AGRS at Eielson AFB, Ak very soon. Storm

Are you secretly working for the Iranians now also? Nice work on the Tigers. Natural progression. Good luck on the checkride. Q1 all the way. Storm

Glad that everyone made it out ok, even with the few minor injuries. Hard landing? Storm

Italian SHARs and a CV to land them on. Very nice addition! Storm

I had heard it a bit differently, but good info. Storm

Again, with time, the F-2 evolved from the F-16. The F-2 is a direct offshoot of the F-16 "AGILE FALCON" program. The larger wing and other redesigns were mostly completed already by LockMart when Mitsubishi Ind. approached them with the program. Both companies tweaked it for maritime strike (thats where the two-piece canopy came from) and you had the F-2. It was great to see it produced, but I wish our own Air Force would have been able to get some. Same goes for the F-16E/F/I. Storm

Cannot tell from the angle and glare on the canopy, but is it a single or twin seat? Looks a bit smaller in span than the F-22, but again, I have nothing to give it scale. The green camo is interesting also. True statement. Plus they have the advantages of time. The F-22 is an old design from the 80's and refined in the 90's after it was selected. If we ever sold them the F-22, it would more than likely be a stripped jet, and they would install their own electronics, much like the Israelis do. Storm

Is there an existing CV in the default WOE terrain? If so, where? Maybe a training mission with the Osprey could be built using it, since it's a huge deck. Or replace it with the assualt carrier for more realism. Storm

3000hrs in a fast jet is a great accomplishment! Congrats. Where are you doing your IP time at? Storm

I think that you should stick with the front cockpit. My opinion is that the limited view from the back will put the average player off. Nice idea if it was more of a missionized cockpit, like on the F-15E or F/A-18F. Storm

Nice. I stand corrected on the lights. Thanks for posting. Zerocinco, cool pic of you in the Phantom. Wish I would get my chance to get refuel one someday. I hope that my comments werent taken as being snotty. Just trying to give some help from our end. Storm

No, I mean OEF/OIF like the rest of the force. Its operational, lets start using it. Storm

That makes for some great reading. Makes me glad that I chose a different path. Storm

Uploaded everything into a seperate install of WoV last night. I tried to first mission, but after a bit of flying, the game CTD'd. The installation of the components isnt that clear as to shich require text being placed into the GroundObject.ini file (i.e; the ships). I'll go back through tonight or this weekend and see what I can find wrong. For the 5 minutes that I did get, I enjoyed taking off with other AI jets. Thanks! Storm

And one day, the Raptors will actually be used on a real mission instead of exercises and deployments to Japan to collect per diem. Storm

I dont have YAP's KC-135, but I'm sure it's missing the Pilot Direction Indicator lights that I use to coach the receiver into position. The PDIs give fore and aft, up and down signals tell the receiver where they are in the refueling envelope. Prior to contact, I control them using my left hand, and the system takes over once contact is made and gives corrections based on set parameters in relation to where the boom/receiver aircraft is. Once you get used to flying behind the tanker, you'll eventually establish a sight picture of what the contact position looks like and you'll use that to stay "hooked up". Good luck and try not to kill the tanker ;) They cant call Breakaway. Storm P.S. Zerocinco, the flight lead will come straight to Pre-contact now, while the rest of the flight will move to the left wing observation position. If it's larger than a 4-ship, I spread them out on both wings and cycle them on, one at a time, left, right, left and so on.

Why bother to attend the exercise then? As was said, it's not like we dont already have data on it. The Russians are behind this, in that they dont want it used around NATO forces. Will be cool to see Flankers here though, but what a waste if they arent learning/teaching anything. The Raptors are going to smoke them. Storm

Is there any way I could get that as well? I've been holding off in fear of screwing one up. Thanks! Jeff

On the 6th of October, 1972 A-7 Corsairs from VFA-82 "Marauders" hit and dropped the Thanh Hoa bridge using Walleye IIs and Mk.84 bombs. They were assigned to CVW-8 at the time, and they put up an Alpha strike as a diversion. This could make for an interesting mission with all of the aircraft involved. Storm

A very true statement. I'd still love to see the parabrakes implemented into the aircraft that used them. This was promised way back when, but always seemed to be left out. I dont know what TK reads or uses for ideas, but he has alot of resources to use right here on these boards. So many of the modders have cracked things that have added a ton more playability to this series, than has been given in the patches. Sure they've fixed things that were hard broke, but the tinkering/tweaking was already being done by the players themselves. If he capitalized on that, he could save some time for other things to implement or fix from SF:P1 ver.1 Personally, a new Wings over Israel title doesnt sound all that great if all it turns out to be is a rehash of the SF:P1/WoV/WoE missions with a new planeset. How many times can I bomb a warehouse or fuel tanks? Thanks to a bunch of modders, we've already got it now. Let's hope I'm wrong and this new release is a completely new product (save for the game engine). But hey, what do I know? Storm

Looks like a cool helo. Are the blades supposed to turn that slow? Storm

Try here. The F-15A-D fleet is painted in the Mod-Eagle scheme. http://www.jpsmodell.de/dc/draw/f15mod.jpg Storm

I've been toying with the idea to include the French F-8E(FN) to a Euro campaign. I'll hold off until this is out. Cool news. Thanks! Storm