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Must be a former C-17 pilot. That was way too perfect of a wheels up landing.

Saw this on Black Friday. A really great movie that kept my attention throughout. -Jeff

Unless you actually want to play it. Downloads are taking 24+ hours if you're lucky. I gave up after my 3rd try and only getting 4Gigs of 24 in 10 hours.

That would have been amzing to see in person. Thanks for the link. -Jeff

Great story FC. And now a great memory. -Jeff

But what hasnt been mentioned is the terrain. Thats not Vegas. I think we just got a preview of the Hormuz scenery. The city in the background looks to be Dubai. The HAS' were a giveaway for me. They are similiar to what are at Al Dhafra. -Jeff

Great editing. Really enjoyed it. Reminded me of some of the CSAR exercises I ran. -Jeff

From the website: "RAZBAM Vought A-7 Corsair II TackPack Edition is available at this time only as a pre-release sale." This has been in pre-sale since last December. Thanks Dave.

Nice interview, but it raises a few more questions. With Ron saying they'll close the Mil FSX/P3D line to focus on DCS, does this mean that the promised TacPack A-7 Corsair and Harriers are dead?? Thanks, Jeff

As I posted elsewhere, beware of pre-order without an actual release date.

They'll never change.

Hornswoggler is an old moniker for someone who purposely misleads others. So, you see how I find this fitting.

Just going off my own knowledge, but the Navy was leading much of the F-4's early development. The AF trended toward podded ECM systems, vs. internal systems with the USN. Not sure how close I am, but that is what sticks out. -Jeff

"Ignorant hornswoggler"... thats actually pretty accurate for both P & VP

I feel ya. I've always had a thing for the early MiGs. The 15/17 in the right hands can be murder WVR. I'll wait for the next round of sales.

Missed the MiG-15 by hours. For $15, I'd have done that.

Eric, I don't think that was pointed at you, but more directly at RAZBAM & ED. -Jeff

+1

performed with "cheerful readiness"??? Nice try with the sophisticated word. In Green Flag, and in nearly every other engagement, the F-35 used it's LO abilities and engaged from BVR. Lobbing simulated AIM-120s from a distance while maintaining stealth. Sure, I get it. That is, like the Raptor, what it was built to do. Now, the questions come out as to what happens when the fight comes to the merge and becomes a WVR. This is not the first report of it being poor in a turning fight, with a lot of energy bleed. However the source trying to compare the heavy F-15E is laughable.

The last release/update has been years. They keep saying they are TacPacking the A-7s, but so far nothing released, save for some screen shots that dont prove a thing.

RAZBAM has ceased being relevant in FSX and DCS. They've announced so much, and yet delivered nothing for many years.

No so much. As I said above, it's current performance is NOT what was sold to the DoD. The requirements were rewritten several times when L/M could not meet what they said the jet could do. Weight (B&C-model especially), it's VFR ONLY, the gun cannot be fired due to incompatible software/helmet, the engine has a lower time to failure rate than the F-16 it's replacing and the list goes on.

Like it or not, the F-35 is going to happen. It's far too large of a program to be allowed to fail. Even at the detriment of the overall capability of the entire force. Too many pockets have been lined with cash for votes or to look the other way. Tests have been rewritten to match what the jet can actually do, versus what it was pitched and sold as to be capable of doing. Politics won this, not the superior product.

Hmm, a slight bias? How about the possibility that both HCS units most likely operated under night conditions where they were not as exposed as the Army and AF assets who operated in day and night ops? SAR, Spec Ops plus normal infil/exfils. And in larger numbers! No offense to their tours, but the sole focus of supporting a Tier 1 asset may not have them flying the same number of sorties or under the same conditions. Trying to compare the two is simply unfair to those that were there.

The RSAF are based and train alongside the F-15E crews at Mountain Home. But their jets are F-15SGs. Different from the USAF F-15Es. Engines, avionics, etc.