Hawk MMS

Alrighty then... just when you think you have seen something new and interesting, you find out you have found something old and done. HA Jokes on me!

From the current issue of Combat Aircraft... Photo by John Dibbs/The Plane Picture Co "This spectacular scheme has been applied to F-16C 84-1393 in honor of the 111th Fighter Squadron's 90-year-long history..." "Each element of its dramatic design represents an era of the units's past..." For you thirdwire guys this could be a cool skin.

I agree with the redundant statetement. I enjoy the fun factor, but i was bored after a day or two. online was ok. The narrative gets old. The best airplane game I have played on xbox or 360 is Heroes of the Pacific. Just fun all around (you can mod your planes to better models) and the over all feel of the screens, art, etc was great. i also enjoyed Blazing Angels.

Just play on a clear night with the stars It would be cool to add that dimension to the sim.

Yeah, I don't know but it seems my sam guys don't fire as much as their sam guys

This would be a great mod for the series. Surface Launched (SL)AMRAAM Complementary Low Altitude Weapon System (CLAWS)

I think he is askiing which model tornadoe's have sidewinder stations?

Wings over With the skins for the F-14 and the VF-1 mod being worked on...

Yeah, well there is much else to do when you are stuck at work all night staring at monitors and nothing is going on operationally for 9 hours out of the 12.

Here ya go... http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=21133

Police: Dad Shoots 2 Kids, Self at Oklahoma Air Force Base Monday , February 25, 2008 ADVERTISEMENTget_a(300,250,"frame1"); TINKER AIR FORCE BASE — An adult and two children were found dead inside family housing Monday following a domestic disturbance at Tinker Air Force Base. An Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office tactical team entered the home and discovered a man and children, ages 4 and 8, around 4:30 p.m., two hours after military security forces contacted the sheriff's office for assistance, Sheriff John Whetsel said. "At that point in time, the information that we received was that a member of the military and an ex-spouse had an altercation, that the ex-spouse had left the residence, and that she had heard gunshots upon her departure from the residence," Whetsel told reporters at a news conference on the southeast Oklahoma City base. Officials said the names of the victims were withheld pending notification next of kin, but Whetsel and Col. Mark Correll, a Tinker spokesman, referred to him as a member of the military. Correll said Air Force policy precludes any release of information on the deceased within 24 hours after next of kin have been notified. "We'll provide as much detail about the individuals as is releasable at that time," Correll said. Whetsel called it a "sad day in Oklahoma County." "I had the unfortunate duty ... to break the news of the death to the mother and she is not responding well, as you might expect," Whetsel said. Correll and Whetsel both declined to take questions from reporters. "We know there are still family members that have not been notified, and that's why that's all the information we're giving period about the victims in this incident," Whetsel said. Whetsel said that the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and U.S. Marshals assisted the sheriff's office and security forces from the base.

My only question is why does the museum have to be in Midland? Midland? San Antonio, Houston, Austin. Hell even El Paso (Where i got stuck for 5 months for Hawk Missile Operator School) would have been better.

I downloaded WOI yesterday. Sadly I only had time for 2 missions. F-16 Intercept. A whole mess of MiG-21's on strike and escort mission. 2 of my 4 IRM hit. 2 more kills with guns. What i noticed in using the gun was that the site works really well. Made for intense dogfight. Love it.

Swiss Neutrality and defense there of... Nazi Germany repeatedly violated Swiss airspace. During the Invasion of France, German aircraft violated Swiss airspace no fewer than 197 times. In several air incidents, the Swiss (using 10 Bf-109 D, 80 Bf-109 E fighters bought from Germany and some Morane-Saulnier M.S.406s built under license in Switzerland), shot down 11 Luftwaffe planes between 10 May 1940 and 17 June 1940. Germany protested diplomatically on 5 June 1940, and with a second note on 19 June 1940 which contained clear threats. Hitler was especially furious when he saw that German equipment was shooting down German pilots.

Thanks again for the Gripen to all that were involved. Great fun. It is much appreciated. This year has seen some gang buster mods come out and it seems with the release of WOI (which I DL yesterday) this family of sims should have a great 08. Thanks Again

That brought a smile to my face this morning. Great work:)

Seeing the century series fleshed out would be great. Look forward to it. Also, Julhelm has posted some interesting screenshots lately. the F-14/F-22 hybrid was cool. Anything else going on?

Thanks. for the Razbam info. Much appreciated.

I have seen the topices re: the A-1E and the skin pack that was posted. I searched and searched but to no avail. Where is she?

U.S. Officials Defend Plan to Shoot Down Satellite Friday , February 15, 2008 WASHINGTON — Taking a page from Hollywood science fiction, the Pentagon said Thursday it will try to shoot down a dying, bus-size U.S. spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel on a collision course with the Earth. The military hopes to smash the satellite as soon as next week — just before it enters Earth's atmosphere — with a single missile fired from a Navy cruiser in the northern Pacific Ocean. The dramatic maneuver may well trigger international concerns, and U.S. officials have begun notifying other countries of the plan — stressing that it does not signal the start of a new American anti-satellite weapons program. Military and administration officials said the satellite is carrying fuel called hydrazine that could injure or even kill people who are near it when it hits the ground. That reason alone, they said, persuaded President Bush to order the shoot-down. "That is the only thing that breaks it out, that is worthy of taking extraordinary measures," said Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a Pentagon briefing. He predicted a fairly high chance — as much as 80 percent — of hitting the satellite, which will be about 150 miles up when the shot is fired. The window of opportunity for taking the satellite down, Cartwright said, opens in three or four days and lasts for about seven or eight days. "We'll take one shot and assess," he said. "This is the first time we've used a tactical missile to engage a spacecraft." Deputy National Security Adviser James Jeffrey discounted comparisons to an anti-satellite test conducted by the Chinese last year that triggered criticism from the U.S. and other countries. "This is all about trying to reduce the danger to human beings," Jeffrey said. "Specifically, there was enough of a risk for the president to be quite concerned about human life." There might also be unstated military aims, some outside the administration suggested. Similar spacecraft re-enter the atmosphere regularly and break up into pieces, said Ivan Oelrich, vice president for strategic security programs at the Federation of American Scientists. He said, "One could be forgiven for asking if this is just an excuse to test an anti-satellite weapon." A key issue when China shot down its defunct weather satellite was that it created an enormous amount of space debris. "All of the debris from this encounter, as carefully designed as it is, will be down at most within weeks, and most of it will be down within the first couple of orbits afterward," said Jeffrey. "There's an enormous difference to spacefaring nations in ... those two things." He and others dismissed suggestions that this was simply an attempt by the U.S. to flex its muscles, and that officials were overstating the toxic fuel threat. Left alone, the satellite would be expected to hit Earth during the first week of March. About half of the 5,000-pound spacecraft would be expected to survive its blazing descent through the atmosphere and would scatter debris over several hundred miles. If the missile shot is successful, officials said, much of the debris would burn up as it fell. They said they could not estimate how much would make it through the atmosphere. They said the largest piece that would survive re-entry would be the spherical fuel tank, which is about 40 inches wide — assuming it is not hit directly by the missile. The goal, however, is to hit the fuel tank in order to minimize the amount of fuel that returns to Earth, Cartwright said. A Navy missile known as Standard Missile 3 would be fired at the spy satellite in an attempt to intercept it just before it re-enters Earth's atmosphere. It would be "next to impossible" to hit the satellite after that because of atmospheric disturbances, he said. Known by its military designation US 193, the satellite was launched in December 2006. It lost power and its central computer failed almost immediately afterward, leaving it uncontrollable. It carried a sophisticated and secret imaging sensor. Software associated with the Standard Missile 3 has been modified to enhance the chances of the missile's sensors recognizing that the satellite is its target. The missile's designed mission is to shoot down ballistic missiles, not satellites. Other officials said the missile's maximum range, while a classified figure, is not great enough to hit a satellite operating in normal orbits. "It's a one-time deal," Cartwright said when asked whether the modified Standard Missile 3 should be considered a new U.S. anti-satellite technology. He said that if an initial shoot-down attempt fails, the military would have about two days to reassess and decide whether to take a second shot. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told reporters that analysis shows the hydrazine tank would survive a fall to Earth under normal circumstances, much as one did when the space shuttle Columbia crashed. "The hydrazine which is in it is frozen solid, as it is now. Not all of it will melt," he said. If the tank hits the ground it will have been breached because the fuel lines will have broken off and hydrazine will vent out, he said. Jeffrey said members of Congress were briefed on the plan earlier Thursday and that diplomatic notifications to other countries were being made by the end of the day. "It should be understood by all, at home and abroad, that this is an exceptional circumstance and should not be perceived as the standard U.S. policy for dealing with errant satellites," said House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton.