EricJ

Indeed mate... it's a good bomber or BVR killer but hey that's just how I feel... Me: F/A-18A with 2 x AIM-9L and 2 x AIM-7 Sparrows, centerline fuel tank. Opposition: 2 F-35A with 8 x AIM-9X and 4 x AIM-120 It seems that it's a scenario or glitch in the Matrix that this fight started off different than a previous fight. In any case one broke off and circled around me almost getting to my six so I pulled off and went for the mover. He comes around after a vertical energy circle and I manage to get out of it again by going vertical, checking on his lead, which is heading NW steadily, okay it's not going to be difficult. So I get back in the fight and eventually the first Lightning II starts again to pull an energy circle but he's moving slow enough to fire a missile and I give him a Lima and it tracks, shooting him down. Next... I tried to get a BVR kill against the remaining Lightning II but the current radar set isn't working... so I accelerate to get within range, which by this time was knife fight due to the stealth features of my target. The first Sparrow goes off and goes stoopid, missing him cleanly due to countermeasures and maneuvering. So after that it's more energy circles and blacking out most of the time due to my burners being on and he's just a tough bastich to begin with. I eventually get over top of him and try the coup de grace with a Lima and it totally misses, more to maneuvering than flares he drops while it plowed into the ground. At one point the Lightning II managed to get his nose on me and he tried to spike me with a 9X, missing due to luck rather than any warning (saw the smoke trail and then took the screenshot). After pulling out of another blackout I have my gun and Sparrow left. I locked him up for a Sparrow kill but he was moving to fast and in another circle for an effective shot, so I switched to guns, managing at one point to fire a burst but was too far left to hit him. Also while in a circle I was too close (min range for Sparrow) and decided to work him or get into a better position. After the Min warning he extended and turned generally east, with me leveling off and hoping my last Sparrow shot would work. It tracked and cleanly blew him up. Takeaways is mainly dealing with a wily adversary and weapons management over aircraft handling. The reason I say this is because the Lightning II is evenly matched in maneuverability, but then again care should be taken for speed and burner use. After that weapons management is another concern. The Lightning II still had more advanced weaponry but my "old skool" stuff still worked.

Err.... randomizer function? And that did come to mind and I can get around to doing that as I do have them extracted...

http://combatace.com/files/file/12036-what-if-polish-f-18ef/

File Name: What If Polish F-18E/F File Submitter: EricJ File Submitted: 08 June 2011 File Updated: 08 June 2011 File Category: SF2 Series Add On Skins By request from czarny900, this is a What If camo scheme for the F/A-18E and F versions (simply drop in the FA-18F directory) and go fly. The original camo is based off an old MiG-29 scheme, adapted for this aircraft. Click here to download this file

Okay, then I guess nothing else needs to be done? What about the F version? Do you need something else on it?

As you may have seen in the Screenshot forum I'm practically done with the skin. Unfortunately due to the way that the game is setup I have to do from 1 to 75 on the numbers or they won't display correctly, nothing I can do about it unless I create custom decals for the nose. Is there anything else you want added?

"Joyride" A Polish F-18E pilot tests the capabilities of his Super Hornet while on a training mission.

Returning after a DACT session (will redo it later)

Thank you both!!! I'm a bit tired tonight but will work on it later. Here's the Fox version and how it will eventually look after tweaks. The E version needs to be touched up but overall it looks good. As for the numbering sequence I'll have to go through 1-75 as the number selection in the loadout screen is "43" but shows up as "03" now.

Me: F-4E (78) with 4 x AIM-9L, 4 x AIM-7F, gun Opposition: F-104G with 4 x IRIS-T Year was 2011 so the F-104 had the distinct advantage over me in that it had advanced HOBS missiles and I had Lima Sidewinders. Again the F-4E is a poor performance aircraft as after the Zipper took me in a turning fight and I tried to get out of the circle by turning into him and managing to lock and fire a Lima 'winder on him. Unfortunately he turned into me and got an IRIS-T off and I died while my Winder got stoopid and missed. Takeaways: In all fairness the Phantom isn't just dogfighting material as it's simply too slow and heavy to handle a fighter designed before it. And it should be noted that it's not to point out and mock the Phantom, just an honest evaluation of a good strike fighter, not dogfighter.

Looking good! About time somebody took the time to do a NEW one...

An F-18E of the Polish Air Force heads out for a training mission (skin still WIP but good enough for a glamor shot)

More work

http://combatace.com/topic/65123-vaq-132-cag-operation-odyssey-dawnunified-protector-ea-18g/

ok

No problem , it'll take a few days but I'll get it.

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Laying down the basic camo for now, really thinking of doing the modern F-16 camo down the line...

More touchup

that's fine as I can create the appropriate lists

Dude, I just started.

ok

Got some basics down. Still WIP

So you want something like the bottom image then?