MigBuster

Well yes its possible - though after seeing lot of discussions nobody seems to really know.

Dont really see enough - northing out of the ordinary in a Sidewinder leaving the rail and going right.

Ans - No but depends on the environment - An A-10 would be the choice in an area with air superiority and no advanced low level SAM's. Ans - Yes its called the EA-18G and will be in service from 2009 - The EA-6B has been in service since 1971 and is probably not fast enough to keep up with the other Hornets anyway. Ans - The F/A18 came in 1983 - so will be ~37 - the super hornets came in in 1999 so will be 21 :) Ans - You have to look at these things relatively - the Spitfire was made obsolete by the Jet engine - and since then we have had improved Jet engines and a relization that Mach 2 is an adequate top speed - so old jets can still be seen to do the job. Then of course there is the reluctance to spend much on develoment if there arn't that many perceived threats to your country. Ans - The Germans are using their ICE F-4Fs till 2012 so I guess their could be some around still in 2020 Fatigue permitting! Air combat has changed to the point where a good radar and missiles mean that an F-4 is still effective (its still fast enough!) Ans - I dont think they did get a Tomcat and that photo has been photoshopped - as above

The F-22 does all that and best of all wins each category too :)

Many thanks Firehawk - happy new year to you!

The RAF only used it as an interceptor from 1954 to 1957 with 30mm cannon only - it was then considered obsolete as an interceptor and relegated to the ground role. Oman (mk9), Singapore(MK7 ,9, 10), and Switzerland(MK6, 9) had their versions fitted for use with AIM-9s for self defence (1 on each inner wing pylon only) as of 1989. All of these Hunters should have been retired in the early 1990's

Everything points (not least the Red Flag engagements) that the F-22 will wipe the skies of any current adversary with minimal loss . Maybe in 10 years or so something better may come into service - but only if the funding is there.

Yep its on this video somewhere too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HI28DlR1lw

Ive only requested help in desperation that help will be sent - even though I know its not implemented in the game!!

A STOVL jet with the performance of an F-16 and stealth capability - not bad! - Best of all its not reliant on static runways!! I suppose considering the Harrier was in service in 1969 this is the least we should expect.

Yeah is why im sticking to pre 80's conflicts untill they invent a tiny laser gun to shoot them down :)

Mayb that fix should be in the general download section because I dont think it was ever patched by 3W.

PS is this refering to "Out of the box" installs or modded also??

1. WoV - Great planes, historic accuracy and crap missiles so loads of dogfighting chances - and YAP add on! 2. WoE - I actually like the stock campaigns in this - talk about saturate the skys with Soviet planes - can be pretty difficult in the 60's too - Agian like WoV an opportunity to include load of rare jets! 3. FE - The uncontrollable spins annoy the hell out of me - I die spinning much more than getting shot down :( 4. SF - Love the desert terrain and never used the merc feature tbh - The gameplays WoE with less planes and much less action

You will only get a lock on the rear of a jet because it needs a good heat source to lock onto (ie the engine exhaust). When the growl tone changes then it is locked and you can fire . If you are using AIM-9B's then expect 1 hit out of every 4 you fire - and if the enemy jet is turning then forget it because they wont follow it. Also make sure you are not pulling any G's when you fire it if poss. You should try an AIM-9L in the 1979 campaign to see how progress was made - and there is a mod you can download from here that makes the growl change more distinctive. ps - The AIM-4s are even worse then the AIM-9B!!

Is that taking this into account? "Lockheed has been able to lower the plane's visibility on radar by coating its body with certain materials, though for security reasons, Lockheed officials declined to be more specific. Critics contend that long-range precision missiles limit the need to fly within range of radar and that many enemy air defense systems aren't sophisticated enough to do harm to the F-16. " http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-9597.html

apparently that sound is very realistic - you may just be used to gun sounds from arcade games :) :tomato2: If you wanted to change it you would have to (after backing up these files) replace the 6 wav files in the sounds folder (.....\falcon4AF\sounds) There is a vulEnd.wav a vulloop.wav etc etc

Despite having F-111s and A-10s flying over my head nearly every day I totally fell in love with the F-16 as a modern day jet - looks performance, and innovation rolled into one, also designed as a close range dogfighter!! - still going strong nearly 30 years after its first service year!

Well all new tech has to start somewhere - look how crap the first car, plane, missile, computer, etc etc etc - "its no good because it cant do x y z"! - think its called progress!

Agree with the AI's stupid flying and them not appearing during single missions - are you flying the expansion pack btw? because thats supposed to change the AI habits, I think spin stalls and gun jams are toned down also! As for the difficulty level you can customise the various options - although I get clouds with everything set to Hard. Sying that though dont expect clouds on every mission. There is a great photo realistic terrain that I downloaded for my install if you dont have it: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...p;showfile=3943 replaces the default patchwork terrain quite nicely!

Yeah its a helicopter - like who cares!

Many congrats on reaching the next level!

The issue here is that there may(among other things) be a problem with his install of IE or even his install of Windows - trouble is we need to accertain that by asking some basics in the light of zero useful information

Is this a recent problem and does it occur with any file you try to download? If you are going through a router try restarting it and restart your PC if you havnt done that also. Try clearing out the temporary files from Internet Explorer - You can of course just download and install Firefox and try that - you can run Explorer and Firefox together if you like (I do) http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/

I think the F-102 was cancelled - there is defo an F-106A that you will probably have to make do with. Swear ive seen screenshots for the F-101 but dont think it was released - One may be due in YAP possbly??