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Life for British Phantom pilots was seldom boring. Whether it was training for near suicidal night attacks against the Soviet Navy, intercepting ‘Bear’s or performing low-level attacks. During the Cold War Chris Bolton flew the mighty F-4 for both the RAF and the Royal Navy. Hush-Kit met him to find out more. https://hushkit.net/2017/07/31/flying-the-f-4-phantom-ii-british-style/

F-4 update The developed modification F-4E is equipped with the DMAS (Digital Modular Avionics System) AN / ARN-101. The Digital Modular Avionics System (DMAS) is an integrated navigation and weapon delivery system installed to enhance the all-weather capability of the aircraft. The DMAS replaces the existing navigation computer (AN/ ASN-46A), inertial navigation set (AN/ASN-63), and weapon release computer set (AN/ASQ-91). In addition, the DMAS provides a self-contained, automatic computer approach-to-landing-mode. DMAS is integrated with the radar AN/APQ-120, optical sight AN/ASG-26. The presence of an optoelectronic system AN/ASX-1 Target Identification System Electro – Optical (TISEO), which is installed in the leading edge of the left wing, allows to detect air targets at long distances. Against air targets, the aircraft is armed with AIM-9, AIM-7 missiles and M61 Vulcan gun. For ground strikes, the aircraft can use a large range of weapons that includes conventional and guided aircraft bombs, bomb containers, unguided rockets, gun (gun containers SUU-16/A), guided missiles AGM-65 Maverick and AGM-45 Shrike. This modification is also able to use a guided bomb GBU-15. For detection and target designation, an AN/AVQ-26 optical-electronic container can be suspended on the central pylon. As a means of EW, up to two AN / ALQ-131 containers can be suspended. https://belsimtek.com/news/1787/

DCS: World War II Assets Pack Update In parallel with other DCS World War II improvements to the Normandy map, aircraft, interface, and AI, we are also hard at work adding new assets to the World War II Assets Pack. Today, we’d like to share the following images with you of what is in store for you. E-boat Schnellboot type S-130 - WIP Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad - WIP Weekend Bundle Deal For this week’s bundle deal, we are focusing on providing you the Red Flag experience. This 50% off bundle is only $59.99 and includes: DCS: NEVADA Test and Training Range Map DCS: A-10C Warthog F-15C for DCS World A-10C: 16-2 Red Flag Campaign F-15C: 16-2 Red Flag Campaign This bundle deal starts today 1500 GMT and will last until 14 August 2017 at 0900 GMT. DCS: F/A-18C Hornet Video In our series of F/A-18C Hornet familiarization videos, we today have a tour of the Hornet cockpit: Sincerely, The Eagle Dynamics Team

Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (pictured below in Rex Features-sourced image) visited Dassault’s Mérignac final assembly site on 10 January, where details of the F3 R-standard deal were announced The key aspects are full integration of the laser-guided version of Sagem’s AASM “Hammer” air-to-surface missile (which has already been employed in Mali via an urgent operational requirement project) and MBDA’s Meteor air-to-air missile, plus a new-generation laser designation pod to be developed by Thales, with all of the new bells and whistles to be validated in 2018. http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/

Spitfire: Epsom Campaign The Epsom campaign for our Spitfire is now available! Download from DCS E-Shop Fly the legendary Spitfire LF Mk. IX over Normandy in June 1944 as the allies attempt to break out of the D-Day landing beachheads. Battle German forces in the air and on the ground as the allies push south over 12 missions south of the Juno and Gold landing beaches. The missions consist of a combination of armed reconnaissance, intercepts, and directed ground attacks. For this campaign, we teamed up with the greatly respected "Bunyap", who has created an amazing level of detail and content for the briefings and historical background. All missions and flights in the campaign are based on actual missions down to the squadrons, targets, locations, times, weather, flak locations, etc. We believe this will be the most historically accurate portrayal of World War II air combat in a PC flight simulation. Key Features: 12 historic missions taken from detailed accounts of Operation Epsom Detailed briefing and briefing images, including separate PDF mission files Unique kneeboard graphics for each mission Hundreds of specially recorded voice-over messages to recreate the actual callsigns and accents A wide array of missions included armed reconnaissance, intercepts and ground attack Takes advantage of new AI features like Flak avoidance and authentic formations Localization: Voiceovers: English Briefings/Subtitles: English Documentation: English Note: In addition to DCS: Spitfire LF Mk.IX, this campaign also requires the DCS: Normandy 1944 Map / DCS: World War II Assets Pack. DCS World 2.1.1 Update 1 Available To support the release of the Epsom Campaign and make some needed changes, we have also released the first update for DCS World 2.1.1. You can read the complete changelog here. Weekend Bundle Deal For those that want to jump into the Epsom Campaign but do not have the required assets, here is the perfect bundle for you! Get DCS: Spitfire LF Mk.IX + DCS: Normandy 1944 Map + DCS: World War II Assets Pack Bundle for a 40% off savings. Find the bundle deal in the special section of DCS e-shop This bundle deal starts today at 1500 GMT and will last until 7 August 2017 at 0900 GMT. Have a great weekend over the skies of Normandy! The Eagle Dynamics Team

Is that for WOV or SF2V? sounds like a terrain issue.

http://www.aircrewinterview.tv/#/arnulf-hartl-on-the-f104-starfighter/ Arnulf Hartl is a former German Air Force F-104 and F-4F Pilot. The main focus of the interview is his time on the F-104, which includes training, front line squadrons, stories and being an instructor. He also chats about his time on the F-4F, where he spent 10 years on the mighty F-4. We get to hear about DACT with other European nations and also USAF F-15 Eagles.

Summer Sale Bundle Deals For the second week of our Summer Sale, we are adding three 60% off bundle deals! DCS: Combined Arms + DCS: Flaming Cliffs 3 DCS: NEVADA Test and Training Range Map + DCS: A-10C Warthog + A-10C: 16-2 Red Flag Campaign DCS: A-10C Warthog + DCS: Black Shark These bundle deals will last until 31 July 2017 at 0900 GMT. Find them in special section of DCS E-Shop DCS World Summer Sale, Just Three More Days Our 2017 Summer Sale will last just three more days, until 24 July 2017 at 0900 GMT. Except for the DCS: Normandy 1944 Map, DCS: World War II Assets Pack, and campaigns, save 50% on all e-Shop purchases! We also recently added DCS: M-2000C to the sale. Visit our e-Shop here: Vehicle Modules Maps DCS: F/A-18C Hornet Video To prepare you for the upcoming DCS: F/A-18C Hornet, we are producing a series of videos that discuss the simulation and its features. This first video is an introduction to the DCS: F/A-18C Hornet and what we have planned for it. See on the DCS YouTube channel Sincerely, The Eagle Dynamics Team

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-germany-defence-idUSKBN19Y1FJ?il=0 PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany unveiled plans on Thursday to develop a European fighter jet, burying past rivalries as part of a raft of measures to tighten defense and security cooperation. http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/12438/france-and-germany-want-to-build-their-own-5th-generation-fighter-jet The complete Franco-German fighter jet plan reportedly calls for a combination of manned and unmanned aircraft to ultimately replace France’s Dassault Rafales and Germany’s Eurofighter Typhoons. The two countries will come up with a shared “roadmap” by the middle of 2018, but there is not a clear time frame for when the new aircraft could or should enter production or be ready for combat. Results in 30 years...................!

Yes the online resource was called Thirdwire ( TK )......there is probably a load of info on those forums (down at the mo) still if not here. I don't have much of the detail and cannot remember exactly.

Haha...........no idea if it was true.....things have changed a bit.....you can now get cold beer!

DCS World e-Shop Summer Sale We are delighted to announce the DCS World e-Shop Summer Sale that starts today at 1500 GMT and will last until 24 July at 0900 GMT. Except for the DCS: Normandy 1944 Map, DCS: World War II Assets Pack and DCS M-2000 save 50% on all e-Shop purchases! Visit our e-Shop here: Vehicle Modules Maps A-10C: Tactical Training Qualification Campaign - Now Available The A-10C: Tactical Training Qualification Campaign is now available from our e-Shop Trailer Video The A-10C Tactical Training Qualification campaign puts you in the cockpit of an A-10C Warthog, and tests your ability to interact with JTACs, Airborne FACs, AC-130 Gunships and manage Close Air Support (CAS) assets. Based on real world qualification requirements, you will fly 15 performance check rides to execute against pre-defined performance objectives. If successful, you will rate a Qualified rating and proceed to the next performance objective. The campaign covers a number of key areas including FAC & JTAC Coordination, Stationary and Moving Target Tasking, Danger Close Tasking, SEAD Tasking, Deep Interdiction Tasking Day & Night, and Deep Interdiction Special Forces Coordination. In addition, you will work with additional CAS assets and cover SADL Datalink Engagement, CAS Mission Management Day & Night, Battlefield Air Interdiction Mission Management Day & Night, and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Mission Management Day & Night culminating in a final Simulated Combat Mission using everything you have learned in the previous missions. More screenshots Additionally, 15 single player practice missions are provided so you can perfect your tactics, techniques and procedures. There are over 1,300 voiceovers and over 470 pages of briefing material including the A-10C Amplified Checklist, Blue Force In-Flight Guide, Operation Agile Spirit SPINS, Maps, Target Diagrams, Mission Data Cards and Custom Kneeboards. The Museum Relic Campaign - Available on Steam The Museum Relic Campaign is now available on Steam and is a great experience for both the F-86F and MiG-15bis. "The Museum Relic" is a story driven campaign that takes place between the two small fictional countries of Matova and Obristen. As their war stretches on into its fifth year, both nations are feeling the strain of not being able to replenish any of their lost vehicles. You will fly as a character who, at the beginning of the war, was just a civilian. But after seeing the dire situation his country is facing, decides to enlist in the Matova Army Air Corp. With his enlistment papers, he also brings with him his personal aircraft which he had donated to the Museum years ago. The DCS: MiG-15bis or DCS: F-86F Sabre are required to be installed and activated into the DCS World 1.5 for the campaign. Please note that the Steam purchases uses Steam keys that cannot be used with the DCS World e-Shop version. Visit our DCS World page on Steam Sincerely, The Eagle Dynamics Team

Interesting must have missed this one http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/hyperloop-one-declares-first-successful-test/ar-BBEk8y9?OCID=ansmsnnews11#image=1

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/12452/the-uss-ranger-sailed-with-a-unique-grumman-air-wing-in-the-late-1980s ...................the Battleship toting super flotilla that USS Ranger was a part of in 1987, but around that same time Ranger sported a unique air wing of its own. Dubbed unofficially the "Grumman Air Wing," Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) deployed aboard the Ranger in mid 1986 with mostly Grumman-built aircraft, and no light attack squadrons whatsoever.

The F-5E / MiG-15bis & F-86F are top quality modules so I expect justice will be done. Slatted Rivet Haste USAF F-4E with TISEO might be cool.

LOL..........dont laugh too hard because the last one we rolled out appeared to be not much more than a twin engined F-16...........<cough>.........rolling into squadrons the same time as the Raptor. Still at least that one started with radar...........I remember the one before (Tornado F.2) starting life with Ballast in the nose. If it is gong to emulate the F-35 program I can only see smooth sailing all the way