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Easter Weekend Flash Sale Happy Easter weekend everyone! In celebration of the holiday, we are happy to announce a 30% off Flash Sale on all DCS modules except DCS: NEVADA Test and Training Range and DCS: L-39 Albatros! If you however live in the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan), save up to 50% on all modules except the Nevada map and the L-39 using bonus points. This flash sale will start on 25 March 2016 at 1500 GMT and last until 28 March 2016 at 0900 GMT. Visit Digital Combat Simulator E-Shop New Bundle Deals For the Easter Weekend, we are offering the following new 50% off bundle deals: DCS: A-10C Warthog + A-10C: Basic Flight Training Campaign for $29.99 USD. DCS: A-10C Warthog + A-10C: 16-2 Red Flag Campaign for $29.99 USD. DCS: A-10C Warthog + The Enemy Within Campaign for $29.99 USD. F-15C for DCS World + Su-27 for DCS World + DCS: NEVADA Test and Training Range map for $59.99 USD. DCS World Update Our current focus is on the merger of DCS World 1.5 with DCS World 2.0. This version, termed DCS world 2.5, will return us to a unified DCS version with the new graphics engine and be capable of supporting multiple maps. In addition to these features, we also plan to include an improved Caucasus map, new and improved explosions and clouds, improved network code, and the new procedural grass and ground clutter. In parallel with DCS World 2.5, we continue to make progress on the DCS: Strait of Hormuz map, DCS: Normandy map, DCS: F/A-18C Hornet, DCS: Spitfire IX, the option to add a Garmin GNS 430 navigation device that can be installed on various aircraft, continued improvements to Combined Arms, new additions to the DCS: NEVADA Test and Training Range map, new campaigns, Kuznetsov and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, Flaming Cliffs 3 aircraft updates, new effects, and other efforts mentioned in previous newsletters. With both the consumer Rift and Vive Virtual Reality (VR) systems on the near horizon, we are also improving the DCS VR experience which includes better cockpit interaction, user interface, and performance. We have a LOT on our plate right now, but as each effort reaches maturity, we will provide more information. Some updated 3D models of weapon today: Happy Easter, The Eagle Dynamics Team

From Boxer: Hi Everyone: It is my pleasure to be able to tell you that the BMS team has reached an agreement with Tommo, current owners of Falcon 4.0 copyrights, that will allow us to resume making Falcon BMS community add-on releases now and for the foreseeable future with Tommo's approval. The next release which will be version 4.33.1 incorporates two kinds of changes: Fixes and updates to the Falcon BMS content based on bug reports and other inputs to the team; and Some changes specifically related to the agreement with Tommo. I won't telegraph the punch on the first of those categories; a change log will come with the release as you would normally expect and the documentation will be updated to match. That's all I'm going to say on that front so for details you will just have to be patient for a little longer The second category may require a bit more explanation in particular because everyone will need to be prepared for changes in the way the Falcon BMS installs and runs on your systems. For the most part, you _should_ be prepared already in most cases if you have run Falcon BMS before but to be on the safe side, I want to make clear how things will work from this point on in case people want time to make sure their systems meet the requirements. The biggest visible change is in how the installer and the game executable launch. It has always been the BMS team's approach that Falcon BMS is an add-on for use with licensed copies of the original Falcon 4.0 game. As the primary element of the agreement with Tommo, the game now reinforces this principle more strongly. Specifically, the installer will check to see that a complete copy of the Falcon 4.0 game (we recommend patching to 1.08 to be on the safe side) is present on storage media in the system on which the installer is running. Similarly, each time the launcher is used to start the game, the same check will be made. In other words, to use Falcon BMS on your system, a licensed copy of Falcon 4.0 must also be installed and present on that system. You do not need to have run Falcon 4.0 after installing it before you try installing or running Falcon BMS; simply completing Falcon 4.0 install successfully is sufficient. Note that presence of a CD [or ISO] copy of the original game will not help you: Falcon 4.0 must be installed correctly and completely on the system for the checks to succeed. For the avoidance of doubt, only copies of the original Falcon 4.0 game will work for use with Falcon BMS (any other later variants such as Allied Force are not compatible). For clarity, the checks performed are entirely local to the system so both installing and running the game will work on a system that has no internet or other network connection. If you have Falcon 4.0 resident on your local system, then the first visible difference you will see is a new splash screen. That screen shows a Falcon BMS logo and logos for Tommo, Retroism and the BMS team together with copyright and trademark statements that outline terms of use. You will note from this that the Falcon BMS community add-on is made and distributed with permission from Tommo. That permission is conditioned on the install and runtime checks mentioned above as well as reinforcing that, in line with the BMS team's long-time policy, Falcon BMS is only available for non-commercial uses. The splash screen is displayed in time that is used to load the game in the background so, in other words, no additional start up time should result from the splash screen (compared to earlier Falcon BMS versions). If you do not have Falcon 4.0 installed on your local system then the next thing you will see is a Windows message box pop-up that tells you that the installer or the game is unable to find a copy of Falcon 4.0 on your system. The message box has a button to dismiss it (once you have read the message) and then the game will exit immediately. As I said, if you have used Falcon BMS before then you should already have Falcon 4.0. However, for those who may be new to the community, the message box mentions some possible sources of licensed copies of Falcon 4.0 that you may like to use to acquire a legitimate copy if you need to do that. Other sources are possible and viable; for instance private sale or eBay to find a copy of the [increasingly-rare] original hard-copy game materials. [Note there were some issues with copies of Falcon 4.0 purchased from Steam (it was made available there in January 2016) -- these are now resolved as we helped Tommo get the Steam install process working correctly -- thus Steam is a viable (and convenient??) source for copies of Falcon 4.0 if you need one.] We had planned for 4.33.1 to be a small incremental patch for 4.33. As a result of the changes described above, this will not be possible. Instead, 4.33.1 will be a complete from-scratch installer. You will have to use this to make a fresh install of Falcon BMS. That install will be separate and independent from any other you may already have on your system. There are a few exceptions (see docs when available) but in the main, file content from 4.33 will be compatible with 4.33.1 so things like key files and log books can probably just be copied over to the new 4.33.1 install directory. For the avoidance of doubt there is no way, supported or otherwise, to get 4.33.1 features inserted into an existing 4.33 install...that just won't work so we would recommend not wasting time trying it. While the above might cover most things you have in mind, there may still be reasonable and constructive questions to ask so we'll try and keep this thread open so long as it remains useful to do so. In closing I want to thank on behalf of the entire BMS team those of you who have waited patiently while this situation resolved and for the support and encouragement received in the meanwhile. We hope you will agree that this is a good day for the Falcon community As an aside: please know that the BMS team has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to discussion or use of anything other than legitimate, licensed copies of Falcon 4.0 for use with Falcon BMS. Don't do it, don't encourage it, and don't enable it. Keep in mind that legitimate copies are readily available again now and for a tiny fraction of the cost of the system you need to run the game. No one is required to buy a new copy -- if you own one of the originals (I have three copies myself ) that will work fine. However, there is simply no excuse for not owning a legitimate copy anymore. Put another way: you jeopardize the ability of the BMS team to keep improving Falcon BMS in future if you go around the requirement for owning a legit copy of the game before you install and run Falcon BMS. That is why we have zero tolerance.

The Sea Harrier is an aircraft rapidly vanishing from armed service the world over. The Indian Navy purchased thirty of them back in the early 1980s, but only 11 remain. The decision to retire the type was based on India’s purchase of MiG-29Ks from Russia, which it will use to operate from the country’s aircraft carrier, the INS Viraat. That’s an interesting notion, as the Viraat itself is slated to be retired by the end of the year. https://fightersweep.com/4826/sea-harrier-retires-indian-navy/

Considering the pint glass stuck on the Harrier nose mod to make it look even uglier I wouldn't hold out any hopes for too many improvements in that department. God only knows the horrors that await it when we get it. On the upside there is nothing better out there..................apart from the F-35C of course.

Before this turns into the ugly British fighter thread..........of which the only exceptions are probably: Spitfire Typhoon (New) Hunter (if you are from the 50s) Sea Harrier (with bubble canopy) Folland Gnat (if you are from the 50s) Can you say Fugly.

If you want something done slowly, expensively and possibly very well, you go to the British. While Britain created the immortal Spitfire, Lancaster and Edgley Optica, it also created a wealth of dangerous, disgraceful and diabolical designs. These are just ten plucked from a shortlist of thirty. In defining ‘worst’- we’ve looked for one, or a combination, of the following: design flaws, conceptual mistakes, being extremely dangerous, being unpleasant to fly, or obsolete at the point of service entry (and the type must have entered service). Grab a cup of tea, and prepare for ire as you read about ten machines they wanted your dad, grandad or great granddad to fly to war. http://hushkit.net/2016/03/02/the-ten-worst-british-military-aircraft/

Nice! Shame about the pic which looks like a quick photoshop of an F-16AM.

F-15A didn't have the range, with the C you need CFTs which reduced its handling quite a bit anyway. Not so sure but suspect the F-15C radar automated most of what was done by the Tornado rear seater. F-16 was potentially a cheaper option until all the mods came...what do we think (1986 delivery): Block 30 airframe RR Spey engine (29,000 lbf rated) IFF built into radar Internal ECM fit but 2 AIM-7/9 less and a shorter reach radar.

The Harrier is being replaced by the far superior F-35B in the FAA and Marine Corp.

https://fightersweep.com/4761/bronco-back-fray-good/ It will be curious to see what happens with the Bronco. The aircraft flew 134 sorties–120 of them in combat, and amassed 477.3 flying hours, and achieved a 99% mission-capable rate. No matter how you look at it, that’s a very strong outing for 82 days worth of work. But what does it all mean? Are we looking at the viability of the Bronco itself? Or is this merely a look ahead for something like the A-29 or AT-6 to bridge a capability gap created by the absence of another platform?

Do you mean the DH Vampire? Totally unaware of the Beverly have to say and interesting we have ended up with pretty much a twin engine F-16.

Very good IMO........even the basic Su-25 is a good challenge.

Warning: Many old jets and mannequins were harmed during the making of this film

Could be monitor or Graphics driver related. Can you do a DXdiag?

No - that's all I'm saying

The English Electric Lightning was the most exciting jet fighter ever created. When it entered service, in 1959, it was the most formidable fighter in the world. For twenty nine years it thundered over British skies as a brutish deterrent to would-be attackers. Ian Black flew this over-powered monster for the Royal Air Force in the final years of the Cold War. Here he shares the secrets of flying and fighting in Britain’s final jet fighter................ http://hushkit.net/2015/11/18/flying-and-fighting-in-the-lightning/

March 17 2016 - Super Etendard Modernised Launch (Apparently)

http://www.oldguysandtheirairplanes.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYLiMYGBE2Q

Set max pre rendered frames = 1 for stutter removal.

http://www.ahrlac.com/military.html

Good work whoever did it If only Lucas could have done as well

Some highlights from the old Red Flag Imax film

And it don't look good..............