MigBuster

Hah - yeah the speed of sound is a lot slower than you think.

Apparently - might be able to see if the complete tit holding the camcorder would keep it still http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3ZiItd72N8

Shame about the pilot but great news that the passenger managed to get it down - great work by that instructor over the radio really.

My wingy is really poor at following commands - and when he does its normally a death sentence - its safer (for him ) sometimes to just let him follow me around in trail - (almost like a towed decoy )

Not as bad as it sounds when you try it out Use TWS mode to lock up and launch multiple AIM-54s

Have added many nodes for the ground forces?

You should have a local copy of this as well http://www.thirdwire.com/man/sf2/Strike_Fighters_2.htm

Wow Spectacular sights! - you didn't see any J-31s then? Do you speak any Chinese or is it all sign language?

MiG-25 is WIP There should be some in ODS or Nato Fighters for SF2

The cost thing is a bit muddy because most costs you see don't say what's included - $230 - 250 million you say (what do you get for that? - A free F-35 T shirt?) The US might be getting them cheaper: Latest F-35 Deal Targets Unit Cost Below $100 Million http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_07_30_2013_p0-602401.xml&p=1 Problem is production run F-22 = 187 F-35 = ~2500 (projected) Even though the F-35 has a superior avionics capability (and probably range in internal Fuel) - I would be surprised if the unit cost didn't fall significantly for all buyers with those numbers.

Nice first post - welcome The one thing I would disagree there is that the switchology also becomes a big part of fighting - especially in say the P-51 where it not only has a throttle, but prop speed, and if you want to change something you have to look down into the cockpit to find it and click on it (as you would in reality ) in the middle of the fight. Even with a HOTAS in an F-16 there is a lot to think about in the fight - so although its a major PITA learning what everything does I find that gives you more realism for having to do functions the real pilot would - and once you get to know things they often give you more flexibility. Sims like SF2 are great because they get you into the fight with minimal training - you still need to invest time practicing dive bombing and dog-fighting - but doing this is a lot more fun than reading up about the EGI etc FC3 with its 6DOF pits, 3D models and AFMs looks to be a perfect compromise and a Jet handling the way it should is a great thing - but with that quality comes massive amounts of time to create them.

In SF2NA the carrier genrally goes down after a certain amount of cruise missile hits

http://www.yankeeairpirate.net/FlightSchool.html If you have WOV patched to 2008 this could be for you. I cant view the vid but am guessing its over Deuces 2004 terrain again.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156409n Most Americans know what happened during America's first battle against al Qaeda 20 years ago thanks to the Oscar-winning film, "Black Hawk Down." Now for the first time, they can see how the actual battle unfolded in never-before-seen footage obtained by 60 Minutes and from eyewitnesses. Lara Logan reports on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WOVEy1tC7nk

The new Terrain looks amazing so wont be disappointed there. I expect the FMs and pits to be the same level as the P-51 and they say they are doing the ground objects for that era then it should all go well. The low level ground detail is something else for a flight sim

Numbers can make a difference agree there. The MiG-21 is a viable threat against a radar significant target only in the situation you have described - otherwise not sure what you think they are being directed onto. Actually I would say the F-35 and F-16 are far more survivable against AAA than the A-10 on account of speed. The A-10 flying low and slow will get hit and can soak up some small arms fire - but its no match against a 23mm Shilka. The A-10 is the best for CAS in insurgency type wars - but in that regards its almost become a modern day Stuka

US special forces have carried out a raid on a senior leader of the al-Shabab Islamist group in Somalia, US officials say. The unnamed officials said a US Navy Seals team had targeted the man after approaching a villa in the southern town of Barawe by sea. There are conflicting reports about whether the raid was successful. It was said to have been prompted by last month's deadly attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Kenya. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24417099

The Ministry of Defence is to examine a US review into a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan which criticises the British military for the way it handled security at the base. Two US marines were killed and over $200m (£124m) worth of aircraft destroyed in the September 2012 attack. This week, two US generals were forced to retire after an investigation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24415371

<30 mins left and over the stretch goal of 150k http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/508681281/dcs-wwii-europe-1944

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs_9s31Je7Y One of the benefits of Mark Anderson’s home security camera feed was that he could check to see if a package he had been waiting for was delivered while he was at work. It was delivered all right, but just how it was dropped off had the LaGrange, Ga., man flabbergasted. Anderson told TheBlaze Friday he installed the security cameras more to keep an eye on his disabled mother while the family was away during the day, rather than actual security issues (he has four Great Danes that he said good security assurance for that). Once back at his desk at work this week after a meeting, wanting to see if he received the package, he took at look at his private YouTube feed with his front door camera footage.... http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/04/its-almost-unbelievable-what-one-homeowners-security-camera-caught-a-u-s-postal-worker-doing/

You have to judge for your self - the first gen stuff is long gone from my HD There is a list of changes here is you are interested http://combatace.com/topic/56091-whats-new-in-the-sf2-series/ SF2NA is the biggest change regarding actual game play. It runs better on multicore hardware I would say and there are some good mods for it on here. Did you not even have a copy of the receipt so you can redownload from TW?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/508681281/dcs-wwii-europe-1944/posts/618787 Our First Backers-Only Development Update: WIP Bf.109 Cockpit Good morning backers! Let's try this out. With 24 hours to go on this kickstarter, we have a combined total of $139,871 + $3,317.82 = $143,188.82 That's less than 7K to go in the last 24 hours. I think we can do it! One very important point. First off, PayPal witholds about 5% of the total. Secondly, the amount shown is pledges, not charges. Backers' credit cards do not get charged until after the campaign ends, and there are always some backers whose pledges do not go through for one reason or another. That can be a few more % shaved off the total. We are taking the KS fee into account. That won't derail anything. However, we are not taking the uncharged credit cards into consideration because they're impossible to estimate. One or two $500+ level backers whose charges do not go would have some impact on the project, but again, we will recover and we will find a way to do the Me.262 even if say 5% of the backers' cards do not go through. Why am I saying all that? Another thing that a lot of kickstarter campaigns go through in their last hours is many backers decreasing or canceling their pledges because they see that the total's been reached. Say we're at $151,250 two hours before the campaign ends, and a couple of $100 backers figure, oh, we're there anyway, I might as well go down to $40. That might have a avalanche effect - people follow the leader - and end up pulling us down below 150K. And, in conjunction with some of the credit cards that do not go through, that will have even more of an impact on the total the team eventually receives. So, if your only reason for doing so would be "we've reached the goal anyway, my pledge is not needed" - please don't decrease or cancel it. It IS needed. And very much appreciated. Thank you everyone who put your faith in this project. Today we'll show you some WIP images of the Bf.109 cockpit. We'll do regular updates after the campaign ends. We'll probably find some sort of a regular schedule by type of update. Say, landscape updates on Tuesdays, 3D updates on Fridays, something like that. I have a HUGE task on my hands with setting up the infrastructure for the closed forum with invitations to KS and PP backers, the form that allows you to select your matrix-style rewards, etc. It will take a little while to get ready, so I'll provide updates on that as well. Anyone who has selected a DCS World P-51 reward should be receiving their license keys via email next week. If you suddenly decide you do not want it, please change your reward selection before this campaign ends! Anyway, until we have a closed forum, the only option for posting backer-only images is right here on kickstarter. Where images get shrunk down to 560 pixels. My only option right now for posting full-size versions is somewhere open to the public, so that kind of defeats the purpose. So I'll post the screenshots as is, shrunk down, and then take a few close-up crops of the same shots showing more detail in better resolution. Hope you guys like it! The pit is about 50% complete at this point. About six weeks left.

Could the Chinese media be as clueless as everyone else's per chance! Even if some analysts compared it to the F/A-18 Hornet, the Shenyang J-15 “Flying Shark” may not be the powerful and deadly threat to the U.S. Navy Air Power in the Pacific. Indeed, in spite of the recent claims that it had succesfully achieved full-load take off and landing on the Liaoning aircraft carrier, the China’s embarked plane may not be able to operate from Beijing’s first supercarrier. According to the Sina Military Network, that has (weirdly) criticized the Flyng Shark calling it a “flopping fish”, the recent tests with heavy weapons have limited the attack range of the J-15 to a distance of 120 kilometers from the carrier: whilst it is said to be capable to carry 12 tons of weapons, when the aircraft is fully loaded with fuel, it can’t carry more than 2 tons of missiles and munitions, meaning that only two YJ-83K anti-ship missiles and two PL-8 air-to-air missiles could be carried (in an anti-ship configuration). People’s Liberation Army Navy’s next generation carriers will have electromagnetic catapults that will safely launch heavy J-15s. The problem is the ski-jump ramp of the current, only PLA Navy aircraft carrier, that makes take off of aircraft exceeding 26 tons of total weight extremely difficult unless you have a more powerful aircraft, as the Mig-29K. That’s why a lone Soviet aircraft carrier with ski-jump is no match for a U.S. flattop. And a J-15 carrying only handful of medium and short range air-to-air missiles in air defense configuration to be able to launch for Liaoning would probably be no match for U.S. carrier-based F/A-18E/F Hornet. http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/30/j-15-critics/

According to Draken International the supply of MiG-21s from Poland has already started. The 25 aircraft will be refurbished and then will be used to extend the offer of Draken International, a company which offers threat simulation during various exercises in North America, both in the U.S. and Canada, as well as research and development and adversary support to various entities within the U.S. Military and defense industry. Draken International “owns and operates a fleet of more than 50 tactical jet aircraft. This includes the multi-role APG-66 radar equipped A-4K Skyhawks, the CAS/JTAC optimized AerMacchi MB-339CB and the supersonic and Jaybird radar-equipped Mikoyan Mig-21BIS.” Indeed, the company has bought MiG-21 Bis and MiG-21UM trainer versions of the Fishbeds that once served in the Polish Air Force. The interesting thing is that the ex-Polish MiGs will be flying over Florida, not far from the F-35s based at the international training center for the Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base. Since 1961 and throughout the Cold War, MiG-21 was the main Polish interceptor. The aircraft’s nickname was “pencil“, because of its distinctive shape and short wings. The first “21s” with the Polish Air Force were the MiG-21 F-13 with a single cannon and ability to carry air-to-air guided missiles. Then the PF version came into service, with a better engine and a radar. The RP-21 Sapfir radar allowed the PF to operate in an adverse weather conditions and at night. Later, in the 1970s, Poland received MiG-21PFMs that featured a better radar that allowed the aircraft to act more autonomously. This version also featured a new engine and KM-1 ejection seat. What is more, the new engine allowed bleeding air over the trailing-edge flaps to energize airflow over the flaps and thus improve lift. This allowed for lowering of the high landing speed of the Fishbed. Short wings made its aerodynamics similar to the F-104, that required high speeds during the landing approach. The PFM also could carry a greater variety of armament. The modifications of PFM made it able to serve until late 90s / early 2000s. The mods included a new engine – R-25-300 and new radar, along with new navigation and aiming systems. Additionaly the jettisoned fuel tanks were elarged, extending the fighter’s (limited) range. The MiG in the first decade of the 2000s became a sort-of multirole jet, able to attack ground targets as well. Nevertheless in December 2003 the Polish Fishbeds were withdrawn from active service. Some of them can be seen in museums all around Poland with the Cracow Polish Aviation Museum holding the most impressive collection. The Polish MiG-21 can also be spotted on the Interpid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York Cityaboard an USS Interpid aircraft carrier. The MiG-21 has been replaced in the Polish Air Force during the first decade of the 21st century by the F-16 Block 52+. http://theaviationist.com/2013/10/03/mig-21-eglin/