MigBuster

Looking through and trying to understand "Sukhoi Interceptors" by Yefim Gordon - the "Fishpot-A" designation was given by NATO to an experimental Interceptor called the T-3 which flew at a 1956 Airshow and had no radar at the time. About a year later it was given an Almaz 3 radar and PVU-67 computing sight, SRZO-2 IFF system and launch control system for KL-7L AAMs. The nose point does not come from the centre but covers the top half of the nose so it looks different to the Fishpot B. The T-3 "Fishpot A" had no guns (it was designed to have a two 30mm cannon) - and there were a lot of different prototypes in this book leading up to and after the Su-9 Fishpot B which was the only production version (~1000 built) - Some early Fishpot Bs had gun blast plates installed looking at these photos but no cannon were installed. So officially the Su-9A is the Su-9 Fishpot-B - There was no Su-9 Fishpot A, but there was a T-3 Fishpot A Heres a photo from wiki of a Sukhoi T-3 Fishpot A complete with KL-7Ls:

haha - exactly what I was thinking!

Not bad Thats the 3rd really good video Ive seen recently - one being this of course:

Yep looks pretty good this one!

What I meant was that taking into account the amount of wars the F-16 has been in (quite a few!) this has placed a lot more airframe hours, airframe stress and potential for accidents on top of combat losses.

thought the B-1 already had that - oh well job done I guess

In the horizontal? - What were you flying a 747?

Nice one

They are not cheap enough Im afraid - we may as well buy nothing than waste it on other 4.5 gen jets.

What are you going by to determine what should be "realistic" or not? For a start if you are talking about cannons like the M61A1 you have probably never fired only 1 round - even the shortest burst you can muster is probably around 10 rounds - even if you only see 1 tracer. MiGs blowing up after a short burst of cannon fire - very realistic if you go by actual Israeli pilot accounts. btw one 20mm cannon shell in the right place like a spinning jet engine and its finished - any idea the damage they cause!

Attrition would be a concern for the F-22 - apparently 455 x F-16s have been written off since 1979 according to the fleet status on http://www.f-16.net/ Cant see the F-22 seeing anywhere near as many combat sorties - but you never know.

A very happy birthday to you mr Brain

Not really - havent heard of any of that stuff above. My early memories (late 70s) once led me to a nostalgia search on the net for a cartoon with "G Force" in it which turned out to be "Battle Of The Planets". This apparently is an extremely edited version of a Manga type cartoon called Gatcha Man Team Ninja or something. Needless to say I watched an episode a few years back and it was **** - not what I remembered funnily enough. So anyone thinking of reliving their toddlerhood with this DONT

I could see where that story was going - glad you kept the bike and yourself safe

Happy Birthday Misty

thats very impressive!

A very happy birthday - enjoy the Cherry Pie

F-16C Block 40 - he states all Hill squadrons had completed their transition to the type by early 1990. That was carrying the APG-68V(5) radar - http://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article7.html - and he does use a CCRP mode for some of the missions. The only in game TW F-16 is the F-16A Block 5/10 delivered to Israel in 1980/81 with the APG-66 - which Im not sure had such capability.

Pretty sure TK is right - that F-16A block didnt have TWS mode on its APG-66 in 1982.

Also good for finding ships Any idea what year a radar came into service that could lock onto ground targets?

The free one is Freetrack which Ive never used - it may require some basic electronics and soldering to get it running. Check some old posts - Some people have built them before on here - but recommend TrackIR really.

Fantastic

May he Rest in peace

Guess we will see in October - Maybe the RAF budget will have to fund all of the F-35s

Terrains will be in downloads - NF4 would come with its own terrain.