02-28-2016, 01:22 PM
Good morning gentlemen, its AAR time.
First of all lets celebrate FIVE HOGS IN THE AIR SHALALALA!
Training
We started on the training map, which was able to serve its purpose today since we needed to go through our attack procedure with a four ship formation. We did some formations first, which were not really up to airshow standarts, but close enough together to get us from A to B and still be called a formation.
Afterwards we attack the easy targets and were able to get a proper cycle of attack, cover and holding working pretty quickly, even though we suffered some losses to AAA.
Then we all suicided into the AAA to remind ourselves "Ground bad, Long-range weapons good"
Hawg 1-4 taking off with Hawg 1-1 and Hawg 1-2 holding short of the RWY
Four A10c in formation mid turn
Habicht
We finally had the full set of pilots available for this mission with four A10c in the air and one JTAC. We had a mix of different targets and some complex situations, but Manuel did a great job coordinating as Boar 1-1.
As JTAC I had time to take pictures and play around with the command tool, which gave me some ideas for future missions since it is really not that hard to command half an army RTS style. Also you can switch enemy AA on and off and even take control of it directly. Pretty impossible to escape once the OSA got you visual and only switches its radar once when you are well within range.
Boar 1 on the apron
Boar 1-1 going defensive against two missles launched by an OSA
Boar 1-2: RIFLE,RIFLE,RIFLE!!!
Outpost
The initial trigger did not work.
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I will fix this till next week.
Korean Bridge P51
Instead of 4 P51 we used 3 and one UH-1. As flightlead I decided to split the our forces on the two convoys and I think it worked pretty well. Even though we had one rough landingÂ
All grown up
I was so happy we finally had four people with four F86 to attack the enemy formation, but bloody hell we did not even make it on the third try. Part of it has to do with the AI Mig15 not really reacting to damage until it explodes and it beeing able to withstand a good 5 seconds of constant .50cal hits, but I also think when we do highspeed stuff like that we should keep our radio traffic shorter, more precise and maintain radio dicipline, because there was a lot of unneeded chatter that did not help anyone and was often times distracting from the important bits of information.
Sabres attacking
Training
Since it was late and we were all loosing concentration fast we decided to fool around with the Sabre and try some formations. After noticing how twitchy it is I would argue to use the P-51 for aerobatics instead. Misha advised to lower the sensitivity on the joystick and I will try that, but the aircraft itself is not very stable.
Four F86 Sabre on the apron
All in all great flying despite the technical difficulties. I am looking forward to what you will have to say about the missions themselves and what to improve.
First of all lets celebrate FIVE HOGS IN THE AIR SHALALALA!
Training
We started on the training map, which was able to serve its purpose today since we needed to go through our attack procedure with a four ship formation. We did some formations first, which were not really up to airshow standarts, but close enough together to get us from A to B and still be called a formation.
Afterwards we attack the easy targets and were able to get a proper cycle of attack, cover and holding working pretty quickly, even though we suffered some losses to AAA.
Then we all suicided into the AAA to remind ourselves "Ground bad, Long-range weapons good"
Hawg 1-4 taking off with Hawg 1-1 and Hawg 1-2 holding short of the RWY
Four A10c in formation mid turn
Habicht
We finally had the full set of pilots available for this mission with four A10c in the air and one JTAC. We had a mix of different targets and some complex situations, but Manuel did a great job coordinating as Boar 1-1.
As JTAC I had time to take pictures and play around with the command tool, which gave me some ideas for future missions since it is really not that hard to command half an army RTS style. Also you can switch enemy AA on and off and even take control of it directly. Pretty impossible to escape once the OSA got you visual and only switches its radar once when you are well within range.
Boar 1 on the apron
Boar 1-1 going defensive against two missles launched by an OSA
Boar 1-2: RIFLE,RIFLE,RIFLE!!!
Outpost
The initial trigger did not work.
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I will fix this till next week.
Korean Bridge P51
Instead of 4 P51 we used 3 and one UH-1. As flightlead I decided to split the our forces on the two convoys and I think it worked pretty well. Even though we had one rough landingÂ
All grown up
I was so happy we finally had four people with four F86 to attack the enemy formation, but bloody hell we did not even make it on the third try. Part of it has to do with the AI Mig15 not really reacting to damage until it explodes and it beeing able to withstand a good 5 seconds of constant .50cal hits, but I also think when we do highspeed stuff like that we should keep our radio traffic shorter, more precise and maintain radio dicipline, because there was a lot of unneeded chatter that did not help anyone and was often times distracting from the important bits of information.
Sabres attacking
Training
Since it was late and we were all loosing concentration fast we decided to fool around with the Sabre and try some formations. After noticing how twitchy it is I would argue to use the P-51 for aerobatics instead. Misha advised to lower the sensitivity on the joystick and I will try that, but the aircraft itself is not very stable.
Four F86 Sabre on the apron
All in all great flying despite the technical difficulties. I am looking forward to what you will have to say about the missions themselves and what to improve.
It cant be any better, it cant be any worse, because thats how it is. Quit the bitching.