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Figured it out. Excellent guess, Sid. U.S. Army, 121st Assault Helicopter Company. It's a unit designator, not a national symbol.

Who the heck is this? I can't find any reference to a white triangle with a red center as a national symbol.

I'll throw in the F-5E. Nice, simple, and can both dogfight and bomb. No radar missiles though. Kinda-sorta the poor man's F-16, which is actually the real world role it filled. Since you're not paying for Jet-A and maintenance, the 16 might be the better bet. Oh, there is the advantage that it's a finished module, though, while the 16 is still in development. But then, that never stopped me from the 14, so, yeah. Be advised that once you go with a full-switch sim, you might not be able to go back to FC-3 types. Full switch is a major learning curve, but I find that it's worlds beyond the FC-3 aircraft, and well worth the effort.

That's definitely the Super(duper) Carrier.

Did some setting up, as per Matt Wagner's Mission Creation video: It's as long and involved as it sounds, but the results also appear to be the same. It IS currently still Beta only.

Say what? Oh my! Well. I will have to give this a solid look-see.

For those having trouble with air-to-air refueling in the F-14 (like yours truly), here's an example of why not to feel too bad about it, and just keep practicing:

Ah, yes. Well. That explains much. I would definitely expect better of Heatblur.

Just tried the F-16. Must say, I agree with Jabbers. I am NOT impressed, and think that Heatblur completely dropped the ball on this one. The release is simply not in even a usuable alpha state, never mind early access ready.

A master tactician, engineer, and fighter pilot who changed the way the USAF in particular understood air combat. His main work is called the 'Aerial Attack Study'. Like many truly influential fighter pilots, rather than rack up the kill count (the Korean War was hot), he spent his time truly understanding his trade, and imparting his knowledge upon others. He got his nickname from his ability, as an instructor, to start with a student on his 6, and, by 40 seconds after the "Fight's On!" call, he'd be on the student's 6. His studies into energy and aerodynamics eventually changed the way the USAF fought in the air. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategist) A modern example of how he understood energy states and his own aircraft's strengths and weaknesses can be found in the DCS F-14 thread under the video "Tomcat: Dogfight Techniques" where someone today demonstrates his similar knowledge of the DCS F-14.

The mutts nuts, huh? The bee feels insulted, what with its knees and all. I'm thinking it's not going on another 50% sale for a while, so now might be the time to get it.

DERP! Nevermind... How do the trials work? All I'm seeing is the 50% sale. Yeah, not an F-16 fan, but... oh hum. Gee, lets see. Well. I see why pilots like it.

7 types square off against the F-16 https://hushkit.net/2020/03/17/pilots-of-7-rival-fighter-aircraft-types-describe-dogfights-against-f-16s/?fbclid=IwAR0F1RUUbQuQ_javBR_fPN_5O7HPg9lEnhzJDlkZM9dunK6QaPlSsI2-lB8

Don't have the 16 yet, but I found this, and thought some of you would be interested in looking it up.

Yeah, that's what I figure, and my current setup simply isn't conducive to that. Might just have to build a couple stands and find a way to get those stands at just the right height. Throttle in front of the arm rest, and some sort of "stand off" setup to get the stick centered.

Having troubles with formation flying, refueling, precision flying in general. Thinking that an extension to real world length might help. Looking at pictures of the real cockpit, it looks like the pivot on the floor of the F-14 is roughly double the length of the stock Warthog stick top-to-pivot-point, a distance of about 22cm/9 inches on mine according to my measurements. Though it might be half. Going off this photo: Thinking that either a 10cm or 15cm extension would be best. Like so: Thoughts?

It's official! https://flyingironsimulations.com/blogs/news/dcs-a-7e-corsair-ii-by-flyingiron-sims