Hello everyone, Ground-Attack squadron open for candidates.
105th TFS “Kestrel Falcons” - Ground-Attack Squadron

LATEST INTRO VIDEO (click here)

Interested in Joining? Contact us by PM “Wheelman” or “Morg”

You should be able to find us in the falcon discord

or join our discord: https://discord.gg/hsdNaqGECH

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Interested in Joining? Contact us by PM “Wheelman” or “Morg”

You should be able to find us in the falcon discord

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Information:

Missions of the 105th:
• AI / STRIKE Air Interdiction & Strike - Interdiction of maneuvering enemy collumns and battalions, and the strike of static targets of opportunity of tactical importance.
• TASMO - Tactical Air Support Maritime Operations i.e. the reconnaissance and strike of naval targets of opportunity.
• AAA/SAM Hunt - DEAD - Neutralizing air defenses in a sector with specialized tactics.
• CAS - Close Air Support i.e. operations in support of frontline action in coordination with a FAC(A)
• FAC(A) - Forward Air Control (Airborne) i.e. deployment of a 105th squadron FAC(A) to a specific frontline in order to provide effective close-in targeting for CAS flights that may be available.
• DEEP STRIKE / OCA STRIKE - Long-Range Low-Level Penetration strikes
• RECCE PATROL - Reconnaissance of both friendly positions and enemy units and the issuance to others of standardized reconnaissance reports that provide quick targeting of detected batallions, coordinates for future strikes on any target.
• SEAD wild weasel / iron hand / SEAD escort

Secondary missions:
• Relief CAP
• TARCAP
• Low-Priority ESCORT

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105th TFS Training: Training in the 105th TFS is dependant on your previous experience, and can also start from FlightGear simulator (100% free including Cessna 172) or XPLANE11/12 (choice of the pilot under instruction) in the fundamentals of VFR dead-reckoning map navigation in the North Coast of France, to the French Alps in later phase of this part of the training. After Phase 2 the training goes to BMS. Phase 4 is for those interested in leading flights after completing previous Phases. Phase 5 & 6 is for those who completed previous Phases.
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Phase 1: - Starting aircraft: Cessna 172 Location: North West Coast of France.
Elements:
• Elements of map reading
• Basics Cessna 172 operation
• COMMs training, Introduction to ATC phraseology and command of aeronautical language
• Emergency landings
• Icing parameters & carburetor operation review
• Basic pattern work
• Coordinated turns
• Formation Flying
• VFR dead-reckoning map navigation
• Airfield chart reading
• Learning how to safely reduce airspeed using only ailerons+rudder on final whilst maintaining final approach course and glidepath
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Phase 2: - Starting aircraft: Cessna 172 Location: North West Coast of France & French Alps
• IFR and RNAV fundamentals VOR + DME + ADF
• Localizer intersect + ILS capture + DH + RDH
• French Alps visual navigation exercise
• Filing an IFR flight plan
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Phase 3: - Aircraft: Lockheed Martin F-16CM Block50 Location: South Korea
A few of the elements:
• Squadron Standard Ramp Start / Green/Yellow/Red/Black Jet / Key Performance Numbers review
• Combat COMMs review / Check-in on frequencies / Squadron-specific brevity
• Radio failure procedures
• Calculating playtime / Understanding expedite methods of time-distance computation
• Lost wingmen on take-off milling procedures / Re-join procedures
• Emergency Landing
• Formation Flying
• Air-to-Air Refueling / Radar Controlled Baseline Intercept exercise / Fast Tanker Approach Procedures
• Threat assessment / Squadron Countermeasures Standards / Understanding the performance limitations of the Ground-Attack Loadouts
• Combat Emergency Manual Bombing
• Cannon strafing & rockets training
• Low-Level formation flying training
• FARP operations
• Defensive procedures - A-A defensive profiles - SAM defensive profiles
• Air Interdiction warfare tactics using offset keyhole and orbits, 9-line elements
• Target scanning with prioritizing and delivery of LINE6 to shooters
• Collumn Ripple Attack procedures
• Catterpillar Attack procedure
• Reconnaissance Mission
• Strike mission training
• Guided weapons/Maverick operations / Multi-ship in-formation Boresighting Circuit
• Mobile target acquisition
• TASMO training
• AAA/SAM Hunt - DEAD training / Spider Web procedure
• RECCE PATROL training - Low-level flying over friendly troops for visual identification exercise
• DEEP STRIKE
• TARCAP/SEAD support flight in-air check-in procedures and COMMs
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Phase 4 - Aircraft: Cessna 172 Location: North West France & French Alps
• AFLC - Advanced Flight Leadership Course
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Phase 5 - Aircraft: Lockheed Martin F-16CM Block50 Location: South Korea
• CAS qualification
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Phase 6 - Aircraft: Lockheed Martin F-16CM Block50 Location: South Korea
• FAC(A) qualification
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Cheers everyone, hope to see you in the “air”!

Air-to-ground strafing is a military tactic in which an aircraft, usually a fighter or attack aircraft, flies low over a ground target and fires its guns or rockets at the target while moving at high speed. The term “strafing” comes from the German word “strafe,” which means “punishment” or “penalty.”
Strafing is typically used against ground targets that are either stationary or moving slowly, such as enemy troops, vehicles, or buildings. The goal of strafing is to quickly deliver a high volume of accurate fire on the target to destroy or neutralize it.
During strafing, the aircraft usually approaches the target at a low altitude and high speed, often in a shallow dive. The pilot aims the aircraft’s guns or rockets at the target and fires in short bursts, using the aircraft’s speed and maneuverability to evade enemy defenses and avoid ground fire.
Strafing can be an effective tactic in modern warfare, but it also carries significant risks. The low altitude and high speed of the aircraft make it vulnerable to ground fire, and the pilot must maintain a high level of situational awareness to avoid collisions with other aircraft or obstacles on the ground. Additionally, strafing can cause collateral damage to nearby civilian populations or structures, so it must be used with care and precision.

Armament: 2x9M and M61 gun
GW: 28753 DI: 46
Targets: 4 Tu-160s and 2 Mig-29 preparing takeoff at Haeju AB (1000 points)
Air defense: light/heavy AAA with radar guided (KS-19, KS-12, S-60, Zu-23, ZPU-2) and no MANPAD

Mission file u can get here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wJRjsQj-SbS1RPQZtXEV4OizaTdZ6unF/view?usp=sharing)

Three profiles ; here i tried 30 degree dive angle strafing five times. They have up and downs

Type Dive BaseAlt CAS Thrust Base/IP TT rel_alt rel_CAS %BFL SA(degs/mr) TOF 30G 30 8000 350 MIL 2.5/27.8 10.3 3k 555 0 1.1/18 3.9 20G 20 6000 400 MIL 2.8/18.9 12 2k 580 0 1.1/19 3.6 10G 10 2500 450 MIL 2.3/9.6 9 1k 549 0 1.3/22 3.5

where, DA: dive_angle(degs) ; Base: base distance to start dive(nm) ; IP: pitch angle at the base(degs) TT: tracking time(sec) ; %BFL: % of (fpm~target)/(fpm~pipper) just after finishing rollin ; SA(degs/mil): sight angle in degs/miliradians ; TOF: time of flight of gun(sec)

Considerations:

AG strafing is vulnerable to ground fire (small/large caliber) high alt/fast speed is safe against ground fires, such as light/heavy AAA no reference for distance in strafing mode ; in the case that the target is moving, the visual reference using canopy code is useful strafing bullets have initial velocity and it flies directly in the effective range (less 1nm) so the sight angle (SA: sight depression + AOA) is getting smaller (or negative) compared to bombs ; it means the speed is not largely influenced to the SA which affects the tracking time. In the movie, i did not care the approach speed ; the release speed and tracking time is faster than one in the profile In the profile, the slant range to the target at the release is from 5k~6k’ ; the trigger in the effective range (dot in the pipper ~4k’) makes the release altitude lower than one in the profile high angle strafing from high altitude can easily see the target compared to low angle strafing holding wings level while tracking a target for more than 10secs is considered too predictable for enemy fire

If not, if i was to use TEs from previous versions, is it as simple as loading them in to mission commander and then saving, or is there a bit more to it?

Cheers

Does anybody have a current download link for this TE?

Absolutely! I completely dropped the ball on updating our forum post here, and the version note in the VG Wiki page for our Falcon BMS Server. We do always try to run the latest version, unless there are serious issues. When I’m not being a lazy forgetful dope, you can find the current version our server is running here:
https://veterans-gaming.com/wiki/rules/falconbms/bms-kto

Unfortunately, our website has been in the middle of a long overdue database overhaul and python systems update since December, and so some other pages (including other VG Wiki BMS pages) are currently unavailable, though we are working on it bit by bit as our team gets the time.

We are also currently experiencing random memory leak issues related to BMS, and we’re not alone in that regard, but I have developed some tools to help us manage these issues until they are (hopefully) resolved in the U2 patch coming later this month (again, hopefully). Our persistent campaign saves every hour, so any loss of progress due to a forced server restart should be minimal, but it is true that our server has been having to restart from the last autosave more often than typical since U1 was installed. Again, we expect this to be patched out and fixed before too long.

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Falcon Online TvT “Battle For Lapland” will officially will start on Friday the 3rd of Feb at 12:00 zulu. To sign up please go to our Discord https://discord.gg/YGFV4buc and go to #registration and choose a side (blue or red) if you wish to partake. All level of pilots are welcome. Falcon Online specialize is Team Versus Team events. Hope to see you all there soon!lapland.jpg

Hey man !
If you want to fly sometimes with us. I fly with to guys from ofm team. Chill fly. Don’t hesitate to send pm.
Cheers!

Hi everyone !

These TE still compatible with 4.37.0 !

Enjoy 😊

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@jimhoho said in 250 TACTICAL ENGAGEMENTS READY TO FLY:

Will we get the 436 TE update?

Would like it so much me too… but until then, I’m just afraid I will be forced to make do it with that Mission Commander converter utility, may always Falcas be blessed for having thought and released it.

With best regards.

@DUSTOFF17 Was the AGM-142 Have Nap (Popeye). We no longer use this weapon in our TvT’s. We tried it out to seek a replacement for the overuse of SDB and we needed something which offered some standoff capability. Was nice to fly with a “man-in-the-loop weapon” and was fun to use, but overall was not largely used by many. You need to get your ass back flying here Dusty… too much fun your missing out on!

@Tumbler31 will be there

Here’s a link to another Air-to-Ground TE (I deleted the other one in error).

This one is also a single-ship Block 40 out of Osan, with 2x AGM-65D and 12x BDU-33, ready to fly to KOTAR.

South of KOTAR is a single SA-2 SAM site.

In addition to the mission .tac is a .run file that:

Shortens the Maverick cool-down time down to 10 seconds. Sets the throttle to 80%. Extinguishes Exterior Lighting. Turns on Instrument Lighting.

Air-to-Ground TE

This is notification to all pilots that the AV8B II Squadron VMA-255 has changed the discord server, you can access it with this invite link:

https://discord.gg/ND5KFPGvB6

Thank-you

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Update: 72 Sqn Discord channel open invite now added:

Join Our Discord HERE

Not really a repository for TE’s just because we have the campaigns. But it’s a valid point there should be a spot for everyone can share their TE’s with the community.

I would suggest just start building your own. It isn’t that cosmic and one can create quite an elaborate mission with Mission Commander (https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/368/mission-commander-beta-release).

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This is something that I have created to become more familiar with the different SAMs sites available in BMS. The threat guide that comes with BMS would be something to have handy as well. I recommend flying with invulnerability on to have greater time in the air. This is also fun in multiplayer.

From West to East I have placed SAMs in numerical order on the border of North and South Korea. The more East you go the higher the SAMs number is. With an SA-5 and SA-10 in the north.

Pay attention where the alternate field is. I have also included a tanker for extra support or just pure practice. There are no air threats.

For increased difficulty remove the threat circles from your DTC.

The purpose of this mission to to become familiar with the SAMs outside of a mission environment.

Download TE here

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pJhYBFMHsyGGfpriAtXJQpjwkZGaXY_z?usp=sharing

Registration for the TvT “Battle For Suez” has now begun over on Falcon Online. The event starts on the 17th of June @ 17:00 Zulu. To sign up please go to our Discord https://discord.gg/YGFV4buc and go to #registration and choose a side (blue or red) if you wish to partake. All level of pilots are welcome. Falcon Online specialize is Team Versus Team events. Hope to see you all there soon!alt text

I’d like to invite everyone to come fly in the event. The BMS MP community is already small so please do give the event a try and let us know what we can improve in the theater.

Also there will be a standalone Campaign for this theater for ones who like to fly with there friends or sqd and groups.

Also thank you BMS team for another wonderful release!!!

Wishing everyone a happy event from me and FO team good luck pilots!!!

Hi all!

From now on till saturday april 30th I host my 24/7 BMS server (1Gbit up/down). The server is up to date with 4.36 (KTO), already running and ready to use.

Here are the details:

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Cheers
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