F18 Iron Fortress mission
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Hi, so excited about this mission I flew yesterday.
The plan was to do ‘just’ a night time, 50 minutes, pre-planned CAS mission with the f18C, taking of from the carrier and get back.
It became so much more;-)
After the long trip to my target and successfull strike of all of my targets using all AG weapons, I decided to switch to Air to Air mode and hang around and look for bandits, then 80 miles out I detected 2 enemies and decided to pursue deeper into enemy airspace.
Fully aware that even with my extra single extended fuel tank I could not get back to the carrier.
From behind they did not notice me getting within shooting range at 28000 feet and I got 2 kills on the lower flying mig19’s
It was time to head home to my carrier but not without meeting up with the Refuel tanker aircraft because only 3000 left and >200 miles from home.
It would become the first time I tried refueling flying the F18C, so I was extra nervous. (even more so because of the nighttime, cloudy circumstances)
Even the turbulence and smoke from the tanker was making it very hard to approach visually the tanker using my NVGs
Luckily after one disconnect and another re-connect I was able to get 8000 fuel and decided it would be enough to get back to my carrier.
Only one small task ahead, land this thing on this carrier that turns his ass all possible ways between takeoffs and landings;-)
The landing was succesfull though and then I realised the whole thing had taken over 2 hours time, what started as a 50 minute mission.Why I want to share this story with you? Because probably you all had simular exciting missions and know this ‘WOW’ feeling.
And most off all because I want to thank the BMS team for keep making this Sim better and better. Without creating the F18 updates, Refueling updated and carrier OPS this would have never been possible.
Thanks!!
Cheers Obi1
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BMS: The most fun you can have with your clothes on.
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I get that “WOW” feeling almost every time I fly bms. I saw man in the loop weapons and a fully functional av8s and carriers in 4.33U1 teaser, ive been wowing ever since.
like you im grateful to BMS community and thrilled to have this super awesome sim. back in the days when I fly ff5 and ff6 my wowness was often interrupted by ctds.
I got BMS because it ran smoother on my PC. Now, BMS with trees, new explosions, models, water, and everything far surpassed what I expected. I am pleased -
That’s why we do this, Obi1. Good job on that mission, btw. You had a full night! I still remember an IF mission from long ago where the UI had plotted me a dogleg flight path almost to Kunsan! Between that and delays at the target, by the time I got back south fuel was low.
So, I found the tanker and did my first ever AAR.
To this day I remember how good that felt -
BMS: The most fun you can have with your clothes on.
You fly with your clothes on?
So 2015. -
You fly with your clothes on?
So 2015.Got to. Otherwise things start stickin to my leather chair.