Chart Error in Japan Airfield
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Long ago I was stationed for a couple years at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. I used to go over to Kadena AFB and watch the the SR-71 take off then hit BC Street for a little . . . well . . . that’s not important. Anyway I thought it would be cool to fly an F-16 out of Kadena but the charts seem to be inaccurate.
The BMS Chart shows Fukuoka / Kadena
But it is on mainland Japan not the island of Okinawa - Fukuoka is on the mainland but the chart doesn’t seem to match either Fukuoka or Kadena
Fukuoka Kadena
Am I confused or is this an error in the docs?
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Kadena was the name given by Microprose in the original Falcon 4.0 but is geographically incorrect. Kadena is not where MPS placed it it’s way down South and should not be on the KTO map.
It was renamed with the best possible compromise of a geographically correct airbase back in the SP days when I started managing all airbases and navigational data in Falcon : Fukuoka
Event that one is not perfect as it’s not perfectly located on the Falcon map. the real Fukuoka is more South West on the final island of Japan. But it’s much closer and much more accurate than Kadena was.So it’s a feature, compromised from what we got initially and what we could do in the Sp days.
The important tactical aspect is to have one base in Japan, within the small part of Japan we have at our disposal. -
@Red:
Kadena was the name given by Microprose in the original Falcon 4.0 but is geographically incorrect. Kadena is not where MPS placed it it’s way down South and should not be on the KTO map.
It was renamed with the best possible compromise of a geographically correct airbase back in the SP days when I started managing all airbases and navigational data in Falcon : Fukuoka
Event that one is not perfect as it’s not perfectly located on the Falcon map. the real Fukuoka is more South West on the final island of Japan. But it’s much closer and much more accurate than Kadena was.So it’s a feature, compromised from what we got initially and what we could do in the Sp days.
The important tactical aspect is to have one base in Japan, within the small part of Japan we have at our disposal.Which was of the highest importance for one of my modded campaigns. Thanks for maintaining it.
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Which was of the highest importance for one of my modded campaigns. Thanks for maintaining it.
Oops.
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Hahaha deejay oops ?! Missclick ? Lol
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