[KTO] 4.35.1 AAR night training
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Hi folks,
here’s a quick TE I threw together to help improve my Night air to air refuelling (AAR) capabilities (if they can be called such :))
You’ll start out of Seosan AB (pick the Weasel4 training flight) and you’ll have two tanker tracks available to the west:
texaco6 Northern Track, KC-10, leg length: 40nm
texaco2 Southern Track, KC-135 leg length: 45nm
AWACS is available (E3-Sentry escorted by a couple of German Typhoons who will also come in for refuel at some point on the southern track).
Preplanned steerpoints and tanker areas are provided in the INI file.
In case you’re having issues you’ll be able to contact texaco6 on UHF 6 and texaco2 on UHF 251075 (A2A TCN: 63Y). I recommend using “Weapon Delivery Planner” to update your kneeboards with all the relevant mission information & frequencies.
I’d advise to head to the Northern track first as you’ll still have some minimal daylight left at dusk to get used to night lighting conditions and I find the KC-10 a lot easier to refuel from. Following that, head south and intercept the KC-135 for a full-on “pitch-black” night AAR mission.
All the best & I hope this little TE helps improve your AAR skills & currency,
Uwe
Download available here:
https://zif.gplrank.info/hoover/bms/bms_aar_night_mission.zip
Installation:
Extract to your Data/Campaign folder as usual.
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This is what I call a serious mission!
But wouldn’t a 45nm. leg be too much long? Or may it be so because do you enjoy refueling when steering at the same time, perhaps?Thanks a lot, dear Uwe, with best regards.
Gianni.
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Thank, you, Hoover!
All the best,
Uwe -
Hey guys you’re welcome, I’m glad you’re enjoying the TE (or as much as nigh AAR can be called “enjoyable” )
All the best, Uwe
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Great stuff, hoover, thanks for sharing!
One thing I did when I went knee-deep into AAR practice was to use the Dump Fuel command (Alt+D). That means that you can basically make your refueling take as long as you like. Especially useful for when you want to practice turn hookups and/or staying on in the turn. For instance, if you are refueling on the long leg and almost full and want to stay on in the upcoming turn for the practice, dump fuel to avoid getting disconnected.
And for the purists, it is not a feature in the real F-16, but in the navy jets you can dump fuel. It just happens to work with the BMS F-16 too which I found sped up my AAR practice immensely.
-jb
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Hi all. Thanks for this TE very usefull to practice. I am ok for the first tanker. On the second one i do not receive “clear to contact position” to enable me to refuel when i am behind the tanker…what am i missing?
many thanks, Ciao
Gundam
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Make sure you input the correct tanker frequency in the UHF radio. AFAIR only one tanker in this mission uses a preset frequency, the other you need to enter by hand. So get the frequency from the 2D map before entering the mission, or read it from hoovers first post here
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Hi Jayb. Thanks for hint. Anyway i take the frequency from the briefing mail in the forum and the Tanker answer me without issue. After when i go behind me i am expecting that he say again “free to contact position” as the first tanker did, but no words comes from the tanker. I dont know if the behavior change with tanker different model (the first one is different from the second one)
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Hm, two things come to mind: Check that you have given a Y-3 command on the first tanker once refueling done, so that you are out of his loop and ready for the next tanker. Also, when approaching the second tanker, ask AWACS for vector to tanker (Q-Q-4), they will give you a frequency as well that you can check against your UHF setting.
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Hi Jayb. Thanks for hint. Anyway i take the frequency from the briefing mail in the forum and the Tanker answer me without issue. After when i go behind me i am expecting that he say again “free to contact position” as the first tanker did, but no words comes from the tanker. I dont know if the behavior change with tanker different model (the first one is different from the second one)
There is a bug/feature that we have seen in 4.35.1 flights where you try to refuel more than once…the second attempt sometimes/usually requires a Y-2. Not sure why but it works. This has been pretty consistent for us every time we look to refuel more than once in a single flight.
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Good call, it might be that. Y-2 can help getting the call for “Cleared to contact position”. I use it routinely when close to stable behind the boom to make sure the tanker crew pays attention and clears me in as soon as possible.
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Thanks Zeus and Jayb. Good hint!!
Ciao
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Good call, it might be that. Y-2 can help getting the call for “Cleared to contact position”. I use it routinely when close to stable behind the boom to make sure the tanker crew pays attention and clears me in as soon as possible.
Yeah, it used to work like this. In 4.33. Check manual.
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Does anybody have a current download link for this TE?