Brief report from my journey with the F18C:
First, I slightly modified the flow with the ramp start (v2), see below. The IFF is also available, see blue mark âEâ (left click, actually moves the switch below).
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Now, letâs use this plane in a full scale conflict, itâs BMSâ after all.
The plot Iâve chosen as a newbie F18C pilot is: Iâm in my first land training missions to practice take-offs and landings, as a conflict breaks out.
The idea is to add this F18C squadron to the Osan AB with 12 aircraft, and reduce the aircraft of the 36th (block 40) by 12 to have a balanced rolling fire campaign. We need the great Mission Commander (MC) tooling for this, see also âMission Commander beta releaseâ under https://forum.falcon-bms.com/category/67/tools-apps .
First, start Falcon BMS and chose an arbitrary squadron in a new rolling fire campaign. Save it even before pressing start, as shown below (1.).
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Start MC and load your saved campaign file. Go to the campaign tab, sort the table by airbase and right-click the row of the Osans block 40s (2.). Select âview squadronâ. In the upcoming window click on the "2"s in the table on the active aircraft to set a few of them to 0 until 12 aircrafts remain (3.) and press apply.
Now itâs time to add our new F18C squadron, go to the units tab and press âadd squadronâ (4.).
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Next, select aircraft type F/a 18C, select Osan airbase, click in the name, and give the name you like [donât move the mouse much đ this triggered in my case a refresh of the map, and I could not enter text] (5.) and press ok. Go back into the campaign tab, find your new squadron at Osan AB and view the squadron (as done with the F16s before). Set the squadrons name, select its speciality and remove a few aircraft to reach 12 aircraft in total (6.). Click apply and save the whole campaign (File->save).
Back into BMS, load your campaign and select your new squadron (7.). You can now decide to switch off squadron management, 12 aircraft are easily managed (8.).
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Prepare the campaigns weather, config PAKs and your first mission. Be impressed by the loadout đ , ramp up, greetings to our friends from the 36th, takeoff and enjoy (9.).