Our anniversary was a few months ago, but a special paint job is still due:
Our anniversary was a few months ago, but a special paint job is still due:
In September 2003, three military aviation and simulation enthusiasts founded the virtual fighter squadron 161 “MAD BULLS”, named after the Luftwaffe radar command company 161 and the heraldic animal of Mecklenburg.
20 years is a very long time in the virtual world, a lot has happened, a lot has changed. In the beginning, simulations such as “Flanker 2.0”, “Lock On - Modern Air Combat” and, until 2012, “Flaming Cliffs” were used. Since 2012, there has been a switch to BMS 4.32 and the use of the F-16C in the pure air-to-air role. Like BMS, the squadron has been able to develop steadily in recent years and is looking to a future with BMS as the best tactical F-16C simulation, the F-15C “Eagle” as a powerful addition to air combat, virtual reality and many missions with friendly units.
Simulator pilots who want to specialize in the air-to-air role have found their home in the squadron, but controllers also have their home here. Four pilots from 161 are now building an F-16 cockpit and are networked with other “pit builders” far beyond the country’s borders. The squadron meets regularly, be it for a squadron meeting in Laage followed by evenings in the “Schallmauer”, be it at music concerts, birthdays or just for fun.
Very good conditions for another 20 years!
@Lukas “DDR” will take some time, but here we have Hungarian and another Serbian MiG:
@Radium Yap. I thought very often about that special liverie. They flew only for a few months with this painting.
@Hardy-BMS
Sure, not finished and a second A is WIP: Will provide a link when I´m done.
@Viper
The participants of this year’s Buchenau LAN were able to see how quickly a week passes on Sunday… Far too quickly. After a TE series with eight missions, 2 campaign flights, lectures, workshops and (very) long evenings at the squadronbar, we have to wait 363 days until the next LAN…
@D3m1aN
Would be sooo cool to have that A320 in every theater…
Missing Aircraft ITO 1980s mission editor (add squadron/add flight):
F-16C Blk 32 EAF (Aggressors)
MiG 19
MiG 23ML