@Quasi_Stellar I’m willing to bet it’s Mean Sea Level, especially if it’s above the local transition altitude. In the KTO, it’s 14,000 ft., in the United States it’s 18,000 feet. While climbing out, when passing these altitudes, the altimeter should be set to 2992, the standard mean sea level pressure.
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RE: The Briefing Window (BMS User Manual)
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RE: AAR Wishlist - Bank Speed & Angle
IIRC - most if not all of our fighter refuelings were performed in an orbit area, with all turns being to the left.
We’d orbit at the ARCP at best endurance (or thereabouts), then accelerate to 315 KIAS when a fighter flight rendezvoused with us. Our nav (we had them then) would make the conversion to KTAS.
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RE: Will the KC-46 be incorporated into BMS?
@matini said in Will the KC-46 be incorporated into BMS?:
I saved this picture and posted it on the FB interest group dedicated to boom operators. A lot of the members have gotten a kick out of it.
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Whaaaat?
Just finished flying an escort mission for a TASMO strike. After landing, the mission result for my flight was mission failure - 0 losses to enemy air defenses.
Wait a cotton-pickin’ minute. None of the strike flight was lost to enemy fighters, primarily because none came up to play, and we got a failure?
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RE: Tiny correction in training TE 13
@Ricky I think, in this case, AI stands for “Aerial Intercept.”
Note the type of aircraft at the bottom of the box in order to select the correct seat.
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AI TGP X-ray vision
This is a weird one. Was leading an Offensive Counter-Air strike against a highway airstrip. I was lead in a flight of four, armed with laser guided Mavericks. At the target area, there were low clouds all the way down to the deck. I ended up flying down on the deck to get a clear view (and still couldn’t get a visual on the target until I was practically on top of it), yet the other three members of the flight, all AI pilots, were launching at max range while still at altitude.
They must have had special TGPs and AGM-65s.
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RE: Best joystick for BMS?
@dandove Out of the several sticks I’ve had, I like my WH system the most, so far. I’d like to get the chance to get the F-16 geared TQS, which looks better than the WH’s.
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Narrowly avoided "duh" moment
Ever since BMS 4.37 was released, and this includes U1, U2, and U3, I couldn’t seem to get the FCR to come up active in NAV mode.
Well, yesterday I finally noticed that when programming my TM MFDs I neglected to bind the LMFD OSB 1 button to the proper keystroke.
Yes, it took me that long to figure it out, but at least I didn’t make a fool of myself complaining about it.
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AI TGP X-ray vision
This is a weird one. Was leading an Offensive Counter-Air strike against a highway airstrip. I was lead in a flight of four, armed with laser guided Mavericks. At the target area, there were low clouds all the way down to the deck. I ended up flying down on the deck to get a clear view (and still couldn’t get a visual on the target until I was practically on top of it), yet the other three members of the flight, all AI pilots, were launching at max range while still at altitude.
They must have had special TGPs and AGM-65s.
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RE: Tiny correction in training TE 13
@Ricky I think, in this case, AI stands for “Aerial Intercept.”
Note the type of aircraft at the bottom of the box in order to select the correct seat.
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RE: The Briefing Window (BMS User Manual)
@Quasi_Stellar I’m willing to bet it’s Mean Sea Level, especially if it’s above the local transition altitude. In the KTO, it’s 14,000 ft., in the United States it’s 18,000 feet. While climbing out, when passing these altitudes, the altimeter should be set to 2992, the standard mean sea level pressure.
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Whaaaat?
Just finished flying an escort mission for a TASMO strike. After landing, the mission result for my flight was mission failure - 0 losses to enemy air defenses.
Wait a cotton-pickin’ minute. None of the strike flight was lost to enemy fighters, primarily because none came up to play, and we got a failure?
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HUD directional readout
In every iteration of BMS that I’ve flown, the digital compass readout in the HUD has gone 358 . . . 359 . . . 000 . . . 001, etc .
I think it should be 358 . . . 359 . . . 360 . . . 001.
Consider this - the runways at Gunsan (Kunsan) are 36 and 18, not 00 and 18.
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RE: AAR training mission package 2075
Perhaps you could take the lead, and request refueling yourself. Instead of moving directly into the contact position, fly formation for a while in the position you just described.
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RE: nav : ETA different on HUD & on DED
It seems to me that the DED shows the planned TOS, whereas the HUD shows and updated time based on the actual GS.
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RE: Will the KC-46 be incorporated into BMS?
@matini said in Will the KC-46 be incorporated into BMS?:
I saved this picture and posted it on the FB interest group dedicated to boom operators. A lot of the members have gotten a kick out of it.