Hi everyone,
Fist of all, my english sucks. Sorry for that.
I got back into Falcon with BMS a few months ago and it turned out, that a lot has changed since Falcon 4.0 AF and that i forgot a lot of the things that didn’t change. One of the things i forgot was about the radio calls, especially AWACS calls. I’ve read about 30% of the manual so far and tried to find something about it in the rest of the manuals, but somehow missed it. Also the forum search didn’t help much, so i pulled out my old original Falcon 4.0 manual to read it up there. But now i’m even more confused.
I wanted to know, what’s the exact difference in between “Request picture” and “Vector to nearest threat” and the original F4 manual says, “Request picture” will give you the vector to the nearest unidentified aircraft around you and “Vector to nearest threat” the vector to the nearest hostile aircraft around you.
But AWACS f.e. answers “Picture is multiple groups, nearest bandit bullseye XXX, XX miles, XXXXXXft” or “Nearest threat MiG29, 2 ship, bullseye XXX, XX miles XXXXXXft”. I’m playing flight sims for 25 years now and i’m pretty sure, that a “bandit” is a confirmed hostile radar contact while a unknown contact would be a “bogey”. From what i understand, “request picture” will give you the vector to the nearest hostile aircraft and “vector to neearest threat”, the vector to the nearest hostile aircraft, that is a threat to your flight. Or am I wrong? Can someone pls lighten this up for me?
Thanks a lot,
VpR