Which way is RAF Coningsby? or they just saying up yours 😀 whats the aircraft looks to small to be a C-130 is it a Chinook?

Nice shots
James

C-130J

That is more than strange. Never heared that “fox 3” is guns. I only know it in conjunction with ARH missiles like the AMRAAM. That is true for simulations like Falcon 4.0 (whose radio communications is realistic) and many other simulations. If I remember right Fox 3 was also called by the USAF F-15C pilots which shot down 1 or 2 MiG-29 during Allied Force using AMRAAMs. Gun shots are usually called with guns, guns, guns or the like.

Edit:
These links support my point:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-97-18/ch1.htm
http://www.bobnorris.com/spd.php/spi/kosovo_mig_kills

You’ll find mil pilots talking about it on rec.aviation.mil

Differences have appeared between USAF and USN versions of ‘Fox’. There are also differences in brevity codes with new weapons etc.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.aviation.military/browse_frm/thread/6e43d0ed5593564f?hl=en?scoring=d&q=fox+3+guns&hl=en

There are several Brevity Code manuals on the web and they sometimes indicate different variations.

From

1991

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/usaf/docs/mcm3-1-a1.htm

Try F-16.net for an updated version

The Israelis are reported to have “stolen” a full set of Mirage V plans from an unlocked (deliberately left unlocked . . . and Marcel himself is said to have tipped them the wink) office at Dassault. From them they built the Nesher, which was a Mirage V clone. But they had a limited supply of Atar engines, & couldn’t build them, so had to modify the airframe to take the J79 – hence the Kfir.

The debate about Israeli Mirage/Nesher/Kfirs was debated in 2000. It does pop up quite a lot and is always an interesting subject.

Although a bit of conjecture did pop up Tom’s post at number 30 did provide quotes from a Wings magazine article.

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6143

As a side note some of the Argentine Dagger (ex-Nesher airframes) wrecks found in the Falklands had a hell of a lot of French parts/avionics for something that was meant to be purely Israeli built.

Essentially the story goes that the Israeli’s were putting them (Neshers) together as quickly as they could get the knocked down parts off the U.S. lifters. The C-5 reference could also incorporate C-141s in those movements.

I don’t know if anything else has emerged on the subject since 2000 on either Gene Salvay’s or Ben Rich’s part in assistance to the Israelis? Anyone have anything new on the subject?

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/133245.html

‘Copenhagen – Two Danish F16 jet fighters were scrambled Tuesday after a Russian military aircraft flew close to Danish territory in the North Sea. The Russian plane was identified as a bomb plane of the type TU-160, also called Blackjack by NATO, to which Denmark belongs.

Both British and Norwegian jet fighters earlier Tuesday monitored the TU-160, a Danish air force spokesman told Danish radio news.

Russia has in recent months revived a Cold War-era practice of flying bombers on long-range patrols and the Norwegian Air Force as well as the RAF have on several occasions sent up fighters to observe them.’

http://forsvaret.dk/FTK/Nyt+og+Presse/AVB.htm

A thread resurrection, but I think quite interesting. I found this while spinning through You Tube.

Major General Aleksandr Kharchevsky, Head Lipetsk Aviation Centre at around 02:35 in relation to the ‘dogfight’ of 1992 in the U.S.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s7_xVGH9JI

Very nice. Well done!

Just wondering:
Does any real RAF Tornado (ADV or IDS version) have the tail code “GM”, similar to this screen capture from the video game Ace Combat 6?

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/295/reviews/938702_20071023_screen004.jpg

The aircraft in that sim coded ‘GM’ is a Tornado GR.4

The tail codes are squadron codes and don’t stand for anything in real life in the RAF.

In US (USAF for example) it is different. They use Tail Codes. For example LN stand for Lakenheath. SP stands for Spangdahlem.

List of Tail Codes

http://www.military.cz/usa/air/air_accessories/usaf_tail_cod/usaf_tail_cod.htm

This is what the game Air Combat 6 is doing with its Tail Code ‘GM’. Is Gracemaria the name of the ficticious base in the game?

The only RAF Tornado GR (IDS) that I could find was a Tornado GR.1 serial ZA464 of 20 Squadron carrying Squadron code GM. Again it doesn’t stand for anything in the RAF. Squadron codes change on a fairly regular basis. ZA464 crashed in 1990. ZA464 would have been in the old grey/green camouflage.

http://www.wattisham.org.uk/wtm-1985-10.htm

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/AirSafetyandAviationPublications/MAAS/1990s/19900814RafTornadoZa545AndRafTornadoZa464.htm

RAF Tornado F.3 (ADV), serial ZE965, of 43 Squadron carried GM.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/lab/6153/f3.html

If you look at where the serial should be it reads ‘028’ as other aircraft in the game have. Again nothing to do with real life, but purely something to do with the game.

Tornado GR.4 from the game.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20070323/ace623.jpg

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4485/acecombat6firesofliberavu7.jpg

Super Hornet with ‘GM’ code

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20071005/ace6_11.jpg

Strike Eagle with ‘GM’ code

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20071005/ace6_13.htm

The codes in the game are placed in the correct place where the codes should be in real life. For example

http://www.sharpshooter-maj.com/Images/bv18/qf09.jpg