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by Bones
23 Mar 2024, 20:09
Forum: Game Session/Mission times
Topic: New Foothold Campaign: Sinai 03.21.24
Replies: 2
Views: 78

New Foothold Campaign: Sinai 03.21.24

As of 03.21.24, we completed Foothold Caucusus as we took over the last remaining stronghold in Tblisi. Not long afterwards, we were activated and re-deployed. We now find ourselves reporting for duty in the Sinai Peninsula for another Foothold campaign. We succeeded in taking Kadem-Hatzerim and sof...
by Bones
21 Mar 2024, 06:50
Forum: Sorties
Topic: Foothold Caucasus 03.20.24
Replies: 2
Views: 76

Foothold Caucasus 03.20.24

Couple of vids of last night's hops.

Check out Xpen's vertical landing and takeoff at the end of this:



Me and Grifter bombing in the Bombcat:



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by Bones
15 Mar 2024, 15:28
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Masters of the Air: Episode 8
Replies: 7
Views: 480

Re: Masters of the Air: Episode 8

Well, today I saw the new episode of Masters of the Air and I was like, "YES! This is is the kind of episode I was waiting for! It FINALLY got really good." Then I found out it was the last episode. And they did take one artistic liberty too, I guess.

Oh well.

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by Bones
13 Mar 2024, 09:33
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Masters of the Air: Episode 8
Replies: 7
Views: 480

Re: Masters of the Air: Episode 8

Thanks for the historical insight!

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PS the scene where the colonel teaches them how to rip out a German throat was pretty disturbing. Although not as disturbing as the squish squish squish scene from Poor Things.
by Bones
13 Mar 2024, 08:44
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Masters of the Air: Episode 8
Replies: 7
Views: 480

Re: Masters of the Air: Episode 8

As bones implied, this series is squarely aimed at mainstream audiences and not history/military aviation enthusiasts. I would estimate that 95% of people who watch Hollywood movies and/or tv shows featuring military operations have no clue when there are inaccuracies being portrayed on screen. Alt...
by Bones
11 Mar 2024, 06:06
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Masters of the Air: Episode 8
Replies: 7
Views: 480

Re: Masters of the Air: Episode 8

So... I had a lot of problems with this episode, as reality and physics pretty much went out the window. Let's start with the fighters dropping their 250 or 500 lbs bombs. They depict them diving down on target and releasing their bombs at something less than 100 feet, and show the fireballs reachi...
by Bones
08 Mar 2024, 13:31
Forum: Sorties
Topic: 03.06.24 Mission Night
Replies: 4
Views: 332

Re: 03.06.24 Mission Night

To follow up:

Last night 03.07.24 we succeeded in taking Mozdok. Eyes are now set tonight on taking Beslan.

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by Bones
07 Mar 2024, 08:13
Forum: Sorties
Topic: 03.06.24 Mission Night
Replies: 4
Views: 332

Re: 03.06.24 Mission Night

Thanks! And nice work last night

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by Bones
06 Mar 2024, 19:43
Forum: Sorties
Topic: 03.06.24 Mission Night
Replies: 4
Views: 332

03.06.24 Mission Night

WE were able to hit several SAMs at Mazdok but unfortunately there were huge amounts of JF-17, Mi-24, Mi-8m and convoy spawns that kep us busy enough that we couldn't hit everything we wanted to at Mazdok, and on top of that the SAMs I hit got rebuilt. WE did eliminate the convoys and helos trying t...
by Bones
06 Mar 2024, 19:40
Forum: Game Session/Mission times
Topic: Not making it tonight
Replies: 2
Views: 216

Re: Not making it tonight

Grifter wrote:
06 Mar 2024, 16:34
Hi guys,

Sorry for the late notice, but I’m not making it tonight. I’m in the middle of grading papers, and I had hoped to be finished by now, but it’s really slow going. So I won’t be on this evening. Hope to see you all next week.

Grifter
Feel free to join us tomorrow if you can

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by Bones
06 Mar 2024, 06:17
Forum: DCS Series
Topic: Heads Up on Hornet Flight Model
Replies: 1
Views: 108

Heads Up on Hornet Flight Model

I haven't tried it yet but with the new Hornet FM pay attention to your weight when trapping/landing. Apparently this has become more realistic and if your weight (34000 max trap, 39000 max shore landing with flare) and descent rate is too high, you will break the gear. No more just cowboying the la...
by Bones
05 Mar 2024, 13:02
Forum: Game Session/Mission times
Topic: Foothold Extended 03.06.24
Replies: 1
Views: 229

Foothold Extended 03.06.24

Thanks to Recluse, we were able to clean up Tyrnyaz with a combination of airstrikes and artillery strikes before he ultimately landed an armed OV-10 Bronco there and took it. Tyrnyaz is now ours, fortified with several Chaparrals and other units. We turned our attention to Nalchek and after much po...
by Bones
04 Mar 2024, 06:00
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Shogun on Hulu
Replies: 5
Views: 521

Re: Shogun on Hulu

I take it back...I thought all 4 episodes are available but no, only 2 are. I the 3rd one is tomorrow though.

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by Bones
01 Mar 2024, 12:52
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Shogun on Hulu
Replies: 5
Views: 521

Re: Shogun on Hulu

Just finished Episode 2.OMG, this series is a work of art. There was a part that I loved in the original as a kid, and it came up in this remake. It was not exactly as I remembered and loved it as a kid, but there was just *something* about it that was great in this version too. I am in awe and mist...
by Bones
29 Feb 2024, 10:24
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Tornadoes
Replies: 2
Views: 312

Re: Tornadoes

I'd been in a few hurricanes too. I was in Hurricane Ophelia in 2005 and Typhoon Amber in 1997. Amber was pretty bad; Ophelia, I slept through, haha. I was also in Tropical Storm Tammy in 2005 also.. Oh, one of the tornadoes I was in was in Anniston Alabama back in like 1996. It was a bi g deal ther...
by Bones
29 Feb 2024, 07:55
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Tornadoes
Replies: 2
Views: 312

Tornadoes

Word came in this morning that we had 1 EF0 and 2 EF1 tornadoes touch down near us. There were a total of 11 tornadoes that touched down. In our county, it is the first time in recorded history that tornadoes touched down in February. This is the F5 tornado that happened the day after my birthday in...
by Bones
28 Feb 2024, 11:57
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Shogun on Hulu
Replies: 5
Views: 521

Re: Shogun on Hulu

All 4 episodes are already available.

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by Bones
28 Feb 2024, 10:04
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Shogun on Hulu
Replies: 5
Views: 521

Shogun on Hulu

Shogun is now streaming on Hulu. So far, I am liking it.

Panzer, did you catch it yet?

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by Bones
28 Feb 2024, 05:53
Forum: Game Session/Mission times
Topic: Ready or Not 02.27.24
Replies: 2
Views: 741

Re: Ready or Not 02.27.24

Oh wow. Glad to hear you are all ok. This is actually an eye-opener for me because people don't usually think of Chicago when they think of tornadoes. They think Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, etc. but not Chicago. Yeah, we were in the basement... we have had a couple of F4s and F5s over the years. La...
by Bones
27 Feb 2024, 19:50
Forum: Game Session/Mission times
Topic: Ready or Not 02.27.24
Replies: 2
Views: 741

Ready or Not 02.27.24

Sorry didn't make it to RoN tonight. We were hdining out in the basement from a tornado heading our way.

"We can laugh about it now, we're OK."

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