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RAZBAM A-7 Sitrep

An absolute must-buy for me!
The corsair really stirrs up some nostalgic feelings regarding the movie "The Final Countdown". I loved this flick as a child! BTW, anybody in for a VA-86 "Sidewinders" repaint?
 
krazycolin said:
I believe it would be the Battle group for the Enterprise... (correct me if I am wrong)
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It's actually an efficiency/effectiveness rating for various departments. I got more than a few hits about the Enterprise when I googled too. NC has a great link that breaks it down much simpler so that even I could understand it.

Matt

Sorry, NC beat me to it.
 
Here is a pic of what´s going on, right now, that small window is the "arming panel" gauge, what you see is the integration between that 2d panel and the 3d code in the plane´s (in this case an A-7D) armament panel:

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This leads to weapons release..

Best regards

Prowler
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Prowler1111 said:
Here is a pic of what´s going on, right now, that small window is the "arming panel" gauge, what you see is the integration between that 2d panel and the 3d code in the plane´s (in this case an A-7D) armament panel:

View attachment 12023

This leads to weapons release..

Best regards

Prowler
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Wow, you're making the ASCU work..? That's pretty cool.
 
The "E" was created in the name of Lt. CMDR. Micheal J. Estocin who lost his life in vietnam flying the A-4 Skyhawk.

I can proudly say I have 2 battle "E"'s to my NAVY career.
 
PRB said:
Wow, you're making the ASCU work..? That's pretty cool.
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Concur, totally awesome! I know FSX has some limited explosions and such and I think someone over at VRS was working on targets and such for their Superhornet.

Matt
 
Just to clarify the discussion on the Battle "E" and Estocin awards. The Michael J. Estocin award was created by the attack community to recognize the best attack squadron in the Navy.
Back in the day, it could have been awarded to a single VFA squadron or a single VA (A-7) squadron, when they coexisted. It now is awarded to the best Strike Fighter squadron in the Navy. Duration of the award was one year. Each Naval avation community has similar awards (Intruder community had the McClusky award, the Hawkey community had the AEW excellence award, the Tomcat community had the Clfiton award, the Viking, Orion, Sea King and Seahwak Communities vied for the Arnold J Isbell award for undersea excellence as well as the Thach award (named for the Jimmy Thach) for the best ASW squadron in the Navy.

The Battle "E" is awarded to ships and aviation squadrons (1 from each type community for each coast (Pacific Fleet, and Atlantic Fleet). Here is a piece from the Tailhook Association for the awards for 2004, just to give everyone an idea (CNAL is Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, CNAP is Commander Naval Air Force Pacific, CNAF is Commander Naval Air Forces (who is also dual hatted as CNAP). The CNAF category is for those communities that have only 2 or 3 competing squadrons):
Awards​

1. COMNAVAIRFOR TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THE FOLLOWING AVIATION UNIT AWARD WINNERS FOR CY 2004.​

2. AVIATION SQUADRON BATTLE EFFICIENCY WINNERS ARE(READ IN FOUR COLUMNS):​

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CNAP​



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VF 143​



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VAQ CVW




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VAQ 132​



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VAQ 136​



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VAQ 133​



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VFA-C




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VFA 81​



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VFA 113​



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VFA 115​



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VS 31​



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VS 35​



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VAW




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VAW 121​



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VAW 115​



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VP 16​



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VP 9​



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HS 5​



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HS 14​



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HSL




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HSL 48​



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HSL 51​



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HC




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HC 8​



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HC 5​



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HM




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HM 15​



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VQ EW




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VQ 1​



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VQ 4​



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VRC 40​



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VC 6​



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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>3. CNAF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. NAMED AFTER NAVAL AVIATORS WHO HAVE EXEMPLIFIED THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF NAVAL SERVICE, THE CNAF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS ARE PRESENTED TO CARRIER AIR WING SQUADRONS IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO NAVAL AVIATION.​

  • A. THE RADM JOSEPH C. CLIFTON AWARD WINNER IS VF 143.

  • B. THE RADM C. WADE MCCLUSKY AWARD WINNER IS VFA 81.
  • C. THE CAPTAIN MICHAEL J. ESTOCIN AWARD WINNER IS VFA 81.
  • D. THE ADMIRAL THACH AWARD WINNER IS HS 15.
  • E. THE ADMIRAL ARTHUR W. RADFORD AWARD WINNER IS VAQ 132.
  • F. THE RADM FRANK AKERS AWARD WINNER IS VAW 115.
4. CAPTAIN ARNOLD JAY ISBELL TROPHY. HISTORICALLY PRESENTED TO SUPERIOR AIR ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) SQUADRONS, WITH THE EXPANDING ROLES AND MISSIONS OF MANY ASW AIRCRAFT, THIS AWARD NOW CONSIDERS ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE (ASUW) PERFORMANCE WHEN DETERMINING WINNERS.

  • A. THE COMNAVAIRLANT WINNERS OF THE CAPTAIN ARNOLD JAY ISBELL TROPHY ARE VS 30, VP 10, HS 7, AND HSL 48.

  • B. THE COMNAVAIRPAC WINNERS OF THE CAPTAIN ARNOLD JAY ISBELL TROPHY ARE VS 21, VP 1, HS 2, AND HSL 37.
5. RAMAGE AWARD FOR THE BEST PERFORMING CV/CVW TEAM NAVY-WIDE: CVW 3 /CVN 75.

6. BOOLA BOOLA/GRAND SLAM AWARD. PRESENTED TO THE VF/VFA SQUADRON THAT DEMONSTRATED HIGHEST CAPABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND UTILIZE AIR TO AIR MISSILE WEAPONS SYSTEMS.​

  • A. THE COMNAVAIRLANT GRAND SLAM AWARD WINNER IS VF 213.
  • B. THE COMNAVAIRPAC BOOLA BOOLA AWARD WINNER IS VFA 146.
Hope that clears it up.
They are very different awards.

Cheers.
Deke
Navy81
 
OK, this is what´s going on now, for the purpose of this thread, i will use only a MK-82 loadout, but you can choose from MK82´s, MK82´s Snakeyes, CBU-54, MK-20´s, Zuni rockets, fuel tanks, travel pods (to a max of 2), HARM´s and Shrikes, we left the other ordnance out for various reasons.
So, here are some pics of the Armament Control Unit, which is a window that can be used only when the plane is with parking brakes and completely shut down

OK..plane completely empty

View attachment 12156

ACU window (never mind the appearance, it will be done properly)

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now a series of loadouts, you can put them randomly as you desire and if it can really be done, for example, if you use a TER in station 3 (the inner most) or 6, with 3 bombs each, you can´t put sidewinders in your plane (if they were MK81, there wont be any problem, MK81´s ARE NOT modeled)

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Prowler

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..continues:

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This way, you can choose the load out of your desire, empty, full, fuel tanks only, ect.
Now, that ordnance drops, but you have to use the correct switches, fuzing ect, in order to make them work as they should. "Busy Cockpit" concept at your service!

Best regards

Prowler
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You mean I have to read the manual? Gasp!

Again, I am so glad I bought that NATOPS in PDF form a while back.... It is going to come in quite handy indeed!!!

I just finished reformatting a new hard drive and reinstalling FSX/Accell. I am going to be ready for this SLUF....

GO NAVAIR.

Remember, "There's No Slack In Light Attack"...

NC
 
Very Nice

Looking Very Good, I am looking forward to getting Muh hands on this beauty!!

Top Knotch Gents!!:applause:
 
Awsome Ron, Simply put !
Got my Saitek X65F today, ready for the A-7 ;-)
 
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