Falcon 4.0 Allied Forces

Well this is my favorite thing to play on the PC

It is the most realstic combat flight sim avalible the public. Anyone ever play it? You can read about it at http://www.lead-pursuit.com/

Looks pretty neat. I used to play flight sims alot when I was younger... when was it released? I take it that you are into fighter jets alot... they are pretty cool machines. My favourite fighter jet is probably the Eurofighter Typhoon or the F15.

Yeah lol. AF was released in 2005. It is a newer version of Falcon 4.0 It takes alot of dedication to play and learn how to play it though. I have been flying it for 11 months and I am still learning

Viper do you want to fly for real?are you thinking of a career in the Air Force?

Would be cool

I once wanted to go in the RAF, I have Microsoft Flight Simulator, and also F22 Lightning I think it is, quite fun actually, with all the HUD.
I haven't tried this game, sounds great.

Yes 88% of the switches in the cokpit are working. And yes I might after I go to colege and once I am in colege I might take ROTC and then join the USAF. Not really sure yet though...

Yeah, I've thought of joining the RAF or RAAF...not too sure though. Become a USN pilot, then you can travel to cool places (I guess that you would start off in the USAF anyway, not too sure about how you train to be a navy pilot).

The RAF fly the Eurofighter now, which is a pretty sweet plane. The RAAF (they fly F/A 18 SuperHornets and F-111 Aardvarks), have just ordered about 100 F-35 Joint-Strike Fighters (which will be one of the best fighters available), so I might join them instead (if I do decide to join). My fav fighter is still the F-15 Eagle, though - it's one of the fastest (after all the Russian ones, lol), and it's a helluva lot louder than the F-16 Falcon

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Btw, can you only fly the F-16 in Falcon 4.0 Alliance? I would have liked more choice of jets...I've heard of a game called Lock-On: Modern Air Combat - do you know if that is any good? It has more jets in it (A-10 Warthog, F-15C Eagle, MiG-29 Fulcrum A, more MiGs). I only have Combat Flight Simulator 2 from way back, so I really need to get updated on good combat flight sims.

Yes I have heard of it but the people I know that fly it they say it is only good for formation flying sooo... Yes only the F-16. The US is flying the F-22 now though the greatest fighter ever built ;D

The F-22 looks really neat. It's surprisingly slow though - only Mach 1.8, which is about half the speed of the F-16, and much slower than some MiGs (like the MiG-25R Foxbat B can do Mach 3.2). The F-35 is actually a joint project between the USA and UK to replace the F-16, F/A 18 and Harrier jump jets. It will be used in the US Navy/Marines (which is where the best US pilots are), Royal Navy/Marines and Australian Navy. The F-22 is a replacement for the F-15, and will only be used in the USAF.

Sorry to throw water on you here but the F-22's top speed is clasified so I do not think that you know it

And it is capible of cruising at supersonic speeds, it is the most algile fighter in the world. And you might want to check this out as well

Saw this article about the F-22 and JDAMs:

F-22 Raptor Scores Direct Hit in Testing of Supersonic, High-Altitude JDAM Drop

Press Release Source: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

F-22 Raptor Scores Direct Hit in Testing of Supersonic, High-Altitude JDAM Drop
Monday June 12, 3:11 pm ET

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor air dominance fighter, flying at a speed of Mach 1.5 and an altitude of 50,000 feet, released a GPS-aided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from a range of 24 nautical miles, destroying a small ground target in the F-22's fastest and highest JDAM delivery yet. .....using a 1,000-pound Mk-83 JDAM with live warhead supplied by Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The ability to release a munition at supersonic speeds and standoff ranges greatly enhances the aircrew's survivability against heavily defended targets.

What about getting involved in the aircraft over at Nevada; but they were mostly in the Cold War years.

The U-2 was tested when Area 51 was still a bunch of tents and Quonset huts. Flying at 70,000 feet, the U-2 overflew the USSR with impunity for years until one was shot down in 1960. Until they were painted black in the sixties, a fair percentage of UFO sightings were actually reflections from the silver bodied U-2 reconnaissance plane.

The Typhoon is an agile, single seat, multi-role aircraft optimised for high altitude supersonic air combat but also capable of operating at much lower levels in the air-to-ground roles.

The state-of-the art aircraft is set to be the RAF's major front-line type for many years to come, replacing the RAF's Tornado F3 fighters and Jaguar fighter-bombers in front-line service.

http://www.eurofighter.com/

There ia Aurora... This mach 6 craft is the replacement to the SR-71. Thought to be powered by liquid methane, the Aurora has a "doughnuts on a rope" contrail and supposedly requires a huge airfield to land. Much controversy remains of this unacknowledged aircraft - some believe the Aurora is really a UAV while other believe the program has been an abject failure, thereby forcing the reactivation of the SR-71. Still others believe that the whole program is just disinformation.

It could actually land at Campbelltown airport, Scotland, the 2nd Longest runway after Area 51 Nevada, and it can land Space Shuttles.

Due to its remoteness and with a long runway (3.049km) it is ideal for landing any type of aircraft and conducting discrete research operations. A less interesting possibility is that this was simply necessary for the declared purpose of the site, a dispersal airfield for the V bombers and an emergency landing site for P-3 Orions. It is well known that the United States maintained a Navy SEAL commando unit at the base and that the British SAS commandos occasionally use the facility for training exercises[citation needed]. The base is also rumoured to have been used for testing US Project Aurora aircraft and an American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) RQ-3 Dark Star[citation needed].

As you can see, I take quite an interest in Aviation, and watch at Carlisle Airport sometimes, and some of the RAF bases, including the RAF Spadeadam, where in the Cold british nuclear deterem missiels were tested and a lauch facilities were made there, for the Blue Streak Missiles, later replaced by Trident Submaries. The project was abandoned in 1950s.

I also have my invaluable Janes books

I assumed that the info on the Raptor was correct, obviously it's just crap from the Press then.

With regards to the Typhoon, it is currently the most able fighter-jet. They are able to fly supersonic for an entire mission, and may perform complex tactics whilst supersonic - the pilots are able to withstand G-forces indefinately, due to the planes' design. On top of that, the pilot can aim simply by target an enemy by looking at them. I'm not sure if the Eurofighter was/is used in Iraq, but I suspect it was, seeing as the British do a significant number of fighter-bomber sorties.

The F-22 Raptor is expected to be the best fighter-jet in the world, however, due to its stealth capabilities.

I think they used tornadoes in Iraq, RAF GR.4's and GR.4A's continue to form part of UK contribution to stability operations in Iraq.
A RAF Tornado GR.4 releases flares on a combat mission over Iraq, 2004

The Tornado was originally designed as a low-level supersonic ground attack bomber, capable of taking off and landing in short distances. This requires good high-speed and low-speed flying characteristics. In general, an aircraft which is designed to fly at high speeds usually has poor low-speed characteristics. In order to achieve the desired high-speed performance, an aircraft has a highly swept or ‘delta’ wing platform. However, these wing designs are very inefficient at low speeds where unswept wing planforms are required. In order for an aircraft to be operated efficiently at both high and low speeds, variable wing sweep is a desirable feature.

In general, when the pilot wants to fly at low speed, they sweep the wings forward (through a selection lever in the cockpit) to maximise lift, and when flying faster they sweep the wings further back. The Tornado GR4 flies at one of 3 levels of wing sweep: 25, 45 and 67 degrees of sweep. There is a corresponding speed range that is appropriate for each level of wing sweep; these change with the configuration of stores on the aircraft, as they directly affect the lift and drag characteristics.

Look here too:
Selling Eurofighter in the Middle East
http://www.thesharpener.net/2005/10/10/selling-eurofighter-in-the-middle-east/

Yes I agree the Eurofighter is a very nice aircraft

But I must say to beable to drop a JDAM at supersonic speeds from high altitude is most impresive

Air Combat Command's B-52 is a long-range heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50,000 feet (15 km). It can carry a variety of weapons, including nuclear or conventional precision-guided munition and has the capability to navigate the world precisely. It was originally designed to carry just two enormous thermonuclear weapons to any point in the USSR.

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine heavy bomber propeller aircraft flown by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and other military organizations afterwards, and dropped the nuclear bomb in 1945 in WWII.

The Air Force intends to keep the B-52 in service until around 2050, an unprecedented length of service for a combat aircraft model (the venerable DC-3, now 70 years old!, is still in regular revenue service in civilian hands). This is especially amazing considering that the last plane was built in 1962; the Air Force fully expects to be flying 90-year-old airframes. Periodically, B-52s are rebuilt at the USAF's maintenance depots such as Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Therefore, despite their chronological age, their actual service age is quite young.

Boeing has suggested re-engining of the B-52H fleet with the Rolls-Royce RB211 534E-4. This would involve replacing the eight Pratt & Whitney TF33s (total thrust 8 x 17,000 lb or 30.574 kN) with four RB211s (total thrust 4 x 37,400 lb or 33.191 kN). The RR engines will increase the range/payload of the fleet and reduce fuel consumption. However the cost of the project would be significant. Procurement would cost approximately $2.56 billion ($36 million ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€ Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â 71 aircraft). A General Accounting Office study of the proposal concluded that Boeing's estimated savings of $4.7 billion would not be realized. They found that it would cost the Air Force $1.3 billion over keeping the existing engines.