*** Posted by run *** Cable engagements in case you have a problem stopping on the remaining piece of runway or if you expect problems maintaining direction you can make approach end engagements. Most runways have a cable at the approach end and one or two at the end of the runway. run [Hello, What's the hook for underneath the F-16's belly ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hello, What's the hook for underneath the F-16's belly towards the rear? Rapier

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hello, Yes there are perameters for droping bomb's of course. Every pilot who fly's a military jet SHOULD know what each and every weapon and it's perameters for deployment are. If they dont then they should be flying gliders. Basically you can use CCIP for high alt bombing but I prefer to use CCRP mode for high alt ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi Faulken, If you would like to know when the AIM-120 goes autonomous it's easy enough to know when firing one from the F-16. Apparently it's supposed to look spectacular from the cockpit of a real aircraft. Anyway I'll explain to you how it works. When you fire the AIM-120 at a target you will notice a countdown ...

*** Posted by run *** [---snip---- 2) Duty Ops looks at the names of the students and randomly takes out letters to make a call sign. Example: My name is Henrik Bach and my call sign became ''HEB''. I wouldn't hope to much to get ''ICE'' as a call sign if I was you. ''SIM'' could more likely be yours. Regards, Henrik.] Hi Henrik Let's hope ...

*** Posted by run *** yes [Run, Is there any type of indication given to the pilot in the cockpit that tells him/her the 120 is now active and can continue without my radar lock, thus allowing me to move to the next target? ]

*** Posted by run *** [Run, Do the ''Official Military'' drop parameters allow for ''dumb bomb'' deployment/release using CCIP mode from altitudes of 15,000 ft. or more, or is it determined based upon the Air Defense(s) surrounding a particular target? Thank you both for responding here, this is a great area to post ?'s. BTW which of you is ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Sorry just to add one small note, Run is rught when he say's that it does deppend on the distance to target and a good lock on the target. When you do this Faulken and you get the shoot cue (or by studying the weapon range bar in the right side of the HUD) you will know when best to fire the missle. You can then turn ...

*** Posted by FAULKEN *** Run, Is there any type of indication given to the pilot in the cockpit that tells him/her the 120 is now active and can continue without my radar lock, thus allowing me to move to the next target? [Hi guys Just to straigthen the conversation out a bit: The distance that the AMRAAM goes active on is dependent on when ...

*** Posted by FAULKEN *** Run, Do the ''Official Military'' drop parameters allow for ''dumb bomb'' deployment/release using CCIP mode from altitudes of 15,000 ft. or more, or is it determined based upon the Air Defense(s) surrounding a particular target? Thank you both for responding here, this is a great area to post ?'s. BTW which of you ...