Adding my ten cents for anyone stopping in here to learn: In a finger four, route, echelon or other 45ish-aspect forms, stay far enough ahead so that the lead can spot you without straining his neck. The point of form is MUTUAL support, he needs to be able to check your six as much as you need to check his, or suddenly you got a bandit echeloning his way onto you both, and you're dead :) Wingtip missile rail tip should aproximately overlap the front edge of the air inlet, that's a great spot.

This was incredibly helpful - especially to set the correct mindset for being a wingman, especially a helpful wingman. Again, learned a lot more than I thought I would when I started watching.

Thanks mate!, very usefull. I used to see my MFD's, avionics instruments and when i head up i lost my lead, lowing altitud... a disaster lol. Thanks again.

For a person that is "new" to the community, you have tons of good advice for players of all experience levels. I may have made an ass of myself in other videos but, I very much enjoy you tutorials.

I'll speak on this because I built the mission. Normally in a campaign this is true. But the TE I built doesn't have an active EWS and doesn't have active squadrons of opfor aside from the 2 ship Mig-21/23 flight that intercepts us later in the video. So regardless of how you egress you have two options in the mission in post strike. Go west and have a shorter trip but higher quality interceptors. Or East on the coast and have a longer trip but easier egress against Mig-21's.

1. You are correct. I misspoke. 2. I did not know he had a missile fired at him because he used the incorrect brevity code. He said "defensive" when he should have said "singer 3, right 3 oclock." This is a good example of why you need to know how to communicate complex info, or stop trying to use brevity altogether and just blurt out something accurate. Ideally I would have separated a bit, looked for the incoming missile and told him when to break. But we needed to be tight as it was a popup.

CC on that tanit. Being myself air screw propelled online devices pilot I was a bit overwhelmed by this VCR time clock setting routine of modern fighter. With this video I finally connected two worlds. Thanks.

great job!! love your effort to support those who want to learn!

Great idea for the tutorial and wonderfully done. Thank you, this stuff means a lot to us beginers :-)

Ah, I see. helps to know the variables :) well, now someone else has convinced me that there is more advantage to having all bombs on target simultaneously. So different ideas again. I think I have a LOT to learn about this sim...

Thanks for doing these videos, its all well an good knowing which button to press and where to fly to, entirely another thing knowing why, now I know why!

Krause is savage lol. Yellin at the one dude "you better knock it off!" Yelling at the lead...this is like me at work non manager managing associates and managers. ;)

really great tutorial man, awesome!

Excellent. Many thanks.

One thing to add: you might wanna use the A/A Tacan. It really helps in being precisely in position, and gains SA when you are blind. And one question: Can you do a Tutorial about working with the AI Wingmen? They seem to refuse to kill anything when it comes to ground targets (BAI), no matter If I am the lead or number 2. Thanks in advance, and btw Awesome Videos! Keep it up!

A very useful watch thank you

Just so you know, FENCE is actually an acronym. It stands for Fire control system, ECM, Navigation lights, Comms and Emitters. I'm not sure if you already knew that but ut seemed to me you didn't, so just letting you know in case. Good video.

18:06 That was the most beautiful thing I saw today!

How do you respwan when ur playing multiplayer and can it be done in single player missions? or can the mission be reset so you dont have to quit the mission then load it up again?

Impossible to view all of the uoaf forum links in the description for some reason

Great tutorial. I love your emphasis on staying with the lead and protecting him. It enriches the whole experience right, playing/flying to support another?

so the circles on your hsd is the bullseye u put on map before take off right? bc somewhere on the video when lead call for threats you immidiatelly dms changing mfds and trying to find spot the place...quite smart..love learning knew tips from you...if the circles on hsd is from bullseye u have on map let me know...bc i cant put them on hsd i has only flight plan and steerpoint threats

it depends... being that close to the leader during popup can be harmfull if your lead gets shot.. you should use time deconfliction.. ie climbing in diffrent altitudes or braking into the target a 1-2 seconds after the leader..

Thanks man!

also I generally get told by lead trail by several miles - we hit the target in sequence. over the target area the same time he is calling off, im calling on. if lead goes defensive against a ground threat, then that shouldnt affect my attack unless I hear otherwise from lead.

Where can I learn fighter pilot language?

wouldnt NOE flight been a better idea on ingress? noticed that you only went NOE when you reached the radar range of the local threats - but as in falcon different systems do communicate, if a ground station or their awacs picked you up, you would have had interceptors incoming pretty quick - also you would have been more noticeable with the jammer on too.

25:06 This is bug? I think that you should hit the STBY button, not OVRD to set Radar mode (Not submode). Strange bug (automatic STBY?)

I know it's an old video but still great and interesting. I have a question, hope someone answers it... How do I get those yellow circles (symbolizing air defense radius) ON, on my right MFD?? pls... thnx!

As an F-16 pilot I would say there is a lot of inaccurate information here. When flying low level enroute to bomb a target we never flew in the extended route position (ie in a cone behind lead). We always flew line abreast for mutual support. If there is a 4 ship, the second two ship (3 and 4) flew line abreast about 1 mile in trail in an offset box. This gives the best offensive and defensive positions for the flight to get everybody to the target and back in one piece. In the position you flew, who is checking your 6? And if an enemy showed up at your 6 lead is not in a position to do anything about it. Furthermore, as a wingman you always have to be aware of where you are because lead may get shot down, have an emergency or aircraft malfunction and you have to be ready to take the lead of the flight. I've had this happen many times as both a wingman and lead in my 13 years of flying the Viper. This "what if" is always briefed in the flight brief. We always had a plan, and a backup to the plan, and a backup to the backup. The only time you are fixated on lead is in fingertip formation when you want to look pretty as a flight coming up initial. (At a distance of 6 feet you can only afford a brief glance at your instruments). But in a tactical flight you need to be looking around for enemy threats. You are far enough away from lead (usually about 1 mile) you can comfortably aviate, navigate and communicate. You should never be fixated on lead. You need to know when you are approaching a turn point and especially the IP so you can execute the planned attack. The run in to the target cannot come as a surprise. You have to be thinking ahead of the jet and be ready the entire flight, from engine start to shutdown. When you slipped into trail approaching the target your mutual support was ZERO. You were padlocked on lead while SAM's were being launched at you and you never knew it, nor could you warn lead if he didn't see them. Something that doesn't get replicated in the tactics in this game is the actual attack. In reality lead and wing fly different parameters and "action" at different points to get separation during the final attack. Often when making this type of popup attack, lead will make a 10 or 20 degree attack (depending on ordinance, target and many other factors) while wing makes a 20 or 30 degree attack. You don't come down the chute at the same time in formation. From the "action" point to pop up, you are on your own and need to concentrate on your attack, hit your numbers and find your target. That is the whole reason you came all this way. You put your life on the line to get there and kill the target. Hoping to see it at the last second on your bomb run is not the way to effectively attack the target. And even though your 4 ship is attacking the same general target (a nuc plant in this case) you will each have a very specific point you aim for to maximize the damage. Picking out your specific target is harder than you think. In your mission you attacked a huge building. What if you were attacking individual radar vehicles or SAM launchers that are camouflaged? After bombs away you know where to find lead and where to look for him but your main focus after pissing off the enemy is to see if anyone is shooting back at you and take evasive action and come home alive. If you loose sight of lead (not a good thing but it happens regularly) you know which way to egress and you have radar to help find him once the threat level is cranked down a little.

U DA MAN Tanit!!

how far from target did you begin to pop up and roll onto it?

is me again. you use to say that these videos only cover the basics. the other advanced stuff you know, you know it from training and combat experience? i mean, if i know how to put on good use all the operations in the bms manual, it can be said that i'm an advanced?

I love the look of this, but I'm slightly put off at the same time, usually in sims you get people who take it too seriously thinking they're real pilots, so you usually end up encountering abusive language especially if you're a new player. I don't mind if people want to take things seriously but I wish they'd remember that fun should be the priority. Are there any servers that cater to newer players?

Almost got shot down today by a stray AMRAAM fired from my stupid AI wingman

Nice tutorial but I am german

remember, brakes, not breaks.

Cue music "The Wingman" by Dos Gringos. Required listening! ;)