Hornet Missions (wish list)

Wanted to brainstorm future missions for the Hornet. Input and ideas welcome.

RAG - Fleet Replacement Squadron (not sure what Map would work best, thinking NTTR, even though the Charlie RAG is at Oceana, VFA-106)

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  Missions include
  FAM Flights
  Formation (day/night)
  AAR
  BFM
  ACM
  AG
  FCLP
  Day CQ (Normandy map)
  Night CQ (use Normandy map?)
  

Nugget - Welcome to the Fleet (all carrier based)

Syllabus and quals to include wingman tasks, weapons use, and flight lead task. Would need a former or current Hornet pilot to maybe outline all the quals pilots get when they are in the fleet.

Navy Fighter Weapons School - TopGun (NTTR would work best, wish we had Fallon)

Syllabus includes ACM, BFM, AG that mimics NFWS syllabus. Would be cool that if you finished this mission you received a 'virtual' NFWS patch, and could be a patch wearer in MP.

Nothing to add, except that I would love to see all of you suggestions. Would be a lot of fun!

Wanted to brainstorm future missions for the Hornet. Input and ideas welcome.

 

RAG - Fleet Replacement Squadron (not sure what Map would work best, thinking NTTR, even though the Charlie RAG is at Oceana, VFA-106)

 

• 
  Missions include
  FAM Flights
  Formation (day/night)
  AAR
  BFM
  ACM
  AG
  FCLP
  Day CQ (Normandy map)
  Night CQ (use Normandy map?)
  

 

 

Nugget - Welcome to the Fleet (all carrier based)

Syllabus and quals to include wingman tasks, weapons use, and flight lead task. Would need a former or current Hornet pilot to maybe outline all the quals pilots get when they are in the fleet.

 

 

Navy Fighter Weapons School - TopGun (NTTR would work best, wish we had Fallon)

Syllabus includes ACM, BFM, AG that mimics NFWS syllabus. Would be cool that if you finished this mission you received a 'virtual' NFWS patch, and could be a patch wearer in MP.

Yep, some great ideas right there. I particularly like the "Nugget - Welcome to the Fleet" idea.

:thumbup:

Dam busting

I’m pretty sure MapleFlag is working on the training campaign for he 18. If ED was smart they would bundle the training as a campaign ala Mirage style. Baltic did a great job on the training missions and on the free campaign.

Wanted to brainstorm future missions for the Hornet. Input and ideas welcome.

 

RAG - Fleet Replacement Squadron (not sure what Map would work best, thinking NTTR, even though the Charlie RAG is at Oceana, VFA-106)

 

• 
  Missions include
  FAM Flights
  Formation (day/night)
  AAR
  BFM
  ACM
  AG
  FCLP
  Day CQ (Normandy map)
  Night CQ (use Normandy map?)
  

 

 

Nugget - Welcome to the Fleet (all carrier based)

Syllabus and quals to include wingman tasks, weapons use, and flight lead task. Would need a former or current Hornet pilot to maybe outline all the quals pilots get when they are in the fleet.

 

 

Navy Fighter Weapons School - TopGun (NTTR would work best, wish we had Fallon)

Syllabus includes ACM, BFM, AG that mimics NFWS syllabus. Would be cool that if you finished this mission you received a 'virtual' NFWS patch, and could be a patch wearer in MP.

This is beautiful - take the player through the (flying) career of a modern-day F/A-18 flyer!

It would be awesome if there were a way to "lock" the TOPGUN campaign until after one "real" campaign is complete, since TOPGUN is something done typically between an NA's first and second deployments.

FYI - TOPGUN is no longer "Navy Fighter Weapons School. It's now the Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (NSFTI) program. :thumbup:

Would be cool that if you finished this mission you received a 'virtual' NFWS patch, and could be a patch wearer in MP.

cant wait to laugh at the tools who would actually try to leverage this in an argument

+1 to all the above! :thumbup:

Another thread of ideas for a mission could focus on Carrier Landing Challenges.

Some ideas include:

CASE I/II Ops:

• Varying winds (light, strong, axial, port, starboard)
  
• Pitching deck
  
• $HB competition (>500 knots, 500ft, 0.5NM break)
  
• Groove and interval precision (must follow interval AI traffic in pattern correct distance and stay in groove correct time)
  
• No HUD
  
• Single engine
  
• Sun glare off deck or IFLOLS (Clara approach)
  
• Break the deck (judge time to enter the break based off AI launching off carrier)
  

CASE III Ops:

• CV1 approach flown and timed correctly with AI traffic on approach
  
• Moonless night
  
• Night in the barrel (LSO auto calls wave off or simulate hook skip to force multiple attempts)
  
• Pitching Deck
  
• No HUD
  
• Single Engine
  
• Mode 1
  

Anyone have any other ideas to add to the list?

Great ideas, +1 for everything listed. Thanks