Drive the Hawg? The 163rd Wants You!

WE WANT YOU!

 



 

http://v163.org

 

TeamSpeak3 IP: 163rd.teamspeak3.com

 

The 163rd Virtual Fighter Squadron is opening it's doors. We're seeking A-10C pilots and Combined Arms JTACs of all skill levels.

 

 

 

 

ABOUT US

Inspired by the real 163rd Fighter Squadron, we take to the skies of DCS's virtual battlefields with one mission: Conducting realism-centered operations that provide an immersive and ejoyable simulation experience for our pilots. After conducting some research and putting our heads together, the group of experienced Hawg Drivers who founded our squadron reached the conclusion that the DCS community had a lack of organized groups to fit the needs of DCS's many players. So we founded our squadron hoping to target what we felt was a large demographic of DCS pilots.

We strive to conduct realistic operations, but we under no circumstance sacrifice fun for "true realism." What we mean to convey is that we will not have you perform mandatory check rides, nor will we have

We do make communicate realistically and use proper radio calls, use proper A-10 Tactics and Procedures, carry real-world payloads, and expect our pilots to have a sufficient understanding of the fundamentals of aviation.

But do not fear! If you think you might need some training beforehand, we offer one on one A-10C and L-39 instruction to all pilots of the DCS community, not just members of our squadron. We welcome all new pilots, regardless of age or experience level.

All of our conduction missions are designed in-house by staffers from our squadron. While our operations do not represent many boring, monotonous tasks and requirements, they also are certainly nowhere close to action-movie level of detachment from realism. Our mission designers and staffers aim to find what they call the proverbial "goldilocks zone" of mission design. We often joke of "The Two Commandments of DCS Mission Design."

1) Thy Mission Shant Be Boring

2) Thy Mission Shalt Be Believable

Trust me, those two commandments are not always easy to balance.

Our missions and operations are formatted into month-long campaigns that we call "scenario packages." In order to conduct a diverse range of operations, we aim to simulate many different types of threats and battlespaces, each unique to it's individual campaign. The mission staffers will generate the campaign from the ground up based on a political scenario they create. Here is an example of one of our "scenario packages." Those keen on political history may notice some similarities to certain real-world events Our staffers draw their data for scenario generation from both historical, hypothetical, and probable real world events.

"In June of 2017, relations between the NATO and EU-leaning Caucasus country of Georgia and it's northern neighbor, the much more powerful Russia, reached the breaking point following a diplomatic cutoff and the closing Roki tunnel that connected the two nations due to disputes over newly discovered oil deposits in the Black Sea. This allowed Russian backed South Ossetian separatists the justification they needed to declare formal succession from Georgia once more, and thus begin an ongoing insurgency in South Ossetia. Supplied with surplus Russian arms, the South Ossetian insurgents have inflicted significant damage to the small Georgian military, which is struggling to secure the border region, let alone deploy troops within the Ossetian border to conduct counterinsurgency operations. In August, Georgia formally requested help from NATO following insurgent artillery strikes on the city of Gori, inflicting significant civilian loss of life. NATO agreed to help the troubled country, deploying infantry and armored units to the frontlines of the insurgency, and providing air assets to begin counterinsurgency operations against the South Ossetian separatists. The 163rd Fighter Squadron was selected to deploy to Tblisi, Georgia, in support of "Operation Armazi."

We primarily hope to keep most of our pilots within the North American region, but are certainly open to reviewing pilots from elsewhere on Earth. Exceptions can and certainly will be made for pilots who display no internet connection or communication issues when flying.

Our squadron currently conducts scheduled operations on Friday nights at 1700-2000 EST. While that is our current scheduled time, we are by all means willing and able to reschedule these events if needed to fit the needs of the majority of our pilots.

While we do conduct scheduled operations, many of our pilots use our Teamspeak server as a "hangout," and you are welcome to do the same. Many of our ops are conducted "on the fly" and usually begin by somebody in the Teamspeak channel saying the words "Anybody care to fly?" Many times during these ops our pilots will fly aircraft other than the A-10C. These ops are not considered official squadron events, but are great fun, provide opportunities for our pilots to get to know each other, and are typically more relaxed and less "serious" than our scheduled operations.

SOLD YET?

I'd really recommend, you might as well brush up on your A-10 skills and put them to the test. Or even if you are new, don't worry. Time is not an issue, that can be figured out, desire to fly is what is looked for here.