F-5E Aggressors Basic Fighter Maneuvers DLC

The F-5E Aggressors BFM campaign puts you in the cockpit of an F-5E Tiger II, as a new Aggressor pilot with the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base.

Based on real world procedures, you will fly as Red Air against Blue Air Forces.

Upon arrival, you will fly a familiarization flight around the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). Then you will face a series of challenging Basic Fighter Maneuver (BFM) missions against similar and dis-similar aircraft.

Your opponents include the F-4E, F-5E, F-14A, F-15C, F-16C, F/A-18C, M-2000C, MiG-29G, CF-188 and MiG-21.

Additionally, there are 10 single player practice missions with in-air starts so you can perfect your BFM tactics and techniques.

There are over 1,000 voiceovers and over 45 pages of briefing material including the RED FLAG Spins, Red Forces In-Flight Guide, Maps, Diagrams, Custom Kneeboards and Mission Data cards.

You will need DCS 2.0, the F-5E Module and the NTTR Map Module for this campaign.

All the missions both Campaign and Single Player are available under this path:

<your drive letter>:Program FilesEagle DynamicsDCS World 2 OpenAlphaModscampaignsF-5E BFM

Documentation for the campaign can be found under this path:

<your drive letter>:Program FilesEagle DynamicsDCS World 2 OpenAlphaModscampaignsF-5E BFMDoc

Hints and Tips:

Study the documents and review the mission briefings which are critical to mission success.

Make sure you drop your center tank before engaging.

Use the F10 Menu to communicate when you are READY to start the engagements.

You can exit the missions after the final mission message or continue to fly and land - it's your choice.

We hope you enjoy this campaign. We believe it will make you a better pilot helping you to succeed in future combat missions. Good luck!

Please watch our blog for updates: http://mapleflagmissions.blogspot.ca/

Based on user feedback from the initial release we have provided an update of the package to ED for their next patch release.

Change Log:

1. Added subtitles for all mission messages.

2. Added Red Force In Flight Guide pages to the kneeboard.

3. Fixed orbits on some aircraft.

4. Some minor trigger updates to improve timing.

5. Fixed issue in BFM05 where Hornet collides with F-16.

Please keep the feedback coming as we will include any changes in the future campaigns we have planned for the F-5E.

Please keep the feedback coming as we will include any changes in the future campaigns we have planned for the F-5E.

That's promising!!!

Based on user feedback from the initial release we have provided an update of the package to ED for their next patch release.

 

Change Log:

1. Added subtitles for all mission messages.

2. Added Red Force In Flight Guide pages to the kneeboard.

3. Fixed orbits on some aircraft.

4. Some minor trigger updates to improve timing.

5. Fixed issue in BFM05 where Hornet collides with F-16.

 

Please keep the feedback coming as we will include any changes in the future campaigns we have planned for the F-5E.

Thank You.

Based on user feedback from the initial release we have provided an update of the package to ED for their next patch release.

 

Change Log:

1. Added subtitles for all mission messages.

2. Added Red Force In Flight Guide pages to the kneeboard.

3. Fixed orbits on some aircraft.

4. Some minor trigger updates to improve timing.

5. Fixed issue in BFM05 where Hornet collides with F-16.

 

Please keep the feedback coming as we will include any changes in the future campaigns we have planned for the F-5E.

Hi Sabre,

Any chances to have this update in this Friday (16 December)?

ED has the updated files so it's up to them when they release it. Hopefully it will be soon.

Ok, thx, I bought this campaign few days ago but Im waiting for this update.

Hi happy new year

sorry for my english

I bought ( F-5E Aggressors Basic Fighter Maneuvers Campaign ) and 3 others for DCS 1.5 then I installed F-5 Aggressors Basic......... on DCS world 2 and download every thing that needs for this campaign but all campaign in 1.5 and 2 are Active but just when i want to run BFM campaign F-5E it,s Inactive !!!!!????

why ??? can some body help me ?

thanks my friends

BTW - the only thing I somewhat don't like is the notion that my commanding officer will be disappointed when I don't get a kill.. I mean, isn't my role as Aggressor to allow Blue Air to train and get it right - more so than me scoring a kill against Blue? So I am doing my job and still get this "disappointed" message? ... just saying... :)

Hi happy new year

sorry for my english

I bought ( F-5E Aggressors Basic Fighter Maneuvers Campaign ) and 3 others for DCS 1.5 then I installed F-5 Aggressors Basic......... on DCS world 2 and download every thing that needs for this campaign but all campaign in 1.5 and 2 are Active but just when i want to run BFM campaign F-5E it,s Inactive !!!!!????

 

why ??? can some body help me ?

thanks my friends

You should open a new thread for your issue but I'll respond here.

If you go to the module manager does the campaign show up in the Available DLC tab or the Installed Tab?

If it's in the Installed Tab can you select the check box beside the serial number and what happens? That check box should enable or disable the module.

BTW - the only thing I somewhat don't like is the notion that my commanding officer will be disappointed when I don't get a kill.. I mean, isn't my role as Aggressor to allow Blue Air to train and get it right - more so than me scoring a kill against Blue? So I am doing my job and still get this "disappointed" message? ... just saying... :)

You are correct in that Aggressor pilots are taught to replicate realistic threats and at times are required to intentionally fly the aircraft under it's true performance to duplicate a lessor capable foe or fight below their full capabilities to simulate an air force with less skilled pilots.

Given the limitations of the sim and single player missions we felt that anything less than a full Blue Force smack down wouldn't prove your capabilities as an Aggressor pilot.

Plus the fact that "The Major" is a right SOB and is expecting all his Aggressor pilots to be competitive. He will be disappointed with anything less than complete victory over the Blue Forces. :)

Hey Sabre,

I just got back into the F5 module and your campaign is really amazing... I'm not a hard core user for the most part so as expected, I'm getting my ass handed to me in these missions, so I'll be dusting off my fighter combat tactics and maneuvering book and going back to school. Thanks for providing this immersive environment to re-learn BFM skills.

Glad you are enjoying it.

We are still working on the Red Flag campaign but you will really need good BFM to be successful in these missions. :thumbup:

Well it took me awhile but I bought this campaign yesterday and looking forward to using it.. I will probably the next one when I finished this one.. Thank you for making it.

hey Sabre,

I can't progress through mission BFM01.

As soon as I overfly FLEX I get a DCS crash, I think it's because of the voice message trigger.

The end of the log file looks like this:

01169.548 ERROR SOUND: can't load wave: "sounds\speech\sound\eng\common\player\callsign\nelliscontrol"

01216.637 ERROR SOUND: can't load wave: "sounds\speech\sound\eng\common\atc\callsign\nelliscontrol"

01362.327 INFO EDCORE: try to write dump information

01362.328 INFO EDCORE: # -------------- 20171227-013440 --------------

01362.329 INFO EDCORE: C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\DCS.exe

01362.330 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 1E448AA1 00:00000000

01362.333 INFO EDCORE: 00000000 00000000 0000:00000000

01362.336 INFO EDCORE: 1E448AA1 0097EDE0 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\DCS.exe

01362.337 INFO EDCORE: 1E463409 0097EF40 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\DCS.exe

01362.340 INFO EDCORE: 1E41E18F 0097EF80 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\DCS.exe

01362.342 INFO EDCORE: 1D11C373 0097F000 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\World.dll

01362.344 INFO EDCORE: 1D11C921 0097F060 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\World.dll

01362.344 INFO EDCORE: 1E6C2776 0097F0D0 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\DCS.exe

01362.344 INFO EDCORE: 1E6D2AAE 0097F130 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\DCS.exe

01362.344 INFO EDCORE: 1E34098B 0097F160 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\DCS.exe

01362.344 INFO EDCORE: 1E3422DA 0097F810 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\DCS.exe

01362.346 INFO EDCORE: 1E84F773 0097F850 0000:00000000 C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\bin\DCS.exe

01362.348 INFO EDCORE: 43F51FE4 0097F880 0000:00000000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL BaseThreadInitThunk()+14

01362.348 INFO EDCORE: 4496EF91 0097F8D0 0000:00000000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll RtlUserThreadStart()+21

01362.584 INFO EDCORE: Minidump created.

01362.589 ERROR SOUND: render time = 0.217309s exceeded allowed slice of 0.046440s

01362.593 INFO DCS: try to write track file

01363.589 INFO DCS: 'C:\Users\Gerardo\Saved Games\DCS.openalpha\Logs\dcs.20171227-013440.crash' deleted successfully

01363.733 INFO DCS: 'C:\Users\Gerardo\Saved Games\DCS.openalpha\Logs\dcs.20171227-013440.dmp' deleted successfully

01379.119 INFO DCS: msinfo32.exe /nfo "C:\Users\Gerardo\Saved Games\DCS.openalpha\Logs\system.nfo"

01382.430 INFO DCS: failed to open 'C:\Users\Gerardo\Saved Games\DCS.openalpha\Logs\system.nfo' for reading

01382.430 INFO DCS: dxdiag.exe /64bit /whql:off /t "C:\Users\Gerardo\Saved Games\DCS.openalpha\Logs\dxdiag.txt"

 

Still struggling with the practice missions, the AI flies pretty well, but I completed the NTTR Fam flight complete with a severe aircraft malfunction (loss of throttle control around Student Gap).

Really enjoying this module and looking forward to flying the for-credit missions once I can somewhat reliably kill the other guys as opposed to just keeping them from killing me.

Great job Maple Flag!

'Gimp

The practice missions seem broken on 2.5. UZI 2-1 is silent on the radio and I can't call "ready" to begin the engagments. Anyone else seeing this, or am I doing something stupid?

If you fly straight and level you should hit the INDIA trigger point.

We just retested in the latest 2.5 OpenBeta and it worked ok for us.

Maybe try updating your video card drivers or a DCS Repair or reinstall the campaign.

Here is a screenshot.

Hey Sabre,

I'm having trouble with BFM mission 001. As soon as my instructor takes off 3L instead of turning left to FLEX he turns East and slams into Sunrise Mountain, every single time. Ive reinstalled the campaign multiple times but he keeps crashing.

Any ideas?

Have you updated your video card drivers and or done a DCS Repair?

The AI can do funny things at times but certainly having him crash isn't desired.

We will retest and see if we can reproduce it. I assume you are using the latest 2.5 OpenBeta version?

Have you updated your video card drivers and or done a DCS Repair?

 

The AI can do funny things at times but certainly having him crash isn't desired.

 

We will retest and see if we can reproduce it. I assume you are using the latest 2.5 OpenBeta version?

In the ACM campaign he does something similar, he takes off 3R turnes east but manages to go around towards FLEX.

Sorry we couldn't reproduce your issue.

In our attempt he took off from runway 3R, turned towards FLEX climbed to 8000' and entered an orbit waiting to join on us (see screenshot below).

Hopefully the DCS Repair or updated drivers will correct it for you. You said you uninstalled and reinstalled the campaign - did it redownload the files?

Sorry we couldn't reproduce your issue.

 

In our attempt he took off from runway 3R, turned towards FLEX climbed to 8000' and entered an orbit waiting to join on us (see screenshot below).

 

Hopefully the DCS Repair or updated drivers will correct it for you. You said you uninstalled and reinstalled the campaign - did it redownload the files?

To uninstall the campaign i just removed it from the module manager within DCS. Then it appeared as available to download the next time I run the game.

Thanks for the support Sabre!

The practice missions seem broken on 2.5. UZI 2-1 is silent on the radio and I can't call "ready" to begin the engagments. Anyone else seeing this, or am I doing something stupid?

I recopied the practice missions from dcs/mods back over to the saved games folder and now they work as expected again.

That's great!