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Combat Flying 2022

  Features

      • Creates an active anti-aircraft SAM site at the nearest airport.
      • Allows a formation flight of three with two AI wingmen.
      • Prevents respawn of downed AI aircraft.
      • More realistic radar limits for the X-Trident Harrier II Plus.
      • Electronic warfare effects for the X-Trident Harrier II and the FACO F-15C.

  Compatible aircraft

The script will be active only when the current aircraft is in the list below.
   – fighters : an AV8B, a F15, F16, a Tornado (the X-trident Tornado and Harrier, the
     FACO F-15 and the DeltaWingSim or DFW F16 are in mind) or a Bae Hawk (The
     JustFlight Hawk)
   – airliners : the Airbus A310 (IniSimulations MRTT), the airbus A319 (see the Maritime
     Patrol Aircraft Mod for the Toliss A319).

   – helicopters : SA34 Gazelle, or S76 or CH47 Chinook

   – some supplementary stuff : the Junker 52 (see OliX Ju-52) and Piper 28.

Archive content

Scripts_CombatFlying2022.zip contains the active Surface to Air missile site and
formation control, for the Aircraft directory of X-Plane
Scripts_complementary.zip contains the night vision, the carrier control and Speedy
JTAC script (the last is only for the AV-8B Harrier from X-Trident, which as a TOO
function, TOO stands for Target of Opportunity ).

  Installation

   ● Lua scripts and folders should be dropped here :

      /X-Plane 11/Resources/plugins/FlyWithLua/Scripts/
   ● The active Surface to Air missile site is to be dropped here :

      /X-Plane/X-Plane 11/Aircraft/

   ● Please open the keyboard settings to « Tactical_script » to assign a key for the
     menu.

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Flight setup

Select as follow, in the correct order, the AI aircraft in X-Plane :
First AI : A tanker like the Laminar Research C-130, set as friendly.

Second AI : A friendly wingman, like an AI fighter aircraft
Third AI : A friendly wingman, like an AI fighter aircraft

Fourth AI : the anti-aircraft missile battery, set as enemy
5,6,7... AI : any supplementary AI aircraft as desired, set as enemy

Then launch the flight session. Open the Combat Flying menu using the attributed key.

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✹ FORM : Some formation settings allow to capture and release two wingmen (second
and third AI)

✹ AI : When aircraft are shot down, they are prevented from resurrection until you press
« Force Respawn AI ». All downed aircraft are resurrected at this time without
distinction, friendlies and enemies.

✹ SAM : The next line controls the fourth AI, which should be a SAM. We detect the
nearest airport and display a simplified yet depicted Surface-to-Air Missile site on it.

The SAM site is active and fires at any aircraft in the opposite camp.

✹ Chaff/Flare : Check your quantity of Chaffs and Flares before departure. In X-Plane,
dropping chaffs (passive radar decoys) will actually prevent SAM sites from shooting at
you. You can instantly refill all decoys (and weapons) with “Rearm”.

✹ 4 Flare+Chaff Prog. : when ticked, a programmed sequence of 4 chaff and 4 flares is
started for only one “Deploy Flare” command.

                                    ← Your sole flare button can now launch a salvo of decoys of both types.

✹ EW : When the Electronic Warfare is active, your radar has more trouble locking
enemies at long distance due to active countermeasures. Also, AI can deploy chaffs.

Only appears for the X-Trident Harrier APG-65 and the FACO F-15.
✹ Fuel : offers fuel menu access

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Radar limits for the X-Trident Harrier II

The scripts unlocks targets as they pass behind your AV8B. The real aircraft radar cannot
see behind the plane !
The scripts also limits the availability of the radar in AV8B Harrier II AN/APG-65 equipped
(“Harrier II Plus”), like the USMC or Italian Harriers II. The radar cannot be activated in the
X-Trident Night Attack variants (“AV-8B(NA)”) without a radar in the nose.

Night Attack variant (“AV-8B(NA)”)              AV8B Harrier II AN/APG-65 equipped
                                                (“Harrier II Plus”)

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Credits

Starting with June 2021 version, we are using Some Ray H objects, with
permission : https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/61821-sa-6-gainful/

  Arresting system (cable, net or EMAS) – complementary script

To get your runway arresting system in X-Plane today, take a look at Simple Ground
Equipment & Services :
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/62296-simple-ground-equipment-
services-low-tech-ground-services/

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