The Black Shark Den

It's rare enough to have some updates related to rotaries in ED newsletter, so even if there is nothing really new, it's good to know their projects still have a pulse. We got some new Ka-50 3D redesign shots here with a bit more textures than previously, and more Mi24 3D renderings.

Details: Last Updated: 20 September 2019

September 2019

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CAS training exercise with VMFA-251
09-22-2019 8:00 pm
Simple Operation (RL2)
Persian Gulf
Op Turkish Delight (re run multi squad)
09-29-2019 2:00 pm
Inter Squadrons (RL1)
Caucasus

Sun 08 Sep

Tacview 1.8.0 available

A bit of a late news sorry. Check it out here and update yours. Dedicated servers are up to date now.
Mon 26 Aug

CombatFlite 1.0.5.4 available

Combatflite 1.0.5.4 is up (via in-app updater). Several requested features were added:

- Export of reference points, polygons, circles and orbits to a .txt file
- Increased range of bullseye rings up to 1000 NM
- Option to select categories of static objects to import
Tue 20 Aug

Lotatc 1.2.3 available

BSD Server 2 updated with latest server version
Sun 30 Jun

Caucasus printable map

After more than a year of hard work, Flappie finally released his high definition DCS caucasus map based on the in-game F10 map (different from the real world). A must have for any serious mission planning.

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If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.

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Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground.

– USAF Troop
If the enemy is in range, so are you.

– Infantry Journal
Aim towards the Enemy.

– Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

– US Marine Corps
A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit.

– Army's magazine of preventive maintenance
It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.

– US Air Force Manual
Tracers work both ways.

– US Army Ordnance
Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.

– Infantry Journal
Five-second fuses only last three seconds.

– Infantry Journal
If your attack is going too well, you're probably walking into an ambush.

– Infantry Journal
No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.

– Joe Gay
Any ship can be a minesweeper ... once.

– Anonymous
Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.

– Your Buddies
If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.

– USAF
When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.

– Dick Gregory
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

– Napoleon Bonaparte
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

– Ambrose Bierce
Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.

– A. Whitney Brown, during First Gulf War
We are not retreating-we are advancing in another direction.

– General Douglas MacArthur
To ensure perfect aim, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

– Anonymous
Never forget that your weapon was manufactured by the lowest bidder.

– Anonymous
They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...

– General John Sedgwick (1813-1864), last words
If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike.

– Anonymous
Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy someone else to shoot at.

– Anonymous
Friendly fire - isn't.

– Anonymous
When in doubt empty the magazine.

– Anonymous
The easy way is always mined.

– Anonymous
The enemy diversion you're ignoring is their main attack.

– Anonymous
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

– Gen. Douglas MacArthur
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

– Anonymous
You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.

– Test pilot Paul F. Crickmore
When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.

– Anonymous
What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.

– Anonymous
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.

– David Hackworth
Incoming fire has the right of way.

– Anonymous
Push to test ... Release to detonate.

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Who cares if a laser guided 500 lb bomb is accurate to within 9 feet?

– Anonymous
Just drive down that road, until you get blown up.

– General George Patton, about reconnaissance troops
The Altitude above you, the runway behind you, and the fuel not in the plane are totally worthless!!!

– Sonny Kellum, Flight Instructor
Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

– Gen. James Mattis, USMC
If it doesn't hover, it just sucks and blows.

– A wise man
War does not determine who is right. It determines who is left.

– Unknown
Army aviators don't experience retreating blade stall because Army aviators never retreat.

– Eagle_Rising
Runways are for beauty queens.

– Unknown
I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war.

– Major-General Frederick B. Maurice
One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine...

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DCS Helicopter update

Tacview 1.8.0 available

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Caucasus printable map