games-pc falcon 3 User Manual
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Red Flag introduction
Red Flag is an air combat weapons training school. The actual Red Flag is an annual exercise
held at Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada. Pilots from bases around the world visit
Nellis AFB to pit their skills against the resident Aggressor squadrons. The Red Team,
made up of highly experienced pilots, simulates the tactics used by air forces hostile to the
United States against the visiting Blue Team pilots in a mock mini-war. Our version of Red
Flag is designed primarily as a training center and mission editor. We’ve already created a
number of training missions that you can fly, which cover many aspects of your F-16 from
basic flying to dogfighting and bombing skills. These training missions are discussed in
depth in Section VI: Air Combat School. In addition, we’ve also given you the ability in
Red Flag to create your own missions.
held at Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada. Pilots from bases around the world visit
Nellis AFB to pit their skills against the resident Aggressor squadrons. The Red Team,
made up of highly experienced pilots, simulates the tactics used by air forces hostile to the
United States against the visiting Blue Team pilots in a mock mini-war. Our version of Red
Flag is designed primarily as a training center and mission editor. We’ve already created a
number of training missions that you can fly, which cover many aspects of your F-16 from
basic flying to dogfighting and bombing skills. These training missions are discussed in
depth in Section VI: Air Combat School. In addition, we’ve also given you the ability in
Red Flag to create your own missions.
Red Flag training can be used to improve the “skills” of pilots in your squadron. If they are
successful in certain aspects of their mission, the relevant ability scores (i.e., bombing or
dogfighting) will increase. If they fail or are “shot down,” their skill level in these areas may
decrease. Red Flag is not a lethal exercise — the only way you can be killed here is by
colliding with the ground.
successful in certain aspects of their mission, the relevant ability scores (i.e., bombing or
dogfighting) will increase. If they fail or are “shot down,” their skill level in these areas may
decrease. Red Flag is not a lethal exercise — the only way you can be killed here is by
colliding with the ground.
This section of the manual deals with how to load and fly our pregenerated missions as well
as how to create your own missions from scratch.
as how to create your own missions from scratch.
How to get here
Red Flag can be entered from the War Room once you have selected a squadron. Simply
move the pointer over the Red Flag monitor and either click a mouse button or press
move the pointer over the Red Flag monitor and either click a mouse button or press
e
on the keyboard. If nothing happens, be sure that a squadron patch is displayed in the far
right monitor in the War Room. If the monitor says SQUAD, click it to select a squadron.
right monitor in the War Room. If the monitor says SQUAD, click it to select a squadron.
Red Flag Control screen