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New texture for the F-5E Tiger II cockpit.

This download can, after unzipping/unpacking, be placed in Saved games.

To place them in saved games, go to : .../users/[computer name]/saved games/DCS.openbeta .
In the folder DCS.openbeta make a folder Liveries, then in the folder Liveries make a folder Cockpit_F-5E, and place this download in there.
Then in DCS, go to options (settings), select the SPECIAL tab, select the F-5E and in customized Cockpit select F-5E TIGER II pit V1.16.


More screenshots here : https://www.flickr.com/photos/43470051@N08/albums/72157711544563878

For additional options go to the forum page : https://forum.dcs.world/topic/217149-f-5e-tiger-ii-pit-116-f-5e-tiger-ii-refurbished-10/

This pack contains two skins for the F-5E-3 while in service with the Austrian Air Force.

Release Note
v2: Roundels are below stencils and rivets, tested with DCS 2.5.5
v1.1: Collaboration work together with KIZIR_77, Two-tone camouflage added, Austrian-specific 275 fuel tank
v1: Initial release

This is a checklist for the F-5E Tiger II.  It will get you from pre-start to takeoff.  Created using the actual aircraft manual and startup tutorial mission (combination of the two).  This is a simplified checklist.

Far from the real one, but quick to get you flying. (vs 1.1 - Typo, item update and better format).

Updated version with MiG-29S cockpit for version DCS 1.5.x. (FC3 is needed for this mod). Additional work by Rokie007 of  ED Forums. @Many thanks to sukhoi25 for starting this idea. Even if F-5E will be officially released this is still lot of fun:-)

Added MiG-29 cockpit in F-5E cockpit position (though there are some issue with sun reflexion), added view config, functional MiG avionics (Radar, EOS) for AIM-9, guns... working radio FC3, added complete liveries for USA, added countries Turkey, Norway, Israel..., added some loadouts.

Remark: if you don't have Modman, simply put F-5E3 dir in the 'DCS/Mods/aircraft' dir.

Previous version
Type - Mod Author - sukhoi25 Date - 26.01.2016 09:50
F-5E "Tiger II" flyable mod with A-10A cockpit. Initial release version for DCS 1.5.2. Work by Sukhoi25 of ED Forums.

Established at Heirelark Air Force Base, the 531st Fighter Training Squadron "Gamblers" is one of the final steps a student pilot must take before they can be considered for further fighter pilot training within the OADF. Not everyone who passes through the gates will succeed, but thanks to the training provided by the men and women of the 531st, those pilots who do pass are some of the best prepared for the trials that come with being a fighter pilot.

Flying the F-5E, pilots learn the basics of BFM, all the way to simulated BVR engagements and complex ACM war games fought against nearby MiG Aggressor Squadrons.

Its a gamble to become a fighter pilot, but for those of the 531st, its one they gladly make every day.

Purchased in 1960 through the Emmerian Foreign Military Sales, the F-5E became a critical backbone to the Janosian Air Defense Force as a cheap, lightweight fighter to counterbalance the heavier F-4Cs and F-104s they had in their inventory.

Over the intervening years the Janosian F-5Es have become a formidable opponent with domestically produced block upgrades, including AGM-84 'Harpoon' missile capabilities, data linked into a controlling AEWC or Surface asset.

The 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Sakuras, is one of the final F-5E Squadron’s in Janosia however, with a bulk of F-5Es being retired in 2000 thanks to the far superior F-2A. Currently the Tiger is expected to be retired fully in 2026 in favor of the F-2A.

Formed in the days following the Osean Operation Giants Step, the Erusean Air Force had been crippled and was rapidly fracturing into various factions under loyalties to senior field grade leadership over what the Oseans had simplified down into ‘Loyalist’ and ‘Radical’.

The 111th Fighter Squadron was formed when the few surviving Erusean senior officers rallied forces around Farbanti and struck an uneasy peace settlement with the Osean Occupational Forces. Raiding nearby Depots and boneyards; old Federal Erusean Air Force aircraft as well as recently retired airframes were pressed back into service to aid in the air security around the capital of Erusea.

Following the formal end of the war, the 111th was reintegrated into the now smaller Erusean Air Force, composed primarily of repatriated Erusean Pilots and Loyalists to Princess D’Elise.

Sharing with the community as it works as a repository for my profiles.

Feel free to ask and give feedback.

P.S.: This profile assumes you have a Headtracker.

I also use some keyboard keys as support for laser codes and flashlight. (My keyboard is set as ABNT2)

*Edit 02/05/2024

Kneeboard checklists covering pre-start, startup, post-start, takeoff, landing, and emergency procedures for the F-5E.