All missions take place in various regions of the Caucasus map.
A series of quick missions (Most take 3-10 minutes, though 'Advanced' and 'Expert' missions may take longer), designed to help Strike Eagle pilots practice their systems workflow, refine their key binds and HOTAS controls, axis curves, and employment proficiency with a variety of both air-to-air and air-to-ground weapon systems, Air-to-Air refueling, as well as some more advanced scenario based training, that will test your flying abilities while expanding your skills. These are designed to be quick and hassle-free ways to practice selecting the weapon systems, picking your modes, options, ripple patterns, etc. in order to ingrain good muscle memory and habits so it becomes second nature when flying real missions.
These are all copied and/or adapted for the F15E from my Viper practice & proficiency mission pack:
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3328191/
**Update 11/25/2023** - Something in the last couple of updates made it so Tankers couldn't be contacted. This has been fixed, however, Easy Comms are enabled on the Advanced AAR mission even though the briefing says they're off, until I get a handle on why the normal comms aren't working, but the rest of the mission works fine. Apologies for this. If anyone sees anything else that isn't working, please drop a comment or reach me on the forums. I'm there daily so I'll see it quickly.
If a mission has a live threat present, it will always be noted in the mission briefing.
******Important note: These are not tutorials. There are no step by step directions telling you how to sel ect and employ the systems required, or perform the assigned task. These are practice missions. A basic understanding of the jet is required. (Though they could be useful if you're following along with Tutorial videos or checklists.)
Missions are broken down into 4 categories for easy navigation:
- '.Basic': Essential skills for new pilots. Landing, formation flying, spotting, etc.
- 'Weapons' - Threat free environments to practice weapons employment. The bedrock that this mission pack is built on.
- 'Advanced' - Scenario-based training. Live threats present. Read all mission briefs in full.
- 'Expert': - High level scenario-based missions. May contain multiple types of live threats and/or difficult flying conditions. Limited use of F10 and labels. Read mission briefs thoroughly.
There is a briefing accompanying each mission letting you know your airspeed, altitude, situation and overall objective.
The F10 map, Labels and Active Pause are available in all missions
'***' will denote items from most recent update.
Includes the following:
Weapon systems:
- AIM-9M Sidewinder
- AIM-120C Amraam
- CBU-87
- CBU-97
- GBU 10 & 12 (Single mission for both.)
- GBU 24
- Mk 82 & Mk 84 Low drag bombs (single mission for both)
- Mk 82 & Mk 84 High drag bombs (single mission for both)
- Air to Air Guns
Basic Skills:
- Cold Start & Takeoff
- Cold Start & Takeoff (Night)
- Visual landing: clear day
- Visual landing: Rain & Wind
- Visual landing: Fog & low light
- Visual landing: Night
- Beginner Formation Flying
- Air to Air Refueling (Easy comms, no external tanks)
Advanced Skills:
- Air to Air refueling (No F10, No labels, TACAN required, No easy comms)
- Neutral BFM - Fox 2s
- Neutral BFM - Guns only
- Beyond Visual Range - AIM-120C - AWACS supported
- Beyond Visual Range - AIM-120C - No AWACS
Expert:
- Fox 2 Unknown Adversary***
- Fox 3 & 1 Unknown Adversary***
----------Next update planned: TBD-----------
To install: Unzip folder and extract the Folder titled 'F15E Proficiency v1.X. Copy and paste to: Users -> *Your username folder* -> Saved Games -> DCS.openbeta (Or DCS if you're running stable version)-> Missions
Then go to the 'Missions' tab on the main menu of DCS and at the top should be the folder containing all missions.
You can reach me on the forums here:
https://forum.dcs.world/profile/138197-617-evil/ If you have any suggestions, feedback or technical issues.
