Hi there! Greetings from the Czech Republic!
This weekend, there was another BMS action in the Czech Republic in the location: Valašské Meziříčí city in North Moravia. Guys from our squadron prepared the Team vs. Team (TvT) campaign. Our own variation of Falcon online, dedicated to our local LAN party.
So, we had to be split into the 2 teams, blue (5 persons) and red (5 persons). The Israel campaign was prepared with F-15 and F-16 on both sides, because pilots of the red and blue teams have an opportunity to fly with F-16 or F-15 based on choice, skill, and current mood.
I was attached to the blue, Israel, team. The squadron leader explained the details. It means what is the goal of the campaign: red must occupy Haifa / Blue must occupy Beirut, what is allowed (all except —>), and what is not allowed: do not destroy any bridge for ground unit, do not attack airfields where human and AI squadrons with F-15 and F-16 are located.
On the RWR, we saw the F-16 as an enemy MiG-29 light fighter and the F-15 as an enemy Su-27 heavy fighter. Red used the same planes but with the typical aggressor’s fighter blue camouflage.
Both sides have the F-16, block 40, with AMRAAMs, the same as the F-15. This was a serious problem in the air, due to AI used 8 AIM-120 per F-15, but we could use only 4 AMRAAMs per F-16 block 40 Barak. So the big challenge for us.
SAMs were presented by SA-11 on a red side and HAWK on a blue side. Plus typical ground units such as Merkava MBT, T-80/90 MBT, included the Shilka AAA, other SAMs (SA-15) + manpads, etc. So good, so armed, so dangerous. 
The first campaign we started a very well. Our ground units occupied almost the whole city of Beirut, and it was only a few more hours to finish there. We tried to destroy SAMs, enemy tank columns, and time to time, also enemy fighters, including some human red pilots as well.
Well, I was not flying most of 2024/2025 year, but surprisingly was capable reborn my memory RAMP (cold) start and other things soon.
We had serious problems to the survive on the battlefield, but it was enough to win the campaign.
The second campaign did not start well from our point of view because on the red side were our best BVR/dogfighter guys together, and we had only one extra experienced BVR/dogfighter guy - probably the best in the squadron, but he was facing the many AI F-15 in the sweep missions (10+) in combination a good F-16 human pilots. As I mentioned, due to a long pause, everything was a challenge for me, including take-off (OMG, one flight I hit the runway with the engine jet) or BVR/dogfight with multiple bandits at different altitudes. Despite activation of JAMMER, they were more skilled humans and with +/- 3000 ft altitude difference to burn our jammer and shut down all of us 4. And I was a flight leader. So, the experienced and skilled Red human duo of F-16 shot us down too easily. They were prepared, and we flew to the trap.
I also had to refresh my knowledge and control of the radar antenna (elevation), which was quite important to locate ground targets as well as lock flying targets.
Nobody from the experienced guys wanted to be a flying leader, so I had to prepare and be a flight leader in several sweep missions. We tried to use the same receipt as in the previous campaign, but many of the enemy Su-27 (F-15) were a final break. Despite that, we also won this second campaign because our tank battalions destroyed such many ground units of the enemy, but on the other hand, due to AI errors and so many Su-27 (F-15) red destroyed double a numbers of enemy (blue) planes.
We also had a time for explanation, how to work properly with the radar antenna elevation (especially AG radar is different - more realistic - than in the past), and why so important, analyse the mission results, including how ECM (Jammer) works and why they burned us, BVR tactics, the dogfights ACMI analysis with advices what could be better and why, etc. So good action.
Here are some photos from the action!
My flying HW was pretty old, the overclock i5-2500K Sandy Bridge CPU to 4,2 Ghz, with 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz, P67 chipset MOBO, and legendary GTX 1060 6GB Pascal that I rent for the weekend action from the daughter’s PC. BMS 4.38 with the U1 patch works surprisingly well with time-to-time fps drop. So, the very good performance of the U1 patch.
Guy on my right side, the most experienced squadron member from us, was flying on i5-2600K not overclocked, with 24GB DDR3 1600Mhz and only the 3GB version of the GTX 1060 GPU. I used the Alt + C +F keyboard combo to see FPS and was shocked because I saw at first sight how a picture is slowly. 15-20 fps and that guy was capable to the shot down 4 Su-27 (F-15), and took the damaged F-16 back to the airport, with two exceptions, each sweep mission, I swear! Incredible performance with F-16!
The Team versus Team campaign, such as Falcon online
My cockpit with Thrustmaster HOTAS and Track IR Pro (since 2005, and still works!)
Ryzen 9800X3D PC with an obsolete monitor, but with so good HOTAS combo. I wish to have this throttle, pure F-16.
VR section with mobile RTX 5070 128-bit 8GB VRAM GPU, Meta Quest 2
Another MQ2 VR
Meta Quest 3, see this homemade throttle Cougar modification!
Arduino plus software MMJoy modified by our squadron member/leader.
Homemade cockpit of F-16, maybe not the best, but working well!
First campaign, one of the AG missions
AG Radar, searching for ground targets
I like that view. Especially if there are remaining AMRAAMs 
Nice view, isn’t it? Peace before the storm.
On the route to the target waypoints with a full AG payload
Second campaign, one of the sweep missions
Take-off position
Defensive, missile warning, multiple targets
I like that view. New terrain is so good.
Look at the ground details
The terrain looks so good, especially Israel is incredible! The atmospheric effects are also so good. Taxi to the runway
Ready to take off
Airborne
In the hot target area
Survive and RTB (Return to the Base)
Hmm, see the flare and chaff counters. It was a really hot area.
I like the new graphic, it looks so realistic
Home sweet home
