Four-week flight rotation

Change the era. Keep flying.

A simple weekly rhythm to mix up your flying, from WWII aircraft to modern jets.

01 / 04
Week 1

WWII

Active

Available aircraft

  • P‑51D Mustang
  • Spitfire LF Mk IX
  • Bf‑109 K‑4
  • Fw‑190 A8 / D9
  • F‑4U Corsair
  • Mosquito FB Mk VI
  • Lavochkin La‑7
  • Polikarpov I‑16

Day 1 Training

  • WWII circuits
  • Close formation (vic / finger‑four)
  • GPS-denied navigation
  • General ground attack
  • Energy management
  • Visual rejoin
  • Basic WWII comms

Day 2 Activity

  • Server: 4YA WWII Channel
  • Briefing Room
  • Campaign missions
02 / 04
Week 2

Cold War (50–80)

Active

Available aircraft

  • F‑86F Sabre
  • MiG‑15bis
  • F‑100D Super Sabre
  • F‑104 Starfighter
  • G‑91 Gina
  • F‑5E Tiger II
  • F‑4E Phantom II
  • MiG‑21bis
  • A‑4E Skyhawk (mod)
  • Mirage F1
  • L‑39 Albatros
  • C‑101 Aviojet

Day 1 Training

  • Comms GCI (Ground Control Interception)
  • Vectored interception
  • Basic tacform
  • GPS-denied navigation
  • Classic ground attack (bombs / rockets)
  • Tactical rejoin
  • Cold War procedures

Day 2 Activity

  • Server: Heatblur Cold War
  • Air defense with human GCI
  • Briefing Room
  • Campaign missions
03 / 04
Week 3

Late Cold War

Active

Available aircraft

  • F‑14A/B Tomcat
  • Mirage F1
  • MiG‑29A/G
  • Su‑25 Frogfoot
  • Su‑25T Frogfoot
  • Su‑27 Flanker
  • Su‑33 Flanker‑D

Day 1 Training

  • INS alignment
  • Tactical A/A comms
  • Commit / terminate / egress
  • CASE I
  • 2‑vs‑2 BVR with AWACS
  • Advanced Cold War procedures

Day 2 Activity

  • Server: 4YA Nevada Cold War
  • Server: Foothold
  • 2‑vs‑2 BVR with AWACS
  • Briefing Room
  • Campaign missions
04 / 04
Week 4

Modern

Active

Available aircraft

  • F‑18C Hornet
  • F‑16C Viper
  • Eurofighter Typhoon
  • C‑130 Hercules
  • JF‑17 Thunder
  • F‑15E Strike Eagle
  • A‑10C II
  • AV‑8B Harrier
  • MiG‑29S
  • J‑11A

Day 1 Training

  • Advanced comms
  • Datalink (Link‑16)
  • Basic SEAD/DEAD
  • Fox‑3 tactics
  • Modern tacform
  • Datalink rejoin
  • Modern procedures

Day 2 Activity

  • Server: Foothold
  • SEAD + STRIKE + CAS
  • Briefing Room
  • Campaign missions
Whatever era you fly

The shared sortie

Keep this common range flow in every week’s rotation.

01 / Prepare

  1. Add waypoints before departure
  2. Complete cold start
  3. Taxi and ATC communications
  4. Basic formation (finger‑four / echelon / route)

02 / Work the range

  1. Navigation to the range
  2. Entry into the pattern
  3. Ground attack (CCIP / CCRP / Rockets / Guns)
  4. Package escort
  5. Exit from the range pattern

03 / Recover

  1. Rejoin at the holding point
  2. Holding and separation
  3. Navigation back to base
  4. Landing pattern (CASE I / standard)
  5. Comms and brevities throughout the exercise