True that, it's a symbiotic relationship as all players bascially need each other for currency. Toughest part is for school houses to get enough controls of various types in set period of time to graduate...really tough when all the Hornets are down at Fallon.
The different Legacy Hornet and Super RAGs have been working with JTACs for a few years now during strike training in El Centro, Fallon, and even Eielson AFB in Fairbanks, AK. Between our 5 different CAS flights, the JTACs get a good combination of more traditional CAS runs (Type I) and Urban CAS (Type II) with sim JDAM and LGB. It has been a GREAT learning tool between the RPs and the students on the ground - even if it does sometimes take half the range time to get the first TOT.
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