Crazy to think the v303 FG is one year old, lots of work has gone into establishing a training program that is challenging to our members but not over the top. The group is closing out our Summer 2023 deployment to Jordan and will be focusing on B-Course and Mission Qualification Training (MQT) for some of our current students and opening the doors to new pilots. Our next scheduled deployment for Operation Hedge of Protection is 1 January.
Although as previously mentioned our training focus the next few months is B-Course and MQT in December we will be starting our deployment spin up training with each squadron training on specific mission sets in anticipation of deployment taskings. To keep things interesting we break up the routine of training with the Group by going on temporary duty (TDY) to Andersen every few months. We are also going to have our internal Hawgsmoke completion for the A-10C and early next year Gunsmoke, which will be a group wide competition pitting A-10C, F-16C, and F-15E pilots against each other for bombing and gun employment bragging rights. The v303 FG has two dedicated servers up 24/7. Our training dedicated server always has our NTTR or Guam training maps running. Dedicated Server 2 is our combat mission server, when not deployed this server is used for application sorties and other one off missions (i.e. free flight tour of a new map when released).
The v303 FG prides itself on using real world procedures within DCS World but not taking ourselves overly serious, think "milsim lite." We have our Manuals, In-Flight guides, training programs, etc. but our main focus is establishing friendships within the Group and letting people know it's okay to make mistakes, this is a hobby we aren't trying to LARP as USAF pilots. Many of us have or currently are serving in the US military, we may not be pilots but we have enough structure in our life so we try to maintain a healthy balance between realism and enjoyment.
We have pilots within the group that have been flying together for over 10 years, these bonds are in my opinion what make the v303 FG special.
We are currently recruiting A-10C and F-16C pilots for Class 23-01. Our goal is to open recruitment up for F-15E pilots September 15th, as soon as we have our initial Surface Attack (SA) and Night Surface Attack (NSA) courses finalized.
Having been part of Command Staff in other virtual organizations and being a founding member of another I am very aware members of the DCS Worlds multiplayer community have lots of options. Stop by and say hi on our Discord and if you're interested drop an application on our website. If the v303 FG is not for you we wish you the best of luck in your search for community within the DCS World MP community. There are some outstanding groups within this community with a legacy we hope to someday share.
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