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It is comforting to see folks still producing scenarios and folks still playing them. In related news, it does look like F-16s in Ukrainian will be receiving both AIM-9X and AIM-120C8.

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Great report, thanks for sharing! As I did say yesterday, was a very improvised (in two hours!) test scenario, it was growing for itself, and only adding very few details was converted in a complete little scenario, but very changelling and funny. Also, I'm very surprised as the outcomes are mostly coincidental with the real life situation, as great need of SAMs replishement, as the SAMs (added almost casually) master the battlefield and conditioned the aircraft courses, and as surprisingly the very shorter ranged AIM-120B (40 nm range in my modified DB) can be employed by the F-16AM undetected against fighters carrying R-37M (214 nm range in my modified DB), finishing almost in a draw most times in this scenario (play tested by me some 20 times, both sides). In fact, a very satisfying and unexpected mini-scenario outcomes.