While working on those EC2003 Giuk scenarios I've noticed, that for some reason you can't put F-35A on CV Mitchel. I know Mitchell is a "what-if" platform, but when F-15E or F-117 can operate from it and F-35A cannot, it seems illogical. In Platform Editor F-117 has a runway class "Small Aircaft", F-15E - "Large Aircraft" and F-35A - "Small Aircaft". CV Mitchel has a runway class "VLarge Aircraft" - so F-35A should be fit, just like F-35B and F-35C.

While working on those EC2003 Giuk scenarios I've noticed, that for some reason you can't put F-35A on CV Mitchel. I know Mitchell is a "what-if" platform, but when F-15E or F-117 can operate from it and F-35A cannot, it seems illogical. In Platform Editor F-117 has a runway class "Small Aircaft", F-15E - "Large Aircraft" and F-35A - "Small Aircaft". CV Mitchel has a runway class "VLarge Aircraft" - so F-35A should be fit, just like F-35B and F-35C.

 

Those other aircraft, e.g. F-15E, F-117A, etc, retained the 'carrier capable' flag so that the original EC2003 battleset scenarios using them aboard the fictional CV Mitchel would not be broken. (The runway rating is irrelevant here). I am not adding further aircraft to the mix because of the 'flood gates' problem; if I did so, I might as well add the 'carrier capable' flag to every aircraft, and I'm not prepared to do that.

Ok, now it's clear.

Thanks ! For years thinking about those odd placement of "carrier capable" flags