Lock On: Modern Air Combat

Lock On: Modern Air Combat or LOMAC, known in Russia as LockOn: Современная боевая авиация, is a modern combat flight simulator developed by Eagle Dynamics and published by Ubisoft in Europe and 1C Company in Russia. It is a continuation of the Flanker series.

The series spawned the Flaming Cliffs series of aircraft modules for Digital Combat Simulator.

Gameplay
Lock On is a survey sim featuring 8 playable aircraft:


 * A-10A
 * F-15C
 * Two variants of the MiG-29
 * Two variants of the Su-25
 * Su-27
 * Su-33

The game features both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat including combat air patrol, dogfighting, airstrikes, close air support, SEAD and anti-surface warfare. It simulates takeoff and landing including carrier operations with the Su-33 and Kuznetsov-class carrier. Over 40 non-playable AI airplanes are present including support from AWACS aircraft and refueling tankers.

Flaming Cliffs (2005)
LockOn: Flaming Cliffs is a continuation of LockOn: Modern Air Combat. It adds additional content including a playable Su-25T, new missions and updated textures. Three singleplayer campaigns are included. Flaming Cliffs and Hot Wind are set in mountainous Abkhazia, depicting a flashpoint involving NATO, Georgia, Russia and local insurgent forces. Last Ditch depicts a conflict between Russia and Crimean separatists supported by NATO.

Flaming Cliffs 2 (2010)
LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 2 is a further evolution of LockOn: Flaming Cliffs. All of the player-controlled aircraft have been transferred to the virtual environment created for the Digital Combat Simulator series. It features a new GUI and mission editor. AI flight models, gun ballistics, 3D models and sound are improved. Flaming Cliffs 2 is network-compatible with DCS: Black Shark.

Flaming Cliffs 3 (2012)
Flaming Cliffs 3 was released as a DCS World module, porting all flyable aircraft into the DCS World game client.

Flaming Cliffs 2024
Flaming Cliffs 2024 was announced in April 2024, expanding the collection of aircraft to include the F-86, MiG-15 and F-5. All Flaming Cliffs aircraft received a graphical update the same year.

Reception
The editors of Computer Gaming World nominated Lock On: Modern Air Combat for their 2003 "Flight Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight.