Per the -1 T.O as part of the external stores limitation chart


2. Launching Maverick missiles from the inboard rail of a LAU-88A/A should be avoided to minimize paint and rain erosion
coating deteriorization

4. Do not load LAU-88 with live AGM-65s next to a targeting pod.


So it messes up the paint which isn't an issue if you need all 6. But you cant have the TGP as the rocket motor would damage it pretty good.

Eh?? If you're discouraged to put a Mav on the inboard rail of a LAU-88, and can't put a Mav on the OUTBOARD rail of a LAU-88 that is next to a TGP, then the best you could do is 3 Mavericks? Two on the LAU-88 on the wing opposite the TGP, one on the wing with the TGP on. Or just put one Mav per wing.

Lol, and here we have MP flights where everyone is mounting 6 Mavs.

Take the TGP off and you can go 2 on each 88.

Shooting six targets at once with fire and forget missiles sounds like a certain other, now out of service A/C I am fond of. Coincidence? I'm starting to think I can move on from September 2006 finally.

Honestly can't remember the last time I flew with more than two -65s, every time I have done so it's left me feeling all dirty.

With 2x -65s, 4x GBU/Mk-82, rockets and 30mm a flight of 4 aircraft can destroy (using a conservative estimate) around 40 armoured targets. Beyond a fulda gap scenario I really can't see any occasion you'd need to carry 6 Mavs, or even 4 for that matter.

Most missions I fly, even in a 2-ship flight one or both aircraft normally bring stores back home. With a realistic mission, there just won't be that many targets out there (at least not that you will be able to find), so you'll regularly end up heading home low on fuel long before you run out of ordnance.