[stansdds]

I think Spud has made some good points. My squadron tried flying with icons off and we found that the enemy was on us before we could distinguish friend from foe. Our computer monitors do not have the color reproduction, contrast, or resolving power of the human eye. Our monitors also shrink the virtual world so we can see a sufficiently large area that will keep us from becoming hopelessly disoriented. Icons of some type should at least allow us to distinguish friend from foe at the ranges in which a real pilot in a real aircraft could have done.