Further info on this. This seems to be a bug with engine itself. The gunner needs a weapon that has the same targeting/locking capabilities as the pilots weapon otherwise Tab Lock ( R key default) will not work for the player or AI. This issue has been highlighted by the SOGPF phantom but it's not the root cause of the issue. However the gunner does not seem to suffer the same issue as the pilot does. The gunner can have all air to air weapons assigned and pilot all air to ground weapons and Tab Lock will function properly for the pilot, however if this is reversed the pilot can not achieve lock using Tab Lock. Further info/videos and examples can be provided if need be.

Issue seems to be resolved in latest VN build

If by any chance you have Unsung mod, we can provided WIP assests to test with

Hi I was not clear on this I don't think. Im Talking about the z axis in this UI box not the waypoint itself. The actual waypoint z axis will save but the UI z axis that tells the ai the hold altitude will not save. Set a height in the ui box, save mission, reload the save and check the ui box again its reset to -1. Checked on dev and stable and has always been like this as far as I can tell.

My apologies you are right, it does seem to share the LD via datalink. But i am still noticing that it doesnt show on the AR-2's sensor screen but thats not a big issue. Sorry to waste your time

While the issue of dive bombing attacks will more than likely never be resolved in A3, one small tweak to the Blackfish sensor suite can greatly help from my testing. Please look at removing the radar and adding the man sensor aligned along one of the guns axis. With the whole squad set to careless and open fire, the AI will actually spot targets, when using a loiter waypoint, and engage. The removal of the radar means when there is vehicles around the pilot wont shit itself and start to dive bomb it, but vehicles will still be targets without the radar.