Strike Fighters by Thirdwire

F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-102 "Diamondbacks" Low-Viz scheme
 
By SidDogg
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This is the VFA-102 Low-Visibility livery for the excellent
F/A-18F Super Hornet by Erwin_Hans.
 
A BIG thanks to Erwin_Hans for this aircraft, as well as
the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
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Simply unzip into the F/A-18F aircraft directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
---SidDogg

F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-102 "Diamondbacks" CO scheme
 
By SidDogg
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This is the VFA-102 CO Bird livery for the excellent
F/A-18F Super Hornet by Erwin_Hans.
 
A BIG thanks to Erwin_Hans for this aircraft, as well as
the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
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Simply unzip into the F/A-18F aircraft directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
---SidDogg

RWR symbology I made for my F-14 avionics update, made available separately (someone might find it useful...)
 
Just the .tga files, no instructions, if you need some check the original RWR Symbology post by Fubar512 (all credit to him, I just redid the graphic thingies):
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=6838

Update ----2nd August 2008 - This has been replaced by http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=7066

Fokker D. XXI - 1. JaVa, Netherlands May 1940
 
This skin is for the Dev A-Team's Fokker D. XXI and is a conversion of the skin created by Morton for Krzysztof Malinowski's FOKKER D. XXI for CFS2
 
To install, just extract the file to your Objects\Aircraft\FokkerD21 folder and go fly. It's that simple!
 
The skin should be available in the drop down menu in your plane's Hangar Screen loadout section.
 
Thanks must go to the following:
 
Capun and the Dev A-Team for bringing us some great planes to play with.
 
TK for SF,WOV,WOE,WOI,FE and who knows what else.
 
Have fun, and good hunting!
 
Allen (allenjb42) Burton
 
Any problems, find me at combatace.com, simhq.com or at Capun's site.

Strike Fighters/Wings Over Vietnam/Wings Over Europe etc Mi-24 skins readme
 
All credit for these skins goes to their creators as detailed below. All I've done is to re-format them for SF\WOV\WOE and add a textureSet to each skin.
 
Not all of the countries for which we have skins are included in the standard NATIONS.ini list, so I've left those as Soviet. It doesn't make any difference to the skins' appearance as there are no decals to worry about. If you have the New Nations mod that includes these missing countries then feel free to modify the relevant TextureSet.
 
 
All you need to do is to extract the skin to your Objects\Aircraft\Mi-24 folder, then go fly and blow up some stuff.
 
 
Thanks must go to the A Team for making the Mi-24 for SF\WOV\WOE, Tim Conrad for the original Mi-24V, and of course TK for giving us these great sims to play with.
 
This skin is based on Tim Conrad's textures.
 
Enjoy, and good hunting
 
Allen
 
ps You can use these skins in any mods, campaigns etc, but please name check me and the original skinners in your credits as a courtesy. Thanks
 
pps Here is a list of Mi-24 operators, together with the versions that they use, to assist you in adding skins to the most appropriate helicopter:
 
About 700 in Russian Army service, most with helicopter attack regiments of Mi-8/17s and Mi-24s. Export customers include:
 
Afghanistan (Mi-24A, U, 25, 35)
Algeria (Mi-24A, 24D)
Angola (Mi-25, 35, 35P)
Armenia (Mi-24P, K, RKhR)
Azerbaijan (Unknown versions)
Belarus (Mi-24D, V, K, RKhR)
Bosnia (Mi-35, five reportedly ordered)
Bulgaria (Mi-24D, 24V)
Cambodia (Unknown ex-Vietnamese)
Chad (Mi-35?)
Congo/Zaire (Mi-35P)
Croatia (Mi-24V)
Cuba (Mi-24D, 35)
Cyprus (Mi-35P)
Czech Republic (Mi-24D, DU, V, 35)
Czechoslovakia (Mi-24D, DU, V)
East Germany (Mi-24D, Mi-24P)
Ethiopia (Mi-24D, Mi-35)
France (Mi-25D, ex-Libyan)
Georgia (Unknown)
Hungary (Mi-24D, Mi-24V)
India (Mi-25 Akbar, Mi-35)
Indonesia (Mi-35, 35P)
Iraq (Mi-25)
Kazakhstan (Mi-24D, V)
Kyrgystan (Unknown)
Laos (Mi-25)
Libya (Mi-24A, 25, 35)
Macedonia (Mi-24K, V)
Mongolia (Mi-24V)
Mozambique (Mi-25)
Nicaragua (Mi-25)
Nigeria (Mi-35P)
North Korea (Unknown)
Pakistan (Afghan defectors)
Peru (Mi-25)
Poland (Mi-24D, V)
Rwanda (Mi-24V)
Sierra Leone (Mi-24V)
Slovakia (Mi-24D, DU, V)
Sri Lanka (Mi-24V, 35P)
Sudan (Mi-24V ex-Belarus)
Syria (Mi-24D, Mi-25)
Tajikistan (Unknown)
Turkmenistan (Unknown)
Uganda (Unknown)
Ukraine (Mi-24D, V, P, K, RKhR)
United Kingdom (Mi-25, 1 ex-Libyan briefly evaluated)
United States (Mi-24D, Mi-24P, 2 ex-German + captured Iraqi)
Uzbekistan (Mi-24D, V)
Venezuela (Mi-35M2)
Vietnam (Mi-24, 24A, 24D, 25)
Yemen (Mi-24D/25)
Zimbabwe (Mi-35)

F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-102 "Diamondbacks" CAG scheme
 
By SidDogg
====================================================================
 
This is the VFA-102 CAG livery for the excellent
F/A-18F Super Hornet by Erwin_Hans.
 
A BIG thanks to Erwin_Hans for this aircraft, as well as
the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
--------------
 
Simply unzip into the F/A-18F aircraft directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
---SidDogg

This skin is for AD-4N the French supplied to Cambodia against massive US protest. There are decals for ten aircraft, which is about the number used operationally (a couple were kept for spares).

This skin is for the six ex-French AD-4N Skyraiders the French gave to Chad in the 1970's. They were flown by French mercenaries in the civil war and against Lybian forces.

This is a skin for ex-French AD-4N Skyraiders that were given to Gabon in the 1970's, and flown by French mercenary pilots. Gabon had eight Skyraiders; the decals are for those five I was able to find reference on.

F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-102 50th Anniversary Edition CAG scheme
 
By SidDogg
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This is the VFA-102 50th Anniversary CAG livery for the excellent
F/A-18F Super Hornet by Erwin_Hans.
 
A BIG thanks to Erwin_Hans for this aircraft, as well as
the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
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Simply unzip into the F/A-18F aircraft directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
---SidDogg

Updated cockpit and avionics (ADI, HUD, Radar, RWR) for F-14A, B and D.
 
Works in SFP1, WOV, WOE and WOI* with the latest patch (Apr2008)
*F-14D Ground Map Radar only works in WOI
 
Included Weapon Pack with Drop Tanks, AIM-54s, TARPS and LANTIRN pods.
(for info on how to add/edit weapons, see http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showforum=189)
 
You'll need the Mirage Factory's F-14A model:
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...mp;showfile=826

Detailed instructions inside, but I guess I should add: "First mod, so be kind..." ;-)
 
Changelog:
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v1.0
- New AVIONICS.INI
- New HUD graphics
- New Radar graphics
- New RWR Symbology
- New LOADOUT.BMP and LOADING.BMP
- Some cockpit textures redone, modified and/or resized
- Edited DATA.INI and LOADOUT.INI
- Included Weapon Pack (Drop Tanks, AIM-54s, TARPS and LANTIRN pods), Effects and Sounds
 
v1.1
- New ADI textures: the -A and -B models have a slightly different (analog) ADI display than the -D model (digital).
- New AA and AG Radar background textures.
- Changed RWR background texture.
- Changed the F-14D name in DATA.INI from "F-14D Tomcat" to "F-14D Super Tomcat".
- Edited F-14_LOADING.BMP.
 
enjoy,
fractalnoise

This is a skin for the AD-4N Skyraider in French service. This is basically a bare metal skin with decals for several French squadrons that used the Skyraider in Algeria, Madagascar, and Chad. I have also included the .PSD-files (made with the Gimp, though) in case you'd love to dirty up your aircraft some more, or play with bare-metal skyraider skins.
 
Comments welcome!

Here are the fuselage serial numbers for the Phantom FGR2 stock aircraft in Wings Over Europe.
 
For some strange reason no fuselage serials were included ingame, anyway this will remedy that.

The "missing" fuselage serial numbers for stock WOE RAF Harrier GR1 & GR3 aircraft.
 
Released under CombatAce Fair-Use terms. Visit the URL below for more info.
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=26131

MiG-29 Polish air Force.

First and most importantly, all credits go to 101tfs and Erwi_hans for original work.
They gave us the Super Hornet and should be applauded for doing so. Nice work guys.
 
 
So, this is what this update includes....
 
Changes in the DATA.ini file are the attachment position for the z-axis for stations 17,18,19,and 20.
Previously, ordinances were resting a little bit too high into the pylon.
I've also corrected the animation for the ailerons and the rudders so that they're not reversed anymore.
 
LOADOUT.INI file explains how the loadouts work incase it was confusing for any of you.
I also changed the loadout packages with different weapons. But you can change that to
your own likeing. I've also added a launcher (see ReadMe) for AGMs. I think you'll like it.
 
- serverandenforcer.

F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-213 "Black Lions" Lo-Viz paint scheme
 
By SidDogg
====================================================================
 
This is the VFA-213 Lo-Viz livery for the excellent F/A-18F
Super Hornet by Erwin_Hans.
 
A BIG thanks to Erwin_Hans for this aircraft, as well as
the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
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Simply unzip into the F/A-18F aircraft directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
---SidDogg

F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-213 "Black Lions" "Super-CAG" paint scheme
 
By SidDogg
====================================================================
 
This is the VFA-213 "Super-CAG" livery for the excellent F/A-18F
Super Hornet by Erwin_Hans.
 
In the case that you may wonder why this is named "Super-CAG", you need merely
look at this squadron's normal CAG livery, and then compare the two.
 
A BIG thanks to Erwin_Hans for this aircraft, as well as
the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
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Simply unzip into the F/A-18F aircraft directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
---SidDogg

F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-213 "Black Lions" CAG paint scheme
 
By SidDogg
=================================================================
 
This is the VFA-213 CAG livery for the excellent F/A-18F
Super Hornet by Erwin_Hans.
 
A BIG thanks to Erwin_Hans for this aircraft, as well as
the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
--------------
 
Simply unzip into the F/A-18F aircraft directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
---SidDogg

F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-2 "Bounty Hunters" Low-Vis paint scheme
 
By SidDogg
=================================================================
 
This is the VFA-2 Low-Vis livery for the excellent F/A-18F
Super Hornet by Erwin_Hans.
 
A BIG thanks to Erwin_Hans for this aircraft, as well as
the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
--------------
 
Simply unzip into the F/A-18F aircraft directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
---SidDogg

F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-2 "Bounty Hunters" CAG paint scheme
 
By SidDogg
=============================================================
 
This is the VFA-2 CAG livery for the excellent F/A-18F
Super Hornet by Erwin_Hans.
 
A BIG thanks to Erwin_Hans for this aircraft, as well as
the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
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Simply unzip into the F/A-18F aircraft directory.
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
---SidDogg

Here is the FA-18F Templates
 
Any skinner can use this skinning the F/A-18F

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet from Wiki....
 
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F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
 
 
The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a supersonic carrier-capable fighter/attack aircraft. The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a
 
larger and more advanced derivative of the F/A-18C/D Hornet. The Super Hornet entered service with the United States Navy in
 
1999, replacing the F-14 Tomcat since 2006 and will serve alongside the original Hornet. The Super Hornet was ordered in 2007
 
by the Royal Australian Air Force to replace its aging F-111 fleet.
 
 
Airframe changes.The forward fuselage is unchanged while the wing, center and aft fuselage, tail surfaces and power plants
 
are new. The wing area of the Super Hornet is 25% larger.The fuselage was stretched to carry more fuel and room for future
 
avionics upgrades. An engine with 35% more power, the General Electric F414, was developed from the Hornet's F404 to power
 
this larger, heavier aircraft.The Super Hornet can return to an aircraft carrier with a larger load of unspent fuel and
 
munitions than the original Hornet. The term for this ability is known as "bringback". Bringback for the Super Hornet is in
 
excess of 9,000 pounds (4,000 kg).
 
Other differences include rectangular intakes for the engines, a reduced radar cross section (RCS), two extra wing hard
 
points for payload, and other aerodynamic changes.One of the most significant of which is the inclusion of significantly
 
enlarged leading edge extensions (LEX) which provide improved vortex lifting characteristics in high angle of attack
 
maneuver, and reduce the static stability margin to enhance pitching characteristics. This results in pitch rates in excess
 
of 40 degrees per second.[ In the end, the Super Hornet shared little with earlier F/A-18s aft of the forward fuselage. The
 
Super Hornet has 42% fewer structural parts than the original Hornet design.Flight characteristics include being highly
 
departure resistant through its flight envelope, and having high angle-of-attack with care free flying qualities for combat
 
and ease of training.
 
 
Radar signature reduction measures
 
Survivability is an important feature of the Super Hornet design. The US Navy says that a "balanced approach" to
 
survivability was built in to the design.This means that it does not rely on low-observable technology such as stealth
 
systems-to the exclusion of other survivability factors. Instead, its design incorporates a combination of stealth, advanced
 
electronic-warfare capabilities, reduced ballistic vulnerability, the use of standoff weapons, and innovative tactics that
 
cumulatively and collectively enhance the safety of the fighter and crew.
 
The F/A-18E/F's radar cross section was reduced greatly from some aspects, mainly front and rear.The design of the engine
 
inlets reduce the aircraft's forward sector radar cross section. The alignment of the leading edges of the engine inlets is
 
designed to scatter radiation to the sides. Fixed fanlike reflecting structures in the inlet tunnel divert radar energy away
 
from the rotating fan blades.
 
The Super Hornet also makes considerable use of panel join serration and edge alignment. Considerable attention has been paid
 
to the removal or filling of unnecessary surface join gaps and resonant cavities. Where the F/A-18A-D used grilles to cover
 
various accessory exhaust and inlet ducts, the F/A-18E/F uses perforated panels that appear opaque to radar waves at the
 
frequencies used. Careful attention has been paid to the alignment of many panel boundaries and edges, to scatter traveling
 
waves away from the aircraft.
 
It is claimed that the Super Hornet employs the most extensive radar cross section reduction measures of any contemporary
 
fighter, other than the F-22 and planned F-35. While the F/A-18E/F is not a true stealth fighter like the F-22, it will have
 
a frontal RCS an order of magnitude smaller than prior generation fighters.
 
 
Avionics
 
While there are some similar cockpit items of the original Hornet, the Super Hornet features a touch-sensitive, up-front
 
control display; a larger, liquid crystal multipurpose color display; and a new engine fuel display.The Super Hornet has a
 
quadruplex digital fly-by-wire system, as well as a digital flight-control system that detects and corrects for battle
 
damage.Super Hornet production started with the APG-73 radar. The APG-79 AESA radar was introduced later (see the upgrade
 
section below).
 
The AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR (Advanced Targeting Forward Looking InfraRed), is the main electro-optical sensor and laser designator
 
pod for the Super Hornet. Defensive systems are coordinated through the Integrated Defensive Countermeasures system (IDECM).
 
The IDECM system includes the ALE-47 countermeasures dispenser, the ALE-50 towed decoy, the AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning
 
receiver, and the ALQ-165 Airborne Self-Protect Jammer (ASPJ). Aircrew have the ability to use night vision goggles (NVG) for
 
Super Hornet operations which means the aircraft interior and exterior lighting are NVG compatible.
 
 
 
And..........
 
 
F/A-18F Super Hornet
 
Skins by 101tfs and Erwin_hans
 
3D Model by 101tfs
 
Flight Model by Erwin_hans
 
INI work by 101tfs and Erwin_hans
 
Effects by 101tfs and Erwin_hans
 
Original F/A-18A/B Cockpit by TMF modified to an F-18E/F by Erwin_hans.
 
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Thanks:
 
 
 
For Cockpit:
 
Based at TMF's F/A-18A,and littlesmoke's FA-18a panel repaint v1.1
 
 
 
For avionics:
 
I used some TGAs from Moonjumper aka Crusader's F-15C MISP, and HUD I used C-15 Spanish EF-18 HORNET by sordo
 
RWR Symbology from Fubar512
 
 
I didn't change much the F/A-18A's FM because of F and A are not too different.
 
 
 
Some infors come from CAers:
 
AmokFloo,littlesmoke,76.IAPBlackbird,Vampyre,Silverbolt,ArturR,rovert97,Dave,Hrntfixr,ace888..........and others
 
Really hanks you a lot ! :-)
 
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1, unzip the FA-18F.rar
 
 
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2,Copy ALL FA-18F folder and to ALL files from pilot folder to :
 
Strike Fighters\Objects\aircraft directory
 
 
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3,Copy ALL effect folder and to ALL files from pilot folder to :
 
Strike Fighters\effect directory
 
 
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4,Copy ALL weapon folder and to ALL files from pilot folder to :
 
Strike Fighters\Objects\weapon directory
 
Open included 'AddToWeaponData INI.txt' files. copy text and paste into WEAPONDATA.INI file. and change numbers to your
 
current list. Run WeaponEditor and resave it.
 
 
 
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5,then............enjoy it
 
 
 
******** EVERYONE CAN USE THESE MODELS for all Third Wire projects, as you want.************************
 
 
Erwin_Hans and 101tfs

WW2 Burma Hot Fix - for SF/WoV/WoE, PTO Modded Installs
 
This little package contains redone TFD and HFD files for Edward's WW2 Burma terrain.
I did an ooopsy, and forgot to include them in the original Upgrad Pak.
 
What this will do, is 'flatten' certain target areas, most notably Hanoi Airfield, and the various train stations, so their objects do not appear sunked into the ground.
It will have NO effect on anything else.
 
EASY to follow instructifications in the enclosed readme.
 
Enjoy!
Wrench
kevin stein