Strike Fighters by Thirdwire

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.5 - Royal Air Force Near East Air Force STRIKE FIGHTERS 1
Two simple modded skins for you to add to my McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.5 to place it in service with RAF Near East Command in the 1970's.
This should work in all of Third Wire Series One games as it uses the ubiquitous F-4E.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Drag and drop the skin folders into your Phantom FGR.5 folder.
The decals are contained within the skin folder but it is essential that you have my FGR.5 installed to get the common decals (national markings and serial numbers).

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 28/03/18
Version 1 - 01/01/09

Hi to all, I'm Astore. Thanks for downloading my skin pack ! 
The UPEO (Universal Peace Enforcement Organization) is a fictional faction featured in the Ace Combat game series, and the main faction of Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere. 
The Universal Peace Enforcement Organization is an international peacekeeping organization under the Neo United Nations. UPEO maintains the SARF (Special Armed Response Force) when military intervention is required for peacekeeping duties, as well as the Euro-Asia Public Network for neutral, continent-wide broadcasting.
Despite its aim of enforcing peace, UPEO was a puppet of General Resource Limited until the late 2030s. The organization became more independent with the rise of Neucom Incorporated and with Gabriel William Clarkson taking office as UPEO's representative.
UPEO is the player's initial organization at the start of Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere. In the Japanese version of the game, the player can defect from UPEO to either General Resource or Neucom.
It has shown that their equipment is of two main aircraft carriers, a Nimitz class and an Air Vector UI-4053 Sphyrna, still in construction during the early events of the game. Their main base, is a military airport at the center of Expo City, the eastern city of the USEA continent excluding Megafloat, which is a floating-island city.
The UPEO Air Fleet is composed by future versions of actual aircraft and some fictionals since the game is set in 2040 of the Strangereal Universe, but the only fictional continent invented at the game exit was the USEA, so, since the faction seems to be universal, there could be several other planes operative in other nations, which have been introduced only in Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War (That is set in 2015).
Main air fleet
EF-2000 Typhoon II -Base plane, multirole fighter-
Mig-33 Fulcrum SS -Interceptors-
F/A-18 Hornet ADV -Multirole, got from the General Resource LDT faction
F-16XF Gyrfalcon -Air superiority, got from the General Resource LDT faction
R-101U Delphinus I -Base plane of the R Fleet from Neucom.Inc faction
R-201U Asterozoa -Heavy attacker fighter, Attacker from the R Fleet of the Neucom.Inc Faction
SU-37 SUPERFLANKER II -Multirole, mainly Air Supremacy.-
SU-43 Berkut -Multirole, mainly Air Supremacy.-
UI-4053 Sphyrna - Heavy Air vector with the fuction of a flying aircraft carrier with jamming capabilities and interior hangar to store at least 20 planes. 
R-505U -Presidential plane of Rapresentative Gabriel William Clarkson
Aces:
[From Ace Combat 3] -2040-
Erich Jager 
Fiona Chris Fitzgerald
Rena Hirose
Nemo
[From other continents] -...-
Unknown
[From original SF2 Campaigns and missions]
Aurelia-Astore Squadron-(F-35C Lightning assignated to the CVN-56 Aircraft Carrier)-2025-
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Skin Pack: 
F-15 D ACTIVE -UPEO and GR Skins-
F-16A_Blk1 (Stock F-16) -UPEO skin-
FA-18a (Stock F-18) -UPEO skin- 
FA-27C (Yukikaze Planes Addon) -UPEO and NEU Skins-
Mig-29C_RUS -UPEO Skin-
Su-27SKM -UPEO and Upeo Ace Rena Hirose Skins-
SU-47 -UPEO Skin-
Typhoon -UPEO Skin and Typhoon ace skin-
CVN-56 / Admiral 56 (Yukikaze Aircraft Carrier Addon) -UPEO Skin-
Installation: Open the aircraft folder from the downloaded content, and copy/move the UPEO (and variant) folders to the plane's folder in your SF2 (StrikeFighters2>Objects>Aircraft>Your plane folder. Same for the Aircraft Carrier skin: StrikeFighters2>Objects>GroundObjects>Admiral56) There's no need to overwrite on other folders, just add them in the specific folders. My skins does not requires decals, since the emblems are painted in the skin.
If the skin doesn't work or shows leaving your aircraft black, it's possible that you are using a different version of the plane from an another addon, or that your game doesn't read the skin format. When this happen, copy the skin files to save them, then try to change their format (Like JPG). If the skin sets are the same for other models with the same skin mapping, they should work too. 
You can make a UPEO Nation in your INI Files continuing the list of nations. Be sure that the Nation number continues the series. In my case since I already got 271 Nations in my file, I've wrote Nation272 to make it work. But you could have to change the number.
[Nation272]
Name=UPEO
DisplayName=UPEO
Alignment=FRIENDLY
PilotNameList=NamesUSN.lst
RankList=RanksUSAF.lst
CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst
Formation.Fighter=USFighter
Formation.Attack=USFighter
Formation.Bomber=USBomber
Formation.Transport=USBomber
Formation.Tank=USTank
Formation.MobileAD=USAD
PilotTrainingStandard=NORMAL
GenderRatio=0
DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav
DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav
DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav
SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat
SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str
Link to planes and models: 
F-16: http://www.fxinteractive.com/it/p156/p156extras.htm
F-18:http://www.fxinteractive.com/it/p156/p156extras.htm     OR     https://combatace.com/files/file/16682-fa-18a-made-by-tmf-themiragefactory/
Typhoon: https://combatace.com/files/file/6398-ef-2000/
F-15 D Active: https://combatace.com/files/file/7256-f-15-active-for-the-thirdwire-series/
F/A-27C and CVN-56 from Yukikaze: https://combatace.com/files/file/12522-yukikaze-fa-27cadmiral56/
SU-27 SKM: https://combatace.com/files/file/14316-su-27skm-flanker-for-sf1woe/
SU-47: https://combatace.com/files/file/14312-su-47-berkut-for-woe-sf1/
MIG-29C: https://combatace.com/files/file/13792-mig29c-ukrainerar/
Most of these planes should work also on SF Gold. I've started working on the skin pack from Gold and then moved to SF2. Actually, also the F-18 has been downloaded from the FX Interactive site, but the addon from CombatAce should work too. To install manually the aircraft from that site, download them, the site will give a laucher-sort file. Ignore it, do mouse-right click and extract the files. You should obtain the aircraft folder to put in your SFG/SF2 aircraft folder, and it should work. Some of the templates for aircrafts were missing, then I had to make some new by hand, like for the F-15D Active. The older skins could be not at the same quality since I was working on SFG, but they'll be remade in future. 

Bugs and errors: The files shouldn't damage your game, if something doesn't work just remove the folder of the skin. 
The only bug I actually know is in the F-15 D ACTIVE canards, which couldn't be painted. It was the only Active I found, if you use it in SF2 be sure to insert also a cockpit file. 
You can customize the skins if you want to, credit me when you post screens or other in way to allow other players to find the download. Don't forget to rate, good or bad.
This was my first skin pack, I hope I didn't messed up and that everything works. Maybe I'll do other skins in future. Have fun !
 

Su-33 Camo for Su-27M (What if)
Alternative history :
[TRUE] The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov set sail on 15 October 2016 from the Kola Bay for takin part in Russian agression against Syria. The carrier was accompanied by an ocean-going tugboat, as a precaution due to potential propulsion failure.
The airwing included 6-8 Su-33 fighters, 4 Mig-29K/KUBR multi-role aircraf.
On 14 November 2016, a MiG-29K crashed into the sea after taking off from the carrier.
On 15 November 2016, Admiral Kuznetsov, took part in bombing Syria.
On 3 December 2016, an Su-33 crashed into the sea after attempting to land on the carrier.
[FICTION] On 4 December early in the morning, the aircraft carrier's radar detected more than a dozen unknown air targets approaching their ship. In a panic, the Russians raised all Su-33 fighters to protect their aircraft carrier. But it was too late. In a matter of minutes all Su-33 planes were shot down. To this day it remains a mystery whether these were F-22 stelth aircraft or they were Israeli F-35 aircraft. Some person tells even it was martians.
These cheerless news came to the Kremlin. The news of the loss of all Su-33 aircraft could not be published in the Russian mass media. Dumbfounded militarist propaganda residents, could inadequately respond to such a defeat of their troops. It was decided to hush up the news.
Dmitry Rogozin minister of Defense Industry of Russia, suggested that all existing Su-27M to repaint in Su-33 camouflage colors.
A few days later,  at night at  low altitude, all repainted Su-27Ms flew to Syria and start imitating the presence of the Su-33 in Syria and showed themselves in propaganda TV plots. We are waiting for the further events. BBC News, cpecial report, Syria.
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This skin match (original aircraft) https://combatace.com/files/file/15049-su-37-flanker-f/
Or my repack  https://combatace.com/files/file/16722-su-27m-t-10m-original-su-37-repainted/
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installation: unpack and copy to your installed before Su-27M or Su-37 folder. Be sure to overwrite the decals folder. It is very important! There is a fix for the  UV grid of the original model, cause of which the second wing had a reflection of the first that the aircraft was disfiguring.
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Used Decals from:
NATO Fighters 4+
https://combatace.com/files/file/12230-nato-fighters-4-part-5/
By Dave (approved by Dave, January 20, 2016)
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Skins was drawn based on outlines by Mariusz Wojciechowski and real photos.
http://www.mariwoj.pl/
 And Skins by me, bazillius
If you like this skin you can copy,  paste,  remake,  redraw use in your pack. I do not care of it.
Kisses, waves, hand shaking and best regards.
 

I really like the Su-37 model, but I always did not like its coloring. When I studied the history of the Su-27 series, I found out that the Su-37 and Su-27M did not differ in appearance. The fuselage, wings and tail are the same for them. Different only in engines. I decided to repaint this model in the colors of Su-27M, so it was more pleasant to kill this plane.
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Installation:
Copy the files to the appropriate locations in your mod folder as usual. Be sure to overwrite the decals folder. It is very important! There is a fix for the  UV grid of the original model, cause of which the second wing had a reflection of the first that the aircraft was disfiguring.
It is better to overwrite weapons folder. I ve made some small changes (fixed the years of using) in inies in some of them.
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I tried to make the skins as accurate as possible. But the skin T-10M-1 is not very accurate from below because of the limitations of the model. If you want to correct this, do not stop yourself. Fix, redraw, repack, share, I will be happy with your corrections of my skins.
NEW SKINS:
T-10M-1 1988
T-10M-3 BN 703 1992
T-10M-9 BN 709 1993
Aubergine (Modern Russian What If Skin)
Su-27M BN 88 Serial 2000
Su-27M BN 710 Serial 1993
Su-27M BN 710 Serial 1993 Shabby
Su-27M Russian Knights
OLD SKIN
Su-37 Terminator (original model's fix of wing)
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Skins was drawn based on outlines by Mariusz Wojciechowski and real photoes.
http://www.mariwoj.pl/
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I used these files:
Model:
SU-37 Flanker-F
https://combatace.com/files/file/15049-su-37-flanker-f/
By denissoliveira (approved by Dave, October 8, 2014)
Decals and Weapons:
NATO Fighters 4+
https://combatace.com/files/file/12230-nato-fighters-4-part-5/
By Dave (approved by Dave, January 20, 2016)
Cockpit:
Sea flanker cockpit 1.0
https://combatace.com/files/file/15077-sea-flanker-cockpit/
By YEYEYE (approved by Erik, October 22, 2014)
And Skins by me, bazillius
Kisses, waves, hand shaking and best regards.
 

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.5 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 1
This is a simple mod of the stock Phantom F-4E to give a 'what if' Phantom FGR.5 tactical fighter with markings for No.6 and No.41 squadrons of RAF Strike Command as they might have appeared in the mid-1970's.
In theory, this should work in any 'first generation' game that has the standard F-4E LOD's.
 
BACKSTORY
The cancellation of the Hawker P.1154 in 1964 quickly led to the adoption of the LTV F-8E(RN) Crusader for the Royal Navy to replace the Scimitar and Sea Vixen and the adoption of the McDonnell Douglas Phantom for the RAF to replace the Hunter. However, anxious to improve the UK's trade balance with the US, the UK Government insisted that the RAF's Phantoms would adopt either the Rolls Royce Spey turbofan or the Anglo-French Rolls Royce/SNECMA Sequanna turbofan then under development for the proposed Mirage IVB and advanced Mirage III aircraft. The Sequanna was quickly chosen being lighter and slimmer than the Spey and fitted the F-4 like a glove whilst producing about 1,000lbs more thrust per engine than the stock J79-GE-15 turbojet but with a lower specific fuel consumption.
First flown in 1965 and entering service with the RAF in 1966 the Phantom F.1 supplemented the Lightning interceptors of RAF Fighter Command whilst the Phantom FG.2 re-equipped many Hunter and Canberra squadrons at home and abroad. The FR.3 was a planned version of the RF-4C that failed to materialise as the RAF adopted podded recconnaisance pods but the FGR.4 was the RAF's first true multi-role version of the Phantom taking advantage of the new F-4E airframe and a more powerful Sequanna RB.390 engine developing 19,000lbs with reheat. Only 50 FGR.4's were built before production switched to the FGR.5 with Sequanna RB.392 engines, slatted wings and more advanced avionics. The FGR.5's served at home and abroad, most notably with RAF Strike Command and RAF South East Asia Command before finally being retired in 2003.
 
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the PhantomFGR5 folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the PhantomFGR5 into your Decals folder.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to Mike Druzolowski (mppd) for the superb shark-mouth decal that fits the F-4E really well.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 05/03/18
Version 1 - 06/12/09

I thought I'd assemble together my Dhimari decals in one place for folks to try their hand at modding. So far, I've got 13 squadrons listed;
1.The Panthers (White & Green)
2. The Hawks (Black & Green)
3. The Bats (Black & White)
4. The Falcons (Red & Yellow)
5. The Leopards (Black & Yellow)
6. The Eagles (Green & Red)
7. The Rattlesnakes (Yellow & Green)
8. The Scorpions (Black & Red)
9. The Fennec Foxes (Yellow & White)
10. The Golden Jackals (Yellow & Dark Teal)
11. The Rams (Green and Blue)
12. The Ospreys (White & Red)
13. The Antelopes (Black,White & Green)
Each squadron has a simple checkerboard roundel marking, a checkerboard fin strip and a squadron badge.
It would be great to see what Dhimari aircraft you can come up with! Long live the King!
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 25/03/18
Version 1 - 29/12/09
 
 

Hawker Hunter FGA.9 - 1970's Wittering Wing for STRIKE FIGHTERS 1
This is a simple decal conversion of the sublime Third Wire Hunter FGA.9 to enable you to fly a mid-1970's era Hunter from the short-lived Wittering Wing that was created to keep RAF newly graduated ground-attack pilots 'current' whilst waiting for the Jaguar to enter service.
This will only work in 'Wings Over Europe' but you can, of course, also make it work in the other Third Wire Series One games by extracting and exporting all of the relevant files.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9w folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9w into your Decals folder.
Your stock Hunter FGA.9 will not be affected by this mod.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 25/03/18
Version 1 - 30/12/08

F-8E Crusader - Eskadrille 727, Royal Danish Air Force
This is a 'what if' skin for The Mirage Factory F-8E to place it in service with Eskadrille 727 of the Royal Danish Air Force.

INSTRUCTIONS
This is not a complete aircraft so you must have TMF's F-8E. This is just a skin for you to drop in to your Mirage Factory F-8E and fly.
1. From the SKIN folder drag and drop the Esk727 folder into your Mirage Factory F-8E folder.
The decals are inside the skin folder - nothing else is required.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to The Mirage Factory for creating the F-8E all those years ago and still right up there with the very best.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 24/03/18
Version 1 - 25/08/08
 

As we're on the verge of wishing the RAF a Happy 100th Birthday (April 1st, 1918) I'm updating my RAF squadron marking decals for you to use on absolutely whatever you want - be it factual, fictual, historical or hysterical. As a keen 'what-iffer' I 'd especially like to see them appear where the shouldn't! So break out the Century Series, Mirages, MiGs and Sukhois and get 'whiffing' and remember to post your screenshots! I'd love to see them!
This decal set is also in the Series 2 section and that will be the one that gets updated from hereon in.
Regards
Spinners

Another update of my RAF/RN Decals for you to use on absolutely whatever you want - be it factual, fictional, historical or hysterical. As a keen 'what-iffer' I 'd especially like to see them appear where they shouldn't! So break out the Century Series, Mirages, MiGs and Sukhois and get 'whiffing' and remember to post your screenshots! I'd love to see them!
Regards
Spinners
Version 8 - 24/03/18

F-8E Crusader - No.805 Sqd Royal Australian Navy
This is a 'what if' skin for The Mirage Factory F-8E to place it in service with No.805 Sqd of the Royal Australian Navy.

INSTRUCTIONS
This is not a complete aircraft so you must have TMF's F-8E. This is just a skin for you to drop in to your Mirage Factory F-8E and fly.
1. From the SKIN folder drag and drop the 805RAN folder into your Mirage Factory F-8E folder.
The decals are inside the skin folder - nothing else is required.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to The Mirage Factory for creating the F-8E all those years ago and still right up there with the very best.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 24/03/18
Version 1 - 23/08/08

Hawker Hunter FGA.9 - RAF Far East Air Force
This is a simple mod of the stock Third Wire Hunter FGA.9 to place it in service with the RAF's Far East Air Force in the 1961-1970 timeline. That really did happen but not with the Hunter wearing 'SEAC' national markings! New decals are included including 26 new tail serials and 26 new underwing serials.

BACKSTORY
The growing threat to Thailand, Cambodia and South Vietnam from nearby Communist states saw the deployment of the Hawker Hunter FGA.9's of No. 20 Squadron to the Far East Air Force in September 1961 followed by No.28 Squadron in July 1962. The Borneo Confrontation of 1963 saw this ground-attack wing deployed to Kuching and Labuan to commence offensive operations against Indonesian forces seeking to infiltrate across the Malaysia/Indonesia border on the island of Borneo. The Commander of the Far East Air Force, Air Marshal Sir Hector McGregor, ordered the re-introduction of the wartime 'SEAC' markings to avoid any potential confusion with the Indonesian Air Force's red and white national markings. Both squadrons were successful in helping to repel the border incursions by the Indonesians, despite the difficult terrain, and stayed in theatre until the Borneo Confrontation was declared over in August 1966 eventually departing in January 1967 when No.28 Squadron was disbanded and No.20 Squadron returned to Tengah.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9S folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9S folder into your Decals folder.
It goes without saying that you'll need the Third Wire Hunter FGA.9 from 'Wings Over Europe' for this to work but if you have 'Wings Over Israel' you can use a substitute 'stock' cockpit as the aircraft LOD's are in that game.
The folder designation FGA.9S is just to avoid conflict with the stock FGA.9 aircraft in 'Wings Over Europe'.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 1 - 18/03/18
 
 

F-8E Crusader - 1st Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina
This is a 'what if' skin for The Mirage Factory F-8E to place it in service with the 1st Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina.

INSTRUCTIONS
This is not a complete aircraft so you must have TMF's F-8E. This is just a skin for you to drop in to your F-8E and fly.
1. From the SKIN folder drag and drop the 1e folder into your F-8E folder.
The decals are inside the skin folder - nothing else is required.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to The Mirage Factory for creating the F-8E and to Column5 for sending me the template 10 years ago!
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 16/03/18
Version 1 - 10/08/08
 

F-8E Crusader - Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina
This is a simple mod of the stock Third Wire F-8E to place it in service with the Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina with markings for two famous COAN escuadrilla;
2nd Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque (shark mouth).
3rd Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque (black nose).
It goes without saying that you'll need the Third Wire F-8E from 'Wings Over Vietnam' for this to work.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-8E_COAN folder into your Aircraft folder.
The decals are inside each skin folder - nothing else is required.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 1 - 16/03/18
 

After a request i received, i went ahead with this :)
As per included readme :
CF-188B pack for SF2
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Based on the F/A-18B/D Series made by Dave. (The Hornet Team) that can be found here :
https://combatace.com/files/file/13591-fa-18bd-series-by-the-hornet-team-beta/?_fromLogin=1
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This is the CF-188B as used by the RCAF for the SF2 series of games.
 
The skins represent the current scheme used by the RCAF on their CF-188B Hornets.

The serial numbers in this skin pack are real one's. (but not squadron specific). I made 12 out of 40 serials the CF have had (or still have) over time.

You will get the following skins in this package :
409 Nighthawks
410 Cougars
425 Alouette
 
* Note : I did not touched the model, all files comes from the original pack. All i did was to rename some files and creating/modifying some of them. So all credits goes to the persons above.
 
COMPLETE AIRCRAFT :
Copy the CF-188B Objects/Aircraft folder content to your game Objects/Aircraft folder.
Copy the CF-188B Objects/Decals folder content to your game Objects/Decals folder.
Copy the CF-188B Objects/Pilots folder content to your game Objects/Pilotsfolder.
Copy the CF-188B Objects/Weapons folder content to your game Objects/Weapons folder.
Copy the CF-188B Flight folder content to your game Flight folder.
Copy the CF-188B Sounds folder content to your game Sounds folder.
Copy the CF-188B Effects folder content to your game Effects folder.
 
Credits (per original files):
The Hornet Team:
Original Model by BPAO and the Mirage Factory, updated by FastCargo.
New pit by Brain32 with Crusader, Brain and CB34 doing the avionics.
Skins by Siddog, Sundowner and EricJ.
Crash test Dummy: Caeser
Seats: Julhelm and Ravenclaw
Weapons by Ravenclaw, wpnssgt and others.
Loadouts and variant shred out by CrazyhorseB34 who put a lot of effort into researching this part of the package. Its highly recommended you use the loads he made or you will have problems.
- Thirdwire
- All persons involved in the original pack. you guys are great!
- Myself for the ''clean'' skin :)
 
Happy flights!
 
Mario C.
Frenchie1977

TW F-15A Variants of Pappy's Excellent F-15A Skins and Blackburn32's Stripes!   You need Pappy's F-15A Air Superiority Blue 1.0.0 to get the decals... Here: Just drop the two folder from this mod into your mod F-15A folder...Thats it!   Also highly recommend, but not needed for this mod...   Pappy's F-15A Hi-Rez with Lo-Viz Stencil
Here: and   Pappy's Thirdwire F-15A Eagle Hi-Rez
Here:   These are awesome! Thanks Pappy!   Please note: All credit for the Invasion Stripes to Bkackburn32! What a cool idea!   Thanks All!    =V=

Boeing B-52K Stratofortress B.1 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 1
This is a 'what if' B-52K in service with Royal Air Force South East Asia Command with markings for No.9 Squadron. I've already done this for SF2 so thought I'd make it available for SF1 with a little change of decals.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the B-52K folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the B-52K into your Decals folder.
As this is a non-flyable I've included a makeshift cockpit which works best with cockpit toggle off as it leaves you with a fairly decent bombsight.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 1 - 10/03/18

SF2 A-4 Skyhawk "Southland Scooters" Skin/Decals Pack              3/2/2018
= For SF2 (Any & All, Full-5 Merged Prefered) =
*Can be used in any install that has access to the A-4C_65 & A-4F*
2 new skins for a couple of the stock 3W Skyhawks. These represent "local" A-4 units from
Southern California; my home turf! :) They are either Reserve Squadron (VA-305) or a Service,
Support, Training Unit (VC-7).
Also included for the A-4F, are a modified Data and loadout inis, correcting/adding to the
Mission tasking loadouts.  Several new parts are included that correct and add the missing outer
Sidewinder rails. Both aircraft get the Player operated manual canopy, and landing light. 
The skins included are for:
A-4C_65:
VA-305 "Lobos" based at NAS (now JFB) Los Alamitos *-see notes-*
A-4F:
VC-7 "Tallyhoers" (or Redtails) based at NAS Miramar

Skins are brand new, from Nyghtfall's templates, and are in jpg format. Most markings are
decals, excepting certain squadron tags on the tail fin & rudder (VC-7 and/or fuselage bands
(VA-305).  These had to be painted on due to number-of-decals-per-mesh restrictions. All BuNums
are historiclly correct for aircraft used by both squardrons; unfortunately, they could not all
be matched to their corresponding Modex. On the Loadout screen's individual aircraft dropdown
listing, those marked with a star (*) are matched.
Also added, via Magical Ini Dancing (tm) are missile rails for the OUTBOARD pylons on the A-4F,
as is correct for all 5-hardpointed Skyhawks. These are added via the loadout ini through
various jiggery-pokery and at great expense. They are only used in the "Air-to-Air" tasking (and
Recon), and will/do not effect any Strike, CAS, Auntie-Ship or other attack missions.
These modification can also be added, using the same data ini edits, to all the A-4E and later
models. With some luck, they will =NOT= interfere with any of the Skyhawks released by
Nyghtfall. If in doubt, back up your original data and loadout inis before installing.
The canopy uses the Standard Animation Keystroke (tm), Shift/0.
When on the Loadout screen, for skin/squadron selection, on the Dropdown menu you'll see
A-4C_65:
VA-305 Lobos (NAS Los Alamitos 70/71)
A-4F:
VC-7 Redtails (NAS Miramar 1973-80)
As always, fairly easy to follow, detailed install instructions are included. So, please read
them .... Also, DO give the Notes section a read as well, for enlightenments, illuminations, and
general ramblings. With MANY thanks to Nyghtfall for his invaluable assistance!!! :)
Happy Landings!
Wrench
Kevin Stein
 

FA-18F Super Hornet - VF-1 Falcões, Aviação Naval Brasileira
This is a 'what if' skin for the Insky FA-18F to place it in service with the famous VF-1 Falcões of the Aviação Naval Brasileira.
INSTRUCTIONS
This is not a complete aircraft so you must have the Insky FA-18F. This is just a skin for you to drop in to your FA-18F and fly.
1. From the SKIN folder drag and drop the VF-1_BN folder into your FA-18F folder.
The decals are inside the skin folder - nothing else is required.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to 101tfs and Erwin_Hans for creating the first Super Hornet to land on Planet Strike Fighters in July 2008.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 10/03/18
Version 1 - 13/08/08

Supermarine Sora FG.1 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is the Supermarine Type 576 (a proposed supersonic development of the Scimitar) as it might of appeared in service as the Sora FG.1 with fictional markings for the following squadrons of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm;
736 Naval Air Squadron - attached to HMS Eagle.
767 Naval Air Squadron - shore based at Yeovilton.
803 Naval Air Squadron - attached to HMS Eagle.
807 Naval Air Squadron - attached to HMS Eagle.
This mod uses the Sora 3D model by Cocas who asked me to test it and then package it up and release it so as to allow him to move onto other projects.
 
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the SoraFG1 folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the SoraFG1 folder into your main Decals folder.
3. From the PILOTS folder drag and drop the PILOT_RN folder into you main Pilots folder.
4. From the SOUNDS folder drag and drop the AVON_DRY and AVON_WET files into your main Sounds folder.
5. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop all three folders into your main Weapons folder.
 
CREDITS
Thanks to Third Wire for the continuous improvement of a great little game/sim.
Massive thanks to Cocas for creating the Sora 3D model and skin.
Thanks to Ravenclaw_007 for the AGM-12C Bullpup missile.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 1 - 27/05/13

Vought F-8J Crusader - 2da Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina
This is a 'what if' skin for The Mirage Factory F-8J to place it in service with the 2da Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina.

INSTRUCTIONS
This is not a complete aircraft so you must have TMF's F-8J. This is just a skin for you to drop in to your F-8J and fly.
1. From the SKIN folder drag and drop the COAN folder into your F-8J folder.
The decals are inside the skin folder - nothing else is required.

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to The Mirage Factory for creating the F-8J and to Column5 for sending me the template 10 years ago!
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 10/03/18
Version 1 - 09/08/08
 

These skins represent the VAW-116 squadron of the United States Navy.
The serials numbers are some i could find that really were within this squadron past and present.

You will get the following skins in this package :
- 1991
- 2006
- 2011
- 2014
- 2015
Same instructions as usual:
Copy the E-2C aircraft folder content to your game E-2C aircraft folder.
Copy the E-2C decals folder content to your game E-2C decals folder.
Open the E-2C.ini and edit the file by adding the lines from the E-2C.ini in this file (replace the XXX by number in sequence). 
Credits:
Thanks to Thirdwire for creating the Strike Fighters series.
Thanks to paulopanz for providing the E-2C model.
Thanks to pappychksix for providing the wonderful E-2C Hi-Rez Skins.
Myself for the decals (all done by me).
Happy flights!
Mario C.
Frenchie1977

Sukhoi Su-27i 'Espada' - Ejercito del Aire
This is a 'what if' Sukhoi Su-27i (the Sukhoi Design Bureau allocated 'i' for Ispansi) in service with the Ejército del Aire with markings for 133 Escuadron.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Su-27i folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Su-27i into your Decals folder.
I've simplified this download by reverting to stock items so now go and fly the Su-27i in Ejercito del Aire markings!

CREDITS
Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to Marcello for creating the wonderful Su-27.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 09/03/18
Version 1 - 06/08/08

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Marcello makes the following credits which I'm keen to repeat;
Model by - Marcfighter helped by BPAO
Skins by - Marcfighter
Cockpit by - MarcFighter, BPAO (special thanks to Boopidoo, Mago, Badger and Kesselbrut)
Flight Model by - Starfighter2, Fubar512, Kreelin - Avionics by -Moonjumper
Thanks - MK2
The EDA Grey scheme is by me (Spinners) but only due to Marcello making these templates available as downloads on his site.
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Markings for F-111B Dominator/ Insignia -decals. VF (fighter sqradron) numbers & vert tail markings based on  squadron /air group (CVW) codes of NAVY F-4 squadrons (TW).
Need F-111B Dominator by Wrench
Good figth