SLUFs on Guard: A-7D in Air National Guard service 1974-1993
This mod adds several new skins to showcase the stock ThirdWire A-7D as it appeared in Air National Guard service. This mod includes two "new" A-7 variants based off the stock A-7D_78, mainly for ease of incorporating skins and saving 500MB of space!
The A-7D Corsair II (most commonly called the SLUF) first entered service in the Air Guard with the 188th Tactical Fighter Squadron, New Mexico ANG, in early 1974. The SLUF went on to serve with 16 different squadrons of the ANG, 15 of which are presented here (Arizona's 162nd TFS was the schoolhouse and flew predominantly A-7K two seaters). The A-7D finally bowed out of USAF service when the 162d Fighter Squadron, Ohio ANG, retired theirs in early 1993.
            REQUIREMENTS
This mod requires you to have STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 EUROPE for the A-7D_75 and _78 it is based on. You could adapt rename the skins for use with the A-7D found in SF2 or SF2V,
but thats 5 files in 60 some skins.
        INSTALLATION
UNZIP MAIN FOLDER, PUT OBJECTS FOLDER INTO DESIRED MOD FOLDER
            Included
4 Aircraft:                           A-7D_75, A-7D_78, A-7D_83, A-7D_88,
59 Skins and tga sets      covers the major schemes used by all covered units
historic serials                  well, fairly historic. this was a tough nut to crack and airframes are matched to units as best as possible.
nose arts                           for the gray 112th TFS (Ohio ANG) and all 149th TFS (Virginia ANG)
weapons                           regular bombs modded by me to boost base supply levels. other weapons that could be seen later in life added too including the LANA FLIR pod
ini edits                             mostly tweaking weapons loadouts. Air Guard SLUFs were more likely to carry basic bomb loads rather than the precision guided toys. and rarely had tanks

                    Credits
Nyghtfall, Svetlin    AN/AAR-45 LANA skin. Nyghtfall did the bulk of the psd work, Svetlin the panel lines and was kind enough to share it with me.
Wrench                    original Thirdwire A-7D templates, I added my work on top of his originals
KillerBee331           weapons pack that most non stock weps are drawn from
malibu43                2_LAU-88 mod to carry 4 Maverick rather than 6
daddyairplanes      skin and tga work, ini edits, new patches and load screens, butt load of research
TW                           stock A-7D models

            Still with me? Heres the list of included units
Michigan         07th TFS         Ohio                     112th TFS        Colorado           120th TFS
Iowa(IA)          124th TFS       Oklahoma           125th TFS        Virginia              149th TFS
Arizona           152d  TFS        Ohio                    162d  TFS         Ohio                   166th TFS
Iowa(HA)        174th TFS        South Dakota    175th TFS        New Mexico     188th TFS
Puerto Rico    198th TFS        South Carolina  157th TFS        Pennsylvania    146th TFS
 
            Your still reading? GO ON, go fly the mod!
 
 
I hope that you enjoy this mod as much as I did making it.
daddyairplanes
aka Kevin Unruh
24 Jun 2023    

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This is freeware; it CANNOT be distributed unless permissions are granted by myself.
The original readmes, if any, and all other pieces of the package MUST remain intact.
The names of all contributors, modders, suppliers, etc =MUST= be listed in any new readmes.
This package and any part of it may NOT in any way, shape, or form be used in any payware additions.
See the original readme documentation, if any, for further allowances and restrictions
Any persons wishing to make further modifications, contact me first.
Any persons wishing to make further modifications MUST remember to put everyone's name in it.
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THIS AIRCRAFT MOD OR ANY PART OF IT MUST NOT BE HOSTED OR
POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD ON ANY OTHER WEBSITE WITHOUT MY EXPRESS
PERMISSION, OR USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN THIRDWIRE FLIGHT
SIMULATORS, AND MUST NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE BY ITSELF
OR WITH ANY OTHER FILES OR MODS.
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This is a rendition of the current VFA-211 line bird scheme with VFA-211.
Drop in your FA-18E_BlkII folder and go fly, and can be found under VFA-211 Line in the skin selection menu.

Since VAQ-129 is the US Navy's Fleet Replacement Squadron there are a variety of numbers that the aircraft uses. I tried to get most of them listed but I'm sure I missed some here and there given the state of my reference photos and resources. It's not designed to be exhaustive, but include the numbers I have seen
The file structure is the same so just unzip and place in your mod folder and it shouldn't need to overwrite.

This is the standard scheme for the line aircraft of VAQ-141 Shadowhawks.
Simply extract the file and place in your EA-18G folder. It can be found under VAQ-141 Shadowhawks in the drop down menu.

nstallation of the Sentraedi Fighter SU-27K:
The installation procedure is quite normal,
FACILITY:
This SU-27K (SU-33) package is for an SF2 installation. Simply copy and paste the items from the included folders into the corresponding folders contained in your Saved Games > ThirdWire folder

GRADES:
This is a primitive version of the SU-27K Flanker airborne heavy fighter, it is not optimized for ground attacks but can carry a lot of bombs and rockets
the model is a SU-35 casing that we once worked with ALEDUCAT and it was never finished, the controls were optimized for vector thrust so it doesn't move some ailerons, today I finished it as a Sukhoi 27k to share it.
Create a set of classic double rockets for this model.
the chosen cabin is the one created by YEYEYE, the original readme file is added.
The missiles that I chose are from a pack of weapons, I don't know who created them but it is appreciated.
Hope you enjoy.
By pressing the corresponding vectoring keys (vertical thrust) the plane becomes unstable like the SU-57 model, being able to perform the Cobra maneuver.

I had planned to create the characters of the series but unfortunately every day it becomes more difficult for me to finish projects to be able to share them with you, it would be of great help if you followed me on my youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@arielmelo9789/videos
   I could justify the time invested in my ex-wife hahahaha.

This game menu is developed based on Eagle114th's Screen Overhaul template. Credit to Eagle114th.
The menu was developed for a super-vanilla mod pack within our team and later become available to the generic SF2 games.
 
Please backup your file before your installation.
 
Installation: 
Extract the relevant files to SF installation and SF mod folders, overwrite the file if needed.
install fonts attached to windows
 
 
Uninstallation:
Overwrite files with backup you made.
 

Mirage Factory MiG-29 Cockpit Detailing
 
This mod will bring the MF MiG-29 a better look in the cockpit. The package includes reprocessed texture for all instruments, radar screen and wall.
 
Installation
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1. In case you may regret, back up your cockpit folder and avionics.ini in your MiG-29 directory
2. Drop the cockpit folder to your MiG-29 directory, cover the files and folders as asked.
3. The wall texture in the cockpit directory is 4x enlarged with bump texture and color tweak (which require unlimited setting in the cockpit texture setting to enjoy), if you are unhappy with the performance or look, replace with the file included in the "optional wall texture", that will give you flat walls closer to the real-world one although not as eye-candy.
4. You might find the radar looks too bright and also want to replace with the radar texture in the "optional radar" folder, by dropping all 3 files and 1 folder to your cockpit folder. And then change the color of your radar character in your xxxx_avionics.ini
 
find below section
 
[RadarFont]
 
Change the line
Color= xxxxxx
to
Color=0.45,94,0.49,1.0
 
then save and exit
 
 
Credit
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original mig-29 pit by The Mirage Factory
texture reprocess by orsin

This is a representation  (the best I could do with the tail decal) of the VAQ-142 CAG jet in March 2021
Simply drop in your EA-18G folder and go fly. This can be found in  the drop-down menu for the aircraft. Select "VAQ-142 CAG March 2021" and go fly.