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F-105D Thud Aircraft Add-on
By Armourdave
Original aircraft Textures : Deuces
Decals and extra aircraft texture work : Crab_02
USAF1 textures : Marcelo
Everything else : Me
Template (T1.zip, T2.zip, T3.zip, and T4.zip) : Marcelo
Thanks to DanW and TK of Thirdwire, Swede, Gecko, Sal, Rafael for help and support.
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F-105D-25
By Dave
AD's much anticipated F-105D-25, the workhorse of the Vietnam Air war.
Feel free to host.
Special thanks to Sundowner.
README
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F-105D-25 Thunderchief for
Strike Fighters : Project 1
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build 13-03-2004
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Installation
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To install the F-105D-25 Thunderchief simply unzip the "F-105D-25" folder and place it in your "Strikefighters\Objects\Aircraft" directory.
Then simply run strike fighters selecting Single Mission and picking the "F-105D-25" from the list of flyable aircraft.
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Notes
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SP3 and latest Weapons pack required.
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F-105D-31 Thunderchief introduction & History
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Built by Republic Aircraft, the F-105 was designed as a supersonic, single-seat, fighter-bomber able to carry nuclear weapons and heavy bomb loads over great distances at high speeds. It made its first flight on October 12, 1955. The first F-105D (58-1146) flew on 9 June 1959. The TAC at Nellis AFB, Nevada, accepted the first F-105D on September 28, 1960. The initial contract for 59 F-105Ds was increased to nearly 300 by the end of 1961. Ultimately, 610 F-105Ds were built.
The F-105D variant was an all-weather fighter-bomber version, fitted with monopulse and Doppler radar for night or bad weather operations. This radar was capable of terrain avoidance commands. The original weapons bay, designed for nuclear stores, was sealed and fitted with additional fuel tanks. Bombs were carried on multiple weapons racks on the centerline of the fuselage, and on wing pylons. The aircraft was fitted with a retractable in-flight refueling probe. During the Vietnam War, F-105 units operated from bases in Thailand.
The F-105D was the major production version of the Thunderchief series. It was an all-weather version of the day-only F-105B. Externally, the -D differed from the -B in having a slightly longer and wider nose, which housed the AN/ASG-19 "Thunderstick" system designed to meet new all-weather requirements specified in the November 1957. The AN/ASG-19 was designed around the NASARR R-14A all-purpose monopulse radar. This was optimized in both air-to-ground and air-to-air modes and was capable of performing both low-level and high-altitude missions. The aircraft was equipped with a General Electric FC-5 flight control system that operated in conjunction with the R-14A radar to provide the F-105D with full all-weather capability. The system included a bomb-toss computer, a sight system, an AN/APN-131 Doppler navigator, an air data computer, missile launch computer, autopilot, and search and ranging radar. The radar installation also incorporated a terrain guidance mode permitting the pilot to descend through bad weather in unfamiliar territory and to hug the ground, avoiding detection.
A J75-P-19W jet engine equipped with water injection powered the F-105D. A new cockpit was provided with a vertical instrument panel. The higher gross weight of the -D version required the provision of a stronger main landing gear and more robust brakes. In addition, a pitot tube was mounted on the extreme tip of the nose. The aircraft were otherwise quite similar to other F-105s. The F-105D had an arrester hook mounted on the rear of the ventral fin. This hook was intended to engage a wire in case the aircraft overshot the end of the runway during a landing. The Thunderchief was not capable of carrier-based operations.
Known Issues
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* Service pack 3 needed for tape gauges
* 23rd skin sharkmouth issue under the nose - cant be fixed, model lost. Possible fix through using decal.
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Aircraft Files
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Authored by David:
F-105D-31.LOD
F-105D-31.ini
F-105D-31_DATA.ini
F-105D-31_HANGAR.bmp
F-105D-31_LOADOUT.bmp
F-105D-31_LOADOUT.INI
F-105D-31_LOADING.bmp
F-105D-31_HANGAR.bmp
Authored by Lansen & David:
Cockpit textures
Authored by Sundowner:
All Decals
Skin files
Authored by Volksjaeger:
Some detail parts of Skin files
Authored by Column5:
Flight model/data file
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Thanks to
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Lansen(!!!)
Sundowner
Column5
Volksjaeger
Cheers
p.s F and G to come
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F-105F_and_G.rar
By Armourdave
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F-105F-1 Early, F-105F-1 Late and F-105G
for
Strike Fighters : Project 1
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build 21-03-2004
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Installation
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To install these aircraft simply unzip the 3 three folders and place them in your "Strikefighters\Objects\Aircraft" directory.
Then simply run strike fighters selecting Single Mission and picking the F-105F-1 Early, F-105F-1 Late or F-105G from the list of flyable aircraft.
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Notes
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You'll need to wait for Service pack 3 to get working tape gauges.
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F-105F and G Thunderchief introduction & History
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The F-105F was heavily committed to combat over Southeast Asia. Some were quickly adapted for the "Wild Weasel" air-defense suppression role, fitted with electronics to detect enemy radars and target air defense sites for destruction in advance of strike packages. The original Air Force "Wild Weasel I" was a modified two-seat North American F-100F Super Sabre, but the F-100 wasn't fast enough to keep up with F-105 strike packages, and so the F-105F was selected for the role.
The major elements of the modification were addition of the "APR-25 Radar Homing And Warning (RHAW)" system, which picked up and located radar sites; the "APR-26 Launch Warning Receiver (LWR)", which provided warning of a missile launch; and an "IR-133 Scan Receiver" to search for emitters. The back-seat "electronics warfare officer (EWO)" controlled these devices and had a cockpit CRT to help locate targets.
The first such F-105F "Wild Weasel II", sometimes informally known as an "EF-105F", performed its first flight on 15 January 1966, and the Wild Weasel Thuds were engaged in active combat by the spring of that year. A total of 86 Wild Weasel F-105F conversions were performed.
The Wild Weasel F-105F was armed with the new "AGM-45 Shrike Anti-Radar Missile (ARM)", a modified Sparrow AAM with a radar-homing head, to destroy radar transmitters, and attacked air-defense sites with CBU-24 cluster bombs and other munitions. Sometimes Wild Weasel F-105Fs worked with F-105Ds in "hunter-killer" teams, with the Wild Weasel Thud pinpointing the target and the F-105Ds destroying it.
While other aircraft could avoid air-defense sites when possible, Wild Weasels actually had to attract their attention and take them on. This led to the Wild Weasel motto, which was "YGBSM", standing for "You Gotta Be s**ttin' Me!" Apparently this was the reaction of the first Wild Weasel aircrews when they were told what they were getting themselves into.
Wild Weasel crews were generally gutsy sorts, and they evolved tactics for outflying SAMs launched at them. They would watch for a missile launch, and then fly straight at the SAM at high speed, turning at the last moment. The fast-moving SAM would not be able to turn quickly enough to bring the fighter into the blast radius of its warhead.
Two Wild Weasel F-105F pilots won the highest American military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor. On 10 March 1967, Captain Merlyn F. Dethlefsen was piloting one of four Wild Weasel Thuds paving the way for a strike package. The leader was shot down by anti-aircraft fire, and North Vietnamese MiG-21 fighter made repeated passes on the survivors, trying to force them to dump their ordnance. Dethlefsen pressed home the attack anyway and destroyed the site. All three surviving Wild Weasels returned home with severe damage. Dethlefsen was personally awarded the medal by President Johnson.
On 19 April 1967, Lieutenant Colonel Leo K. Thorsness had completed a Wild Weasel strike when his wingmates were shot down. He was low on fuel but stayed around to cover the air rescue operation, driving of a flight of MiG-17s that tried to interfere. Thorsness shot down one MiG and damaged another. He passed up an opportunity to refuel from a tanker when another aircraft breathing fumes showed up, and landed safely at Ubon, a forward base in Thailand.
On 30 April, Thorsness' F-105 was hit and badly damaged. He and his EWO ejected, Thorsness being badly injured in the process, and were captured by the North Vietnamese. They spent over six years in a North Vietnamese POW camp.
* 56 Wild Weasel F-105Fs were later updated to an improved "Wild Weasel III" configuration with the designation "F-105G", featuring improved avionics, as well as jammer pods that were faired into the forward fuselage, freeing up the underwing pylons for other stores. 14 of the F-105Gs were further modified to carry the big AGM-78 "Standard Anti-Radar Missile (STARM)", an air-launched variant of the US Navy's "Standard" SAM.
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Known Issues
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* Service pack 3 needed for tape gauges
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Aircraft Files
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Authored by David:
Models and Cockpit models
Authored by Lansen & David:
Cockpit textures
Authored by Sundowner:
All Skins
Authored by Column5:
Flight model/data file
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Thanks to
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Sundonwer
Lansen
Sundowner
Column5
Volksjaeger
Sundonwer ;)
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