Cold War Aircraft Skins

SEA HiRes Camo F-100D For SF2, SF2V and SF2E
Credits:
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SEA HiRes Camo Skin by NeverEnough
Hangar and Loading Screen by NeverEnough
F-100D Template by hgbn
NorthropTB Ejection Seat by FastCargo
USAFNM3 Pilot by X-ray
Improved Afterburner Effects by Spillone104
Hun Addons by Jug
Installation:
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Simply extract the contents of the SEA3_F-100D.zip to your desktop or a temporary folder. Then copy/paste the Effects and Objects folder into your Mods\StrikeFighters2, Mods\StrikeFighters2 Europe or Mods\StrikeFighters2 Vietnam folder. If asked to "OVERWRITE" or "Replace The Files In The Destination", click yes.
Shift 0 will open and close the canopy.
I hope you enjoy!

RAAF F-111 reskinning
 
Born in Texas, lived in Queensland - the Pig.
 
Here are new skins for the RAAF F-111s. The SEA camouflage skins have been repainted, mostly in accordance with LeL's SF1 F-111C. In addition to the usual fin squadron markings, the crests are also displayed. The grey skins have also been redone. All of this was done on the new templates provided by slick_cowboy, who more than lives up to his username. In addition to F-111C skins, F-111A, and F-111G skins are provided. In addition, the hypothetical RF-111A from "F-111 Super Vark Pack" has been repurposed as an RF-111C.
 
All serials have been added. The following versions are represented:
F-111C (Early) SEA camouflage: 28 serials including the 4 F-111A attrition replacements converted to F-111C. Squadron markings for 1SQN, 6 SQN, and blank squadron markings (which may be accessed by selecting "No. 82 Wing" in the loadout) ARDU SEA camouflage/white - A8-132 only
[*]F-111C (Late)
SEA camouflage: 28 serials including the 4 F-111A attrition replacements converted to F-111C. Squadron markings for 1SQN, 6 SQN, and blank squadron markings (which may be accessed by selecting "No. 82 Wing" in the loadout) Gunship Grey: 28 serials including the 4 F-111A attrition replacements converted to F-111C. Black squadron markings for 1SQN and 6SQN.
[*]F-111G
Gunship Grey, 6SQN (Black tail): 15 serials. Gunship Grey, 6SQN (Blue tail): 15 serials.



F-111A SEA camouflage. 4 serials only (A8-109, 112, 113, 114). New userlist.ini with RAAF service from 1982-1984. An alternate loading screen, featuring a RAAF F-111A still fitted with short wings is also provided.
[*]RF-111C
SEA camouflage: 28 serials including the 4 F-111A attrition replacements converted to F-111C. Squadron markings for 1SQN, 6 SQN, and blank squadron markings (which may be accessed by selecting "No. 82 Wing" in the loadout) Gunship Grey: 28 serials including the 4 F-111A attrition replacements converted to F-111C. Black squadron markings for 1SQN and 6SQN.



 

Important notes:
All squadron markings are at the decal level, they are not painted on. The numbers used are as follows. If you need to edit them, please do so. 1SQN: 716 82WG: 726 6SQN: 787 ARDU: 725

 

For the squadronlist.ini:
 
[squadron716]
Name=1SQNRAAF
DisplayName=No. 1 Squadron
Nation=Australia
 
[squadron726]
Name=82RAAF
DisplayName=No. 82 Wing
Nation=Australia
 
[squadron725]
Name=ARDU
DisplayName=Aircraft Research and Development Unit
Nation=Australia
 
[squadron787]
Name=6RAAF
DisplayName=No. 6 Squadron
Nation=Australia
The nose wheel door buzz numbers are missing. There is an apparent issue in the LOD file that prevents their display. This was discovered after testing.

 

Extras:
Alternate squadron markings for the SEA camouflaged aircraft: The big "1" for 1SQN (example: http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/small/000/500/500438.jpg) Simple yellow or blue lightning flash (examples: https://www.sites.google.com/site/shess0757/_/rsrc/1401962709125/fsx-and-real-f-111-aircraft/image079.jpg)

These can be added by altering the name of the standard squadron decals (named "raaflsqnXXX.tga" and "raafrsqnXXX.tga", and copying the non-standard markings in, or you may simply overwrite the standard markings)
 

Installation instructions
Remove and backup all existing skins for the F-111C(Early), F-111C(Late), and the RAAF skin for the F-111G. Copy "Objects" into your mod folder. Merge and overwrite as necessary

 

Credits:
slickcowboy: Templates LeL: Skin patterns FastCargo and the crew on the F-111 Super Vark Pack

 

If anyone has been missed, or any individuals on the Super Vark Pack team wish to be mentioned personally, please contact me.

This is a Skinpack for SF2V A-7B_71.
 
3 USN Skins
VA-93 Blue Blazers
VA-155 Silver Foxes
VA-215 Barn Owls
 
Thank you COMBAT+ACE.
 
MAKOTO

This is a Skin for SF2V A-7A VA-105.

Thank you COMBAT+ACE.

MAKOTO

This is a Skinpack for SF2V A-7E.
 
3 USN Skins
VA-22 Fighting Redcocks
VA-94 Mighty Shrikes
VA-113 Stingers
 
Thank you COMBAT+ACE.
 
MAKOTO

MiG-21F-13 east german LSK style camo
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This mod is made for SF2.
 
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I. History
 
In the east german airforce LSK (Luftstreitkräfte) each single plane had a unique paint scheme. There was no standard for the form of staines, dots or stripes. So the technicians of the squadrons and repair facilities had free hand for the paintshop.
Originally it was intended to have a two tone camo. The colors had to be brown and green. But the tone of the paint was not specified, so that lighter and darker greens and browns were possible. It depended a lot on the availability of the paint. On the other hand the brown paint was very fast weathering, so that it appeared soon as a green tone. Nobody knows why the paint changed from brown to green. It simply happend. Perhaps it had something to do with the sun?
So a very wide range of colors was to find on the planes. In the late 80th a 3 tone camo was used.
 
This package contains 40 different camos, connected with the tactical numbers, so that you will find 40 planes each with an other unique camo. The camos are LSK style. They are not historical correct. The reason for this is, that there is no reliable source for the east german MiG-21 camo. All paintschemes, even that in the museums, are LSK style (freestyle)
. So i decided to make this set as freestyle. A NVA MiG-21 could have looks like that, what you find in this package.
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CREDITS:
 
The tactical numbers are made by PauloPanz for his MiG-21F-13 skin.!
 
The skin based on:
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TK's stock skin, modified by me.
The camo decals are made by me.
 
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III.
 
INSTALLATION:
 
-Unzip the folders into your object folder
 
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IV.
 
For remarks, comments, bugs, etc please use the forum or send me a PM.
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V.
 
The MiG-21camo set is FREEWARE. COMMERCIAL USE IS NOT ALLOWED!
 
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Hope you enjoy it.
 
Michael (Gepard)
 
Made in Germany
Dezember 2016

C-160 Transall French Air Force Skin for Florian model
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Hi CA!
 
You'll find here a skin for the "61ème Escadre de Transport" of French Armée de l'Air. It is based on Florian work.
 
Installation:
Drop all files into your mod folder as usual. You'll need the original files form Florian model (especially LOD wich are not included).
http://combatace.com/files/file/11495-c-160d-transall/
Credits:
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Florian for the original model and skin
Leodgan76 for the modified skins and the decals
 
Have good flights!
 
Leodagan76

This is a Skin for SF2V A-7A VA-37.
 
Thank you COMBAT+ACE.
 
MAKOTO

This is a Skin for SF2V A-7A VA-153.
 
Thank you CA.
 
MAKOTO

A-7B_71 VA-56 Skin for SF2V.
 
I made a skin for the VA-56 CVW5.
 
Thank you CA.
 
MAKOTO

This is a Skin for SF2V A-7E VA-25.
 
Thank you COMBAT+ACE.
 
MAKOTO

This is, as the name says, EAF Mirage from late eighties, represents the latest camouflage scheme.
Anyone who does not understand, there is no need to download.
It is all of the additional information, thank you for your understanding, cheers.
 
Credits,
 
I thank on this occasion to ludo.m54 for wonderfully templates http://combatace.com/files/file/13121-mirage-5-templates/
Basically, the original skin is from TW EAF camo 2!
Camouflage scheme, select the colors and complete inspiration, my ideas and my work, thank you denissoliveira for reminding me,
I thank you also for, excellent extra pylons an pod's, I added them to this variant, shown in the photos.
 
Requires DLC 28 pack!
 
I hope you enjoy, good hunting!

This is, as the name says, EAF Mirage from late eighties, represents the latest camouflage scheme.
Anyone who does not understand, there is no need to download.
It is all of the additional information, thank you for your understanding, cheers.
 
Credits,
 
I thank on this occasion to ludo.m54 for wonderfully templates http://combatace.com/files/file/13121-mirage-5-templates/
Basically, the original skin is from TW EAF camo 2!
Camouflage scheme, select the colors and complete inspiration, my ideas and my work, thank you denissoliveira for reminding me,
I thank you also for, excellent extra pylons an pod's, I added them to this variant, shown in the photos.
 
Requires DLC 28 pack!
 
I hope you enjoy, good hunting!

MiG-21 PF/PFM/MF/R/BIS of Cuban Air Force
 
Templates by Paulopanz, made on the basis http://combatace.com/files/file/13597-mig-21f13/

This is my attempt to make EtAF skin, far from perfection, if someone needed for Ogaden campaign ... this is the opportunity.

This is a skin for Iranian P-3F Orion
 
the original file can be found at the following link
 
http://combatace.com/files/file/15802-sf2-p-3c-orion-by-florian/

Libya Air Force skin for MiG-21MF..

Fictional AT-6G Mosquito skin for SF1 & SF2.
This is a What If SEA skin for Wrench's AT-6G Mosquito mod found here: http://combatace.com/files/file/9082-at-6g-texan-mosquito-fac/
It is Wrench's mod to Bunyap's T-6 Texan. You will need this file for the plane, weapons and decal numbers.

Bunyap's T-6 Texan is a bit old and has a few malfunctions such as a shadow line and no texture mapping for the tires, etc. But it looks good in the air.
If you would like my .psd layer mods to Wrench's template, PM me.
 
Thanks to Bunyap for the plane and Wrench for the Mosquito mod and templates.
Any questions, please ask.
Enjoy,
Geary

Israel established 103 squadron in May 1948 to serve primarily as a transport unit. The squadron was initially composed of several DC-3 and DC-5 aircraft, and added three former US Navy Catalina aircraft in 1951. The Israeli Air Force merged 103 and 69 squadrons in 1954, at which time B-17 aircraft were part of the 103 squadron.
 
During the Sinai Campaign of October 1956, France loaned Israel ten C-47 aircraft, and Israel also acquired three N-2501IS Noratlas aircraft in 1955. Over the next ten years, 103 squadron added additional aircraft, some of which were subsequently transferred to other squadrons. The Six Day War of 1967 provided 103 squadron with another opportunity to act in its air support role, although one Noratlas aircraft was lost.
 
The squadron continued its air support operations during the Yom Kippur War, and it had received eight Hercules C-130H aircraft by 1976.
 
The first C-130J-30 entered service in the IAF on the 9th of April, 2014 and received the nickname Shimshon, Hebrew for Samson, in recognition of it's load carrying capacity and also as a counterpart to the English nickname Hercules.
 
From flightglobal.com:
As of 2016, Israel is said to be close to starting negotiations linked to a planned deal to boost its fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports, sources in the nation have indicated.
 
Three of the airlifters – named "Samson" in Israeli service – are already in operational use at Nevatim air base. Another two will arrive this year under with a further example to follow later. The air force previously outlined a requirement to introduce additional examples on top of those six.
 
Meanwhile, the operational experience gained by the service in operating the new-generation Hercules since April 2014 will lead to an increase in the number of Israeli-developed systems integrated with its fleet. Most of the enhancements – designed to support the needs of the Israeli Defence Forces' depth command – are incorporated at Lockheed's Marietta final assembly site in Georgia, while other equipment is added in Israel.
 

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Israeli Air Force 103 'Elephants' Squadron skin for Dels C-130J-30
 
Repaint of Dark Grey RAAF skin that came with the C-130J-30 mod
 

Installation
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Just drop the contents of the file(Objects folder) to your mod folder and let it overwrite existing files.
 

Credits
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With grateful thanks to:
Dels: C-130J-30 model and skin
Yakarov79: 103 Sqdn badge decals
Wrench: Serial number decals
TK: A great game
CA: A great website, community and home to SF2
 

Allen "allenjb42" Burton

Iraqi Air Force No.9 Squadron MiG-21PFM
 
Texture for Strike Fighters 2 Israel
 

IrAF No.9 Squadron was the first unit to be deployed in Syria at the October 1973 War(Ramadan War).
On Oct 6, 1973 at 16.00 the Squadron was put in alert and ordered to transfer from H-3/al-Wallid to Syria.
The transfer was complete on Oct 7, 1973 by 16.40 hours with 10 MiG-21PFMs, pilots and ground personnel at
Dmeyr and Tsaykal ABs. CO was Maj Namik Saadallah.
The MiG-21PFMs arrived in Syria uncamouflaged and were painted with standard SyAAF colours during the night from 7 to 8 October 1973.
IrAF MiG-21PFMs(serie numbers 702 to 705, 710 to 737)were from 1968 wired to use GP-9 gunpod. By the October 1973 War the missiles remained the standard R-3S.
The first batch of the much improved R-13M1(Atoll AA-2D)arrived in Iraq in 1974.
 
 
 
Follow readme doc for install
 

References
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Arab MiGs Volume 5 by T.Cooper, D.Nicolle, H.Müller, L.Nordeen and M.Smisek
Iraqi Fighters 1953-2003 by Brig.Gen.Ahmad Sadik and T.Cooper
 
Happy flights

This is not a new Angolan Mig-21bis Camo but a repaint of Paulopanz's
 
See Read me file for installation instructions.
 
Enjoy!

COLOURFUL KOREA
 

Some assembly required.
 

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WTF is this ?
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This is a mod of a mod, it's intended to be used as a "patch" for Do335 Wings over Korea mod, itself a mod of the semi-avorted Korean Air War mod.
 
Its intent is to add more units, more skins and, above all, more named planes to the Korean War.
 
It's meant to be a patch, to keep the footprint low, making it useless by itself.
 
It's also a backport from my own Korean War install meaning that some things might not be as originally intended (for instance, in my own install the SAAF 2nd Squadron uses slatted wings F-86F-10's, which is - mostly - historically correct, however a standard WoK install gives hard-wing F-86F-30 - of which they only ever had 1 - to 2nd Squadron).
My focus on these releases is maintaining compatibility with the WoK campaign at the cost of "authenticity" (which would require something much more grandiose with at least 3 campaigns, which is a work in progress but not aimed for release - too much unclearable content being used).
 

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Why such a miscellaneous and crippled package ?
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Because I'm slightly burning out on the Korean War, that Real Life is coming back and that rather than having "finished" work rot away on a hard drive, I'd rather release what can be so others can enjoy or build upon it.
Also because I'm too lazy to walk the minefield of varying licences involved in packaging someone else's content.
And yes, someday I'll finish the Thunderflashes, if Paulo doesn't beat me to it.
 

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What are the pre-requisites ?
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- Some knowledge of Strike Fighters 2 mod installation procedures.
 
- A properly installed Wings over Korea 1.0 by Do335 installation ( http://combatace.com/files/file/13415-sf2-korea-terrain-v3/ , http://combatace.com/files/file/15221-wings-over-korea-1-of-2/ , http://combatace.com/files/file/15220-wings-over-korea-2-of-2/ ).
 

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What are the pre-requisites for the optionnal Razbam Banshee skins ?
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- A properly installed Razbam F2H-2 Banshee ( http://www.razbamsims.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=1_4&products_id=45 ).
 
- Wrench's Korean Air War Tweak Pak for Razbam's Banshees ( http://combatace.com/files/file/14889-sf2-kaw-f2h-2-banshee-tweeks-pak-for-razbam-banshees/ ).
 
- Do335 optional files for Razbam's Banshee (overwrite Wrench's tweaks).
 

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What is included ?
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- 4 new skins for Razbam's F2H-2 Banshee covering VF-172, VF-11, VF-22 and VF-62 for the Korean War (VF-22 used in campaign).
 
- 2 reworked skins for South African 2nd Squadron F-86F Sabre, including 29 historical named planes (almost all of them) (one skin used in campaign).
 
- 5 additionnal named Australian Meteor F.8, plus one modified decal for an existing one (used in campaign).
 
- 1 partially modified skin for RF-51D Mustang (adding polka dots to the propeller nosecone), including an historical named plane (used in campaign).
 
- 1 template for Razbam's F2H-2 Banshee.
 

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What is not included ?
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- Anything already present in the pre-requisites.
 
- Razbam's skin parts that I haven't redone.
 

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What's the required assembly ?
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- South African F-86F : None, overwrite when asked
 
- Australian Meteor F.8 : None, overwrite when asked
 
- USAF RF-51D Mustang : None, overwrite when asked
 
- USN F2H-2 Banshee : Copy the following files (some may not be needed but in doubt do it) from an existing skin into the VF-11 and VF-62 skin folders (VF172 and VF-22 are ok)
 
ejection seat.bmp
glossy_t.bmp
glossy_t.tga
gunsight.bmp
gunsight.tga
interior03.bmp
interior04.bmp
interior05.bmp
interior07.bmp
landing gear_t.bmp
parts01_t.bmp
tires.bmp
 

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Probable questions
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- Hey, why are you using an inefficient ZIP format when RAR5 and 7Z offer much better compression rates ?
 
Because RAR5 breaks backward compatibility while using the same extension, leading to many confused people believing their download to be corrupted, leading to re-downloads, increased bandwidth consumption for CombatAce and overall a greater cost than a slightly larger archive and more headache for the player.
Because 7Z requires to install a dedicated software while Windows does manage ZIP files natively, making it much easier for players.
 

- Hey, why are your skin in a funky PDN format instead of a standard Photoshop PSD file ?
 
Because, even with Creative Cloud, Photoshop can be too much money for some modders and I don't condone piracy.
Because Paint.NET ( http://www.getpaint.net/ ), the software using PDN files, covers 95% of skinner needs, especially when using the PSD plugin ( https://psdplugin.codeplex.com/ ) to open PSD files (DO NOT use RLE compression when saving in PSD format though) and the Alpha Mask plugin ( http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/1854-alpha-mask-import-plugin-20/ ).
Because Photoshop makes me jump through more hoops than Paint.NET to obtain some layer interactions.
 

- Hey, there shouldn't be rivets here / Hey, that colour is slightly off / Hey, 202 actually didn't have his code painted on the wing / Hey, the decal seems to be bleeding etc...
 
Yes, I'm probably already aware of all that, some of it can't be changed by anyone so you'll have to live with it, some of it is ignored to keep things simple and tidy, and finally many are ignored because I've reached the point where, at the moment, I'm not willing or able to do better.
Feel free to add your own corrections and changes and either submit them to me for another release (you'd be credited of course), or release your own mod of a mod of a mod.
 
- How do I contact you ?
 
Well, PM me on CombatAce, when Real Life is involved it might be some month before I answer though, or you can mail me, but unless it's important, it's highly probable I'll just ignore it, sorry.
 

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Acknowledgements
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- TK, even though he has forsaken us, he gave us a nice little engine to play with.
 
- CombatAce, for being such a nice place full of nice, if at time weird, people doing their best to keep TK's little engine fun to play with.
 
- The Korean Air War team, without whom none of this would exist in the first place, even though their grand scheme never happened, their years of work didn't go to waste.
 
- Wrench, The, whose Banshee Tweak Pak gave me the weird idea that some people actually cared about a payware of an obscure, little used plane.
 
- Jolley Roger, over at the unofficial SAAF forum, for starting and curating a thread that became a great refence for the SAAF sabres ( http://www.saairforce.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7069 ).
 
- Mue, whose LOD Viewer ( http://combatace.com/topic/85079-lod-viewer/ ) is an invaluable tool to Strike Fighters modders.
 

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Credits
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Everything is either derived from Thirdwire's assets, those included in Do335 Wings over Korea mod - refer to the Readme of this pack for full details - or so trivial I can't be credited for them, with the exception of :
 
F2H-2 Template ans Skins : Gunrunner (except the Bits and pieces layer, which is based on Razbam's skins).
 
F-86F Template : Ravenclaw (90%), Wrench, The (9%), Gunrunner (1%), I mostly added a few details, a noise layer, reworked invasion bands, tail and nose decorations.
 
VF-11 Squadron Badge, 2nd Squadron Badge, "Elyana" and "Bowl'Em Over !" nose arts for Australian Meteors : from my "decal vault", if it's yours, drop me a line and I'll credit you or remove/replace it.
 
 
 
Gunrunner
14 February 2015