Modern Era (4Gen+) Aircraft Skins

Israeli Vipers Pt.3: No. 117 First Jet Squadron (1982, Operation Peace for Galilee)
 
This skin pack is for Thirdwire's stock F-16A Netz and depicts all F-16A of No. 117 First Jet Squadron before and during the Lebanon war in 1982, most of them adorned with individual names.
 
Original skins - Thirdwire
Repaints - wilco
Decals and inis - wilco
Testing - Team Flying Dragon
 
Enjoy!
 
Team Flying Dragon (alex70b, ekek, guyran, Stick, wilco)
 
Released under the CombatAce Fair-Use License.
If you have any problems or comments, contact us at CombatAce.

Original text by David F. Brown:
 
Don't know if the Swordsmen have finalized a 100th Anniversary of US Naval Aviation paint scheme. I've attached a scheme designed by Author/Historian David F. Brown and Aviation Artist/Illustrator Geoff Martin.
Hopefully, at least to the Swordsmen, this scheme will need no explanation. But for those who are not familiar with VF-32 operations during the Koren War, this scheme is a mix of markings worn by F4U-4 Corsairs
flown by Ens Jesse Leroy Brown, the Navy's first black Naval Aviator and Lt(jg) Thomas Hudner. Lt Hudner was awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor when he attempted to rescue Ens Brown after he was shot down
over North Korea. Unfortunately, Lt Brown died from injuries sustained in his forced landing. I cannot think of a more fitting tribute to these former Swordsmen.
 
This scheme was found on the VFA-32 Swordsman Facebook page, and after getting halfway through with it, I found out it wasn't accepted. However, I thought it was pretty cool so I finished it, with the knowledge of
David F. Brown. All original work is form him and Geoff Martin from Afterburner Decals, though none were used.
 
Eric JOhnson
 
flanker56@hotmail.com
http://562.50megs.com
2010
 
Due to the specialised tanks, it is only designed for Strike Fighters 2 only.
 
Drop in the FA-18F directory and fly.

This represents the CAG Bird in 2006 when VF-31 returned back to the states before transitioning to the Super Hornet.
 
This is an old redo from the old Tomcat to the new Mirage Factory F-14B. NOTE Due to the mapping that this cannot be used on the older
Tomcat models. IF you are looking for that check the skin downloads section as it's still there.
 
With thanks to Vampyre for his reference photos. Templates are from The Mirage Factory and due to mapping constraints I tried to get it as clean as possible, sorry for any errors.
 
Eric Johnson
http://562.50megs.com
2010

ChengDu J-10A Vigorous Dragon PLAAF Green Camo for SF2/V/E/I
 
By SidDogg
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This is the PLAAF Green Camo livery set for the
ChengDu J-10A FINAL By Erwin_Hans.
 
A BIG thanks to InSky and all involved for this aircraft,
as well as the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
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Install the SF1 J-10A FINAL, using the SF2 method described in the
SF2 knowledge base.
 
Simply unzip the skin into your SF2 Series Mod directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
SidDogg

This skin represents the CAG bird until the squadron's disestablishment in 1995.
 
For the Mirage Factory F-14A/B ONLY
 
Updated with the TF30 skin update by Ceaser.

F-14A_82 VF-111 Skin Package by Dave
 
Templates and base skins by Column5 and EricJ.
 
Thanks Eric for the Sundowners hook up.
 
For use with The Mirage Factory F-14A_82 for SF2.
 
To install:
 
Drop the "Objects" folder into any SF2 install:
 
C:\Users\yourname\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2
 
Let it overwrite the aircraft and decals folder names. The go fly.
 
Update 22 Jan 11
TF-30 and Glove vane updates by Caesar. Thank you sir.
 
Enjoy
Dave aka USAFMTL

F-14A VF-41 Black Aces Skin by Dave
 
While on deployment in the Mediterranean Sea on August 19, 1981, during a routine combat air patrol mission over the Gulf of Sidra, two Libyan Su-22 “Fitter” aircraft were shot down by Black Aces aircraft. The incident marked the first Navy air combat confrontation since the Vietnam War and the first ever for the F-14A Tomcat. It was the first time a variable wing geometry aircraft shot down another variable wing geometry aircraft. 1981 was also the first year in which the Black Aces won the COMNAVAIRLANT Battle Efficiency "E", signifying them as the most efficient squadron in the Atlantic Fleet. VF-41 was also awarded the Battle “E” in 1985 and 1989.
 
The 2 Sukhoi killers are in there too.
 
Templates and base skins by Column5 and EricJ.
 
For use with The Mirage Factory F-14A for SF2.
 
To install:
 
Drop the "Objects" folder into any SF2 install:
 
C:\Users\yourname\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2
 
Let it overwrite the aircraft and decals folder names. The go fly.
 
Update 22 Jan 11
TF-30 and Glove vane updates by Caesar. Thank you sir.
 
Enjoy
Dave aka USAFMTL
 
For my friend Jamie.

F-14A_82 VF-32 Swordsmen Skin by Dave
 
 
On the morning of January 4, 1989, the Kennedy battle group was operating some 130 km north of Libya, with a group of A-6 Intruders on exercise south of Crete, escorted by two pairs of F-14As from VF-14 and VF-32, and as well as an E-2C from VAW-126. Later that morning the southernmost Combat Air Patrol station was taken by two F-14s from VF-32, AC207 (CDR Joseph Bernard Connelly/CDR Leo F. Enwright 159610 AC207) and AC202 (LT Hermon C. Cook III/LCDR Steven Patrick Collins 159437 AC202). The officers had been specially briefed for this mission due to the high tensions regarding the Carrier Group's presence; the pilots were advised to expect some kind of hostilities.
 
At 11:50 hrs, after some time on patrol, the E-2 informed the F-14 crews that four Libyan MiG-23s had taken off from Al Bumbaw airfield, near Tobruk. The F-14s turned towards the first two MiG-23s some 50 km ahead of the rear pair and acquired them with radars. At the time the Floggers were 72 nautical miles (133 km) away at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) and heading directly towards the Tomcats and carrier. The F-14s turned away from the head-on approach to indicate that they didn't want to engage. The Floggers changed course to intercept at a closing speed of about 870 knots (1,000 mph, 1600 km/h). The F-14s descended to 3,000 ft (910 m) to give them a clear radar picture of the Floggers against the sky and leave the Floggers with sea clutter to contend with. Four more times the F-14s repeated this maneuver, still tracking the Libyans. At 11:59 the Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) of the lead Tomcat ordered the arming of the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles it was carrying. The E-2C had given the F-14 crews authority to fire if threatened; the F-14 crews did not have to wait until after the Libyans opened fire.
 
At almost 12:01 the lead Tomcat RIO said that "Bogeys have jinked back at me again for the fifth time. They're on my nose now, inside of 20 miles", followed shortly by "Master arm on" as he ordered arming of the weapons. At a range of 14 nmi (26 km) the RIO of the lead F-14A fired the first AIM-7M Sparrow; he surprised his pilot, who did not expect to see a missile accelerate away from his Tomcat. The RIO reported "Fox 1. Fox 1." The Sparrow failed to track because of a wrong switch-setting. At 10 nmi (19 km), he launched a second Sparrow missile, but it also failed to track its target.
 
The Floggers accelerated and continued to approach. At 6 nmi (11 km) range the Tomcats split and the Floggers followed the wingman while the lead Tomcat circled to get a tail angle on them. The wingman engaged with a Sparrow and downed one of the Libyan aircraft. One of the US pilots broadcast "Good kill! Good kill!" The lead Tomcat closed on the final Flogger from the rear quadrant and at 1.5 nmi (2.8 km) the pilot fired a Sidewinder, which hit its target. One crewman broadcast "Good kill!" and "Let's get out of here." The Libyan pilots were seen to successfully eject and parachute into the sea, but the Libyan Air Force was unable to recover them. The Tomcats then proceeded north to return to the carrier.
 
 
 
 
Templates and base skins by Column5 and EricJ.
 
For use with The Mirage Factory F-14A_82 for SF2.
 
To install:
 
Drop the "Objects" folder into any SF2 install:
 
C:\Users\yourname\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2
 
Let it overwrite the aircraft and decals folder names. The go fly.
 
JimmyB thanks for the assist!
 
Update 22 Jan 11
TF-30 and Glove vane updates by Caesar. Thank you sir.
 
Enjoy
Dave aka USAFMTL

Based off a real airplane this represents an Iranian camoed Aggressor NSAWC Tomcat
 
Drop in the F-14A folder and go fly.
 
ONLY for the Mirage Factory F-14A

MiG-29 Fulcrum "Baaz" Indian Air Force Skin Pack for Strike Fighters 2
A pack of seven Indian Air Force skins & actual IAF MiG-29 serial numbers pack for Mirage Factory MiG-29A_In model. This has primarily been made for the Indo-Pak mod.
 
It is recommended to update/replace the MiG-29A_In( that came with the Indo-Pak mod) with the one by SF2 updated Mirage Factory/dast24 (link:http://combatace.com/files/file/12489-the-mirage-factory-mig-29-fulcrum-mod)
 
This skin pack would not have been possible without Sundowner's great MiG-29 templates. So credit for these skins got to Sundowner as well.
 
All textures are in jpeg format.
 
Installation
Just drop the contents of the file(Objects folder) to C:\Users\<XXX>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 and let it overwrite existing files.
 
 
Credits
The Mirage Factory : for the excellent MiG-29A_In model
Sundowner : for the superb MiG-29 templates
dast24 : for updated MiG-29s
Indo-Pak mod team: for the excellent Indo-Pak mod.
 
Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan
July 09, 2012

After finding a good resource I was able to skin this aircraft
 
Able to be used in SF1 as well as the drop tank texture is not required. Simply drop in the FA-18E folder and go fly.
 
Eric Johnson 2011.

Simply drop in the FA-18E folder and go fly
 
March 2011
 
Eric Johnson

From a reference from Afterburner Decals this is an EA-18G assigned to VX-9 "Vampires". Other than the drop tank texture the skin can be used for SF1 as well.
 
Drop in the EA-18G folder and go fly.
 
Eric Johnson 2011

This skin is one of the "Aggressor" real world camo patterns for VFA-122 "Flying Eagles" F/A-18F
 
Can be used in SF1 but not the drop tank texture..
 
Drop in the FA-18F directory and go fly.
 
Eric Johnson 2011

this is an upgraded skin for the Venezuelan Su-30Mk2
 
improvements and changes.
 
1-. Add proper Decals and Decals Directory
2-. Upgraded Effects for the Skin plus more Definition for the camo.
3- More Defined and better looking textures.
 
 
enjoy it.

F-14A-GR-100 Tomcat VF-51 Screaming Eagles for SF2/V/E/I
 
By SidDogg
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This is the ALL-IN-ONE VF-51 livery for the F-14A Tomcat
By The Mirage Factory.
 
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Depicting the initial "all-color" scheme for the squadron's
first arrivals in 1979.
 
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A BIG thanks to TMF and all involved for this aircraft,
as well as the skin template used to make this skin.
 
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NOTE: Included with custom-painted external tanks.
 
Installation
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Simply unzip into you SF2 Series Mod directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
SidDogg

FA-18F Super Hornet VFA-102 Diamandbacks [Redux] for SF2/V/E/I
 
By SidDogg
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This is a REDUX of the VFA-102 livery for the excellent
F/A-18F Super Hornet by EricJ.
 
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Redesigned, Remodeled, Recorrected, now with live CONA scheme...
 
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CAUTION: only to be use with the LATEST SH version...
 
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A BIG thanks to EricJ, FC, and all involved for this aircraft,
as well as the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
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Simply unzip into the SF2 Series Mod directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
SidDogg

F/A-18E Super Hornet VFA-195 Dambusters (HD) for SF2/V/E/I
 
By SidDogg
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This is the ALL-IN-ONE VFA-195 HD livery for the excellent
F/A-18E Super Hornet by EricJ.
 
A BIG thanks to EricJ, FC, and all involved for this aircraft,
as well as the skin template used to make this skin.
 
Installation
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Simply unzip into the SF2 Series Mod directory
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
SidDogg

56th FW for TMF F-16CB40
 
Contains 17 decal jobs as a sample of the 56th FW, Luke AFB, Arizona.
 
To install just drop into your
 
StrikeFighters2\Objects\Aircraft\F-16CB40 folder and go fly.
 
Enjoy
 
Dave USAFMTL

This skin represents the current scheme of the Commanding Officer's aircraft circa May 2011
 
Simply drop in your FA-18F folder and go fly...
 
Includes new panel, riveting, and detail work I've been slowly working on.
 
Thanks to Afterburner Decals for their reference image used to create this skin.

SF2 Romania Mig-29 Sniper Skin
 
 
 
This is for SF2 Full Merge Installed updated to August 2011 patch.
 
The file contain the Romania Sniper skin.
 
NOTE:
 
I use the MF Mig-29G for my aircraft, it should fit any MF Mig-29 aircraft.
 
 
Additional Credits:
 
Sundowner for his excellent Mig-29 templates.
 
 
If I missed anyone it is not intentional and you will be credited :)
 
 
Cheers!
 
 
 
06 September, 2011
 
Ace888
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SF2 TUDM Mig-29 Skin Pack
 
 
 
This is for SF2 Full Merge Installed updated to August 2011 patch.
 
The file contain the "skin" files of the following squadrons:
 
 
TUDM 1st Division
TUDM 17 SQ Early
TUDM 17 SQ Late
TUDM 19 SQ Early
TUDM 19 SQ Late
TUDM 50th
 
NOTE:
 
I use the MF Mig-29G for my aircraft, it should fit any MF Mig-29 aircraft.
 
 
Additional Credits:
 
Sundowner for his excellent Mig-29 templates.
 
 
If I missed anyone it is not intentional and you will be credited :)
 
 
Cheers!
 
 
 
06 September, 2011
 
Ace888
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SF2 Pakistan Viper Skin Pack
 
 
 
This is for SF2 Full Merge Installed updated to August 2011 patch.
 
The file contain the "skin" files of the following squadrons:
 
F-16A_Blk15_PAK:
 
9th MLU
9th SQ
11th MLU
11th SQ
85723
85728
TEF (Test and Evaluation Flight, same as OT&E in the USA)
 
F-16B_Blk15_PAK:
 
9th MLU
9th SQ
11th MLU
11th SQ
PAK (MLU test aircraft)
 
NOTE:
 
I name my aircraft as stated above. You need to go to the decal.ini and change the name to fit your own aircraft, otherwise the skin decals will not show up.
 
I tried to add the F16-005.bmp but I think the aircraft .LOD does not read it so I deleted it. The F-16A/B_Blk15 is still the old one. The new aircraft when MF decided to upload will read the F16-005, but only in .DDS file format.
 
 
 
Additional Credits:
 
Migbuster for his great viper templates.
 
 
If I missed anyone it is not intentional and you will be credited :)
 
 
Cheers!
 
 
 
06 September, 2011
 
Ace888
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This is actually an EA-6B Prowler scheme that was deployed to Bagram AB, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and adapted for the EA-18G Growler.

This is my version of the SFR Yugoslav MiG-29A. The one ordered from the USSR in 1986, after that it was repainted to the SR Yugslav MG-29A, and today it's the Serbian MiG-29A.
 
 
Credits:
Strelac024 (myself)
 
 
P.S. Go easy on the judgements this is my first mod and my first skin.
remember to have fun :)