'What if' F/A-16C Blk 30/32 CAS Vipers
 

Background:
 
In the 1980's, the USAF started setting aside F-16s for the planned A-16 modification, a dedicated CAS version. In 1989, the designation block 60 was reserved for the A-16. The A-16 Block 60 was to be equipped with a 30 mm cannon. This project failed because the 30 mm gun would heat up and singe the inner components of the left fuselage.
 
The Block 60 did not go into production and the A-16 became wrapped up in the debate about close CAS. The supporters of the A-16 project wanted the USAF to replace its A-10A Thunderbolt with A-16's, arguing that the A-10 was too slow to survive above a high-tech battlefield. Detractors argued that the A-16 had insufficient range and load-carrying capability to make an effective attack aircraft, and, in addition, it would be too vulnerable to enemy anti-aircraft fire.
However the USAF was ordered to retain two wings of A-10 aircraft for the CAS mission. No order for the A-16 was ever placed.
 
When the USAF was forced to opt for the A-10 instead of the A-16, the decision was made to retrofit up to 400 existing Block30/32 F-16C/D's with new equipment to perform the CAS and BAI (Battlefield Air Interdiction) missions, effectively killing the A-16 program. Modifications would include a GPS, Digital Terrain System, system hardening, modular mission computer, and an Automatic Target Handoff System.
 
A prototype Block 30 was based at Shaw AFB and went through numerous physical adjustments. Official designation, was to be F/A-16. In January 1992, this plan too was abandoned in favor of using LANTIRN Block40/42 F-16C/D's.
 
The USAF was reluctant to let the idea of a dedicated CAS F-16 go, and planned to replace its A-10's with F-16s fitted with a version of the Warthog's Avenger cannon. In November 1988, the 174th TFW New York ANG transited from the A-10A to the F-16A/B block 10, becoming the first unit to operate the F-16 in a CAS support role.
 
During Desert Storm, their F-16A/B aircraft were equipped with the GPU-5/A Pave Claw pod on the centerline station.
 
If the tests were successful, there were plans for a fleet of F/A-16C's with the same armament. To demonstrate the concept, the AF installed Pave Penny avionics, 30mm gun pods and European One paint jobs on 7 F-16C's. A single F-16D was given similar treatment with a Falcon Eye system as well. These aircraft flew from Nellis with the 'WA' tailcode.
 
The F-16s from the 174th were deployed to the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm, but the project proved to be a miserable failure. Precision aiming was impossible for several reasons:
 
• The pylon mount isn't as steady as the A-10's rigid mounting;
• The F-16 flies much faster than an A-10, giving the pilots too little time approaching the target;
• Firing the gun shook the aircraft harshly and made it impossible to control;
• Essential CCIP (continuously computed impact point) software was unavailable.
 
Pilots ended up using the gun as an area effect weapon, spraying multiple targets with ammunition, producing an effect rather like a cluster bomb. It took only a couple of days of this before they gave up, unbolted the gun pods, and went back to dropping cluster bombs.
 
And so the F/A-16C plan was quietly forgotten....
 

BUT...... What if the project was a success?
 

And so I give you the F/A-16C Blk 30/32 CAS Viper:
 
3 separate aircraft:
 
- F/A-16C Block 30 1986- 1993 (1986 Service date makes it NATO Fighters 5 compatible, 1991 would be more realistic.)
- F/A-16C Block 32 1993- 2003
- F/A-16CM Block 30 2003+
 
Unique CAS loadouts including the Pave Claw 30mm gun pods. There are heaps of extra loadouts if you have a look with the mission editor.
 
All F/A-16C have the Falcon Eye FLIR pod on the nose in front of the canopy. It was slaved to the pilot’s helmet which had a helmet mounted display. Basically anywhere the pilot looked at night he would see the world in infrared. It was also the West’s first HMD with targeting information, weapons cueing, navigation and terrain avoidance ques.
 
There are Euro-one style skins for the early F/A-16C, the latter blocks two have a mix of normal F-16 camo skins and a lighter ghost grey style like on the A-10.
 

To install:
 
Drop into your C:\Users\xxxxxx\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters XXXXX
 
Included in the folder 'NATO Fighters 5' is a modified 1986 Red Storm NATO Fighters campaign that includes the F/A-16. It will show up as an extra campaign and not affect any of the NATO Fighters 5 campaigns.
 

Credits:
 
- The Viper Team for their stunning viper packs.
- Ravenclaw_007 for his new weapon packs.
- Migbuster fot the F-16C skin templates.
- Nato Fighters Team.
 

Enjoy,
 
Dan (dtmdragon)
 

Combat Ace fair use agreement applies.

Atlas Cheetah C Ecuador Air Force
 
Install - Need Update July 2012 and DLC Mirage IIIO
 
The Cheetah C was the ultimate development of the Cheetah series, and was the only fighter aircraft in service with the SAAF until replaced by the Saab JAS 39 Gripen in 2008. Many of the features of the Cheetah aircraft are still classified, and the SAAF is unwilling to reveal too many details. What is known is that in addition to the upgrades described above, the Cheetah C incorporates a more sophisticated avionics and navigation suite and a new pulse-doppler multi-mode radar (ELTA), both of which are regarded as being better than the systems fitted to Block 50 F-16s[citation needed], and one of the most advanced EW systems fitted to a fighter aircraft. The aircraft is also fitted with a data link, though the capabilities of this system are unknown, and it received updated versions of the helmet-mounted sight, HUD and improved HOTAS controls.
Other improvements include the fitting of a single-piece wrap-around windshield with an anti-radiation coating in place of the old three-piece version, a new in-flight refuelling probe with less external piping, new undercarriage and suspension, the deletion of the wing fences, an upgraded version of the Atar 9K50 and a new nose to incorporate the more sophisticated electronics and radar.
Like the Cheetah D, the Cheetah C is capable of delivering precision-guided munitions (PGMs), ranging from laser-guided bombs (LGBs), to GPS-guided weapons and TV-guided bombs. It also has the capability of using stand-off air-to-ground weapons such as the MUPSOW and TORGOS. In addition, it is able to carry a raft of air-to-air weapons, and the SAAF currently equips its aircraft with the V4 R-Darter, a beyond-visual-range (BVR) radar-guided missile, and the U-Darter, a highly capable short-range infrared (IR)-guided missile.
A measure of the capabilities of the Cheetah C is the result of an air-combat maneuvering (ACM) exercise between the Cheetah Cs of 2 Squadron and F-15E Strike Eagles of the 494th Fighter Squadron, United States Air Force at RAF Lakenheath, after which the score tallies for each side were almost exactly equal.
Now sold to the Equator.
 
Animed Cockpit - SHFT + 1
 
Modelo - TK (Mirage IIIO)
Texture - Denis Oliveira
Template Texture - Ludo
3D mod - Denis Oliveira
Decals - Denis Oliveira
Data ini - Coupi, Denis Oliveira
Cockpit and Avioncs ini - Coupi, MirageFactory

Atlas Cheetah C south african Air Force
 
Install - Need Update July 2012 and DLC Mirage IIIO
 
The Cheetah C was the ultimate development of the Cheetah series, and was the only fighter aircraft in service with the SAAF until replaced by the Saab JAS 39 Gripen in 2008. Many of the features of the Cheetah aircraft are still classified, and the SAAF is unwilling to reveal too many details. What is known is that in addition to the upgrades described above, the Cheetah C incorporates a more sophisticated avionics and navigation suite and a new pulse-doppler multi-mode radar (ELTA), both of which are regarded as being better than the systems fitted to Block 50 F-16s[citation needed], and one of the most advanced EW systems fitted to a fighter aircraft. The aircraft is also fitted with a data link, though the capabilities of this system are unknown, and it received updated versions of the helmet-mounted sight, HUD and improved HOTAS controls.
Other improvements include the fitting of a single-piece wrap-around windshield with an anti-radiation coating in place of the old three-piece version, a new in-flight refuelling probe with less external piping, new undercarriage and suspension, the deletion of the wing fences, an upgraded version of the Atar 9K50 and a new nose to incorporate the more sophisticated electronics and radar.
Like the Cheetah D, the Cheetah C is capable of delivering precision-guided munitions (PGMs), ranging from laser-guided bombs (LGBs), to GPS-guided weapons and TV-guided bombs. It also has the capability of using stand-off air-to-ground weapons such as the MUPSOW and TORGOS. In addition, it is able to carry a raft of air-to-air weapons, and the SAAF currently equips its aircraft with the V4 R-Darter, a beyond-visual-range (BVR) radar-guided missile, and the U-Darter, a highly capable short-range infrared (IR)-guided missile.
A measure of the capabilities of the Cheetah C is the result of an air-combat maneuvering (ACM) exercise between the Cheetah Cs of 2 Squadron and F-15E Strike Eagles of the 494th Fighter Squadron, United States Air Force at RAF Lakenheath, after which the score tallies for each side were almost exactly equal.
 
Animed Cockpit - SHFT + 1
 
Modelo - TK (Mirage IIIO)
Texture - Denis Oliveira
Template Texture - Ludo
3D mod - Denis Oliveira
Decals - Denis Oliveira
Data ini - Coupi, Denis Oliveira
Cockpit and Avioncs ini - Coupi, MirageFactory

Kfir TC-2
 
The Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir (Hebrew: ?, "Lion Cub") is an Israeli-built all-weather, multirole combat aircraft based on a modified French Dassault Mirage 5 airframe, with Israeli avionics and an Israeli-made version of the General Electric J79 turbojet engine.
 
Texture: TK, Denis Oliveira
Decals: Coupi
Data.ini: Coupi
3D mod: Denis Oliveira

Kfir TC-2 FAE
 
The Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir (Hebrew: ?, "Lion Cub") is an Israeli-built all-weather, multirole combat aircraft based on a modified French Dassault Mirage 5 airframe, with Israeli avionics and an Israeli-made version of the General Electric J79 turbojet engine.
 
Texture: TK, Denis Oliveira
Cockpit: Denis Oliveira
3D mod: Denis Oliveira

The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by de Havilland.
Having been developed during the Second World War to harness the newly developed jet engine, the Vampire entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1945.
It was the second jet fighter, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF and its first to be powered by a single jet engine.
The RAF used the Vampire as a front line fighter until 1953 before it assumed secondary roles such as pilot training.
It was retired by the RAF in 1966, replaced by the Hawker Hunter and Gloster Javelin.
 
- Vampire FB.9: tropicalised fighter-bomber through addition of air conditioning to Mark 5. Powered by Goblin 3 turbojet; 326 built, mostly by de Havilland, but also by Fairey Aviation.
 

WHAT'S IN:
 

- a new flyable plane, using great Stary's pit;
- proper pilot & sound;
- loadout image tga;
- openable canopy (Key=10), autoclosing at take-off;
- 16 NEW RAF skins;
- 1 RRAF, 1 RJAF 1 SAAF 1 RNZAF NEW skins and whole historical decalsets;
- FAL Skin tweaked - historical decal numbers applied;
- RJAF Skins tweaked - historical decal numbers applied, patches added;
- stock RAF skins patches, nose letters added;
- RAF commander pennants;
- ALL skins in jpg;
 

CREDITS:
 

- Stary - Cockpit
- Spillone104 - sound
- Spinners - RAF Decals (reworked-upgraded-redone)
- paulopanz - skins, decals, ini tweakings
 

REFERENCES:
 

- Warpaint n. 27
- Profile n. 48
- Scale Aviation Model n. 200
- DH Vampire in Italian Service - Terlizzi & Mattioli
 

INSTALL:
 

- You need EXP.1 to use
- as usual all in main mod folder and overwrite
 

Enjoy.
 


 

@ paulopanz

BANIDOS Hal Tejas para STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
 
this model was never finished as I wanted to, but I lost to her shock, I do not think I can spend more time on, sorry bad English
 
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BANIDOS Hal Tejas for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
 

This is a beta model, means that not finished and may have some errors regarding the real model
 
instructions:
 
1.Download the contents of the aircraft folder inside your user folder / saved games / ThirdWire / StrikeFigtherxxx / Objetcs / Aircraft
 
2.Download the contents of the Weapons folder inside your user folder / saved / games ThirdWire / StrikeFigtherxxx / Objetcs / Weapons
 
3.Download the contents of the pilots folder inside your user folder / saved games / ThirdWire / StrikeFigtherxxx / Objetcs / Pilots
 
4.Download the contents of the decals folder inside your user folder / saved games / ThirdWire / StrikeFigtherxxx / Objetcs / Decals
 
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este es un modelo beta, significa que no esta terminado y puede tener algunos errores con respecto al modelo real
 
instrucciones:
 

1.descarge el contenido de la carpeta aircraft , dentro de su carpeta user/juegos guardados/ThirdWire/StrikeFigtherxxx/Objetcs/Aircraft
 
2.descarge el contenido de la carpeta weapons , dentro de su carpeta user/juegos guardados/ThirdWire/StrikeFigtherxxx/Objetcs/Weapons
 
3.descarge el contenido de la carpeta pilots , dentro de su carpeta user/juegos guardados/ThirdWire/StrikeFigtherxxx/Objetcs/Pilots
 
4.descarge el contenido de la carpeta decals , dentro de su carpeta user/juegos guardados/ThirdWire/StrikeFigtherxxx/Objetcs/Decals
 

CREDITOS:modelo 3d Ale Ducat skin & texturas Torno ,gracias a todos esos modeladores que crearon las armas
cualquier consulta en el foro en español
este modelo es free esta prohibido su distribucion con fines comercializarlo
 
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TORNO & BANIDOSTEAM.

The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by de Havilland.
Having been developed during the Second World War to harness the newly developed jet engine, the Vampire entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1945.
It was the second jet fighter, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF and its first to be powered by a single jet engine.
The RAF used the Vampire as a front line fighter until 1953 before it assumed secondary roles such as pilot training.
It was retired by the RAF in 1966, replaced by the Hawker Hunter and Gloster Javelin.
 
- Vampire FB.6: single-seat fighter-bomber. Powered by a Goblin 3 turbojet; 178 built, 100 built in Switzerland for the Swiss Air Force.
 
WHAT'S IN:
 
- a new flyable plane, using great Stary's pit;
- proper pilot & sound;
- loadout image tga;
- openable canopy (Key=10), autoclosing at take-off;
- 4 skins and whole historical decalset;
- ALL skins in jpg;
 
CREDITS:
 
- Stary - Cockpit
- Spillone104 - sound
- paulopanz - skins, decals, ini tweakings
 
REFERENCES:
 
- Warpaint n. 27
 
INSTALL:

- You need EXP.1 to use
- as usual all in main mod folder and overwrite
 

 
Enjoy.
 

@ paulopanz
 
 
 
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