This pack is intended to complement The Dev A-Team's all-inclusive mod Strike fighters 2 WW2 Finland, dedicated to the aerial campaigns over the Gulf of Finland and the Barents Sea during the Winter War and Continuation War. You are given here extensive lists of awards with related medals and citations, and a handful of minor assets (alternative lists of ranks, counters, etc). Of course, all of this work could also complement ShrikeHawk's mod about The Continuation War, available at CombatAce's downloads for SF2.
 
Three Medals lists have actually been designed for the Finns, the first one related to the Winter War (1939-40), the second to the first part of the Continuation War (1941-42), the third to its last part (1943-44). The earlier lists grant much more lenient criteria to be awarded the same distinctions you could also receive after 1942 spending more sweat, but above all prevent you to receive awards unavailable before they were established. For instance, besides harsher requirements, the 1943-44 list adds the Order of the Lion of Finland, established by the end of 1942, and also makes a few German decorations available when the Nazis at bay tried to forge closer ties with their loose co-belligerent.
 
In the same way of thinking, two Medals lists are provided for the Soviets, 1939-42 and 1943-45 (several older designs before 1943, many new orders established mid-42 and awarded by 1943, harsher requirements for awarding after 1943). Of course, the WW2 Soviet packs could be used with The Dev A-Team's all-inclusive mod for SF1 Wings over Russia, and for any mods involving the Soviet Air Forces during WW2.
 
You’ll just have to juggle with national Medals Lists according to the period of the War when you plan to start your campaigns. Regarding these lists, everything has been especially designed, when swapping files during an extensive career, for the decorations you were awarded with an older list both to be preserved with original look and citations, and not to be awarded a second inappropriate time thereafter. Don’t worry, everything is meticulously explained with several examples in my notes.
 
As you can notice on the screenshots, I chose to have the citations display the decorations’ names in original language without subtitle. Who can read Finnish here, raise your hand? Be easy, the awards you deserved are still announced in English on the Debrief Screen, and listed in English on your pilot’s Medal List Screen.
 


Finnish Air Force


 

Mannerheim Cross (2nd Class) *



Order of the Cross of Liberty (2nd, 3rd & 4th Classes)



Order of the Cross of Liberty (2nd, 3rd & 4th Classes with Oak Leaf) *



Order of the White Rose of Finland (Knight & Knight 1st Class)



Order of the Lion of Finland (Knight & Knight 1st Class) **



Medal of Liberty (1st Class)



Campaign Commemorative Medal



[either one single of Winter War or Continuation War available]



German Iron Cross (1st & 2nd Classes) **



German Pilot’s Badge **


 

Soviet Air Forces


 

Gold Star Medal of Hero of the Soviet Union (2 possible awards)



Order of Lenin (2 possible awards) ²



Order of the Red Banner (multiple awards possible) ²



Order of Suvorov (3rd Class) **



Order of Kutuzov (3rd Class) **



Order of Alexander Nevskiy **



Order of the Patriotic War (1st & 2nd Classes) **



Order of the Red Star (2 possible awards)



Medal For Valor ²



Medal For Combat Service ²



Campaign Medal



[either one single of Leningrad or Transarctic Theatres available,



or just an unofficial certificate for the Winter War, lacking a better option]



Membership of the Communist Party



Wound red stripe (multiple awards possible) **


 

* Available by 1941 only
** Available by 1943 only
² USSR : older design before 1943 also available  

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017 !!

SF2 Desktop Icons
 
Tired of those ugly green stock icons? Well you can replace them with these...
 
Forgot to mention, one icon (ODS) is from the ODS Pack...
 
Enjoy!

This music pack is an updated and expanded version of my original Strike Fighters Israel Music pack for the first generation Wings Over Israel game.
 
As the name suggests, this pack is intended to provide appropriate menu music for your enhanced enjoyment of this great game.
 
Because you have potentially two seperate SF2 Israel installs, one covering 1948 - 1956 and another covering 1967 - 1982 and beyond, I have created a music pack for each era.
 
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Installation:
 
1) Unzip the folders to a temp folder and then depending on your install select either Strike Fighters2 Israel (for your post-1967 install) or Strike Fighters2 Exp 1 (for your 1948 - 1956 install)
2) Copy the Menu folder within your selected folder to your Mod folder and allow it to overwrite.
3) Fire up the game and go fly over the turbulent skies of the Middle East.
 
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Track Listings:
 
(1) Strike Fighters2 Israel
 
MainScreen.wav - 'Israeli Air Force 50th Anniversary Theme'
 
SingleMissionScreen.wav - 'Janes IAF Theme'
 
HangarRadio1.wav - 'The Raid' from the movie 'Raid On Entebbe'
 
DebriefSuccess.wav - 'Chom Yuli-Ogust - July August Heat' by Shlomo Artzi
 

DebriefFail.wav - 'Im In Alu - If The Doors Are Locked' by Ofra Haza
 
DebriefKilled.wav - 'Eretz Hatzvi - The Land of Deer' by Talma Alyagon Raz (Lyrics) and Dov Zeltzer (Music), and performed by Yehoram Gaon, from the movie 'Operation Thunderbolt'
 
OptionsScreen.wav - 'Eretz Hatzvi - The Land of Deer' (Instrumental) from the movie 'Operation Thunderbolt'
 

(2) Strike Fighters2 Exp 1
 
MainScreen.wav - Theme from the movie 'Exodus'
 
SingleMissionScreen.wav - 'The Road to Jerusalem' from 'Cast A Giant Shadow'
 
HangarRadio1.wav - 'The Gathering of Forces' from the movie 'Cast a Giant Shadow'
 
DebriefSuccess.wav - Song of the Israeli Air Force - 'On Silver Wings' performed by the Israel Army Band under the direction of Colonel Yitzhak Graziani
 
DebriefFail.wav - 'Shir HaPalmach' - 'Song of the Palmach'(The Palmach were the forerunner of the IDF)
 
DebriefKilled.wav - 'Yerushalayim Shel Zahav - Jerusalem of Gold' by Naomi Shemer and performed by the Dor L’Dor Singers
 
OptionsScreen.wav - 'Land of Hope' from the movie 'Cast a Giant Shadow'
 
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I've included a document with translations of the songs in the debrief screens, as well as some biographical details of the artists/composers which can serve as a starting point if you want to get into this in more detail.
 
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All of the above music tracks are free downloads from various record company websites in various formats and have been converted to the correct format for use in game by me.
 
There are therefore no file sharing issues in respect of this music pack.
 
Enjoy.
 
Allen "allenjb42" Burton

This music pack is an updated and expanded version of my original Strike Fighters Israel Music pack for the first generation Wings Over Israel game.
 
As the name suggests, this pack is intended to provide appropriate menu music for your enhanced enjoyment of this great game.
 
Because you have potentially two seperate SF2 Israel installs, one covering 1948 - 1956 and another covering 1967 - 1982 and beyond, I have created a music pack for each era.
 
-----------------------------------
Installation:
 
1) Unzip the folders to a temp folder and then depending on your install select either Strike Fighters2 Israel (for your post-1967 install) or Strike Fighters2 Exp 1 (for your 1948 - 1956 install)
2) Copy the Menu folder within your selected folder to your Mod folder and allow it to overwrite.
3) Fire up the game and go fly over the turbulent skies of the Middle East.
 
-----------------------------------
 
Track Listings:
 
(1) Strike Fighters2 Israel
 
MainScreen.wav - 'Israeli Air Force 50th Anniversary Theme'
 
SingleMissionScreen.wav - 'Janes IAF Theme'
 
HangarRadio1.wav - 'The Raid' from the movie 'Raid On Entebbe'
 
DebriefSuccess.wav - 'Chom Yuli-Ogust - July August Heat' by Shlomo Artzi
 

DebriefFail.wav - 'Im In Alu - If The Doors Are Locked' by Ofra Haza
 
DebriefKilled.wav - 'Eretz Hatzvi - The Land of Deer' by Talma Alyagon Raz (Lyrics) and Dov Zeltzer (Music), and performed by Yehoram Gaon, from the movie 'Operation Thunderbolt'
 
OptionsScreen.wav - 'Eretz Hatzvi - The Land of Deer' (Instrumental) from the movie 'Operation Thunderbolt'
 

(2) Strike Fighters2 Exp 1
 
MainScreen.wav - Theme from the movie 'Exodus'
 
SingleMissionScreen.wav - 'The Road to Jerusalem' from 'Cast A Giant Shadow'
 
HangarRadio1.wav - 'The Gathering of Forces' from the movie 'Cast a Giant Shadow'
 
DebriefSuccess.wav - Song of the Israeli Air Force - 'On Silver Wings' performed by the Israel Army Band under the direction of Colonel Yitzhak Graziani
 
DebriefFail.wav - 'Shir HaPalmach' - 'Song of the Palmach'(The Palmach were the forerunner of the IDF)
 
DebriefKilled.wav - 'Yerushalayim Shel Zahav - Jerusalem of Gold' by Naomi Shemer and performed by the Dor L’Dor Singers
 
OptionsScreen.wav - 'Land of Hope' from the movie 'Cast a Giant Shadow'
 
-----------------------------------
 
I've included a document with translations of the songs in the debrief screens, as well as some biographical details of the artists/composers which can serve as a starting point if you want to get into this in more detail.
 
-----------------------------------
 
All of the above music tracks are free downloads from various record company websites in various formats and have been converted to the correct format for use in game by me.
 
There are therefore no file sharing issues in respect of this music pack.
 
Enjoy.
 
Allen "allenjb42" Burton

HAF F-104 Hangar screens...not much else to say
 
:)
 
Viper

This pack is mostly intended to complement other works (campaigns) that YOU modder would like to design, involving the post-Cold War Russian Air Force as a flyable belligerent. Like my recent Medals Pack for Modern Ukraine, it allows campaign modders to explore both sides of local conflicts in the Black Sea / Sea of azov areas (using PFunk’s Black Sea 2.0a map). But it could also be used in modern what-if campaigns designed on many other maps bordering the Russian Federation (North Cape, Kamchatka, Korea/Manchuria...). And the recent involvement of President Putin's pilots in Syria (October 2015) gives new opportunities of campaigns where this pack could prove useful.
 
The complete list of your available decorations is displayed here. Two panels have actually been designed, one for the Russian Federation before 2010 and one thereafter. While my work focuses on Russia’s conspicuous second wind in the 2010s, it seemed important to reflect the changes that happened on that year: not only did the Russian Air Force’s aircraft begin to display a new design for its insignias (the three-coloured star, see below), but also the Russian system of awards underwent large reforms in September 2010, with design and/or purpose of several orders and medals completely modified.
 

Russian Federation Air Force


 

Gold Star of Hero of the Russian Federation (2 possible awards)



Order of St. George (4th Class)



[available only in the post-2010 pack]



Order For Merit to the Fatherland



(3rd & 4th Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)



Order of Alexander Nevskiy



[design and purpose completely reformed in 2010]



Order of Zhukov



Order of Suvorov



[3rd Class before 2010, single Class new design thereafter]



Order of Kutuzov



[3rd Class before 2010, single Class new design thereafter]



Order of Courage (multiple awards possible)



Order For Military Merit



Cross of St. George (4 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)



Medal of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland



(2 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)



Medal For Bravery (multiple awards possible)



Medal of Zhukov (2 possible awards, available only in the post-2010 pack)



Medal of Nesterov (multiple awards possible)



Medal For Distinction in Combat



[Ministry of Defense, available only in the post-2010 pack]



Medal For Military Valor (2 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)



[Ministry of Defense, available only in the post-2010 pack]



Pilot's qualification wings (4 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)

This mod provides quite a complete panel of the awards available to the Ukrainian military by our 2010s. It is mostly intended to complement other works (campaigns) that YOU modder would like to design, using PFunk’s Black Sea 2.0a map covering Crimea and the Sea of Azov, and the tragically rich events of Year 2014 there (and plausible prospects of even more tragic moments to come). Such hypothetical campaigns could explore various kinds of conflicts involving NATO forces, from a frantic all-out war, to local operations to recover Crimea or clear the Southern Donbass area, to a latent conflict limited to aerial skirmishes and incursions over some NATO-enforced no-fly zone, etc...
 
The complete list of your available decorations is displayed here :
 

Ukrainian Air Force


 

Gold Star of Hero of Ukraine (2 possible awards)



Order For Merit (3 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)



Order of Bogdan Khmelnytskiy (3 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)



Order For Courage (3 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)



Order of Daniel of Galicia



Medal for Military Service to Ukraine (multiple awards possible)



Defender of the Homeland Medal



Honor and Valor Distinction



Appreciation For Valiant Military Service to the Fatherland



Appreciation For Achievements in Military Service



(2 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)



Pilot's qualification wings (4 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)


 
Beware, none of these awards did exist in 1994 when Ukraine was still a newborn nation, so this awards panel should not be suitable as is for your installation of the SF2NA: Black Sea Crisis campaign. Fortunately, I have also enclosed alternative citations with postponed dates of awarding, that makes this panel acceptable for campaigns set in 1994/1996.
 
October 2015 Update : adds air & ground counters, new medals (Order of Courage 1st & 2nd Classes, Distinction of the Ministry of Defense, pilot's qualification badges...), and completely reshuffles criteria for awarding for better realism and accordance with the Russian medals pack to come soon – with citations rewritten accordingly.

SF2 Area 51 Test Pilot Hi-Res 1024x768 Menu Screens!
By Viper
 
So, I do a lot of mod testing, I hate testing a new mod on an existing install I play on, so I have a dedicated install using the Nellis Terrain pack for testing new mods. This is the menu screens I use for that install. However, you can use these screens for any SF2 series if you like.
 
1) Creating a new mod install...First, you need to create a new Tester Mod game and folder. You can use any SF2 Series Game as a base. In your install folder (the merged Thirdwire folder), copy and renamed "StrikeFighter2 Europe" (exe and ini file) to "StrikeFighter2 Area51" (I used "StrikeFighter2 Europe" for my tester base - you don't have to). Run it to create the "Saved Game" mod folder.
 
2) Unzip and copy the uncompressed FLIGHT, MENU and PILOTDATA folders from this package to your new StrikeFighter2 mod folder.
 
My StrikeFighter2 mod folder on Win7 64-bit was..(yours may be different)...
 
C:\Users\<your_id>\Saved Games\Thirdwire\StrikeFighter2 Area51\
 
3) To remove the new mod folder, just delete it and you're done. If you want to reset your tester install, rerun "StrikeFighter2 Area51" and copy the menus back into the reset mod folder.
 
4) Test more mods in a new clean tester install...
 
Enjoy!