US Origin

A tribute and a little enhacement pack for great Fastcargo's Northop two seaters pack here http://combatace.com...sf2-version-20/ (a real must have for me)
 
A skin for each type each with its proper decalset.
 
This is only the first install of my new RoCAF line-up .....
 
EXTRA STUFF from my personal install (I hope You like it):
- T-38A userlist
- new data.inis with tweaked export entries, standard key-10 for canopy open with auto closing at take off.
- randomized numbers for all skins
 
CREDITS:
- Fastcargo for the planes & the temps
 
INSTALL:
- you need original pack (the link is just above)
- put all in main mod folder
 
OPTIONS:
- as these skin are ultra High Res (4092 x 4092) and even if they work fine on my pc, inside each RoCaf skin folder You will find a sub folder with 2048 x 2048 standard (for this plane) skins.
 
Enjoy
 
@ paulopanz
 
PS: don't forget, if You haven't done, to grab this from Carlo http://combatace.com...rea-portuguesa/

Pack de 4 Skins de las FFAA Españolas
 
Para F-5E de Mirage Factory
 
El pack incluye 4 Skins: "Metal", "Lagarto", "Gris" y "50ª Aniversario del ALA 23" (Los numerales no son los reales, no los he encontrado por ningún sitio)
 
Un poco de historia, Archivos incluidos y Agradecimientos en el LEEME
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>> Video: http://www.ala23.com/Videos/40%20Aniversario%20F5.wmv
 
4 Skins of the Spanish Armed Forces
 
For the F-5E of the Mirage Factory
 
This pack includes 4 Skins "Metal", "Lagarto (Lizard)", "Gris (Grey)" and "50th Aniversary of the ALA 23" (enrollments are not real, I have not found them anywhere)
 
A little bit of history, included files and acknowledgements are the README
 
 
 
¡¡¡Espero que lo disfruteis!!! --------- I hope that you enjoy it!!
 
---LANAPA---

Erikgen's T-33A Skinpack
 
- KLU
- RDAF
- PAF
- JRV (3)
 
New userlist with Yugoslavia included.
 
 
Bravo Enrico!
 
@ paulopanz

(West) German T-33A Skin Pack by Carlo "Soulfreak" Vecchi
 
This skinpack is only for the great T-33A from EricGen.
 
Pack includes 5 GAF Skins - 4 Camo ones & 1 Silver one.
JaboG 36 "Westfalen"
Schießplatzstaffel Sylt
JG 71 "Richthofen"
WTD 61 Dayglow marks
Weapons School Luftwaffe 10
 
 
Credits:
 
EricGen for the great T-33A, Thank you so much Enrico for all your work my friend!
 
This mod is released under the combatace freeware licensing agreement:
http://combatace.com...are#entry594960
 
Schapen, October 15th 2012
 
 
Carlo Vecchi

This is a replacement skin map for the recently Released F-80C.
 
I'd forgotten to turn on the layer with the nation marking, so this ONE has them!!
 
to Install:
 
unzip to your desktop or other place you can find it easly, and then drop the 36thFBS folder DIRECTLY over your existing folder in the /F-80C
 
I'll get the entire package updated within the next 24 hours.
 
Sorry about that people!
and special thanks to GearyMcS for catching it!!
 
wrench
kevin stein

History of the Norm 81 camouflage:
 
Since the mid 70ies German fighter pilots from Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" and Jagdgeschwader 74 "Mölders" increasingly complained about the old one-fits-all aircraft camouflage of the Luftwaffe called Norm 72 (Standard 72, named after the year of introduction). Its large geometrically arranged areas in olive-green and gray worked well camouflaging an aircraft on the ground and even in low level flight over the equally geometrical fields of Germany. But the dark colours also drew massive attention in high altitude combat. Worse, the oversized Iron Crosses and serial numbers with their high contrast black and white lettering made the aircraft even easier to spot.
 
In the later 70ies, Luftwaffe command encouraged its fighter pilots to develop new paint schemes. “Richthofen” and “Mölders” in particular were eager in devising trial camouflages. Most of them massively reduced the greens and put stronger emphasis on grays, while shrinking the markings a lot. (I do not know if it was intentional or not, but some resembled WWII Luftwaffe interceptor camouflages.) These were to become the basis for the official Norm 81.
 
Norm 81 was to be used by fighters and fighter-bombers alike, and applied to Phantoms which were upgraded to Peace Rhine-standard. When they were upgraded to ICE-standard, Norm 81 was replaced by the more modern Norm90J – the first German paint scheme intended for fighters only.
 
 
 
Description of the Norm 81 camouflage:
 
The aircraft camouflage is dominated by two shades of light gray (Lichtgrau, Steingrau) on the lower surfaces and the sides. Only the upper surfaces of the wings and the topsides of the fuselage along the spine and the engines were painted with three dark shades of gray (Quarzgrau, Basaltgrau, Staubgrau) and one shade of green-gray (Grüngrau). The early schemes deliberately featured soft edges for the colours blending them better into each other. Later this was given up, as weathering did that job rather well, too.
 
The national markings were reduced in size and number; the Iron Cross was applied top to the left wing and bottom to the right wing, and on both sides of the fuselage. Early in the 80ies, the old Norm 72-warnings continued to be used, until replaced with toned down warnings.
 
For flight safety some aircraft sported high visibility markings, most notably when transferred to low level fight training in Goose Bay, Canada. These markings could be painted on the top fuselage, under the nose, on the wing tips and on the stabilizers varying in size and colour. Many crews seemed to favour red or yellow, but green or blue was seen often as well. Only few had white or dayglow markings.
Norm 81 was used in two variants, A for geometrical shapes on the wings, tail and the fuselage downside, and B for rounded shapes. B seems to have been the preferred choice by the units.
 
 
 
Advise on the use of the skins in SF2:
 
The combination of soft colour edges and Norm 72-markings makes these skins suitable for campaigns set in the early and mid 80ies. However in the late 80ies they would look rather out of place.
 
 
 
Skins included:
 
I included one Norm 81B skin for every German wing equipped with F-4F:
Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen"
Jagdgeschwader 74 "Mölders" (flying 'denamed' as JG 74 today)
Jagdbombergeschwader 35 (flying reorganized as JG 73 “Steinhoff” today)
Jagdbombergeschwader 36 (disbanded today, flew as JG 72 in its last days)
 
 
 
Requirements:
 
You need the F-4F (80), but the skins should also fit on the F-4F (ICE). Also, F-4F and F-4E may work more or less.
 
 
 
Installation:
 
Just unzip and drop the folder in your SF2 mod directory, usually it is:
C:\Users\xxx\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 yyy
 
 
 
 
Credits:
 
Ravenclaw_007 for his template (based on Sundowner's F-4E template), and his decals which I am using.

F-4F (ICE) Norm 12J Pixelated Air Superiority Camouflage
 
 
Story:
*** entirely fictional and very unlikely to happen, but fun ***
 
The time of the F-4F in Luftwaffe service is coming to an end. They are about to be phased out by 2013 and only one fighter wing, JG 71 “Richthofen”, still operates them. However in their last year JG 71-personell decided to give the venerable fighter a last new look and applied a pixilated camouflage based on the colours used in the standard Norm 90J camouflage. As it turned out, the Phantom not only looks phabulous but is also well concealed at high alt and in the clouds. It is soon to be adopted by the other Luftwaffe fighters as Norm 12J.
 
 
Requirements:
 
This is a skin for the F-4F ICE, thus you need the excellent pack of Ravenclaw_007
http://combatace.com...-europe-vers20/
 
 
Installation:
 
It uses the decals of the ICE-pack, so there is no need to install extra decals. You just drop unzip and drop the folder into the F-4F ICE folder in your mod directory, usually it is:
C:\Users\xxx\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Europe\Objects\Aircraft\F-4F_ICE
 
 
Credits:
 
Ravenclaw_007 for his reworked F-4F template, his decals, and the F-4F ICE
Sundowner for his original F-4E template.
If I have forgotten any contribution, please tell me!

C-130J-30 Hercules Indian Air Force Skin
 
Indian Air Force No. 77 Sqdn skin for Dels C-130J-30 (http://combatace.com/files/file/10250-c-130j-30-version-20-for-sf2/)
 
Repaint of Grey RAAF skin that came with the C-130J-30 mod.
 
 
Installation
You need to have Dels C-130J-30 model.
Just drop the contents of the file(Objects folder) to C:\Users\<XXX>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 and let it overwrite existing files.
 
 
Credits
Dels : for the C-130J-30 model and skin
Indo-Pak mod team: for the excellent Indo-Pak mod.
 
 
Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan
July 12, 2012

A complete SF-2 pack upgrade kit SF-2NA ready
 
Credits:
 
- Falklands mod team for A-4Q
- Torno for original 25 de Mayo CV
- upgrades by paulopanz
 
 
To Install:
 
- Put all in main mod folder.
 
Operations:
 
- Canopy open key 10
 
 
Happy carrier take off / landings!
 
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By gentle author's request ArmadaGrey2 skin is erased.
 
I took (as stated above) the whole plane from Falklands mod without check it.
 
Deleting that skin I noted an Insignas size/place issue, so I fixed it.
 
Peace & Love.
 
 
 
@ paulopanz

Tennessee ANG C-5A Skin
 
Contained is a C-5A Galaxy skin representing the 164th AW of the Tennessee ANG
 
Installation:
 
1) Unzip and place in your C-5A main folder
 
2) Add the texture sets to your C-5A.ini file
 
[TextureSetxxx]
Directory=Tennessee ANG
Name=164th AW, TN ANG
Nation=USAF
Squadron=
Specular=0.300000
Glossiness=0.850000
Reflection=0.000000
 
Thanks to the following:
 
- TK and Thirdwire
- Veltro2k for the original C-5A Galaxy upload
- Pappychksix for the original skin
- Epizikl for the loading screen

This is a simple Mod of the stock F-4E_78 Phantom II skin for SF2NA for the 57th FIS base at Keflavik NAS.
 
Extract and install folder into F-4E_78 file and fly.
 
Enjoy, Pete

ANG C-5A Skin addition
 
1) The attached file includes 'West Virginia Air Guard' on the fuselage of the aircraft, just like the real aircraft.
 
2) Unfortunately, the lettering only shows up clearly when the gear are up on the aircraft due to the modeling structure of the aircraft.
 
 
Instructions:
 
1) Copy file to your C-5A skin directory and allow for override to update the skin.
 
2) Go fly!
 
 
Thanks and credit to:
- TK and Thirdwire
- Veltro2k for the original C-5A Galaxy upload
- Pappychksix for the original skin
- Epizikl for the loading screen
- Kesselbrut for the cockpit

ANG KC-135R StratoTanker Skins Part 3
 
Contained within this pack are skins for the following ANG units:
 
117th ARW - Alabama ANG. I found an online photo with a special 'Auburn' tail art on a Alabama ANG KC-135R from 2007.
126th ARW - Illinois ANG. I found a photo with updated Illinois ANG tail art on airfighters.com from 2011.
121st ARW - Ohio ANG.
 
Updated file for Iowa ANG:
I re-vamped the tail for this aircraft with a new font that closely resembles the actual tail on the 185th ARW's KC-135Rs.
 
Installation:
 
1) Unzip and place the Ohio ANG, Alabama ANG 2007 and Illinois ANG 2011 folders in your KC-135R main folder.
 
2) Add the texture sets to your KC-135R.ini file.
 
 
[TextureSetxxx]
Directory=Illinois ANG 2011
Name=126th ARW 2011
Nation=USAF
Specular=0.300000
Glossiness=1.000000
Reflection=0.100000
DecalNumberRandomize=TRUE
DecalNumberStart=0
DecalNumberEnd=16
 
[TextureSetxxx]
Directory=Alabama ANG 2007
Name=117th ARW 2007
Nation=USAF
Specular=0.300000
Glossiness=1.000000
Reflection=0.100000
DecalNumberRandomize=TRUE
DecalNumberStart=0
DecalNumberEnd=16
 
[TextureSetxxx]
Directory=Ohio ANG
Name=121st ARW
Nation=USAF
Specular=0.300000
Glossiness=1.000000
Reflection=0.100000
DecalNumberRandomize=TRUE
DecalNumberStart=0
DecalNumberEnd=16
 
 
Open the Iowa ANG tail folder contained in this pack, select the .bmp file in this folder. Open the Iowa ANG folder from the previous pack that you installed. Paste the new .bmp file in this pack in the folder from the previous pack, and allow for overwrite. This will replace the old file with the new (and better!) file.
 
 
Thanks to the following:
 
- TK and Thirdwire
- 'Dave' for the following:
- For the KC-135R model original release.
- The 'ANG' on the tail and the ANG emblem on all of the skins were taken from the KC-135E model.
- Due to lack of references on the tail numbers, all of the skins in this pack use the KC-135E tail numbers.
 
- airliners.net, airfighters.com, and af.mil for skin references
 
Happy Tanking!

ANG C-130H Hercules Skins
 
Contained within this pack are skins for the following ANG units:
 
179th AW - Ohio ANG
133rd AW - Minnesota ANG
153rd AW - Wyoming ANG
130th AW - West Virginia ANG
143rd AW - Rhode Island ANG
166th AW - Delaware ANG
165th AW - Georgia ANG
182nd AW - Illinois ANG
136th AW - Texas ANG
176th WG - Alask ANG
 
Installation:
 
1) Unzip and place the folders in your C-130H main folder
 
2) Add the texture sets to your C-130H.ini file
 
3) Fly away!
 
All of the artwork is to the best of my abilities. The Wyoming ANG tail band has a cowboy decal on the actual aircraft, but I was unable to design a suitable decal on the tail, so I left it off. Also, the Rhode Island tailwork is actually on a C-130J model, but I didn't find that out until after I designed the skin, so I included it anyways. Feel free to not install if you so choose.
 
 
Thanks to the following:
 
- TK and Thirdwire
- 'Dave'
- Original Model by Dels, additional work by bpao (RIP Oli)
- airliners.net, airfighters.com, and af.mil for skin references
 
If more credit is due, please speak up!

ANG KC-135R StratoTanker Skins Second Set
 
Contained within this pack are skins for the following ANG units:
 
168th ARW - Alaska ANG
127th WG - Michigan ANG
190th ARW - Kansas ANG
92nd ARW - Fairchild AFB
108th ARW - New Jersey ANG
 
Please follow the readme for install instructions.
 
The 92nd ARW is not an ANG squadron, but I love their Seahawks tail art, so I added them in anyways.
 
The artwork is to the best of my ability.
 
Thanks to the following:
 
- TK and Thirdwire
- 'Dave' for the following:
- For the KC-135R model original release.
- The 'ANG' on the tail and the ANG emblem on all of the skins were taken from the KC-135E model.
- Due to lack of references on the tail numbers, all of the skins in this pack use the KC-135E tail numbers.
- DWCACE for detailed KC-135R photos
 
- airliners.net, airfighters.com, and af.mil for skin references

AF-1 Brazilian Navy
Marinha do Brasil
Strike Fighters 2 Full Merge or Strike Fighters 2 Israel
obs : AF-1.ini cockpit A-4 standart

ANG KC-135R StratoTanker Skins
 
Contained within this pack are skins for the following ANG units:
 
117th ARW - Alabama ANG
126th ARW - Illinois ANG
128th ARW - Wisconsin ANG
134th ARW - Tennessee ANG
155th ARW - Nebraska ANG
171th ARW - Pennsylvania ANG
185th ARW - Iowa ANG
 
These skins are to the best of creative abilities.
 
Screen shots are a preview of a few skins that are contained within the pack. I also added some noseart pieces to a few of the skins.
 
Follow the readme for installation instructions.
 
Thanks to the following:
 
- TK and Thirdwire
- 'Dave' for the following:
- For the KC-135R model original release.
- The 'Illinois' on the 126th ARW was taken from the KC-135E model.
- The 'ANG' on the tail and the ANG emblem on all of the skins were taken from the KC-135E model.
- Due to lack of references on the tail numbers, all of the skins in this pack use the KC-135E tail numbers.
-DWCACE for providing some detailed photos of a KC-135R
 
- airliners.net, airfighters.com, and af.mil for skin references

RF-101C 9 silver Skinpack 9
 
- 15th TRS'Cotton Pickers' 1961
 
- 17th TRS, 66th TRW 1959
 
- 17th TRS, 66th TRW 1963
 
- 18th TRS, 66th TRW
 
- 18th TRS, 66th TRW 1959
 
- 29th TRS, 432nd TRW Shaw AFB
 
- 32th TRS, 66th TRW 1959
 
- 38th TRS, 66th TRW 1959
 
- 66th TRW 1961
 
All credits to ErikGen for his outstanding SF-2 Voodoos.
 
Install as usual.
 
Yours
 
Paulopanz
 
 

BAF F-104G for SF-2EU
 
We needed it, I remade (NATO 5 ready!!).
 
1st Wing – Wing Alle-Weder (Beauvechain/Bevekom AB)
349th Smaldeel
Motto: "strike Hard, Strike Home"
Insigna: Two Morning star (i.e. maces) crossed, on a white background
(F-104G November 1963 – March 1980)
 
350th Smaldeel
Motto: "Belgae Gallorum Fortissimi"
Insigna: The head of Ambiorix with winged helmet
(F-104G March 1963 – October 1981)
 
10th Wing – Bommenwerpers Wing (Kleine Brogel AB)
 
23rd Smaldeel
Motto: "Diabolico Furore"
Insigna: A red devil holding two black bomb
(F-104G April 1964 – December 1982)
 
31st Smaldeel
Motto: "In Sanguine Vinum"
Insigna: A black and gold Tiger
(F-104G June 1963 – October 1983)
 
(*) better historical notes added by costumer request.
 
All 100 planes delivered, all four squadrons badges included.
 
Bonus F-104_loadout.tga included.
 
Enjoy!
 
Paul
 
 
 
 
 

CF-104 Turkish Air Force Skin
 
This skin is optimized for the stock SF2 CF-104_76 (June2011 Patch level).
I did it, cause there was no Turkish CF-104 skin and I think we need more skins for
the great Anatolian terrain.
Skin is for the CF-104_76!!!
 
 
Credits:
Bobrock for his great temps
Thirdwire for the great sim
 
 
I hope you like this skin
 
 
Schapen, July 11th 2011
 
Carlo "Soulfreak" Vecchi

F-104G Turkish Air Force Skins
 
These skins are optimized for the stock SF2 F-104G (June2011 Patch level).
I did them, cause I like the Sea Camo, the ex German Camos and I think we need more skins for
the great Anatolian terrain
contains:
- SEA Camo
- ex Luftwaffe Norm 62
- ex Marine Norm 76
 
Credits:
Bobrock & Ravenclaw_007 for their great temps
Thirdwire for the great sim
 
Updated Files caused of some little mistakes on the f-104_3 bitmaps!!!
 
 
I hope you like this skins
 
 
Schapen, July 10th 2011
 
Carlo "Soulfreak" Vecchi

F-104G Hellenic Air Force Skins
 
These skins are optimized for the stock SF2 F-104G (June2011 Patch level).
I did them, cause I like the Sea Camo and I think we need more skins for
the great Anatolian terrain
 
Credits:
Bobrock for the great temps
Wrench for the Decals of his SF1 Mod
Thirdwire for the great sim
 
Files updated!!!
Caused of some little mistakes in the F-104_3 bitmaps.
 
I hope you like this skins
 
 
Schapen, July 10th 2011
 
Carlo "Soulfreak" Vecchi

F-104G 4510th CCTW Silver skin.
 
This skin is optimized for the stock SF2 F-104G (June2011 Patch level).
Since i saw there was no accurate USAF Skin for it in Game, i did this.
 
Credits:
Bobrock for the great temps
Thirdwire for the great sim
 
 
I hope you like this skin
 
 
Schapen, June 25th 2011
 
Carlo "Soulfreak" Vecchi

Wraparound USAFDersert1 camo for SF2 stock F-4E's. Just add your own decals or paste the stock decal.ini into the skin folder.
 
Templates by Sundowner.
 
 

This is a Skin Pack of the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) F-5F
 
The skin pack is for SF2 merged install.
 
"NOTE" I did not install the May 2011 update from Thirdwire. So it is NOT tested with the new update, not sure if it will make any difference to the skin pack?
 
I also had a plan to have a full aircraft (with tweaks) and the skins on this one, that did not happen.
 
 
 
The Skin Pack consist of the following Squadrons:
 
 
1stFW 206th FS
 
8thFW 103rd FS
8thFW 207th FS
 
10thFW 101st FS
10thFW 201st FS
 
16thFW 202nd FS
 
18thFW 105th FS
18thFW 112th FS
18thFW 205th FS
 
192 TDTS (Tactical Development and Training Squadron)
 
 
Additional Credits:
 
Thirdwire
VicRomano(FastCargo) - his templates
 
 
Cheers
 
 
10 June 2011
 
Ace888