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Early F-14A Tomcat Paint Schemes: The Gulls - Part 1 v1.11
By Caesar
Early F-14A Tomcat Paint Schemes: The Gulls - Part 1 v1.11
This F-14 Tomcat Skin Pack is designed for the TMF F-14 Tomcat Super Pack (Any version, V1.14-1.20, or even the baseline Tomcat Pack from 2010). It represents eight F-14A Tomcat squadrons during the airframe's Vietnam-era introduction until the late 1970's (ca. 1978-1980), as the squadrons began to tone down. It is called "The Gulls" because the F-14's paint schemes early on included an overall light gloss gull gray with white control surfaces and underside, as well as very high visibility squadron markings like the F-4 and F-8 before it. I've always loved the Tomcat in its high-viz glory, and decided to compile a set of skins that represented the F-14 in its early years. The aircraft bureau numbers are included on each aircraft, and I logged them to the best of my ability; some aircraft were uncertain, so I narrowed it down to the block to find unassigned BuNo's. Any uncertain airframes, then, are at least from the proper block, and are few and far between.
These skins are valid until about 1978, the big changes over time weren't so much the colors as much as the bureau numbers of the aircraft. Some aircraft were lost to engine explosions, cold catapult launches, overrunning the deck, etc. during their inaugural cruise. Those others could have been involved in several cruises, but some may have been transferred to other squadrons and replaced with new build aircraft, so all aircraft modeled here are from the initial cruise of the listed squadrons.
This work was based in part on the Mirage Factory originals (listed in the original credits as being the work of Column5), and also some of Spectre8750's skins from the Super Pack as well, so I must thank them for providing the basis for the work. There was still quite a bit that went into making the updates even to squadrons which appear relatively unchanged (esp. VF-1, -2 and -84) to include wholly new decal sets for aircraft numbers and bureau numbers. VF-14, -32 and -41, -114 and -213 on the other hand, were done just about from scratch with the exception of VF-41's tail stripes.
The squadrons represented in Part 1 v1.11 are:
VF-1 Wolf Pack 1974-1978
VF-2 Bounty Hunters 1974-1978
VF-14 Tophatters 1974-1978
VF-32 Swordsmen 1974-1978
VF-41 Black Aces 1976-1978
VF-84 Jolly Rogers 1976-1980
VF-114 Aardvarks 1976-1979
VF-213 Black Lions 1976-1979
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To Install:
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NOTE:
This does not contain any aircraft! It is a set of skins. You must have the Mirage Factory F-14 Tomcat Super Pack or 2010 Mirage Factory Tomcat installed for this skin set to work!
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1. Go to your SF2 Mod Directory
Ex: C:\User\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2\
2. Copy the Objects folder included in this archive over your Objects folder
3. Allow the files to overwrite. I have set up the folder structure to match the default structure of the game's mod folder (Objects/Aircraft/F-14A_74/file, and Objects/Decals/F-14A_74/file, respectively)
3a. You may need to add the aircraft's TextureSet to the F-14A_74.ini file. To do so, open each new skin's folder and copy the textureset data from the respective textureset.ini into your F-14A_74.ini file, incrementing based on the last TextureSet number.
NOTE:
This series of skins are similar to some of the baseline F-14A_74 skins in the Super Pack by name and years. Feel free to rename any of the skins to avoid confusion.
4. Go Fly!
V/R,
Caesar
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v1.11 Changes:
1. Fixed VF-84's anti-glare paint.
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v1.1 Changes:
Fixed VF-1 tail, small gray smudge ended up on the rudders
Changed all BEWARE OF BLAST warning text under BuNo's to red to match real-world text used at the time
ADDED VF-114 and VF-213
Updated TextureSets
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Credits:
Baseline Templates: Column5/The Mirage Factory, Spectre8750
Updated Templates and New Decals: Caesar
New Build Squadrons VF-14, -32, -41, -114, -213: Caesar
Baseline Squadrons VF-1, -2, -84: Column5/The Mirage Factory
Squadron Modifications: Caesar
VF-41 Tail Stripe: Spectre8750
Hangars and Loading Screens: Dave, Spectre8750
If I missed anyone, please let me know so that I may add you.
Any Time, Baby!
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VF-33 F-14A (TMF F-14A_82)
By 1977Frenchie
These skins represent the F-14 squadron VF-33 for years 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1992.
IT COMPLETELY REPLACE THE V1.0 PACKAGE RELEASED BY ME. SO IF YOU DOWNLOADED IT, REVOME THE FOLDERS IN THE AIRCRAFT AND DECALS DIRECTORY.
What's new in V2.0 :
1982 CAG and CO aircrafts
1982 ''Line'' aircrafts
1992 CAG and CO aircrafts
1992 ''Line'' aircrafts
+ Tweaks in the decals as i made an error in the numbering sequence.
Same instructions as usual:
Copy the F-14A_82 aircraft folder content to your game F-14A_82 aircraft folder.
Copy the F-14A_82 decals folder content to your game F-14A decals folder.
Open the Textureset.ini and edit the file by adding the texture.ini lines.
Credits:
Thanks to the Mirage Factory for providing this wonderful F-14 Superpak and the templates used to create this skin.
Thanks to Thirdwire for creating the Strike Fighters series.
Thanks to Swordsman422 who did great F-14 skins and my template is based on his.
Thanks to the little push i had to do the line birds separately :)
125 downloads
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VF-41 F-14A Sukhoi Killers
By Dave
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.
301 downloads
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SF2 F-14 Super Pack VF-41 Black Aces Skin Pack
By Spectre8750
F-14A VF-41 "Black Aces" Skins Mid-Late 70's, 80's and 90's by Spectre[8750]
For use with TMF F-14A_74, F-14A_82 and F-14A_96 skin sets for SF2.
Templates and base skins by Column5 and EricJ.
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The F-14A_74\VF41AJ76 skin will be over written with an updated time period
skin. Dave's VF41AJ76 skin is already in the F-14 Super Pack under
F-14A_82\VF41AJ76 and the Texture.ini should have a StartDefaultDate=1982.
however the F-14A_96\VF41AJ76 skin no longer needs to be there since the
skins have been included and replace it with up to date skins.
I've included the F-14A_96\VF14AJ00 "F-14A-005.BMP" file which will over
write the the existing incorrect file missing the new landing gear textures.
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To install:
Drop the "Objects" folder into any SF2 install with TMF F-14 Super Pack.:
X:\Users\yourname\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2???\
Let it overwrite if asked.
Delete the F-14A_96\VF41AJ76 skin no longer needed and would interfere
with the replacement skin dates.
Then go inflict some damage.
Hope you Enjoy
Spectre[8750]
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Hi-Viz USN F-14 Tomcats
By 1977Frenchie
These skins represent the Hi-Viz F-14 squadrons VF-51, VF-111, VF-124, VF-142 and VF-143
I did not included BuNO in this skin pack, except i put the correct one on the VF-124 1976 scheme.
The modex series are real one's for each squadron.
Some minor details might be different then real life F-14 as there was some minor changes from one block to another but i did not dig this (refering to the gun gas vent).
You will get the following skins in this package :
VF-51 :
1985 CAG aircraft
1985 ''Line'' aircrafts
VF-111 :
1980 Same Hi-Viz scheme for every aircraft
VF-124 :
1976 Bicentennial scheme (aircraft 76)
1978 Same Hi-Viz scheme for every aircraft
1987 Special scheme (aircraft 450)
1989 Same Hi-Viz scheme for every aircraft
VF-142 :
1975 Same Hi-Viz scheme for every aircraft
VF-143 :
1978 Same Hi-Viz scheme for every aircraft
Same instructions as usual:
Copy the F-14A_82 aircraft folder content to your game F-14A_82 aircraft folder.
Copy the F-14A_82 decals folder content to your game F-14A decals folder.
Open the Textureset.ini and edit the file by adding the texture.ini lines.
Credits:
Thanks to Thirdwire for creating the Strike Fighters series.
Thanks to the Mirage Factory for providing the wonderful F-14 Superpak and the templates used to create this skin.
Thanks to Column5, EricJ and USAFMTL for some of the original skins.
Thanks to Swordsman422 who did great F-14 skins and my templates are based on his.
Thanks to the one's who gave me some inputs while doing these skins.
Happy flights!
Mario C.
Frenchie1977
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VF-32 F-14A Mig Killers 1989
By Dave
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
302 downloads
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Low Vis and Alternate Skins For SF2:NA F-14A + Also Decals Fixes for Stock Turkeys
By Swordsman422
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Thank you for downloading the Mid- and Low-vis generic skin pack and the corrective decal pack for the Thirdwire F-14A and F-14A_77.for the Thirdwire Productions F-14A_77. This pack was made to provide low and medium visibility markings for all squadrons on the stock squadron list.
These decals would not be possible without TK and Thirdwire for creating SF2:NA and in some cases providing some of the artwork here than has been modified to suit the demands of this pack.
Further recognition goes to SuperScale International, Fightertown, Aeromaster, Eagle Strike, FCM, Afterburner, and Custom Aeronautical Miniatures for producing model decals that made good reference material, and to Torsten Anft, Peter Davies, Lou Drendel, Paul Gilchrist, Dave Brown, and many others for their published works and photographs.
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Requirements: Strike Fighters 2: North Atlantic.
Installation:
1: drop the Objects folder into your Strike Fighters 2 mod folder.
2: Enjoy how you will.
Known Issues:
1: VF-111 is missing the shark mouth.
A: Without the .out file to determine what the meshname for the nose is, I have decided to exclude this decal for the time being. I will add it once the .out is available.
2: The squadron markings don't look any different from one skin to the next.
A: In many cases, squadron markings didn't change for years. Some squadrons went from high-vis to early low-vis with drastic changes while others never altered their tail art. Some of these squadrons came along after the high-vis period was over and didn't so much as change Air Wings for an entire decade or more. If you see a repeat in squadron decals, that's because that's just how it was.
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If there are any questions, comments, or complaints, please contact me through my profile Swordsman422 at CombatAce.com
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Thank you for downloading the corrective decal pack for the Thirdwire F-14A and F-14A_77. This pack was made to correct inaccurate or missing decals for the US Navy F-14 squadrons included in Strike Fighters 2: North Atlantic.
These decals would not be possible without TK and Thirdwire for creating SF2:NA and in some cases providing some of the artwork here than has been modified to suit the demands of this pack.
Further recognition goes to SuperScale International, Fightertown, Aeromaster, Eagle Strike, FCM, Afterburner, and Custom Aeronautical Miniatures for producing model decals that made good reference material, and to Torsten Anft, Peter Davies, Lou Drendel, Paul Gilchrist, Dave Brown, and many others for their published works and photographs.
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Requirements: Strike Fighters 2: North Atlantic.
Installation:
1: drop the Objects folder into your Strike Fighters 2 mod folder. Allow to overwrite as neccessary.
2: Enjoy how you will.
Known Issues:
1: VF-1 and VF-111 are still missing decals.
A: I know. VF-1 is missing it's fuselage stripe and VF-111 does not have the shark mouth. The VF-1 stripe runs along the forward fuselage and passes through a modex number that is placed noticably lower that the modex in other squadrons. This would have negated the generic qualities of these skins. The VF-111 shark mouth on the nose would require adding a new decal data bloc and experimenting with placement. I may yet add this decal later should modders be given access to the .out files with future patches.
1a: Squadron X is still missing decal Y.
A: Probably because they didn't have it during the time period modeled. VF-11 for example didn't have their squadron number on the ventral fins in the early 80's. They had it on the tail, and it's already present in the existing artwork.
2: A lot of these look like the decals I had already.
A: Yes. That just means that there wasn't any problem with the original decal.
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If there are any questions, comments, or complaints, please contact me through my profile Swordsman422 at CombatAce.com
484 downloads
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TMF F-14D_96 Aggressor flanker scheme
By Blackburn32
I think someone requested an F-14 aggressor/flanker style skin for the Tomcat, so here is my effort! Keep in mind this is the first time I've attempted to skin a bird so it's a not the best possible version of this yet!
P.S Feel free to PM me if you find any flaws which I'm sure there is many!
*Added some weathering and made overall improvements
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Hi-Rez F-14A Tomcat SF2NA
By pappychksix
Hi-Rez F-14A baesd off rthe SF2NA Tomcat...Thanks to TK for this aircraft. This is simply a replacement for the USNGrey1 skin. Muat have SF2NA to us this skin...
Enjoy, Pete
Template also available....
373 downloads
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F-14A-GR-100 Tomcat VF-51 Screaming Eagles for SF2/V/E/I
By SidDogg
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
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F-14A VF-110 Firebirds, Top Gun
By Swordsman422
VF-110, the Firebirds. Maverick's fictional squadron from the movie Top Gun for the Mirage Factory F-14A.
Please read the readme and enjoy.
202 downloads
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VF-154 Black Knights 1997-1999
By Swordsman422
VF-154 Black Knights in their heavily worn and weathered Tomcats from early 1997 to mid 1999 for the Mirage Factory F-14A_96.
Please read the readme and enjoy.
119 downloads
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VF-211 and VF-24 F-14A & B
By Swordsman422
VF-211 and VF-24 with CVW-9 for the Mirage Factory F-14A_82, F-14A+_87, F-14B_91, and F-14A_96 covering squadron service from 1984 to 1996.
Please read the readme and enjoy.
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F-14A Aggressor "13"
By EricJ
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
352 downloads
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TMF F-14A_82 Skin Pack
By Blackburn32
This is a rework of all F-14A_82 skins withing the TMF F-14 v1.3.
- Required TMF F-14 Pack v1.3
183 downloads
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VF-103 Jolly Rogers 2005
By Swordsman422
VF-103 Jolly Rogers 2005 for the TMF F-14B
Please read the readme and enjoy!
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RCAF F-14A (TMF F-14A_82) "What If..."
By 1977Frenchie
First, i'm doing skins for my own pleasure, but thank you for downloading this F-14 skins pack for the Mirage Factory F-14A_82.
These skins represent the F-14 squadrons that might have equipped the Canadian Armed Forces if the Canadian Government have accepted to buy the one's supposed to be delivered to Iran. (which event is true).
Copy the F-14A_82 aircraft folder content to your game F-14A_82 aircraft folder.
Copy the F-14A_82 decals folder content to your game F-14A decals folder.
Open the Textureset.ini and edit the file by adding the texture.ini lines.
Credits:
Thanks to the Mirage Factory for providing this wonderful F-14 Superpak and the templates used to create this skin.
Thanks to Thirdwire for creating the Strike Fighters series.
Thanks to Swordsman422 who did great F-14 skins and my template is based on his.
50 downloads
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VF-213 Black Lions Last Roar!
By Swordsman422
The final months of VF-213's last Tomcat cruise aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt in 2006. This skin is for the Mirage Factory F-14D_96 and F-14D_06.
Please read the readme and enjoy!
105 downloads
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VF-41 and VF-14 F-14A
By Swordsman422
VF-41 and VF-14 with CVW-8 circa 2000-2001 for the Mirage Factory F-14A.
Please read the readme and enjoy.
116 downloads
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VF-213 Black Lions 2003
By Swordsman422
VF-213 Black Lions 2003 OIF Cruise for the Mirage Factory F-14D_96
Intended to bridge the gap between their 1999-2002 http://combatace.com/files/file/14717-vf-213-f-14d-1999-2002/ and the Last Tomcat Cruise http://combatace.com/files/file/16459-vf-213-black-lions-last-roar/ to cover VF-213's entire career in the D-model Tomcat.
Please read the readme and enjoy!
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F-14 VF-111 CAG "Miss Molly" 1994
By EricJ
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.
390 downloads
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F-14D VF-2 Bounty Hunters OIF
By Swordsman422
VF-2, the Bounty Hunters, circa 2003 for the Mirage Factory F-14D.
Please read the readme and enjoy!
125 downloads
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VF-143 Pukin' Dogs OIF
By Swordsman422
Update of VF-143 Pukin' Dogs OIF for the Mirage Factory F-14B
Please read the readme and enjoy.
188 downloads
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VF-31 Last Tomcat Cruise
By Swordsman422
VF-31 Tomcatters Last Tomcat Cruise for the Mirage Factory F-14D_06 and F-14D_96.
Intended to compliment VF-213 Black Lions Last Roar http://combatace.com/files/file/16459-vf-213-black-lions-last-roar/
Please read the readme and enjoy.
103 downloads
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VF-154 Black Knights OIF
By Swordsman422
VF-154 Black Knights circa 2003 for the Mirage Factory F-14A_96. Including full squadron, sea det. amd shore det. skins.
Please read the readme and enjoy!
83 downloads
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