MiG-23B/S/S Early/UB Early/UB/UM/ Readme
 
This is update for:
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=9741
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=9712
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=9698
 
To Install:
 
- unpack Archive in temporary folder
 
- copy MiG-23S, MiG-23S_Early,MiG-23UB, MiG-23UB_Early, MiG-23UM,MiG-23B folders to Aicraft folder.
 
- Copy Chute.bmp to ALL skin folders
 
- copy BVP-50-60.* files to Weapons folder {if you download MiG-23/27 Weapons Pack before}
 
Features:
 
- updated model (more details)
 
- drag chute {by Erikgen} added for all planes {AnimationID=9}
 
- added nozzle animation {AnimationID=10}
 
- canopy now supported manually open {AnimationID=8}
 
- fixed some ini entries
 
- new BVP-50-60 model
 
- separated model for MiG-23S_Early
 
- Ground position fixed for B
 
change lines for manually open:
 
UB,UB Early,UM: (Press Shift+1)
 
[Canopy1]
SystemType=ANIMATION
InputName=ANIMATION_1
DeploymentMethod=MANUAL
AnimationTime=3.5
AnimationID=8
 
[Canopy2]
SystemType=ANIMATION
InputName=ANIMATION_2
DeploymentMethod=MANUAL
AnimationTime=3.5
AnimationID=8
 
 
S,S Early,B: (Press Shift+1)
 
[Canopy1]
SystemType=ANIMATION
InputName=ANIMATION_1
DeploymentMethod=MANUAL
AnimationTime=3.5
AnimationID=8
 
Note: please set RailLaunched=TRUE (use missile rail in weapon editor ) for all Kh-23's

F-4Cs – 8thTFW Ubon Operation Bolo - By Crab_02 and Mike Druzolowski
 
53 F-4C serial numbers which actually operated with the three squadrons of the 8th TFW at Ubon as of 01 January 1967. From these were drawn the aircraft to fly Col. Robin Olds' famous Operation Bolo mig killing mission the next day on 02 January.
 
Description: This package is two parts – a texture add-on for the 1966 F-4C pack available at CombatAce for the 433rd/497th/555th TFS which is the bulk of the serial numbers assigned in Jan 67, and a separate aircraft representing the "slicknose" variant of the F-4C seen at this time. Enclosed are two QRC-160 ECM pods attached to the left outboard pylon (the pylon does not appear when the ECM pod is assigned in a mission as it does when A/G ordnance is selected, so the pylon is attached) – one is camouflaged and the other white. Wing tanks are available in the 1966 F-4C pack. Also enclosed is an update to the 1966 base .LOD and wing tank texture updates. (Hey…I said that this was an ongoing project didn’t I….?) The new loadout.ini files have a [AirToAirLongRangeBolo] entry that can be used for a Bolo mission. Oh, and I made the ECM pod/pylon match the same weight/drag as the opposite wing tank so the bird flies straight – although when the tank is jettisoned you’ll be loaded asymmetrically again…..
 
Historical bit: FY1964 USAF F-4Cs coming off the production line for USAFE had the F-4J-style nose radome installed, and these started to become available to PACAF units late in 1966. This radome gave a small performance enhancement due to a bit less drag, but was removed early in 1967 as the AN/APR-25 radar homing and warning system was installed into the old IR-sensor housing. It is estimated that perhaps a quarter of the F-4Cs at Ubon at the time of Operation Bolo were configured this way, so the airplanes are not broken down by squadron. The airplanes flown for Bolo from the Wolfpack still retained the 1966-style Navy LAU-17 inner pylons (although one source that I found said that only F-4Cs with the new MAU-12 pylons were flown for Bolo, but photographic evidence tends to disprove this). All of these planes were modified to carry a single QRC-160 ECM pod on the right outer pylon (seen on the USAF A/G weps pylon as well as the early Navy pylon with the adapter (the latter is not presented here), and a single 370 gal drop tank on the left outboard station for the mission, and this became standard in Southeast Asia during much of 1967, until the inboard pylons were modified to accept the pods later in 1967.
 
As before, I made this package for the post-October 08 patched version for Wings over Vietnam (which is what I'm flying). Textures are again 1024 pixel resolution to help frame rates on modest systems (like mine) - so view the external views at arm's length, not extremely close-up please. Versions for SF2 with higher resolution textures are sure to follow.
 
My sincere thanks (in addition to Crab and TK) go to Sundowner - who originally shared his F-4 texture templates with me and what I started with originally, and also to drdoyo for his 1024 templates which helped, Ravenclaw_007 for the kind permission to include his super Martin Baker ejection seat in this package, and to Old Diego for kind permission to include his superb pilots, and to X Ray who did the superb pilot repaints (and whose name keep forgetting in the readmes).. Also my thanks to Mike France and Alan Howarth who know more about F-4s than I ever will!
 
Please contact me for any problems or issues - we'll do our best to correct them and make this even more authentic for what's to come. PM me at Combatace or E-mail at mppd@att.net please.

This is my first work .this is a remodeling of mig-21MF . I made some changes, easy flight model, new hangar and loading screen ,can fire ASM, Semi active radar homing AA missiles .
 
 
Some information about MIG-21M/MF Indian Air force-----MiG-21M/MF [Fishbed J] - Type 96
 
The MiG-21M/MF (Type 96) is a Multi-role version with one R-11-300 turbojet with 13,688 lbs. of thrust. The aircraft has 4 pylons which can carry external fuel tanks, air-to-air missiles or twin barrel guns. Has a zero speed, zero altitude ejection seat. The MF variant has a R-11F2S-300 turbojet, otherwise similar to the 'M' variant.
 
Number Procured: 93+
........................ 65 MF (Type 96) procured directly from the USSR
........................158 M variants manufactured by HAL
 
 
Installation: unpack or unzip in aircraft folder …
 
 
 
Thanks to COMBATE ACE & those who uploaded new aircraft, sound , weapon packs that help me verymuch.

F-4C 1967 – 8thTFW Ubon - By Crab_02 and Mike Druzolowski
 
80 F-4C serial numbers which actually operated with the three squadrons of the 8th TFW at Ubon during 1967.
 
Historical bit: The three squadrons of the 8th TFW at Ubon RTAFB adopted tailcodes on their F-4C Phantom II aircraft from at least July 1966. By early 1967 the F-4Cs within the theater had been modified with the addition of AN/APR-25 RHAW gear visible as a housing on the vertical stab above the rudder, and had received the new Air Force MAU-12 intermediate (inner) wing pylons. Some serial numbers are repeated for the different squadrons as many transfers between squadrons occurred during the year – so be careful that you don’t fly the same airplane numbers at the same time if interested in being historical. Some aircraft were seen carrying all olive drab 370 gal wing tanks, so those are presented here. Also a camouflaged centerline 600 gal tank sometimes seen is here too. Almost all airplanes seem to have had the original 6-inch serial number on the vertical fin painted out with olive drab paint. Mig kill markings were carried over from previous units (the 497th eventually ending up with most of them). Some 497th TFS planes seem to have had red nosewheel door numbers, but photos show that most other squadrons had none.
I made this package for the post-October 08 patched version for Wings over Vietnam (which is what I'm flying). Textures are again 1024 pixel resolution to help frame rates on modest systems (like mine) - so view the external views at arm's length, not extremely close-up please. Versions for SF2 with higher resolution textures are sure to follow.
 
Description: The airplane depicted is the Air Force F-4C as it appeared in early 1967 or later in Southeast Asia – Air Force MAU-12 pylons, tail fin tip radar homing and warning antennas and several other small antennas added, three tone camouflage and tailcodes.
New features include:
- New vertical stab and rudder shapes
- New nose radome and IR sensor housing shapes
- New detailed pylons and Sidewinder rails
- New 3D model cockpit (mostly invisible though...)
- New nose wheel doors
- Animated air refueling door (Sift + 8)
- Opening canopies of course (Shift + 3)
- New horizontal stab bases
- Camouflaged Fletcher wing tanks (with pylons that correctly jettison along with the tank) plus new centerline 600 gal tank with retained pylon
- Numerous small detail changes
 
Note that all textures for the stock Thirdwire F-4s can be made to fit with minor alterations - watch leading edge flap, vertical stab/rudder and intake splitter plate locations mostly.
 
Issues: I used many parts that I already had built, so separate bmps are included for the pylons, nose and rails - these should have been combined into one I guess.
 
My sincere thanks (in addition to Crab and TK) go to Sundowner - who originally shared his F-4 texture templates with me and what I started with originally, and also to drdoyo for his 1024 templates which helped, Ravenclaw_007 for the kind permission to include his super Martin Baker ejection seat in this package, and to Old Diego for kind permission to include his superb pilots. Also my thanks to Mike france and Alan Howarth who know more about F-4s than I ever will!
 
Please contact me for any problems or issues - we'll do our best to correct them and make this even more authentic for what's to come. PM me at Combatace or E-mail at mppd@att.net please.

MiG-23B Readme
 
Model based on MiG-27 model by wpnssgt, skins by wpnssgt,
 
Screens by Epizikl.
 
This plane required MiG-23/27 Weapons Pack.Please intall it first.
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=9693 (Updated 13.08.2009, fixed BVP-50-60 Texture)
 
To Install:
 
- unpack Archive in temporary folder
 
- copy MiG-23B folder to Aicraft folder.
 
- copy Sound Sukhoi.wav to sound folder
 
- add to weapondata.ini:
 
[WeaponDataXXXX]
TypeName=KDS-23
FullName=KDS-23 Decoy dispenser
ModelName=
Mass=100.000000
Diameter=0.300000
Length=0.750000
SubsonicDragCoeff=0.000000
SupersonicDragCoeff=0.000000
AttachmentType=WP,SOVIET
SpecificStationCode=KDS-23
NationName=SOVIET
StartYear=1969
EndYear=2020
Availability=3
BaseQuantity=32
Exported=TRUE
ExportStartYear=1970
ExportEndYear=2020
ExportAvailability=3
WeaponDataType=4
StoreType=2
NumChaff=6
NumFlare=6
EjectPosition=0.000000,0.000000,0.000000
EjectVelocity=0.000000,0.000000,0.000000
 
Plane specification:
 
- Max G: 7.0
 
- MiG-23B can use R-3S/R-13M, Kh-23; R-60, MER not allowed.
 
- AL-21F Engine
 
- 'Fon' Laser Range Range meter.
 
- KN-23 navigation complex (same as Su-17M2)
 
- ACP-17B gunsight
 
- PBK-3 bombing system
 
MiG-23B versions:
 
MiG-23B Early with Wing Version 1 (same as MiG-23S), in production 1971-1972 1-3 Prototypes.
 
MiG-23B with Wing Version 2 (Without slats, same as MiG-23 mod.71), in production 1972-1974, 24 planes

MiG-23UB/UM Readme
 
MiG-23UB (Early & late), MiG-23UM
 
Model based on Mig-23M model by Rafael{updates BPAo}, skins by Soviet2 by Marcello, used MiG-21MF cockpit.
 
Screens by Epizikl.
 
This plane required MiG-23/27 Weapons Pack.Please intall it first.
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=9693 (Updated 13.08.2009, fixed BVP-50-60 Texture)
 
 
To Install:
 
- unpack Archive in temporary folder
 
- copy skin folders: Soviet 1 & Soviet2 to MiG-23UB folder, Soviet2 to MiG-23UB_Early, Soviet1 to MiG-23UM
 
- copy Cabina folder to ALL plane folders;
 
- copy MiG-23UB, MiG-23UB_Early, MiG-23UM folders to Aicraft folder.
 
- copy BVP-50-60.* files to Weapons folder {if you download MiG-23/27 Weapons Pack before}
 
Plane specification:
 
- Max G: 7.0
 
- MiG-23UB can use 4 R-3R/R-13M,2 Kh-23. R-60 not allowed.
 
MiG-23UB versions:
 
MiG-23UB Early with Wing Version 1 (same as MiG-23S),PR-22SM radar, in production 1969-1971 nor exported
 
MiG-23UB with Wing Version 3 (same as MiG-23M),no Radar (but used placeholder), in production 1971-1978, for Export 1974-1985
 
totally 768 planes have been made for VVS
 
MiG-23UM - UB to ML level updating programm, 251 planes were updated in 1978-1984.
 
MiG-23UB export:
 
Algeria - 9 planes in 1974
 
Angola - 1985
 
Bulgaria - 15 planes in 1975, updated for UM.
 
Cuba - 2 Planes in 1978
 
CzechoSlovakia - 4 planes in 1978-79
 
Egypt - 6 planes in 1974
 
Ethiopia - 6 planes in 1981
 
Hungary - 12 planes in 1980
 
India - 15 planes 1982-83, 10 planes 2003 (from Ukraine).
 
Lybia - 8 planes in 1974
 
N. Korea - 1984
 
Poland - 6 planes in 1979
 
Romania - 10 planes in 1980, 2 planes in 1996
 
Also exported: Afganistan, Iraq, Syria, Vietnam, Yemen

MiG-23S Readme:
 
MiG-23S (Early & late)
 
Model based on Mig-23M model by Rafael{updates BPAo}, skins by Soviet2 by Marcello, used MiG-21MF cockpit.
 
Changes between MiG-23S & MiG-23M:
 
- Max G: 5.6-6.0
 
- Radar RP-22SM
 
- MiG-23S can use 4 R-3R/R-13M,2 Kh-66,Kh-23. R-60 not allowed.
 
- Smaller wings area, worse manoeuvrability.
 
- Engine: R-27F-300 (planes for Lipetsk TsBP) or R-27F2-300 (Planes for Belarus VO,{only one IAP near Ros' railway station});
 
- Another Nose design
 
- Tail moved at 860mm to nose
 
- another Airbrakes design
 
- no after cockpit Fuel cell
 
- another IFF antenna position.
 
- Early planes had no Delta Pod
 
- Mig-23S was in production in 1969-1971, in 1971 replaced by MiG-23 obr.71 {MiG-23L} (in 1972 replaced by MiG-23M)
 
 
MiG-23S productions so small, 50-60 planes in 1969-71, MiG-23S used as 1st line plane up to 1976-78,then replaced by MiG-23ML,& moved to Chenigov VVAUL where for training only.
 
Mig-23S required MiG-23/27 weapons pack. Please intall it first. http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=9693
 
MiG-23S picture gallery (150 photos)http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/avia/rus/mig/mig-23s/index.htm

F-4C 1966 – Da Nang & Phan Rang AB - By Crab_02 and Mike Druzolowski
 
**Notice - this package is for the die-hard rivet-counting historian. No colorful squadron markings or tailcodes onthese planes as they flew during 1966**
 
Please contact me for any problems or issues - we'll do our best to correct them and make this even more authentic for what's to come. PM me at Combatace or E-mail at mppd@att.net please.
 
I made this package for the post-October 08 patched version for Wings over Vietnam (which is what I'm flying). Textures are 1024 pixel resolution to help frame rates on modest systems (like mine) - so view the external views at arm's length, not extremely close-up please. Versions for SF2 with higher resolution textures are sure to follow.
My sincere thanks (in addition to Crab and TK) go to Sundowner - who originally shared his F-4 texture templates with me and what I started with originally, and also to drdoyo for his 1024 templates which helped, Ravenclaw_007 for the kind permission to include his super Martin Baker ejection seat in this package, and to Old Diego for kind permission to include his superb pilots, and to X Ray who did the superb pilot repaints (and whose name was forgotten in the original readme of the 1965 version).
 
Description: The airplane depicted is the Air Force F-4C as it appeared in 1966, after the first USAF three-tone camouflage scheme was field-applied - Navy LAU-17 pylons with adapters for A/G ordnance were still in evidence (as per the 1965 package), no radar homing and warning antennas nor all of the small antennas added later on. Four styles of 370 gal drop tanks are available - both old McAir and later Sgt Fletcher style, in either all-white or camouflage. The planes have the initial camo paint scheme applied to the early F-4Cs (still with the Navy-style LAU-17 pylons) and typicaly had the rear fuselage camouflaged all the way to the drag chute door. Aircraft often carried a minimum of stenciled markings.
 
New features include:
*New vertical stab and rudder shapes
*New nose radome and IR sensor housing shapes
*New detailed pylons and Sidewinder rails
*New 3D model cockpit (mostly invisible though...)
*New nose wheel doors
*Animated air refueling door (Shift + 8)
*Opening canopies of course (Shift + 3)
*New horizontal stab bases
*New early McAir and later Fletcher wing tanks (with pylons that correctly jettison along with the tank) plus new centerline 600 gal tank with retained pylon
*Numerous small detail changes
 
(Note that all textures for the stock Thirdwire F-4s can be made to fit with minor alterations - watch leading edge flap, vertical stab/rudder and intake splitter plate locations mostly.)
 
Issues: I used many parts that I already had built, so separate bmps are included for the pylons, nose and rails - these should have been combined into one I guess.
 
Historical bit: TAC's 366th TFW at Holloman AFB, NM transferred one Phantom II squadron to PACAF in 1965, the 390th TFS (officially transferred to PACAF's 6252nd TFW at Da Nang as of 29 October 1966), and arriving ca. 17 November (moving with grey/white F-4C aircraft, which were soon field-painted in the new three-tone T.O.1-1-4 camouflage scheme). Photos of these recently camo'ed aircraft show undersurfaces untouched and still retaining the large star and bar and USAF. The unit was joined at Da Nang by the 480th TFS as of 01 February 1966, which arrived already painted in the new camouflage scheme. As of 08 April 1966 the 390th TFS was assigned, and the 480th TFS was attached to the 35th TFW at Da Nang. Due to overcrowding at Da Nang, the other Holloman F-4C squadron - the 389th TFS, (which had been deployed TDY to Elmenfdorf AFB, Alaska in late 1965) moved with already-camouflaged F-4Cs to Phan Rang AB along with the transfer of the 366th TFW to PACAF as of 14 March 1966 (although with none of the same airplanes it flew in Alaska). As of 10 october 1966, all three squadrons were again re-united at Da Nang under the 366th TFW.
 
Color photos are somewhat rare for these airplanes during 1966, but it seems that the last two serial number digits may have been painted in red on the front nose gear door for all three squadrons. (It is possible that the squadron color was eventually used during 1966, but I have no evidence of this yet). There is some variation from plane to plane as to vertical spacing on the tail of the "AF" and the serial number, so I have tried to reproduce this. Several 480th TFS F-4Cs had the serial presentation as "USAF" instead of the more common "AF" as well. Stencilled markings varied from a lot to a little.
 
Notes about the flight model: Basically the default post Oct 08 patched data.ini, but I have modified the landing gear rolling coefficient to have a bit more drag (the plane will not move by itself and take off like a rocket when the brakes are released!), I have reduced the wheel braking effect so that a few taps will not make the thing stop on a dime (however they will not hold the plane in place when the power is brought up to over 78% - adjust as desired), I have increased the nose gear spring factor to give it a bit more of that “springy” feeling when the brakes are applied, and I have increased the speed brakes effect to a more realistic effect (to me). The original values have a triple slash in front of them, so modify as desired if you don't like my changes.
 
Cockpit notes: Uses the stock post Oct 08 patch WOV cockpit, but I have added a sight reticle which is a brighter orange - matches photos I have seen a bit better I think.