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[Fictional] F-100D 'Shavit' (Comet) for SF2 3

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North American F-100D 'Shavit' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2

This is a simple mod of the stock Third Wire F-100D to give a fictional F-100D 'Shavit' (Comet) of the Israeli Air Force with markings for;

117 squadron - 'The First Jet Squadron' in a natural metal scheme.

253 squadron - 'The Negev Squadron' in a USAF SEA scheme (as transferred from USAF stocks in October 1973).

This should work in any SF2 game featuring the stock Third Wire F-100D but has only been tested in a merged install of SF2/SF2V/SF2E/SF2I.


BACKSTORY

Despite a very smooth test and development phase North American Aviation's superb F-107 unexpectedly lost out to Republic Aviation's F-105 Thunderchief in the competition for a new supersonic fighter-bomber for TAC. By early 1959 the end of the F-100D production line was now in sight and with the F-108 and B-70 programmes now on the far horizon North American Aviation needed to stretch the F-100 Super Sabre programme out to plug the gap and urgently proposed a variety of F-100 variants to several friendly nations, including Israel, Japan and the United Kingdom.

In April 1959 the Israeli government signed for 50 F-100D's and the first of these entered Heyl Ha'Avir service in February 1960 replacing the obsolete Gloster Meteors of 117 Squadron. The 'Shavit' was a popular machine in Heyl Ha'Avir service and served with distinction during the 1967 'Six-Day' war but losses were heavy during the early days of the 1973 'Yom Kippur' war and two small batches of ex-USAF F-100D's were accquired as attrition replacements allowing No.253 squadron to re-equip with the F-100D before finally retiring the type in November 1977.


INSTRUCTIONS

1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-100Didf folder into your Aircraft folder.

2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-100Didf folder into your Decals folder.

That's it!


CREDITS

As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim.

Special thanks to guyran for suggesting the 'Shavit' name.

And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.

Regards 

Spinners

Version 3 - January 19th, 2024.
 

 


What's New in Version 3

Released

Name revised to F-100D as F-100I was too confusing as it looked like one thousaand and one.

New decals and decals now in folders.

New Hangar Screen, Loadout Image and Loading Screen.

Screenshot added to listing.




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