Operation Formosa Freedom By JonathanRL   Year: 1959 Flyable Services: US Air Force, US Navy, Republic of China Air Force Carrier Operations: Yes Naval Combat: Yes Ground War Scale: Medium Cheese / Ham Sandwich Included: No   Hey, Paulopanz. This one is for you. Consider it a Thank-You for all you done for TSF !   Summary: September, 1959   The Peoples Republic of China increases their rethoric against their wayward province Taiwan, on the Island of Formosa. For the purpose of "peace and order" in the region, they demand that Formosa shall surrender its independence. Meanwhile, both US and Taiwan intelligence services declare the probability of actual invasion to be low.   Intimidated by the massive bomber armada of the PRC, the Goverment of Taiwan requests US Aid who comes swiftly in the shape of several Interceptor Squadrons. Two Carrier Groups in the Pacific are also ordered to converge on Formosa; bolstering the strike capacity of the Island.   The worst fear of the Taiwanese people is confirmed as Amphibious Regiments are spotted outside the coast of the outer islands. This will be one of the fierest ground, air and naval war in history.   Will Formosa fall before US Marines arrive to relive the defenders?   Installation: Required: Strike Fighters 2 Europe Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam   Recommended: A-4A DLC Expansion Pack 1   First of all, make sure you are using the required packages merged and that it is patched to the latest version. This is _vital_. Check http://www.thirdwire.com if you are unsure what the latest patch is, but the game should notify you if there is new patches out.   If you are using a mod, or plan to use one, This mod will mess around with settings other mods may be using. As such, creating a seperate mod folder for Formosa is a good idea. If you only plan to use Formosa on your main installation, then this step can be bypassed.   Go to your installation folder (Usually C:\Program Files\Thirdwire\Strike Fighters 2). Make a copy of Strike Fighters 2.exe / Strike Fighters 2 Europe.exe depending on what you prefer and got installed. Name the Copy Strike Fighters 2 Formosa.exe . Start your new .exe once, then close the game.   Now go to your Mod Folders. For Windows 7/Vista, this is located in C:\Users\Name\Saved Games\Thirdwire. For Windows XP Users, it is usually in My Documents. Unzip the contents of the 7zip file "Formosa" into the mod folder of your choice. Allow any overwrites.   If you own Expansion Pack 1, unzip the file "Optimal" into the same Mod Folder to install correct skins for the J-2.   Enjoy!   (Yes, I take requests. Just make them reasonable...)   CREDITS:   TERRAIN: Formosa Terrain by Gepard Formosa Terrain Improvements by Wrench & Stary   AIRCRAFT:   F84G: RussoUk for this fine addition - it really holds up superbly in SF2; JSF_Aggie for 2 of the USAF skins; Stephan s for the AMi skin, in particular the Devil tail badge decal; TMF for the F-84 Triple Rocket Rack (also available in the GunnyPak) ???? for the F84G engine sound wav -- paulo? carlo??? don't remember!!! Me, for all the ini work, the other 2 skins new decals & positioning, and assembling the package TK, of course, for the whole series   A-1J: Cockpit and Adjustments by Dels   AD-4: 3W for the Skyraider Dels for his SUPERB cockpit TMF for the flaps and gear sounds Timmy? for the AN/APS-4 pod (iirc!!) Me, for all the reworking and assembling the package   B-57B: Cockpit by ajunaidr.   F3H-2N: Aircraft & Weapons by ChampionsVA56   F4D-1: Aircraft/Weapons by Julhelm   F-11F: Fleet-Defender, BPAO (Oli, we miss you!), Crab_02, Marcello, Column5 Sony Tuckson Me for some of the decals and other stuff like that there TK for the whole series!   F-100AD: Updated ini's by MJ and starfighter. Skin by Paulopanz Assembly and other adjustments by usafmtl   F-86F: Airplane and skin by Starfighter2 Help by Zur, USAFMTL, Crab and Heck Mitchell,Pappy, Ravenclaw_007 Skins by Paulopanz   H-5: Skins by Paulopanz   F-101 A/B/C Voodoo: Dave, Column5, Spillone104, NGHENGO, Bobrock, Candair, triplethr3at & jimmybib   F-104A: Original F-104A: Ajunaidr Added 3D parts and Fuel Tanks: Spillone104 Textures : Spillone104 and Paulopanz Decals : USAFMTL (Dave) and Paulopanz Fake pilot mod: FastCargo INIs : Spillone104 Effects : Spillone104 Sounds : Spillone104   F-106: Aircraft by Pasko & Team   J-2/J-5/J-6: Skins by Paulopanz Cockpit by Stary   MiG-15Bis: Aircraft by Pasko & suhsjake   Tu-4/K: Aircraft by Monty CZ, Wrench & LindR   GROUND OBJECTS:   Thanks to Eburger for assembling the Tank package, from where I got most of them.   T-34: Rebel Ryder   M3 Halftrack: Geo   M8 Greyhound: Geo   Sherman: Geo   M-41: Pasko   Type053/H1S: WhiteBoySamurai   Atlanta Class: YeYe, Modified by Wrench   Fletcher Class: Grinch; Modified by Wrench.   EFFECTS: Unified Effects Pack 1.1 by Stary Ground Effects Collection by SF Better Widesky for SF2 by Cellisky and Insky_orsin Alternative Cloud layer 1.0 by SF SARCASM 1.3 by Stary   Footnotes: If I forgot anybody, please send me a PM and I will correct this at once. 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