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Canadian 401 Tactical Fighter Group F-35 Lightning II Mod 

This mod requires Strike Fighters 2 and a working installation of
the Operation Darius Mod available at the Combat Ace website:

Strike Fighters 2
https://www.thirdwire.com

Combat Ace
https://www.combatace.com

Direct Link to Operation Darius
https://combatace.com/forums/topic/74627-operation-darius-final-part-1-of-4/


What Is It?

This is a mod for Strike Fighters 2 and Operation Darius that adds the
Canadian 401 Tactical Fighter Group to the squadron choices when flying
the Operation Darius campaign. The original Operation Darius was limited
to the CF18 as the Canadian Forces multi-role fighter.

This mod adds the recently acquired F-35 Lightning II to Single Missions and
the Operation Darius Campaign for Canadian Forces. Canada, having recently
procured a number of F-35 jets for their fleet are replacing the aging CF18s
with the stealth and tactically aware F-35A Lightning II.

If you're a fan of this sim and the Lockheed-Martin jet, then this is your
chance to try it if you'd prefer to play as the Canadians.


What's Included?

I've included textures with proper Canadian markings, including the official
401 Tactical Fighter Group's own patch on the tail fins. These are simply 
modded textures of one of the other squadrons texture packs, which were
crafted by the Operation Darius team. 

I simply used their work and composited the 401 Patch and the appropriate
Canadian insignias on the wings, tail and fuselage. I've included the
original Photoshop layered files in case you want to alter the positioning
of the "Canadian" elements on the textures.


Installation:

Simply copy the two folders: Campaigns and Objects to your Operation Darius
mod directory which is located at:

WinXP or earlier:

.\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2\[OpDarius]

 

Vista/Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10/Win11

.\Users\<username>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2\[OpDarius]


where [OpDarius] is the name of the folder where you chose to install Operation Darius.

When you do, it should asked if you want to a bunch of files replaces, just replace all and have done with it and once they're done copying, you should be ready to go.


Thank you to the Combat Ace website, Thirdwire and to the Operation Darius team for making such a great
addon for an already awesome jet simulator/trainer. Thank you to the Government of Canada for
making the decision to upgrade our aging fleet of DEW line tasked multi-role fighters with the
now mature F-35A, and of course Lockheed-Martin for such an awesome aircraft.

Special thanks to the Canadian 401 Tactical Fighter Group.

 

Shameless Plug

I will post this file archive on Combat Ace, but also this file may be freely downloaded directly
from my own Shhhh! Digital Media website at https://www.shhhhdigital.ca under 
the software section.


Disclaimer

These files are shared as is and the creators and file hosts of these files claims no responsibility for any damages incurred from copying them or using them. They have been thoroughly scanned for malware and viruses but no warranty is offered for their use. By downloading and using these files, you are agreeing to the terms indicated in this readme.txt file.




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Don't get me wrong, but the marking for the RCAF on your bird is not ok. Especially the tail which do not represent the RCAF markings system. You should also use the current system markings. I made a 410Sqn RCAF F-35 skin but i did not posted the file at CA because is was far from my standrad for a release:)

I think the RCAF might call it the CF-135 or CF-355 (a plain guess here) if i got with their past designations...

However, always glad to se people wanting to do RCAF stuff!

See pictures of what i done then. Forget the beginning of the serial numbers (151...) as it as on the CF-151 thing months ago :) I think i might revisit the V2.0 skin i started for various squadrons. You can be sure the 409, 410, 425 and 433 will get some of the new fighters along with the 414. But now that the choice is almost made to get the F-35, i'm just wondering if they will go for a dark scheme or not :)

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Edited by 1977Frenchie

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