SLUFs on Guard: A-7D in Air National Guard service 1974-1993 1.0.0

                                                                                                                         SLUFs on Guard: A-7D in Air National Guard service 1974-1993

This mod adds several new skins to showcase the stock ThirdWire A-7D as it appeared in Air National Guard service. This mod includes two "new" A-7 variants based off the stock A-7D_78, mainly for ease of incorporating skins and saving 500MB of space!

The A-7D Corsair II (most commonly called the SLUF) first entered service in the Air Guard with the 188th Tactical Fighter Squadron, New Mexico ANG, in early 1974. The SLUF went on to serve with 16 different squadrons of the ANG, 15 of which are presented here (Arizona's 162nd TFS was the schoolhouse and flew predominantly A-7K two seaters). The A-7D finally bowed out of USAF service when the 162d Fighter Squadron, Ohio ANG, retired theirs in early 1993.

            REQUIREMENTS
This mod requires you to have STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 EUROPE for the A-7D_75 and _78 it is based on. You could adapt rename the skins for use with the A-7D found in SF2 or SF2V,
but thats 5 files in 60 some skins.

        INSTALLATION
UNZIP MAIN FOLDER, PUT OBJECTS FOLDER INTO DESIRED MOD FOLDER

            Included
4 Aircraft:                           A-7D_75, A-7D_78, A-7D_83, A-7D_88,
59 Skins and tga sets      covers the major schemes used by all covered units
historic serials                  well, fairly historic. this was a tough nut to crack and airframes are matched to units as best as possible.
nose arts                           for the gray 112th TFS (Ohio ANG) and all 149th TFS (Virginia ANG)
weapons                           regular bombs modded by me to boost base supply levels. other weapons that could be seen later in life added too including the LANA FLIR pod
ini edits                             mostly tweaking weapons loadouts. Air Guard SLUFs were more likely to carry basic bomb loads rather than the precision guided toys. and rarely had tanks

                    Credits
Nyghtfall, Svetlin    AN/AAR-45 LANA skin. Nyghtfall did the bulk of the psd work, Svetlin the panel lines and was kind enough to share it with me.
Wrench                    original Thirdwire A-7D templates, I added my work on top of his originals
KillerBee331           weapons pack that most non stock weps are drawn from
malibu43                2_LAU-88 mod to carry 4 Maverick rather than 6
daddyairplanes      skin and tga work, ini edits, new patches and load screens, butt load of research
TW                           stock A-7D models

            Still with me? Heres the list of included units

Michigan         07th TFS         Ohio                     112th TFS        Colorado           120th TFS
Iowa(IA)          124th TFS       Oklahoma           125th TFS        Virginia              149th TFS
Arizona           152d  TFS        Ohio                    162d  TFS         Ohio                   166th TFS
Iowa(HA)        174th TFS        South Dakota    175th TFS        New Mexico     188th TFS
Puerto Rico    198th TFS        South Carolina  157th TFS        Pennsylvania    146th TFS

            Your still reading? GO ON, go fly the mod!

I hope that you enjoy this mod as much as I did making it.

daddyairplanes
aka Kevin Unruh
24 Jun 2023    

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This is freeware; it CANNOT be distributed unless permissions are granted by myself.
The original readmes, if any, and all other pieces of the package MUST remain intact.
The names of all contributors, modders, suppliers, etc =MUST= be listed in any new readmes.
This package and any part of it may NOT in any way, shape, or form be used in any payware additions.
See the original readme documentation, if any, for further allowances and restrictions
Any persons wishing to make further modifications, contact me first.
Any persons wishing to make further modifications MUST remember to put everyone's name in it.

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THIS AIRCRAFT MOD OR ANY PART OF IT MUST NOT BE HOSTED OR
POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD ON ANY OTHER WEBSITE WITHOUT MY EXPRESS
PERMISSION, OR USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN THIRDWIRE FLIGHT
SIMULATORS, AND MUST NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE BY ITSELF
OR WITH ANY OTHER FILES OR MODS.
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