About This File
SF2 F-5A 'Freedom Fighter' by The Mirage Factory 10/12/2025
-For SF2 =ONLY= (Any & All, Full 4/5 Merged Recommended)
This is a remod of The Mirage Factory's F-5A "Freedom Fighter" for use in SF2. I've collected almost all the skins made for it since in original release in 2005. This was done simply because it hadn't been done yet, AND I needed F-5s for several of the countries on the "Iberian Peninsula/Northwest Africa" terrain recently released. You all can consider this yet another 1stGen Salvage Operation (tm). It will in =NO= way conflict with the (BEYOND!) excellent work done by Sophocles & Team on their F-5 series of aircraft.
Having collected the various bits for this aircraft mod, you'll find in this package, in no particular order (although nations with multiple paint jobs do have specific Start Date = statements) the following:
USAF:
4441st CCTS (NMF) (1964 <)
4441st CCTS (SEA Camo) (<1970) *a somewhat what-if. see note on skin texture set ini*
Greece:
341 Sqdn (NMF) <1965
341 Sqdn (SEA) <1974
343 Sqdn (Aegean Blue) <1985
343 Sqdn (Ghost) <1996
Korea (South):
112th FS (NMF) <1965
112th FS (SEA Camo) <1970
Vietnam (South):
522nd FS, VNAF <1967
Spain:
Ala 21, Esc 212 (NMF) <1968
Ala 21, Esc 212 3-Tone Camo <1975
Turkey:
152 Filo (NMF) <1966
152 Filo (SEA Camo) <1975
Morocco:
Escadron Borak <1966 (3 tone desert)
All skins remain in their original bmp format, at 1024x1024. All markings are decals, with only the VNAF having painted on wing insignia and squadron fuselage band. All aircraft have 24 historically accurate serial numbers; again excepting VNAF which only has 16. Decal randomization is TRUE. While 100% correct for the countries represented, I could not pin down the actual squadron usages. So, they should be considered 'Generic' in that respect. Each respective country uses the same "pool" of numbers for all of their skins. The exception is the later SEA camo RoKAF, which uses a different style.
A new pilot figure and ejection seat are included. All sounds, effects and weapons use Stock In-Game (tm) 3rd Wire items. This simplifies matter greatly. The TMF original wingtip and center line drop tanks are included, in their original colorations.
As is always recommended, unzip to a temp folder or your desktop to give easy access to the rest of this readme for it's install instructions. PLEASE read them, before installing!!! Please read the Notes section for other useless information, and (hopefully) full credits.
Please also take note of changes in the Standard Disclaimer in the "Legal BS" section at the bottom.
Happy Landings!
Wrench
Kevin Stein
For Oli