WoE Default Aircraft and Years

[AJAY67]

Hi community,

 

after a highly successful reinstall of WoV, I have decided today to do a reinstall of WoE, and all it's updates and add ons. The only thing that has me concerned is some of the default aircraft. When I think 'Cold War', I think of that period when I was living in the UK and on alert, usually around the 1981 mark. As a result, I feel that some of the default aircraft are a little 'defunct', such as the B-57, Hunter etc. I want to make this as accurate as I can, what does the community think?

I cannot see Hunters flying along with F-15's et al.

 

I would like to make this as accurate as possible. What does the community think?

 

Thanks

 

AJ.

[+JonathanRL]

Well, many countries kept their Hawker Hunters well into the eighies. There are still Air Forces that uses it as its main Aircraft - same with the MiG-21 and other such Aircraft. As thus, the time usually shows when the last Air Force stopped using the plane in question.

[AJAY67]

Very True,

 

However, I would like to keep the 'Cold War' pretty much confined to the US, UK, a few other NATO nations, and the WARPAC states. I'm not sure, but I doubt if the RAF would have been using Hunters at this time. Because of the map sizes in the sim as well, this is why I will be leaving out some NATO nations such as Spain.

 

Thanks

 

AJ

[Hokum]

Didnt the Danish use hunters for a long time, and had them modified to use sidewinders?

[+ST0RM]

You mentioned the B-57. By 1969, the B-model was undergoing modification to the B-57G "Tropic Moon III" config. The model found in USAFE was the RB-57 and later, the EB-57. The EBs were converted B-57C trainers.

 

So, you could replace the B-57B with one of the excellent 3rd Party Canberras for accuracy.

 

-S

[bwild]

Didnt the Danish use hunters for a long time, and had them modified to use sidewinders?

 

The Dutch airforce did, although Hunters were replaced Starfighters by 1968.

[Hokum]

The Dutch airforce did, although Hunters were replaced Starfighters by 1968.

 

I know the Danish used them into the 70's so i thought they had modified them for winders too?

[bwild]

Could be, I'm not sure. The RNlAF fitted the rails to the outboard pylons of the Hunter F4/F6, I don't know if and were the Danish fitted their Sidewinders.

 

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Edited June 5, 2009 by bwild

[+hgbn]

The Danish Hunters were guns only. Used from 1956-1974 as pure dayfighters with low altitude Air defence as their mission