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Early VFA-41

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And another early scheme...

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Who said that training never paid off...

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the beautiful and the beast

 

i mean "the beauty and the beast" ^^

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Mustang Tanks ?

wip.

Hawker P.1211 "Hurricane" Euro camo...and FGR4...as was supplied by Spinners...thnx for info spin m8

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Mustang Tanks ?

wip.

Hawker P.1211 "Hurricane" Euro camo...and FGR4...as was supplied by Spinners...thnx for info spin m8

Yes, 108 gals. drop tanks, got them from the Bearcat released a few days ago.

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Yes, 108 gals. drop tanks, got them from the Bearcat released a few days ago.

they've been in the weapons pak since 2006 ... I been using them on Wolf's mustangs since they were released

 

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Yak-41M "Yellow 73" - 244. OKShAP, Heavy Aircraft Cruiser Riga, Northern Fleet of the Soviet Union, 1994

 

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... so many skinners made outstanding works on Phantoms. I never skinned. But the last night I decided to try this

 

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All the RN squandrons done. The stock one completed with relevant fuselage serials and front gear door numbers .... I hope you will like to upgrade your DLC F-4K.

 

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An F/A-18F assigned to VFA-41 launches off the carrier USS Nimitz in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

 

Nice work paolopanz...

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I'm thinking about writing up a short story/series of AAR's for the new ODS campaign I started called "The Last Charge of the American Rhino" where I'm flying F-4E-ARN-101's with the 3rd TFS, trying to make ace(!) while still completing my assigned objectives. I got lucky with two kills the first night. Apologies for the poor quality of the photos. Polaroids don't come out too well in Phantom cockpits!

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17th January, 1991

06:15

Somewhere over Northern Saudi Arabia

 

My flight, "Crab-01" was a pair of late model F-4E's from the 3rd TFS fragged to strike an enemy C3 facility just North East of An Najaf. We were carrying 4 LGB's and plenty of ECM equipment, but we had also three AIM-7's each. These Rhinos were not without their horns.

 

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This image (along with all the Polaroids) was taken by my RIO 1/LT Norman "Weirdo" Patterson, of my wingman's F-4E #72-166. Piloted by 2/LT Donald "Row" Bott, with 2/LT Stephen "Ford" Pinto. My aircraft was tail number #72-161.

 

06:37

Near As-Salman, Iraq

 

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As my flight headed northwest over the border, we got a call from AWACS that a large, slow aircraft (later identified as an An-12) had taken off BEHIND the main strike package and was making a turn East. Either to run to friendly units in Kuwait, or more likely, Iran. As the closest "interceptor", and with all the other fighters tied up with the rest of the IrAF, AWACS had us pull a quick 180 and engage the beast. I grabbed the camera from my RIO as he locked up the Cub, I just HAD to get of picture of the radar lock!

 

06:38

 

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With the Cub locked and the missile reading in range, I called "FOX ONE!" and pickled the Sparrow. This is a frame from the gun camera footage of my AIM-7 lancing towards the target. Only a few seconds later the Antonov was a flaming wreck, careening towards the desert floor.

 

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Shortly after we turned back towards the target, the adrenaline started to wear off and we got back down to business. One look at my radar scope showed a fierce air battle raging just forty to fifty miles to the north, over An Najaf. Weirdo held camera over my shoulder and snapped this picture, just tenths of a second after our jet was locked up by an IrAF MiG-29, and shortly thereafter, a Foxbat. The Fulcrum got eliminated by a flight of F-15's, but the Foxbat took a shot. We maneuvered against the missile and it passed harmlessly below us as the Eagle drivers lit the MiG up like Christmas.

 

Shortly after this my radar scope, cluttered with IFF returns from the strike package ahead of me showed one or two unidentified contacts. The one closest to me began to change direction, going from to right to left to aggressively turning into my nose. I asked AWACS to report any unknowns. I was surprised to hear the controller reply "Bandit! Your 12 O'Clock, angels ten, fifteen miles. Cleared to Engage!" In the confusion of the dogfight a MiG-23 had gotten lost in the center of the engagement and no one had their nose pointed at him but me. And he was doing likewise. Lt Patterson locked him up and once again my voiced called fox one.

 

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Weirdo hit the flash, and it glared on the canopy, but you can still see my second Sparrow on the way towards the next target. The MiG disintegrated in a fire ball at my high 1 O'Clock. When I transitioned back to my primary, the scope was clear. At least for the first night, the Allies had achieved air superiority.

 

This next image was developed from a roll of film found in the camera of a dead Roland battery crewman that was guarding my primary. This was the last image taken, and appears to be 72-161 rolling off target. I remember the Roland locking me up as I passed overhead, so I have to assume it's me.

 

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And finally the victors return! Another view of 72-161 on this sortie taken from a third party, albeit this time from an F-15 crew chief who grabbed a picture of the Mighty MiG Killers taxiing back in.

 

 

Well, I hope ya'll enjoyed this. The images were regular screenshots I touched up with a quick instagram/pixlr style image tweaker.

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testing the ALQ-101 ecm pods for the upcoming Weaponspack2

 

AN/ALQ-101v1

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AN/ALQ-101v1_RAT , i only wish i could let the RAT rotate :scratch:

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AN/ALQ-101v3

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AN/ALQ-101v6

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HOOOOOOLY S-! Those AIM-4's look phenomenal!

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This community is constantly blowing my mind!!!! Great work everyone, and not just the modders but those that can also take AMAZING screenshots!!!

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gabravo, just hit the prtscr button while in game. or if you use a joystick and want go into the controls menu in Options and select a button to be the screenshot button. then you can join in the fun too...

 

this is Dels C-130E. can anyone tell me whats missing? (MANY thanks to Dels for the help with it)

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We have a lot of very good stuff only to upgrade .....

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What about these old stock big friends reserialled and little enhanced?

 

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out after Nagumo....

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