Cuba(n Phantom) libre...

[ValAstur 1,294]

What, if the Invasion of the bay of pigs would have been successful and Cuba would have not remained comunistic...

 

Until the end of 1964, the new Cuban nation remained under the protection of US armed forces since it did not yet have a working military system after the comunistic fall.

At the beginning of 1965, the new Cuban country got fully accepted as a nation by the UN assembly (with exception of the Soviet Union and other comunist countries), Cuba was able to rebuild the industry with the support of US and european companies.

 

At the same time, the new cuban armed forces began establishing a chain of command and acquiring military equipment, which consisted mostly of used american material, both in air and on ground.

 

In February 1965, The New Cuban Air Force (Nueva Fuerza Aérea Cubana - NFAC) first received a batch of used Fairchild C-123 Provider Transport aircraft and 24 F-4B Phantom II from the USN in order to rebuild a working air defense capability. In April 1965, the NFAC received another shipment of 36 used F-4Bs. In the same month, the NFAC renamed itself to FAC (Fuerza Aérea Cubana).

 

McDonnell Douglas F-4B, Nueva Fuerza Aérea Cubana, 12th Squadron, 1965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe somebody can create a nicer background story...

 

Feel free to contribute...also with other aircraft...

Edited October 24, 2014 by ValAstur

[dsawan 624]

Nice!

[+dtmdragon 2,704]

Very cool!

[ValAstur 1,294]

You can add this to your nations.ini:

 

[NationXXX]
Name=NewCuba
DisplayName=New Cuban Air Force
Alignment=FRIENDLY
PilotNameList=NamesSpanish.lst
RankList=RanksUSAF.lst
CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst
Formation.Fighter=USFighter
Formation.Attack=USFighter
Formation.Bomber=USBomber
Formation.Transport=USBomber
Formation.Tank=USTank
Formation.MobileAD=USAD
PilotTrainingStandard=Average
GenderRatio=0
DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav
DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav
DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav
SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat
SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.cat
Medals=MedalsUSAF.ini
MedalTextFile=MedalsUSAF.str
ActiveDate=1964
AlternateDecal=USAF_OLD


These are the Camo Color Values (RGB) I used for the skin:

Dark blue    93,110,126
Bright blue    130,153,176
Grey        150,149,145

 

In the Rar-File are both the proposed flag and insignia...Happy skinning.

New Cuba.rar

Edited October 25, 2014 by ValAstur

[+baffmeister 1,205]

Why not make the Bay of Pigs operation only a partial success? Half the island is communist and half is [somewhat] democratic. I had this idea a long time ago but never did anything with it. The terrain is very nice with the Stary tiles and Wrench target areas.

Edited October 27, 2014 by baffmeister

[Fubar512 1,350]

One thing;

 

The CAF would most likely have gone back to using the "stars and bars" insignia of the pre-revolutionary days, as seen on these Thunderbolts:

 

[ValAstur 1,294]

Well, that is a question only a real cuban who knows his folks would be able to answer to.

[Wrench 9,848]

given the affiliatiions with the US, pre Castro, I think they would have gone back to the old insignia (which BTW, the decals for already exist in the object cats & the Nation as well. look to Nation097)