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    • By 76.IAP-Blackbird
      Dev Blog №1

      Well — here it is, this moment. We announce to you, dear friends, our new project and our new game world — "Korea. IL-2 Series." From now on and until the release of the game, we plan to publish developer diaries regularly and quite often, in which we will tell you in detail about most aspects of the new flight simulator. In this, the first, introductory entry, we will "go over the top" and outline the main features of the new project.
        What is it about?
        "Korea. IL-2" immerses the player in a virtual world that recreates the air battles in the skies over the Korean Peninsula from April 1951 to July 1953. Military operations during this time were concentrated in the northern part of the peninsula, and much was decided in the air. These events became a landmark in the history of aviation and military affairs: it was the swan song of propeller aviation (which played a very important role in the Korean War) and the rise of jet aviation. By the time of release, it is planned to recreate no less than 8 player-controlled aircraft — half of them will be jets and the other half will be piston-engined aircraft. The jets will be represented not only by the first "pioneers" of the new era, in which designers and pilots for the first time faced unknown challenges to their skills, but also by the powerful and efficient second-generation F-86A Sabre and MiG-15bis. Piston-engined aircraft will be the quintessence of the era — in the skies of Korea piston aviation enthusiasts will be able to fly the most powerful and efficient machines of this type in history: the F-51D Mustang and F4U Corsair and their Soviet opponents. One of them will be the Il-10 attack plane — where else but in a flight simulator about the Korean War could we pay tribute to the last attack plane of the famous Il-2 series? With improved aerodynamic contours, a more powerful engine, improved flight characteristics, still powerfully armed, and having an armored fuselage — in the hands of an experienced pilot it was a powerful machine.
        Who is it about?
        In the new project we are recreating the air forces of those countries whose pilots were most involved in the aerial battles: the USA, North Korea, the USSR and China. It is interesting that both the Soviet pilots and the Chinese People’s Volunteers participated under the legend that they were all flying North Korean planes — the identification marks of the USSR and China were painted over by the marks of the North Korean Air Force. In fact, there were air regiments in the command structure of the Soviet and Chinese armies, which will be reflected in the uniforms and equipment of the pilots and the language of radio communication. In the main game mode, the player will no longer be an ordinary pilot, concerned only with individual success in a series of combat missions — now the player will be a commander of an entire unit, and on his shoulders will rest not only the management of personnel, but also the planning of combat missions based on the situation and the management of the unit’s resources — the personnel and aircraft.
        What's new?
        The new game engine is even more different from Great Battles than Great Battles was from Rise of Flight. DirectX 12, Physically Based Rendering (PBR) technologies, new visualization systems for atmosphere, vegetation, graphical effects, integration of a new version of the sound API, a new GUI engine and design, an evolution of the aircraft simulation physics engine, including a new aerodynamics, systems operation and damage model, a new damage model for ground objects and ships, a new system of decision making and giving orders to AI pilots, a new radio communication system, and, of course, a new qualitative evolution of the main game mode — all this together makes a qualitative leap, not just an evolutionary step. It required a huge investment of effort and resources from us, because for the new technologies all models, effects, sounds, graphical interface — all this had to be created from scratch. In other words — this is not just "a new version of IL-2," no. "Korea. IL-2 Series" is a completely new version of the engine and has completely new content.   What's next?   Actually, we started the development of "Korea" in parallel with the development of "Great Battles" back in the summer of 2022, and most of the work has already been done. Now we are actively developing the graphical interface and game modes: the development of aircraft has already moved to the stage of creating cockpit models, while the map of Korea is in its final shape and we are already filling it with cities and airfields. The development of dozens of types of ground and sea objects is nearing completion, and the new technological base — engine and tools — is already ready. Most of the development path has been completed, all the parameters of the new project have been defined, and that’s why we can finally announce it with peace of mind and tell you about its features without making promises we weren’t sure we could keep. Thanks for your patience! We will try to keep you updated on what we have already created and how we are progressing during the development cycle until the release.  

      Dev Blog №1 (il2-korea.com)
    • By daddyairplanes


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

      *************************************************************
      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.
      *************************************************************
      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.
      *************************************************************
       
      Submitter daddyairplanes Submitted 06/24/2023 Category A-7  
    • By daddyairplanes
                                                                                                                               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    

      *************************************************************
      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.
      *************************************************************
      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.
      *************************************************************
       
    • By snowburn


      View File F-51D FAU Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya
      This is a re-skin of the stock p-51D for the Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya (local name: F-51D)
      Strike Fighters 2 Expansion Pack 1 Israel is required

      this is my first reskin, i hope you like it and score a lot of kills :)

      Model: Original TW P-51D
      Pilot: Pil_kawb (Sorry, i dont know who made this, if somebody knows i will add thank and credit him/her immediately)
      FakePilot - Football Baloon: Walter
      Textures and Decals by me: snowburn (except base texture)

      Thanks to http://www.pilotoviejo.com/ for the reference photos.
      A huge thanks to the SF2 Español community for their help and tutorials.
      Submitter snowburn Submitted 07/25/2020 Category P-51  
    • By snowburn
      This is a re-skin of the stock p-51D for the Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya (local name: F-51D)
      Strike Fighters 2 Expansion Pack 1 Israel is required

      this is my first reskin, i hope you like it and score a lot of kills :)

      Model: Original TW P-51D
      Pilot: Pil_kawb (Sorry, i dont know who made this, if somebody knows i will add thank and credit him/her immediately)
      FakePilot - Football Baloon: Walter
      Textures and Decals by me: snowburn (except base texture)

      Thanks to http://www.pilotoviejo.com/ for the reference photos.
      A huge thanks to the SF2 Español community for their help and tutorials.
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