Strike Fighters 2 Screenshots Thread

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[+daddyairplanes 10,796]

lots of great shots in here lately. sadly mine are only

a wish for wings that work

why not Minot?

[+EricJ 4,335]

Fox 3:

[+Menrva 4,306]

22 years ago, flight testing of the F-22 began at Edwards AFB

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[+allenjb42 4,280]

On the long flight across Ethiopia the passengers aboard the CH-53E, a US Navy SEAL team, reflected that it was a little over 24 hours since they had been checking into a luxury hotel in Dubai. They had just started a well-deserved spell of R&R after a particularly intense period of operations in the Persian Gulf.

Operating from Navy ships and aircraft they had been part of the protection for international shipping from Iranian aggression

As well taking on the occasional covert recon of Iranian facilities..

(But that's a screenshot story for another time.)

It seemed like no sooner had the SEALs checked into the hotel in Dubai when the call came that they were to be picked up and flown back to Bahrain as a matter of urgency. Transport was enroute and they were to grab their gear and head to the roof ASAP...  

'Hey pilot, don't go yet. We're missing a couple of the Team that went straight to the beach to hang with some air hostesses we met on the flight down.'

'No problem, we'll pick them up on the way'

A flight to Navy HQ in Bahrain, a hair-raising transit by speeding fully-loaded SUVs to the airport, and the SEALs were climbing aboard the Boeing 707 charity-chartered aid flight to Djibouti...

'Skipper, why couldn't we have just taken that flight?'

''We don't know who's watching flight arrivals in Djibouti. And in any case we're being met at the airport there for a connecting flight. that we don't need the other passengers to see. Now shut up and get some sleep. You don't know when you'll get another chance.' 

Turbulence shook the SEAL leader from his thoughts. The CH-53E was taking on fuel as it continued it's journey to Gondar, hub of USMC operations supporting the aid operation in-country on Ethiopia..

 

He opened the intel package that he had been handed on boarding the helo to find out just why he and his men had been plucked so urgently from the lap of luxury to exchange one desert battlefield for another.

To be continued...

 

Edited September 28, 2019 by allenjb42

[+EricJ 4,335]

[10107 768]

[+daddyairplanes 10,796]

nuclear testing

 

(big thanks to russouk2004 and Kjakker!)

 

[+EricJ 4,335]

[+allenjb42 4,280]

As the sun began to set the SEAL Team leader reviewed the intel package..

A week ago an aid convoy heading for the remote villages near the Sudan border lost contact.

Of course search parties were launched to find them.

 

48 hours ago a French C-160 on an aid drop flight spotted the convoy halted well off their route and called it in.

The convoy consists of trucks carrying food and medical supplies, a portable clinic constructed from shipping containers, and a number of international doctors, nurses and aid workers, including 5 Americans.

As suspected, the convoy was being held by Sudanese backed militia.

It would be dark by the time the SEALs arrived at Gondar. They would head straight into the mission planning cell and get together with the Marines to plan a rescue that could be launched as soon as possible..

 

Sure enough, by morning the various elements were ready to go..

A KC-130 lifts off carrying the SEALs..

Marine helos launch...

A blocking force of Marines, including Humvees and LAV-25s will be inserted between the convoy and the border to prevent the militia escaping with hostages...

 

And the F/A-18Ds of VMFA(AW)- 533 are tasked to provide recon, CAS and CAP for the operation..

 The KC-130's track takes it far enough from the convoy that it won't be noticed, but close enough that the SEALs can cover the distance comfortably and it's time to jump...

To be continued...

[+Nightshade/PR 8,321]

"When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight"

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The Millberry book has been a big help.  Only a few more SQNS to work  on.

 

[+daddyairplanes 10,796]

15 hours ago, Nightshade/PR said:

"When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight"

 

heres a few topping options for your next delivery

[+yakarov79 11,344]

[+daddyairplanes 10,796]

hey do we have any lighthouses as terrain features? it would allow for recreating  a usual pic taken of many NC based birds

mandatory screenie (minus lighthouse)

[+Coupi 4,430]

Low speed and high angle flight dynamic ! 

[+daddyairplanes 10,796]

more nuke testing, some light refurbishing of Killerbee331s Mk28

[+EricJ 4,335]

Heading out for a CAS mission over Syria

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Freshly out of the paint shop, a 421 SQN heads out on CAP.
 

Some MiG17s deciding to try to scratch my paint.

 

Still saying no



Out of altitude and some of the losers burning in the background.

[+EricJ 4,335]

Just a lazy bomb practice day.

[+EricJ 4,335]

Rifle

[+allenjb42 4,280]

Near the border with Sudan the blocking force takes up position...

At the convoy site the SEALs move into position..

The SEAL leader gives the order, 'Snipers engage'...

But the snipers aren't lying prone with long guns, they are inbound AH-1W gunships with Hellfire missiles targeted at the enemy 'technicals' from the rear...

 

The Cobras close to engage with rockets and guns..

As confusion reigns a SEAL element, armed to the teeth and kitted out for hostage rescue, emerges from cover and makes a move to secure the aid workers..

It's close combat but the militia don't really stand a chance against professionals..

The rest of the SEAL team close in to the secure the convoy and call in the extraction helos..

Meanwhile, an F/A-18D ATARS bird, outfitted for FAC spots a dust cloud crossing from the Sudan border and rolls in to investigate...

 

It's militia reinforcements...

But wait...

They've got company, and it's heading straight towards the blocking force.....

The Marines hastily reorient to meet the new threat, but they're out of position, outnumbered and outgunned...

 

To be continued...

Edited October 5, 2019 by allenjb42

[+EricJ 4,335]

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[+allenjb42 4,280]

Strung out across the valley floor to prevent any militia forces escaping towards the border, the Marine blocking force is at a distinct disadvantage in the upcoming engagement..

 

With no time to call for extraction or even to redeploy to the opposite slopes of the valley the Marines will not hold the high ground and the only option will be to try to pick off the enemy vehicles as they crest the ridge and are silhouetted against the skyline...

If the enemy armour gets down to the valley floor they will be able to manoeuvre freely and bring their main guns to bear on the lightly armoured Marine vehicles..

But the Marines have air support from AH-1Ws and F/A-18Ds which will try to thin down the Sudanese forces, with the FAC firstly running in to mark targets...

Closely followed by the attack birds..

This isn't going to be easy though, the enemy have brought air defence units with them..

But the Marines have a flight outfitted for defence suppression... 

And then the first enemy units cross the ridgeline and the battle really begins...

To be continued...

Edited October 6, 2019 by allenjb42