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7 hours ago, Stratos said:

Cool story and nice skins, didn't knew about that A4 role, where did you read about the Cuba part? I found this long long ago.

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Cool picture! I have done a VA-34 A-4B skin with the marking removed based on the only photo I can find of VA-34 in Cuba in 1961. 

If you google Bay of Pigs and VA-34 or Skyhawk etc the story about the botched Escort mission comes up in a few placed eg https://www.history.com/news/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-bay-of-pigs-invasion scroll down to #3.

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Hard to see in the screenshot but the over sprayed markings are a darker fresher grey

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13 hours ago, dtmdragon said:

Cool picture! I have done a VA-34 A-4B skin with the marking removed based on the only photo I can find of VA-34 in Cuba in 1961. 

If you google Bay of Pigs and VA-34 or Skyhawk etc the story about the botched Escort mission comes up in a few placed eg https://www.history.com/news/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-bay-of-pigs-invasion scroll down to #3.

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Thanks for the link, love to learn this curious facts about aviation history.

Maybe the drawing I posted is a bit colorized in order to be more attractive? On the drawing you can see the VA-34 markings on the tail not completely covered, so the blue is still visible, same for black numbers in the nose, and even the canopy is painted blue! Also the grey used is much darker so it gives the impression of being painted more crudely lol.

Mandatory screen:

Refugee extraction mission...

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15 hours ago, Stratos said:

Thanks for the link, love to learn this curious facts about aviation history.

Maybe the drawing I posted is a bit colorized in order to be more attractive? On the drawing you can see the VA-34 markings on the tail not completely covered, so the blue is still visible, same for black numbers in the nose, and even the canopy is painted blue! Also the grey used is much darker so it gives the impression of being painted more crudely lol.

I really like the look of the markings in the drawing! Might not be the most likely rendition but it looks cool...

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My original:

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CIA:

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FAR:

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Cool skins! Will they be made available for CUBA campaign?......................Hope so - Nice work!

Mandatory pic & Credits:

Thanks Wrench for the outstanding F-80C and Soulfreak for the fantastic skins! (tweeked for the F-80 'What If')

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NATO F-84F Thunderstreaks

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(The Mirage Factory's F-84F with updated lines, rivets, etc. Original skins by Pappychksix, Thierry-As, Sony Tuckson, USAFMTL, Carlo ´´Soulfreak`` Vecchi, WhiteKnight06604)

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13 hours ago, pappychksix said:

Sure looks like skin by Pappychksix....but I could be wrong. Below...F-105F of the 49th TFW...circa 1965

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Pappychksix,

You're right.  It is your skin.  I intended to credit you and thought I had, but it seems to have fallen through the cracks... in my brain.

I apologize.  I also love this skin.  That's why I used it.

Thanks for the skin and the correction. 

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As I've stated before................."Detail at its finest"!  Can't wait for WEP PAK3 total!

Mandatory Pic - Can't remember where this pic came from, but I thought it was cool

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German MiG's over the Faeroer islands heading to the Shetlands.

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The worst thing that can happen to us is a german in a MiG!

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Heading home

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For those who aren't following me, here's some recent operational testing.  I've found to deal with just one Udaloy - just one - you have to have two brackets of four F-2As fire ASM-2s:

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