Sukhoi's Spanish Sword

[Spinners]

Sukhoi Su-27i Espada - Esc113, Ala 12, Ejército del Aire, 1992

[Stratos]

Yeah, in my wet dreams :D

[whiteknight06604]

what if Spain took a more active part in WW2 on the axis side? maybe there would have been some punishment on Spain post war that caused a similar destabilization that happened in Germany right after WWI. some sort of major economic and political upheaval might have had it possible for a communist revolution to happen? Might be far fetched but a possible way to have Spain end up on the other side of the "Iron Curtain". Many scenarios for a larger conflict too since a communist Spain would have some serious strategic complications for NATO.Imagine the lengths NATO would go to to not have Soviet and/or communist Spanish naval bases and air bases bottling up the med.Beautiful what if skin.thanks

 

Edited March 8, 2018 by whiteknight06604

[zachtan]

Loving the tail flash :D

[Gepard]

16 hours ago, whiteknight06604 said:

what if Spain took a more active part in WW2 on the axis side? maybe there would have been some punishment on Spain post war that caused a similar destabilization that happened in Germany right after WWI. some sort of major economic and political upheaval might have had it possible for a communist revolution to happen? Might be far fetched but a possible way to have Spain end up on the other side of the "Iron Curtain". Many scenarios for a larger conflict too since a communist Spain would have some serious strategic complications for NATO.Imagine the lengths NATO would go to to not have Soviet and/or communist Spanish naval bases and air bases bottling up the med.Beautiful what if skin.thanks

 

If so, the skin must be changed. The black cross on white field was a fast ID marking for Franco planes. A commie Spain would have never used it. Instead a red, yellow, lilac flag on the tail.

[whiteknight06604]

1 minute ago, Gepard said:

If so, the skin must be changed. The black cross on white field was a fast ID marking for Franco planes. A commie Spain would have never used it. Instead a red, yellow, lilac flag on the tail.

I agree but I think Spinners skin was not meant to be communist. I just added my extra 2 cents.  I would expect a Communist Spanish aircraft to have completely different markings most likely including a red star in some way.in my half assed scenario if Portugal didn't go communist too you would expect to see Portugal built up militarily in a similar way that Germany was during the cold war. Portugal would have been a higher priority to receive military assistance too.

[Spinners]

Yes, no backstory from me but I'm thinking more along the lines of the Soviets going for foreign currency in that 'Fall of the Wall' era and it does have US missiles as well. Perhaps Sukhoi teamed up with Boeing to market it?

[whiteknight06604]

3 hours ago, Spinners said:

Yes, no backstory from me but I'm thinking more along the lines of the Soviets going for foreign currency in that 'Fall of the Wall' era and it does have US missiles as well. Perhaps Sukhoi teamed up with Boeing to market it?

thats kinda what I figured, sorry i derailed your post with my musings :)

[Gepard]

5 hours ago, whiteknight06604 said:

I agree but I think Spinners skin was not meant to be communist. I just added my extra 2 cents.  I would expect a Communist Spanish aircraft to have completely different markings most likely including a red star in some way.

I would think, that a commie Spain would use the markings of the Republic during Civil War 1936 - 39.

Perhaps in the style of the I-16 Mosca (called Rata by the fascist forces). Red fast ID markings and the flag of the spanish republic on the siderudder.

[Spinners]

Or like this;

[whiteknight06604]

I think it would depend, if the commie won the Spanish revolution then i think they would use those markings but I think they might use something closer to the roundels with a red star added that most of the Warsaw pack used if they went communist post WW2 in civil war. maybe something similar to Yugoslavia but in Spanish color? But of course this is all fantasy so everyone is right here. a what if aircraft or markings can really not be wrong as long as the creator is happy.