Operation Desert Storm: 30th Anniversary Edition
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By GKABS
Speaking to Breaking Defense, Ali Al Hashim, a Kuwait-based defense analyst has said that the US Marine Corps (USMC) is interested in taking over kuwaiti F/A-18s when they are retired from service (the country is currently fielding 27 legacy F-18 Hornets, plus six F-18D trainers).
Malaysia and Tunisia are said to be interested in acquiring those legacy Hornets, however, the USMC will have priority as approval is required from the US government before Kuwait can sell the jets to other nations.
“Kuwait cannot sell the legacy Hornets to another country without the prior approval of the US Navy,” said Hashim. “There are reports that the US Marines command appears to be interested in acquiring the Kuwait fleet of Hornets, and negotiations were underway between the two sides.”
According to Alert5, the USMC is planning to retire its F/A-18s in 2030 and has given its existing F/A-18 fleet some upgrades such as a new AN/APG-79(v)4 radar and ejection seats.
The Kuwait Air Force received the first two of 28 Typhoon jet fighters being built by Leonardo were last December, while the 28 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet block 3 were reportedly delivered last September by Boeing to the US Navy. Kuwaiti pilots training on the Typhoons will start flying the fighters to Kuwait during this year and well into the next one.
Hashim explained that transferring the Super Hornets to Kuwait will take longer than planned due to the delayed infrastructure work at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base because of the pandemic.
According to Abdullah Al Foudary, the former Kuwait Air Force commander, selecting the Super Hornet to replace the Hornets was a “natural and logical move.” Instead he said that the additional selection of the Typhoon came in line with a policy to “unify the platforms with other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),” an alliance of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.
"Saudi Arabia and Oman had procured the Eurofighter Typhoon and Qatar was considering it and recently proceeded with the purchase,” Al Foudary pointed out. “The idea here is that GCC air forces would be easily interoperable and will also be able to support one another with spare parts if they all purchased the same platforms.”
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By ludo.m54
View File Mirage F1EQ-4
Mirage F1EQ-4
This mod is dedicated to BPAO, nothing would have been possible without him.
During the late 1970s, Iraq placed an order for a variant of the Mirage F1, designated as the Mirage F1EQ, which were specially modified for extended range to perform strike missions. The EQ4 has the same capabilities like the EQ2 with the addition of In-Flight Refueling, buddy-pod tanker, large RPL201 2.200 L external fuel tank and the Harold reconnaissance pod.
Covered unit :
91st Squadron
F1EQ-4 specifics:
R550, no R530, S530F, AUF2, CLB4, CLB8 radio-altimeter Doppler Radar Navigation Radio-compass Seat Mk4 RWR BF AAR probe Sycomor, Remora, Caiman, Syrel, Baz-AR, COR2, CC420 pods capability Sycomor gondolas (P0 station, retrofit 1986-87) Harold pod RPL201 EFT Intertechnique AAR pod (Shift-1 for Hose-Drogue deployment/retraction, MaxSpeed=550 km/h=300 kts) This addon is and will in all cases remain freeware.
Released under CombatAce Fair-Use terms.
Enjoy
The Mirage F.1 Team
Submitter ludo.m54 Submitted 11/17/2019 Category Mirage F1
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By ludo.m54
Mirage F1EQ-4
This mod is dedicated to BPAO, nothing would have been possible without him.
During the late 1970s, Iraq placed an order for a variant of the Mirage F1, designated as the Mirage F1EQ, which were specially modified for extended range to perform strike missions. The EQ4 has the same capabilities like the EQ2 with the addition of In-Flight Refueling, buddy-pod tanker, large RPL201 2.200 L external fuel tank and the Harold reconnaissance pod.
Covered unit :
91st Squadron
F1EQ-4 specifics:
R550, no R530, S530F, AUF2, CLB4, CLB8 radio-altimeter Doppler Radar Navigation Radio-compass Seat Mk4 RWR BF AAR probe Sycomor, Remora, Caiman, Syrel, Baz-AR, COR2, CC420 pods capability Sycomor gondolas (P0 station, retrofit 1986-87) Harold pod RPL201 EFT Intertechnique AAR pod (Shift-1 for Hose-Drogue deployment/retraction, MaxSpeed=550 km/h=300 kts) This addon is and will in all cases remain freeware.
Released under CombatAce Fair-Use terms.
Enjoy
The Mirage F.1 Team
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By Ferrilata
Hi! I'm trying to start building addon campaigns for eburger68's amazing SF2V Air & Ground War Expansion mod. I'm trying to start by making a "red" version of the Easter Offensive campaign called "Red Fiery Summer", where the player is a VPAF pilot in an alternate Easter Offensive where the PAVN/NLF ground forces had air support. The missions would be more varied than the ones in eburger68's own VPAF addon, with strike, recon, and CAS missions in addition to CAP and Intercept.
If anyone can help me get it set up and working, or at least teach me how to do it, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
Attached below are my files for the campaign as they currently exist
Fer_RedFierySummer.INI
Fer_RedFierySummer_DATA.INI
Fer_RedFierySummerEnd.TXT
Fer_RedFierySummerSTART.TXT
Fer_RedFierySummerSTART1.TXT
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