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OFFICIAL USAF DOCUMENT
CLASSIFIED: TOP SECRET
Ground Strike Mission Orders

Ha'il - Jan 17, 1991

PRIMARY TARGET INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY:
Saddam's Elite Republican Guards are known to be the primary threat to our ground forces when the ground war begins. Accordingly, CENTCOM has ordered the destruction of these units by our air forces to commence immediately.
OBJECTIVE:
Photograph the Rep. Guards at Baiji

SECONDARY TARGET INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY:
An experimental search and tracking radar system is being installed at an enemy SAM site. Sources indicate it may already be operational. Detailed, low-altitude photos are required as soon as possible.
OBJECTIVE:
Photograph the SAM radar at Al Kumayt

 

I usually don't like what ifs, but a funny take on the ODS 30AE mod brought me to rediscover @Julhelm's fantastic F-19, which was released as part of the RSR mod by eburger68. I've been making lots of changes to it, including adding proper hit boxes and collision points, reworked skins and aircraft characteristics and loadouts meant to resemble the ones of Microprose's F-19 Stealth Fighter game.

Julhelm's original F-19; missing hit boxes and featuring a bubble canopy

 

Reworked F-19 featuring a caged canopy ala F-106 (by repainting the canopy glass), proper hit boxes, more collision points and reworked skins (euro camo skin by kblomkvist, no markings skin by yours truly)

It still features two weapon bays (unlike Microprose's exaggerated four bays), but with properly reworked limits; you can have 4x Sidewinders or 3x AMRAAMs in one of the bays, 2x bombs and AGMs (sometimes just 1x), depending on overall weight and size. A 20mm cannon is on the nose with 680 rounds, and an extra 1,900 lbs fuel cell has been added for a total of 11,800 lbs of fuel; non-afterburning engines. An (invisible) arrester hook has been added since Microprose's version could also operate from aircraft carriers.

I'll be asking Julhelm for his permission to eventually re-release it, with due credits to him of course. I wish the 3d model could be edited, so we could have a proper caged canopy instead of a painted bubble canopy, as well as a visible arrester hook. We have no proper fictive cockpit for it, ideally I'd like to have the canopy frame of an F-106 and MFDs of an Hornet.

Edited August 1, 2022 by Menrva

[Wrench 9,695]

nice.

nothing from my remod was usable????

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7 hours ago, Wrench said:

nothing from my remod was usable????

Your remod is for the old version of Julhelm's 3d model (from 2006 I think), which is pretty different and low-poly. As I stated, this one I'm reworking is an HD model that was only released as part of the RSR mod. It never got remodded nor re-released so far.

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Thanks to the kindness and work of @Dels, the F-19 now features two different cockpits, the end-user can choose which one to use.

 

Here below, screenshots showcasing the different skins for the aircraft.

 

I didn't get any response from Julhelm yet to the PM I sent him. I would like to re-release it but I would also like to have his explicit permission. I'm not sure if he would be fine with it.

EDIT: I managed to ask @Julhelm for permission on TW's Discord server. I got the green light. It'll be released when it's time. My thanks to him.

Edited September 4, 2022 by Menrva