Texas Falcons: Vipers over the Lone Star State (90s Edition)

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Texas Falcons: Vipers over the Lone Star State (90s Edition)

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Texas Falcons:
 F-16s over the Lone Star State 1990-1999

This mod represents the various models of F-16 that were in service in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve during the 1990s. These units include the

- 457th Fighter Squadron (Air Force Reserve) at Fort Worth
- 704th Fighter Squadron (Air Force Reserve) at Bergstrom AFB
- 111th Fighter Squadron (Texas ANG) at Ellington ANGB
- 182d  Fighter Squadron (Texas ANG) at Lackland AFB

These units have utilized a range of F-16 models over the years and a wider range of missions. The 704th deactivated in 1996, and the 111th converted to MQ-1s in 2009. But the 457th and 182d are still going strong as Viper operators today
Included
Team Viper F-16C Blocks 25, 30, 32
Modified Team Viper F-16A/B Block OCU, F-16D Block 30
new F-16A/B Block 15 ADF, F-16D Blocks 25 and 30
various period specific weapons and pilots
various ini edits to match the era
new hangar and loading screens

NOTE: The D models have very few serial numbers to each unit. most units only had one or two family models. the best use for these is to add on as a member of a flight of single seaters. The load outs are the same so you will be able to load teh same weapons.

Other Note: If there is not a two seater assigned to a unit, there will not be a D model skin for that unit. I have checked about a dozen times to be sure I wasnt missing something

Credits
Viper Team                                   F-16C Blocks 25, 30, 32
ravenclaw_007                            new F-16A/B Block 15 ADF, F-16D Blocks 25 and 30templates (C and D)
Viper Team/daddyairplanes     F-16D Block 30 (derived from the F-16D_B30_Aggressor)
killerbee331                                original weapons pack that many armaments are drawn from here
malibu43                                     2_LAU-88 mod to carry 4 Maverick rather than 6
daddyairplanes                          skins, tga work, much research, various ini edits, new TW inspired loading screens
test team                                    NightshadeP/R, allenjb42, Niels, bigstone, Wrench, Coupi,

Thank you, and I hope you enjoy this mod.

daddyairplanes
aka Kevin Unruh
11 Aug 2022

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THIS AIRCRAFT MOD OR ANY PART OF IT MUST NOT BE HOSTED OR
POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD ON ANY OTHER WEBSITE WITHOUT EXPRESS
PERMISSION FROM THE COYOTE AEROSPACE TEAM, OR USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN THIRDWIRE FLIGHT
SIMULATORS, AND MUST NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE BY ITSELF
OR WITH ANY OTHER FILES OR MODS.
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• Submitter
  daddyairplanes
• Submitted
  08/12/2022
• Category
  F-16

 

[Svetlin]

Thanks for the mod, Kevin, greatly appreciated.

 

I am by no means an F-16 expert and I may be wrong, but I think there are a couple of errors with the new models of the F-16A/B ADF variant - I would say the shape of the tail fin is wrong on both the A and B ADF models.

F-16A/B aircraft had the shorter and narrower triangular base for the tail fin. The wider and longer triangular base was introduced with the F-16C/D Blk25 aircraft.

By looking at the F-16A/B ADF models in this mod, I would say they have the F-16C/D longer and wider triangular base for the tail fin with the ADF specific side bluges added and blade antenna removed.

 

On a second note, according to the F-16.net site, the F-16B ADF differed from the F-16A ADF not only in being a 2-seater, but also in the lack of a Bendix-King AN/ARC-200 high freqeuncy single-sideband radio.

The radio, being installed in the leading edge of the tail fin of the F-16A ADF lead to the flight control accumulators being relocated to the side of the tail fin.

To provide sufficient space for the flight control accumulators, 2 long bulges appeared to the side of the F-16A ADF tail fin.

Since the F-16B ADF did not have a Bendix-King radio installed, the flight control accumulators were kept in their original location and so no side bulges were needed for the tail fin.

It means, that the F-16B ADF looked much like the F-16B Blk15 OCU with just the "bird-slicer" antenna added in front of the cockpit and in front of the front landing gear well.

 

I have attached a couple of pictures of real F-16B ADF and a few screenshots from Mue's tool - of the F-16B ADF from this mod, of the previous F-16A ADF model from TMF, of the F-16C Blk25 with the blade antenna hidden for the purposes of illustrating my point, of the F-16B Blk15 OCU model and a couple of scrreenshots from the front to illustrate the incorrectly shaped wider triangular base of the F-16B ADF model compared with the F-16B Blk15 OCU model.

I think the older F-16A ADF from TMF had the correct size and shape of the triangular base of the tail fin and the F-16B ADF should have the same size shape but without side bulges.

I hope I will be excused for the nit-picking.

 

Kind regards, Svetlin

[+daddyairplanes]

no, its a good catch. my fault for not checking closer, ravenclaw did the model but with alot of input from me

the new A was to correct a tractor beam shadow off the old model. and to be honest, i think we both thought of the B as being just like the A save for a second seat.

am forwarding this to ravenclaw, at least its caught before the bigger ADF release

[+daddyairplanes]

On 8/14/2022 at 4:08 PM, Svetlin said:

I hope I will be excused for the nit-picking.

nope, i'll put you to work instead .  you have an invite to the test group. about to check new lods on the ADFs