+Gepard Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 This marking is a personal marking, not soviet Top Gun. I think it is from Afghanistan campaign or in the late days of Soviet Union. The soviet Top Gun marking looked so: 1 Quote
Stratos Posted July 3, 2024 Author Posted July 3, 2024 As I understand those were based at Mary. You're right that they were part of Afghan war fighter-bombers. 1 Quote
Sokol Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 btw the first picture shows a "Fitter" aka su-17 swing-wing fighter-bomber. the type way extensively used in Afghanistan, but never for the Soviet "top gun". they used mig-21, -23, -29. cheers sokol 1 Quote
+Gepard Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 3 hours ago, Stratos said: As I understand those were based at Mary. You're right that they were part of Afghan war fighter-bombers. To be exactly it was air base Mary-2 (i would prefer to write it Marij, because it had nothing to do with the english girls name Mary). There is a second airbase at this town in Turkmenistan, which is called Mary-1. Mary-2 was the home of the soviet fighter town. The rule was, that the soviets sent entire frontline fighter and fighterbomber regiments (squadrons in western terms) to Mary-2. The regiments got the task to "fight" against the aggressors. This was an contrast to USN Top Gun school, where the task was to "make the best better". The soviets sent all their pilots in, not only the best ones. At the end of the turn, the results of both the individual pilots and the entire regiment were evaluated. I think the photo, which you posted, was taken during a Mary-2 trip of one of the soviet fighter bomber regiments. 1 1 Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 its not a complicated image, can be scaled up several times then traced. edges are a little ugly, but i imagine you would cut from this tga, scale down (say to 200px) and make your own tga for what ever. lizard.tga Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 3 hours ago, Gepard said: the soviets sent entire frontline fighter and fighterbomber regiments (squadrons in western terms) to Mary-2. The regiments got the task to "fight" against the aggressors. This was an contrast to USN Top Gun school, where the task was to "make the best better". sounds more like Red Flag then than Top Gun Quote
OlWilly Posted July 4, 2024 Posted July 4, 2024 The book on Soviet paintschemes and markings during Afghan War. Could be useful for skinmakers https://homeread.net/read/kamuflyazh-i-bortovye-emblemy-aviatehniki-sovetskih-vvs-v-viktor-markovskiy?page=2#tx MiG-23 markings for example 2 Quote
+dtmdragon Posted July 4, 2024 Posted July 4, 2024 3 hours ago, OlWilly said: The book on Soviet paintschemes and markings during Afghan War. Could be useful for skinmakers https://homeread.net/read/kamuflyazh-i-bortovye-emblemy-aviatehniki-sovetskih-vvs-v-viktor-markovskiy?page=2#tx MiG-23 markings for example https://combatace.com/files/file/17310-third-wire-mig-23-fighters-made flyable-updated-for-sf2/ 1 Quote
OlWilly Posted July 4, 2024 Posted July 4, 2024 1 hour ago, dtmdragon said: https://combatace.com/files/file/17310-third-wire-mig-23-fighters-made flyable-updated-for-sf2/ Ahh, that's cool but I use Mirage Factory 23s... I guess I can loan the decals from this pack and adapt them But regardless, the book has markings for other aircraft too Quote
Stratos Posted July 4, 2024 Author Posted July 4, 2024 Tons of pics, thanks for the clarification, an thanks a lot @daddyairplanes Quote
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