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its only a show. Believe me . I am Iranian and awfully I know our coward murder regime that play like a clown...

My 2 cents, Iran just wanted to show its dominance in the region, in reality.. they don't have the ability to really strike the US and its allies other than ballistic missiles (what else? their Tomcats and Phantoms barely work..) So they provoke the US but they don't really want to go into a conflict, that's why they have so many proxies doing their dirty work I also believe Russia & China won't interfere directly if things do escalate... they have nothing to gain or profit from I think this round is over, Iran will continue using its proxies to wreak havoc in the region Eventually, I feel sorry for the people of Iran, since the days of the Shah, they lost their freedom to lunatics who run the country... I hope this will change soon.. perhaps I'll have the opportunity to visit the place my father was born and where my grandparents used to live before they came to Israel BTW, got this article from Google suggestions https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/f-22-raptor-snuck-right-underneath-iranian-fighter-jet-111011 hahahahaha

yes, you are right. But going that way. Which country is without sin? My country was supporting North Vietnam against the USA, Cuba, middle eastern countries against Israel and gods only knows who else......maybe not directly but training pilots, crews etc etc...sending equipment. And hey am not defending Iran. I am just saying that the coin has two sides.

actually Iran has been launching aggressive attacks almost continuously. just in the last few months they have seized a british ship,attacked a saudi oil refinery ,killed US citizens in Iraq etc that is not even taking into account their clandestine attacks on US troops in iraq and their funding and directing their terrorist proxies in thousands of attacks on Israel and other western nations.iran has been a rogue terror state pretty much since 1979 and they have to a greater or lesser degree been in a continual state of violent aggression against the west.they literally have the blood of hundreds of thousands on their hands.I don't blame most of the Iranian people since they are as big a victim as the rest of the world. Iran is a brutal misogynistic ,homophobic and thoroughly racist regime.unfortunately because of European and Obama appeasement they thought they could test the west once again.things are different now.their aggression will not be tolerated like it was and the european countries that are more interested in Iranian money than their evil actions will find they are pushed out of the picture to their economic detriment.It's not going to be a war like Iraq if that is what Iran pushes for. It will be an overwhelming missile and airstrike to decapitate and paralyze. no one will be "going in' it will just destroy their leadership and ability to retaliate in any coordinated way. We won't be spending our treasure rebuilding. any new government that wants to take over can put the pieces back together. beyond emergency humanitarian aid of course. Iran isn't going to be any more of a threat than iraq was in the first gulf war. I remember all the dire warnings then too, of their air defences and air force and the dangers.....same here. on paper is much different than reality and Iran may have a few troubling assets but in the end they will not be used to their best effect and will be countered just like Iraq. i

let us state some facts. Iran did not start any war or attack any country in a very long long time....unlike other 'civilized' countries. Iranian people are generally very friendly, open and peaceful people. As far as I know some numbers of them. They just have shitty leadership. Just like some other countries. Starting war and removing current leaders will lead to a bigger mess - more parties would like to gain power there...without a single goal. Considering the geographical issues...it would be very hard to land airstrikes just like that out of nowhere. This is not a country like Afghanistan (where air defenses were nearly not existing) or Iraq where everything was about to collapse anyway and the military was at the edge of existence. And as trotski said airforce is not winning wars. Another thing is that whatever leaders think they still need to listen to military experts - and I believe that Trump was already informed of aftermatch of airstrikes...and his speech a few minutes ago shows that perfectly.

Well to play Devils advocate, it is hardly surprising that Iran has retaliated, I would have been surprised if they had not done so, and they have done it in an open manner the same as the US did. I just hope that we dont get embroiled in an all out war with Iran, it will be messy and costly , also there is a risk of dragging the Chinese and Russians into any potential conflict. That being said, Iran is a very loose cannon with a very nasty CBRN capability, which I feel sure they would use, which is also an less than ideal situation, even if US & Brit forces are very well equipped to deal with it. The whole situation with Iran needs to be sorted out, this is a true fact, however I am not sure open conflict is a good idea, worrying times indeed .

From my experience this is the end of this scenario, Iran is not stupid they know that they can't stand a chance against the US. this is what Iran foreign minister Javad Zarif tweeted

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It very sad to see how big parts of Australia become victim of mega size forest fires. Its very sad. But always if i see the pictures i ask myself, wheter the firefighters do their job properly. I remember a day during my military duty time in East Germany. It happend during a shooting training in summer. It was hot and dry. One burst of tracer ammo missed the target and caused a fire. In astonishingly short time the fire became bigger and bigger and went out of control. Me and my comrades were orderd to fight the fire at all costs, with all what we had. And to be honest, we had not very much, only our small military spades, which we called Muckerlöffel or UB-1 which stand ironically for Universalbagger (universal excavator). We shoveling the hole day and we had no chance against the fire. The forest was lost. That all guys thought. No chance. But then, we heared tank engines and short afterwards 3 pionier tanks T-55TK arrived the area. Each tank was equipped with a dozer plate. The tankers said to us: "Nice try, but now look how the profis make it the right way." The drove back some hundred meters and started to make a path (glade) mid in the forest. It needed some time, but when they finished in the forest was a deep scar of pure soil, no tree, no plant, a scar as wide as a german Autobahn. Then the boss of the tankers came to us and asked who of us had match packages. Of course all of us had matches, because lighters were rare in East Germany. Then the officers stuck his finger in his mouth, checked from which direction the wind came, and then he gave us the order enemyward ( word by wort translation of "Feindwärts", what means the direction, where the enemy is, comarable with starboard and backbord on ships) of the paved glad to light small fires. We should make two steps, then light the gras, make two steps, light the gras and so on and so on. We started to burn down the forest, but in a controlled and slow way. Our "counter fire" had to crawl against the wind, so that it not was able to become big and fast. When the big, hot and fast forets fire reached the "defence line", our small fire had "eaten" all trees and plants, so that the big fire had no food anymore and broke down in a astonishingly short time. Mid next day the fire was out. We sacrificed a smaller part of forest to save the much bigger part. We fought fire with fire. And we won. In this summer in Germany was also a big forest fire which the firefighters were unable to handle. The smoke was to smell 500 km away. After some days, when the civil authorities acknoledged, that they were unable to stop the fire they asked the Bundeswehr for help. 2 or 3 days later the Bundeswehr pionier tanks started to fight the forest fire in the same way like in my military time. After 3 days the forest fire was defeated. Perhaps the Aussis should do it in the same way. Fight fire with fire. Edit. I forgot to post a picture of the east german pionier tanks. T-55TK. Its a very helpfull beast.

Iran has not stopped threatening the Middle East region since 1979, beginning with the Iran-Iraq war, bombing embassies in kuwait (French and American) attempting to assassinate the late Emir of Kuwait, bombing the US Marines in Lebanon in 1983, hijacking airways, attacking oil tankers the Arabian gulf, and Hezbollah proxy wars for irant hat threatens the entire region. The Revolutionary Guards intervention in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, killing many thousands civilian and supporting racist and terrorist governments such as the Bashar Al-Assad government in Syria and the list go on

that wasn't a retaliation it was a face saving provocation.they will continue their aggression until they are apeased,like in the past, or hit back hard. that is how they always have been.iran is an evil terror regime and in a perfect world their leadership would be eliminated.As it is now the West,mostly the US, has shown uncommon restraint in dealing with aggressive move after aggressive move from Iran. I think the time for turning the other check has ended and iran has to learn to join the civilised world or they will pay a huge price. i don't think there would be any sort of Iraq style ground invasion. Iran would be hit with crippling air and missile strikes designed to decapitate leadership and neutralize important infrastructure ,military and communications assets. It would be mostly a one sided affair with Iran's ability to resist being pretty much nill.

This is when CombatACE starts to shine during moments like these. We have the press running passing incomplete reports, people Tweeting a fraction of those reports. CombatACE has some very knowledgeable veterans that's been there and done that, they can talk the talk because they've walked the walk. I can't wait to see these folks start weighing in on this subject.

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Engine problems and fire...going to need an immediate clearance to land.

F-90; B-47 RATOG take-off; Formation; Il-28SH in action; Carriers MiGs with CFT in clouds

Judging by the POTUS address earlier today, it looks like the US won't take any further action. However, it's interesting to note that the Ukrainian airliner that crashed just after take-off from Tehran was initially called an accident but that's now been rescinded. Of course, one theory is that the Iranians accidentally shot the airliner down thinking it was a US military aircraft. This would obviously be a major f**k-up if so as I can't see why an airliner wouldn't be transmitting the correct modes / codes. Interestingly, the Iranians are currently refusing to hand the black boxes over. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/08/iran-plane-crash-170-passengers-feared-dead-ukraine-boeing-737/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/08/iran-plane-crash-analysis-happened-mid-air-has-black-box/ https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-plane-crash-live-intl-hnk/index.html

I think we can all agree the people of Iran are the losers, and are the poor buggers who suffer and deserve far far better, Iran was a relatively happy and prosperous nation before the Ayatollahs removed a bad Shah and replaced Him with their own brand of insanity, but the question that everyone here I think agrees on is that something must be done, they questions are what, how , and when. if the Iranians do manage to achieve entry into the nuclear club, then I think all may agree that this would be a terrible thing. and must be prevented at all costs. Religious zealotry is also a terrible weapon , no matter from where it comes , be it christian, Muslim, or any other one cares to mention, I dislike religion, it causes more grief and suffering than almost any other thing, when folk are willing to die for their God entity, then we know everything has turned shit shaped !! Also, I am sorry to say this, but shouldn't the Arabs themselves be sorting this crap out, instead of expecting the US and Britain and France to solve their local issues ? I'm no politician, or strategist, I'm just and old ground pounding grunt, but from my particular slit trench, this situation looks shitty, and needs sorting without delay.

You must bear in mind that the Iranians are not comparable to the Iraqi's Iraq fought a war with Iran for 8 years and achieved absolutely sweet sod all, granted the Iranians were fighting on their own home soil, so had a slight advantage there, but the Iraqi's used CBRN and still failed to defeat them, I feel a similar state of affairs would exist if ground forces were to be committed to any liberation of Iran, these chaps will fight , hard and long, yes eventually they will lose, but at huge cost. Another factor to consider is that the Iranian average fighting man, has known nothing other than the leadership of religious nutters who destroyed the country in 1979, so they are indoctrinated, and committed to the cause, because they know or understand no differently , they will fight using human wave tactics as they did in the Iran Iraq war, and will be driven by a religious zeal that we as Westerners cannot conceive or identify with. for the most part they are pretty well equipped, especially the Revolutionary Guard, or whatever they are called, and winning ( if you can call it that ) this type of war , will be hugely costly in manpower and tax dollars. If the Chinese and Russians get involved, which I think they would, then things could go shit shaped very swiftly. Unfortunately there is no easy answer to the Iran problem, however, it is a problem that needs to be resolved, sooner rather than later, and one that should have been resolved many years ago, but we all failed to do so, partly due to we were hoping Iraq would have been victorious maybe ? who knows, none of us work for Intel , or if they do , wont admit it of course. Scary and worrying times indeed.

I wasn't suggesting that Iran is the injured party, far from it, I merely stated I am not surprised that a retaliatory strike was instigated, in answer to an open and highly visible attack upon their territory . if you put the shoe on the other foot, Had Iran launched an open strike upon US military assets, then the US response would have been exactly the same. Face saving ? possibly, understandable and expected ? For sure. I totally agree the US and the West has shown great restraint, which maybe in hindsight is possibly an error on our behalf, the head should have been removed from this particular snake many many years ago, but that has not happened, and the Iranian leadership has been allowed to create terror , mayhem, and murder on a huge scale over the past 30 years or more, as for your suggestion that Iran could be brought to heel with airstrikes etc. That to some extent may be true, but I would also advise caution, due to the fact that China and Russia would almost certainly stink their fat noses in, and that may be a rather nasty situation, and could escalate the whole thing to a very bad situation indeed, also, airstrikes alone, do not win wars, there have to be boots on the ground, and US and British troops will be thrown into another insurgency ground operation, with IED's and extremist guerrilla warfare , this as has been proven in Iraq and even more so in Afghanistan, a very bad time for ground troops , and The Iranians will fight they have been indoctrinated since the 70's by Islamic extremist leadership, every man and his dog has a weapon, and they are not the Iraqi's . I dread to think what the butchers bill would be should this be the case. So in conclusion, I think your idea of airstrikes etc. is maybe not the way it would play out, it is of zero use taking out infrastructure and leadership, with out then "liberating" the ground with men carrying a rifle and bayonet, otherwise the remnants of the old guard will find a way to rise from the ashes, and still be a big headache.

Busy with FM tweaks for Stephen's Polikarpov I-15 (gull wing variant) to fit it into the early WW2 SF2 package. Top speed around 350 kph at 3000 m alt. (with the earlier M22 engine variant), very maneuverable and good climb rate of about 15 m/s if you maintain about 200 kph. Also improved environsys and flightengine ini files - will include the atmospherics tweaks either with my ver. 9.9 FM update pack for FE2 or the early WW2 SF2 package. Next up is an early Ki-61 or the prototype Ki-60, also for the early WW2 package, then to circle back to further FE2 tweaks. (The PTO theater used a small number of gull-wing I-15's as trainers so it doesn't hurt to include them since we're missing the 15bis variant.) Von S

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Congratulations on your first success. I really hope that your other works will follow this...

View File SPAD XIII Sunbeam SPAD XIII C1. "Sumbeam" for First Eagles 2 & 1 This is a skin for SPAD XIII C1. "SHOWBIRDS" to be used in First Eagles 2 and 1 Historical notes: This skin depict the SPAD XIII C1. Flown by Lieutenant John Jeffers of 94th Aero Squadron. Ft. Alexander, Koblenz, Germany. April of 1919. Lt. John Jeffers achieved 2 victories in WW1, flying with 94th Aero Squadron. The pilots of the 94th Aero Squadron decided to paint their SPAD XIIIs. In an attempt to outdo one another they came up with what were termed the "showbirds". The planes were painted up for the April 1919 Air show at Koblenz. During the Spring of 1919, "Sumbeam" took part of the "Showbirds" SPADs during the occupation duties in Germany, with more eight colourfull SPADs of 94th Aero Squadron. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS : This skin do not uses decal files, so will be easy install. To install this skin and ini file, copy or drop the folder named "Sumbeam" in any SPAD 13 aircraft folder that you wish. (it will work with all SPAD 13). *ATTENTION* In order to work properly on your loadout menu option, inside the "Sumbeam" folder, there is a TXT file that you must open and COPY the content into your SPAD13_XXX.ini. [TextureSetXXX] Directory=Sunbeam Name=Sunbeam Nation=USAS Squadron= Specular=1.800000 Glossiness=1.800000 Reflection=0.000000 Replace the (XXX) in the [TextureSetXXX] top line, with the appropriate number following your "ini" file order for others skins that you have already installed. I'm adding an optional (SPAD13_001_BUMP.BMP) that cleans the engine sides heat exhausts. You must to drop it in the main SPAD13_XXX aircraft folder. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Credits: - Julio Junqueira skin - Historical references by Bob Pearson. - Third Wire Productions for the original files that I used as base to my work. - special thanks to CombatAce.com hosting the files. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is freeware; you are allowed to use it as you wish, but The names of all contributors listed here, must be added in any new released readmes. This skin may not in any way, be used in any payware additions. Submitter JulioJunqueira Submitted 01/06/2020 Category Spad Skins  

I haven't had falafel in a long time myself, oh well, looks cool though.

beautiful,thank you

I did start the Enclosure and buildings Osama was shot in..(HOORAHHH) ..will see if can find it

Night? Famous ? or GR.4 .. your choice ;-)

(not actually WW2, but post-war) Buzzing the railyard at Tourane, FIC Hmm... looks like The Legion's armored train is in town!

Cool to see new Firebees out. Some targets for my CPFs to fire at.

pending approval, my last mod of this decade. Merry Christmas everyone!

Mix. My "war reflections in the mirrors"

Target-Firebee

Ok, we've painted as you wish .... but where is a snow ?? Correct plane, correct weapon .... only no sea .... Smile !!!

I love B-25. It's beauty plane. ------------------------------------- Miss World 1991, final.

10km B-61 drop ;-)

I'm waiting for new GPU only , now ;-) Just compilation of Pierre's videos, that we used in Tornado project for different test (and sometimes just for fun) ;-) Crazy Brimstone test Early MW-1 test MFG night lights test GR.4 IX Sqn 1st camo/decals test DS ALARM strike Crazy LGB drop ;-) 'Locusta' AMI Tonka AMI camo test AMI cluster test GR.1A winter camo test GR.1B bump files test GR.1B grey camo and animations test 'Merry Christmas' Tornado ;-)