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Still in development, expected release date: May 2020 (subject to change). Strike Fighters 2 Win10 Edition is the latest version of Strike Fighters 2, a jet air-combat game set in the 1960's, updated to run on Windows 10 PC! Player flyable aircraft include some of the most legendary fighters from the early jet age, including F-100 Super Sabre, F-105 Thunderchief, A-4 Skyhawk, F-4 Phantom II, and F-8 Crusader. Campaigns feature 1960's high-flying combat action over fictional Middle Eastern sands. Join the United States Air Force, Navy, Marines, or a special operations Mercenary unit, and engage in blood-draining, G-pulling, action-packed dogfights against the enemy MiGs! Additional aircraft, maps, and campaigns will be available as DLC in-app purchases. Owners of Strike Fighters 2 Complete Edition will receive the Win10 Edition and its DLCs for FREE as they become available. https://store.thirdwire.com/project_sf2_w10.htm

North American F-86H Sabre - No.2 Squadron, Belgian Air Force, 1961 Skin Credit: Pappychksix

Getting back little by little. But, I ran into an issue I didn't have before . Now all the B-24s (Pasko) are sitting on their butts. Any fixes?

IDF S-199 Sakeen out looking for a fight, 1948. IDioT Team's S-199 with new lines, rivets, paint, etc... WIP.

that would be why it's in the "what if" forum .

okay, i'm one day to late. Feb 12. 1942 Operation Donnerkeil / Cerberus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Dash Two german battleships, one heavy cruiser and some escort vessels forced the break through the English Channel. Less than 200 german fighters formed an air cover for the naval battle group. During the battle the german Luftwaffe lost 17 planes, 11 pilots died. More than 300 british planes attacked the battle group. 43 british planes were shot down. All british air strikes were not successfull. The battle group reached their point of destination without countable losses. Screenshot. Me-109F during escort mission over to the battle group near Calais.

Sometimes it's nice to see technicolor effects in reshade

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F-4G from the USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center / Detachment 5

Ah, didn't see that. My bad!

Those of you that know me, and my work, know I'm a stickler for historical accuracy. And normally, the following would be posted in the "What If..." thread. But, as to not let them get lost among the usual background noise, choose to use my FIC thread. It's obvious, of course, that these will not be included in any upload for a "Vietnam 1948" scenario. --==== Now, lets take a look at this first one. Instead of fielding Mosquitos, with all their attendant issues in a tropical climate, what if the AdA choose to send Beaufighters instead? We have the full advantage of a rugged, all-metal airframe, with sturdy air cooled radial engines. The Beau had/has a reputation of being fairly fast and manuverable, a good warload, good guns and excellent range. Here we have a Beaufighter TF Mk.X, which also has the advantage of radar, giving it a limited night and all weather capability The guns and rocket loads would be devestating to ground troops, vehicles, ships and with bombs most structures. The aircraft shown here is from GC I/6 "Oranie" As mentioned in a recent release of the post-war P-47D-40 Thunderbolt, the Ada already had a large number of Jugs at their disposal. Many in Western Europe, as part of Occupation Forces in Germany, many in France for air defense, and more in the North African colonies (Algeria). Many of the Real Life (tm) units that used ex-RAF Spitfires and AdA P-63 Kingcobras were P-47 units. The aircraft were left behind due to the fear of the US not providing support (because we were against re-colonialization) So, what if Washington (President Truman and the State Department) could see this as a spread of communism into southeast asia, and not a colonial power re-asserting itself? Support would be forthcoming and the Jugs could have been sent to Indochina. Here we have a P-47D-40 Thunderbolt of GC II/6 "Travail". The squadron codes used here are exactly the same as those historically used on their P-63s in Algeria. ================ Now, lets really go round the bend... The VPAF, as we all know didn't really exist as that entity unitl the 1960s. Although, a few aircraft WERE available to the Viet Minh as early as 1949 (Tiger Moths, maybe 2 of them). In 1956 pilots had been sent for training in the USSR. We know that there was a transport squadron, and possibly other "utility" types in service by the late 1950s. So, what if, in 1945/46 the Viet Minh also take advantage of any serviceable and/or repairable left over Japanese aircraft?? It's really not that big a reach; they're not dumb, and have access to the same resources as the French. It's quite concievable that using ex-Japanese POWs (or forced to work) ground crew and even pilots (or train VM "volenteers"), they could field a few aircraft. Other than the will to do so, I don't see why they couldn't have. So, what we have here below is a Ki-43ii "Oscar" slap-dashedly painted in a disruptive 2-tone green scheme, sporting the Viet Minh flag. Now, in 1949, the world changes yet again. Mao and the communists in mainland China have thrown out the Nationalists, and have begun consolidating their power base. Supported (read: requipped) by the Soviet Union, the PRC starts spreading its message throughout Asia. We know they supported the North Koreans from 1951 with everything imaginable. They also started assisting their brethren to the south with arms and other supplies. The fall of mainland China to communist forces is what, historically, opened the way for US support of the French in Indochina. This is shown in 1951, when the US & UN forces were heavily involved in the Korean War, sending Helldivers, Hellcats, Bearcats and Corsairs to the French. The world was starting to think about the "domino effect" of the spread of communism. So, what if Mao (excuse me - the PLAAF-) had sent a squadron or 2 of their newly acquired (from the USSR) Yak-9s? Just as in Korea, where they were also encountered by UN forces, they'd carry bogus Vietnamese markings (yes, I know the star-bar would be wrong for the time period; probably still using the Vietminh flag as above). There were several ex-Japanese air bases within the communist controlled regions of Tonkin (soon to be North Vietnam), or even fly out of airstrips in southern China. Shown here is a Yak-9 of the 1st People's Volunteer Air Regiment. The Yak-9 was one of the best aircraft to come out from the WW2 Soviet manufacturers, and would definately given any Western aircraft a run for it's money. Please feel free to comment on any of the screenshots in the thread - the historical or the fantasy Thanks!

I appreciate an update to the game engine, just hope current CA SF2 files/addons can transfer right on over.

SF2 has never been supported on Windows 10 despite it running okay for most people. Patches and updates in the past have killed it on occasion so this would mean TK has to fix it if it stops working and do Windows support again . (to be clear that would only be the new Win 10 edition he would fix not the old one) There might be game changes - possibly minimum maybe some kind of Gfx update to use DX12......will have to wait and see.

Considering i'm running Windows 10 and playing SF2 just fine, i'm a bit confused. I take it there's not anything else like, more aircraft, updated graphics or other such things? Good to see they're still paying attention to SF2 though.

Would it be able to run on Win7

Wings Over Vietnam - The Missions - Hugging the Deck

Yes, unfortunately, this is true. I checked, and this F12 key does not work for me either. Obviously, this function does not exist in FE2, as well as in 1st Gens. Apparently, the developers forgot to make a random view tied to the F12 key Just try to use a VIEWLIST.INI file extracted directly from SF2. Maybe this will solve your problem.

I have written a quick Wikipedia page for Khe Gát/Khe Phat airfield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khe_Gát_Airfield It got approved very fast! I guess this is what happens when you do proper researches with citations etc.

Dassault-Breguet Étendard FRS.1 - 806 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1968 https://flic.kr/p/2k9mCtE https://flic.kr/p/2k9mcbu https://flic.kr/p/2k9hmmU Skin Credit: Paulopanz

I edited my list above with some more games and added links to almost all of the titles. Also as of right now, Noon Eastern Time, Feb 2ed, 2020, the games Wing Commander 1 through 4 plus Prophecy are on sale for 75% off on GOG.

Luftstreitkräfte MiG-23 'Fishstick-A' Great work Logan4!

6th June 1944 (the 75th Anniversary this year), D-Day: Typhoons from 243 Canadian Wing on the prowl for German vehicles behind Sword Beach, towards Caen