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Simple as Black and White. U.S. Navy QF-86F Sabre painted Flat Black on the right side only to evaluate its effect on radar signature, 21 July 1987.

Decided to land my damaged Spitfire on an enemy Airfield, but I was not Welcome.

MASS ANG circa May 1960.

View File J-4 pack J-4 (Jianjiji – fighter 4). Chinese designation of USSR production Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 sans suffix (NATO reporting name: "Fresco-A") single-seat fighter. Inside this 3rd PLAAF pack: - 1 new dedicated PLAAF plane, for China / Taiwan scenery; - 1 PLAAF High Rez skin tweaked and polished; - historical PLAAF decals made using new fonts; - all data tweaked; - pilots, sounds: - screens; Operations: - Openable canopy (key 10) closing at take off; Credits: - TW/TK for the stock plane model - Stary for the long awaited great pit; - Spillone104 for sounds - Y.Gordon for his Red Star "bible" book; - Geary for new Temps; - paulopanz (me) for skin, decals and edits. Install: - Copy all in your mod folder and overwrite Enjoy. @ paulopanz (3. to be continued ......) Submitter paulopanz Submitted 02/16/2020 Category Other  

Getting there...

1) The A-12 Avenger II was not from the TMF originally, it was released on the french community site, Check-Six, exclusively at first, but at least at the time rhugouvi wasn't part of the Mirage Factory. 2) Veltro's plane is an YF-12 which is another beast entirely from either the A-12 or the SR-71, same overall program and airframe but not the same plane. The YF-12 is the ugly one of the family (not a comment on Veltro's work, just the subject matter). And yes, the YF-12 is available here... So shut up, you're both kind of wrong and kind of right, there, happy now !

View File J-5A pack J-5A (Jianjiji – fighter 5A). Chinese production Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF (NATO reporting name: "Fresco-D") all wheater single-seat fighter. Inside this 4th PLAAF pack: - 1 new plane, for China / Taiwan / Vietnam scenery; - 4 High Rez skin tweaked and polished; - historical decals made using new fonts; - all data tweaked; - pilots, sounds: - screens; Operations: - Openable canopy (key 10) closing at take off; Credits: - TW/TK for the stock plane model - Stary for the long awaited great pit; - Spillone104 for sounds - Y.Gordon for his Red Star "bible" book; - Geary for new Temps; - paulopanz (me) for skin, decals and edits. Install: - Copy all in your mod folder and overwrite Note: - albanian skin is included even if Y.Gordon says that's a fake report Enjoy. @ paulopanz (4. to be continued ......) Submitter paulopanz Submitted 02/16/2020 Category Other  

hmmm.... how odd is it then, that I have Veltro's YF-12A "Starduster", with my skin, decal and ini upgrades sitting right here in my SF2 mods folder??? the other you're thinking of is the TMF A-12 Avenger, also upgraded by me

A Su-25 Frogfoot finding itself in a dogfight...

Modelling software is out there and accesible for free...blender...for example...maybe if some learned to model we might have more of what people want....some are too busy to drop stuff and remodel old stuff....just an idea. I knew fuck all about moels ,but after some tutorials such as mustangs....I learnt quick....and was able to get out basic models quite soon thereafter ie Tjet and the moth and early P47 N version so its doable im NOT having a go or a moan ,just its easy once you know basics of 3ds max....and each time you make summat you find ways to do it better and quicker....im by no stretch of the imagination an expert...still amateur,but im happy with most of what I do....and still learning. if you decide to try....watch tutorials...there are great simple ones out there...they even supply model to try and to look at to see how its done.... if people willing to try im willing to offer any assistance,as im sure will other modders.

Added an Sd.Kfz. 251 ausf. D Half-track to my site. It comes with two skins. The rear MG 34 is functional for air-defense. Also added a Tan/Desert skin to the M4A3(75)W tank.

North American F-86H Sabre - No.14 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1966

F-111F bombing the hell out of a Soviet airfield in East Germany and reattacking to get the third Blinder bomber.

I just discovered that there is another undocumented airfield, Quang To: A few overview maps on some Vietnam War books call it Quang Ti (not to be confused with Quang Tri). There is absolutely no record of this airfield, the same case of Ben Loi/Dan Loi/Do Khe airfield. I wonder if those airfields really existed or were just American myths. I have not found info about them among Vietnamese sources. I'd be surprised to be proven wrong.

On another (unrelated note) - I did manage to get Falcon 4: BMS working in VR the other day...still tweaking it, but it is pretty nifty...

I understand Trotski point of view, but I have poured thousands of hours in SF series, both playing and modding, and If we have a small chance of getting some update I'm more than happy, now a TOD editor would be the cherry at the top, cause it will allow us to improve the terrains we have and add 10 more years of life to the series.

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I saved the mods in a seperated folder when I first downloaded them. Outta habit for me anyway.. Thanks Russ. Falcon

Here is a bit better quality and prepared tga. cobra.7z

a laugh and a thanks (for all the advice you give the community at large) jarek

these are some squadron patches, it esp looks similar in coloring to the second (a bit bluer) found this pic of the same shot, seems a little clearer but the snake is still kind of small when box selected

Bravo. If assistance is needed I can offer some help as well. promise I will be forbearing.

That's great, BMS & CLOD are 2 of the sims I hardly ever play any more because of no VR support

The problem here is, that the model was exported without setting the option AllowDecals=True. With the option AllowDecals=True, your mesh can be as smooth as you like without getting decal bleeding problems.

https://www.patrulla-azul.com/FreeIL2modding/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&p=23004#p23004

ask their technical support.... you bought a game, you paid - demand then.

192.68.110.42

Trailblazing a\c the A12 oxcart.....most stealth wouldnt exist for it...all the days \ months \years at Groom lake were`nt wasted... Funny thing about it...Lockheed tried for ages to keep it a secret from Russia...testing on its "radar cross section site" on a pole......which was raised up above test run way to beam radar at it...then lower away back underground to hide away from Russkie satellites....but unknown to the Skunkworks...Russians had spotted the heat of runway showed "cool spot" and the "shadow " of the a\c shape....subsequently they painted the test runway in heat absorbant paint lol this pic is to when tested at Groom...later

View File J-2 pack J-2 (Jianjiji – fighter 2) Chinese designation of USSR production Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15/15 bis (NATO reporting name: "Fagot A/B") single-seat fighter. Inside this 1st PLAAF pack: - 2 new dedicated PLAAF planes, for China / Taiwan scenery; - 10 PLAAF skins tweaked; - historical PLAAF decals made using new fonts too; - all data tweaked; - pilots, sounds: - screens; Operations: - Openable canopy (key 10) closing at take off; - N-37 gun flagged as secondary gun for better ammunitions sparing; Credits: - Tk (aka Tw) for the underated Exp. 2; - Stary for the long awaited great pit; - Spillone104 for sounds - Y.Gordon for his Aerofax "bible" book; - paulopanz (me) for skins, decals and edits Install: - Exp. 2 needed - Copy all in your mod folder and overwrite - remember to configure from control options panel the secondary guns key Enjoy. @ paulopanz (1. to be continued ......) Submitter paulopanz Submitted 02/16/2020 Category Other  

And, on request of another user - I gave IL-2: Cliffs of Dover (Blitz edition) a whirl last night and this morning and it looks great... (sorry for the topic drift here to other sims..but thought it might be interesting)

Dyess 1989 dont mind me, just some....

Don't you just love it when the game picks the deck aircraft from the same airwing that you're flying!

Grand Forks.... gotta figure out how to tone down the AI from yankin back on the stick.....

I played with the settings in the data.ini and now i have the better looking water, which we know from SF2. Screenshots: Two FW-187 get "dry feets" while closing to Manston AB.

Thirdwire with MirageFactory Cockpit. edit: And Crusader avionics.

I agree MB.....he didnt have to really do anything...he is losing money in some respects...I recieved the complete pack free from TK...and im not the only one so.....he must be losing more money making this.....he in that regard deserves to recoup his losses....if it gets the game up to date im all for it....hopefully we get some suprises.along the way....dlc ?...hmmm might be good..we cant condemn him til final thing is out tbh...

I can't fault Thirdwire here considering the money and time he has to invest in this. He is a one man business so I would hope that he is paid something for that work The Kickstarter (or whatever) for this was no where near but he is still giving it away to those very few that wanted it to go on. To make SF2 a viable ongoing business stream from now it needs some very visible major changes of which I doubt we will see.

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What I said about Vietnamese sources... it was the way to go! Khe Gát (the heavens know why the CIA named it Khe Phat) is documented, here below some links: http://btlsqsvn.org.vn/Hoạt-động/bai-viet/san-bay-da-chien-khe-gat-va-chien-cong-cua-khong-quan-tiem-kich-bom-5199 https://www.sggp.org.vn/san-bay-khe-gat-290025.html The articles are in Vietnamese, but you can simply use a translator. According to it, Khe Gat airfield was built during 1969, and used during the Battle of Dong Hoi of April 1972, as Wiki sources also confirm. It was a dirt strip at the time, not a proper airbase as TK added it in his terrain. It's sort of legendary in the history of Vietnam, as from this airbase two North Vietnam aces took off, and damaged two US Navy ships during the Battle of Dong Hoi. Nowadays it is part of the Ho Chi Minh highway! Here's the area where the airfield used to be: Why I am studying to become an IT engineer, BTW? I'm better at doing deep researches. They should probably enlist me to work for the secret services... just saying

Su-30SMs on patrol over the Senkaku Islands...

Can't wait mate, really really looking forward to that map!! Mandatory screenshot: Training in the Caspian Sea shores...

View File CF-116D Skin Pack 2 (Variagated and Agressor birds) To be used on SF2 CF-116D included in the Northrup 2 seaters that can be found here : https://combatace.com/files/file/11128-northrop-2-seaters-for-sf2-version-20/ *** You must have installed the decals from the CF-116D in order for it to show correctly. You will also have to get the F-5N Tiger II v1 SF2 that can be found here as the agressor decals will be needed for skins to work : https://combatace.com/files/file/13780-f-5n-tiger-ii-aggressor-sf2/ You will get the following CF-116D skins in this package : 419 Sqn Variagated 419 Sqn Variagated 2 ***Grey underside*** 419 Sqn Agressor (Faux Pas) 419 Sqn Agressor (Grape) 419 Sqn Agressor (Lizard) 419 Sqn Agressor (Ghost) 419 Sqn Agressor (Two Tone) Installation: Copy the current pack objects/aircraft folder in your game CF-116D aircraft folder. Copy the CF-116D.ini content in the CF-116D.ini file. Change the textureset number accordingly. Credits: - Thirdwire for creating the Strike Fighters series. - Those involved in the work of original aircrafts from which i'm using some work from. - Me for the paint work + new skins :). (Northrop 2 Seaters)- FastCargo TK - For the ThirdWire series of sims. PappyChkSix - For the original skins, which unfortunately were lost when the model was remapped. The Mirage Factory - For allowing me to use the cockpit, effects, damage textures and sounds from the F-5A. FM based off of Mirage Factory F-5A. 331KillerBee - For the skins, additional information and hanger/loadout/loading screens. USAFMTL - For beta testing and advice. To my fellow Combatace moderators - For helping me beta test and work out bugs. Any errors or mistakes are entirely mine. (F-5N Tiger II v1 SF2) - Crusader 3d - BPAo , Northrop Seat by FastCargo skin - Sony Tuckson, paulopanz (see extra *Readme, please.txt* file) data ini FM - column5, kreelin, eburger68, paulopanz further work,testing etc - all of The Mirage Factory back in the days.. Happy flights! Mario C. Frenchie1977 Submitter 1977Frenchie Submitted 01/19/2020 Category F-5  

View File CF-116D Skin Pack 1 (Silver birds) To be used on SF2 CF-116D included in the Northrup 2 seaters that can be found here : https://combatace.com/files/file/11128-northrop-2-seaters-for-sf2-version-20/ *** You must have installed the decals from the CF-116D in order for it to show correctly. You will get the following CF-116D skins (SILVER) in this package : RCAF DEMONSTRATOR 419 Sqn 419 Sqn (with black tail sign) 419 Sqn (with red tail sign) 434 Sqn COLD LAKE GENERIC 68-73 GENERIC 73-83 GENERIC 83-88 AETE Installation: Copy the current pack objects/aircraft folder in your game CF-116D aircraft folder. Copy the CF-116D.ini content in the CF-116D.ini file. Change the textureset number accordingly. Credits: - Thirdwire for creating the Strike Fighters series. - Those involved in the work of original aircrafts from which i'm using some work from. - Me for the paint work + new skins :). (Northrop 2 Seaters)- FastCargo TK - For the ThirdWire series of sims. PappyChkSix - For the original skins, which unfortunately were lost when the model was remapped. The Mirage Factory - For allowing me to use the cockpit, effects, damage textures and sounds from the F-5A. FM based off of Mirage Factory F-5A. 331KillerBee - For the skins, additional information and hanger/loadout/loading screens. USAFMTL - For beta testing and advice. To my fellow Combatace moderators - For helping me beta test and work out bugs. Any errors or mistakes are entirely mine. (F-5N Tiger II v1 SF2) - Crusader 3d - BPAo , Northrop Seat by FastCargo skin - Sony Tuckson, paulopanz (see extra *Readme, please.txt* file) data ini FM - column5, kreelin, eburger68, paulopanz further work,testing etc - all of The Mirage Factory back in the days.. Happy flights! Mario C. Frenchie1977 Submitter 1977Frenchie Submitted 01/19/2020 Category F-5