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7 pointsBAC Strikemaster FGA.1 - No.208 Squadron, RAF Middle East Command, 1966 In the so-called 'Aden Protectorate' (today part of Yemen) during the early 1960's various disparate anti-British guerrilla groups slowly formed into two larger organisations consisting of the Egyptian-supported National Liberation Front and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen. Attacks against the British began at a relatively low level but suddenly escalated on December 14th, 1963 with an National Liberation Front grenade attack at Khormaksar Airport that killed two people and injured another fifty including the British High Commissioner. Later on the same day a state of emergency was declared in Aden. Attacks against British forces by the National Liberation Front and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen continued and relied mainly on grenade attacks largely focused on killing off-duty British officers and policemen. In 1964 the British 24th Infantry Brigade arrived to conduct land operations and the RAF station at Khormaksar was quickly expanded, eventually operating nine squadrons including the Hawker Hunter fighter-bombers of No.208 Squadron who had been previously based at RAF Muharraq in Bahrain. Air strikes by fighter-bombers against the mobile guerilla forces were often ineffective and Army commanders considered that with complete air superiority then perhaps a slower aircraft with an observer assisting the pilot might be a more accurate combination in supporting British ground forces and attacking the rebels. BAC had already been proposing an armed version of the Jet Provost to the RAF for weapons training without success but tried again towards the end of 1964 and were rewarded with a production contract for 50 armed Jet Provost trainers in January 1965. With the Jet Provost T.5 still on the BAC production line and BAC already developing the private venture BAC 167 Strikemaster then the new aircraft was developed very quickly. Essentially an armed version of the Jet Provost T.5, the Strikemaster FGA.1 featured an uprated Rolls-Royce Viper turbojet engine, four underwing hardpoints, two machine guns under the intakes and new communication and navigation gear. Entering service in February 1966 with No.208 squadron at RAF Khormaksar the Strikemaster force was expanded when No.8 Squadron re-equipped with the type in April 1966. Both units flew armed reconnaissance sorties in the Radfan and Dhala areas a difficult task as the rugged terrain aided concealment and camouflage. The Hunter FR.10's of No. 1417 Flight and the Shackleton MR.3's of No.37 Squadron helped with pre-strike and post-strike photographs and during the Autumn of 1966 the rebel forces in the Radfan area increasingly used caves to store arms and ammunition. These difficult targets were successfuly attacked by both the Strikemaster ground-attack squadrons often under FAC control. However, repeated guerrilla attacks against British forces by the National Liberation Front continued (and subsequently increased after the 1967 Six-Day war) causing the British to leave Aden by the end of November 1967. Following the British departure, the National Liberation Front managed to seize power and establish the People's Republic of South Yemen. The Radfan Strikefighter wing returned to the UK to form a new Tactical Weapons Unit at RAF Brawdy operating the type until 1991. Skin Credit: allenjb42
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4 pointsView File MB-339A Reduxe MB-339A Reduxe for SF2 WHAT´S IN: 1 aircraft with 16 brand new skins I always liked this little bird and so I updated it a bit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation: 1st you have to delete the MB-339A folders from your Aircraft & Decals mod folders (only if you have an earlier version installed). Simply copy all the files in the respective directory of your game folder. "User"\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 If asked, let overwrite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits: ID(io)T Team: Original MB-339A mod Soulfreak: All paintwork, most of the decals, Hangar & Loading screens & ini dance NGHENGO: Main 3D model Bobrock: 3D model and Cockpit Paulopanz: some Decals Spillone104: DEFA gunpods, INI work and sound Baffmeister: FM tuning Aleducat: Martin Baker MK10-1 seat Crusader: Cockpit ini update Special thanks to "yakarov79" for his support & help with panel lines. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Legal stuff: This mod is freeware. Commercial use is not allowed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was tested in a SF2 complete installation. Schapen, April 4th 2020 Carlo "Soulfreak" Vecchi Submitter Soulfreak Submitted 04/04/2020 Category Other Origin
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3 pointsView File Panavia Tornado (German Navy) April 2020 ========= Marineflieger IDS version 1.50 ------------------------------------------------- Marineflieger Tornado IDS. Version 1.5 looks to be final standart for all my Tonkas. CAUTION !!!! --------------------- Base LOD is using specular maps. They can really drop fps on slower GPUs [like my GTX 460 ;-)]. If you have this problem use files in EXTRAS folder. Just copy it to :/Objects and overwrite. CAUTION 2: -------------------- Weapons : Since 1988 MBB-Aeritalia recce pod since 2000 Litening II laser pod --> LGBs since 2002 AGM-88 CAUTION 3: -------------------- Better check TUTORIALS before you'll delete them ;-) Keys: ---------- SHIFT+1 -> canopy open SHIFT+2 -> fuel probe SHIFT+3 -> weapon operator cockpit SO,THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ... CREDITS: Nothing wouldn't be possible without these guyz : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ravenclaw_007 - weapons, documentation, 3d lessons, BOZ, pylons, German loadouts and lot of help yakarov79 - skinning lessons, testing, damages, 3d details baffmeister - flight model, testing coupi - decals, skins, hit boxes, damages, testing crusader - documentation, testing, avionics, HUD, air search radar, loadouts, RWR soulfreak - skins, decals sophocles - testing, sounds spinners - hangar and loading screens florian - some parts and ideas I used in my model from his German Tornado 76_IAP - 3d lessons guuruu - ALL BUGS .. AND ALL PREVIOUS TONKA DEVELOPERS. THANK YOU GUYZ VERY MUCH. Godfather of project: ---------------------------------- fanatic modder - testing, documentation, flight model, engine datas, inspiration, sounds, loadouts ************************************************************************************************* This is freeware; it CANNOT be distributed unless permissions are granted by myself. The original readmes, if any, and all other pieces of the package MUST remain intact. The names of all contributors, modders, suppliers, etc =MUST= be listed in any new readmes. This package and any part of it may NOT in any way, shape or form be used in any payware additions. ************************************************************************************************* THIS AIRCRAFT MOD OR ANY PART OF IT MUST NOT BE HOSTED OR POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD ON ANY OTHER WEB SITE WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION, 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. ************************************************************************************************* Have fun Wojtek Submitter guuruu Submitted 04/04/2020 Category Tornado
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3 pointsI could not find textures somewhere on internrt so I made some using pictures from one I found somewhere else.
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2 pointsSince Russia or Europe cant offer a real successor for the MiG-21, the F-21 is the best choice for India, i think.
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1 pointSorry for the late response I was so busy. It's when a bunch of local politicians get together to set policy for and finance a local public transit. The video is below. Big Covid19 stuff at 42:12 til 1:18:52, 1:32:47 til 1:37:20, 1:39:14 til 1:42:20 and 1:42:45 til 1:47:27. Things are so serious for transit operators the Community Transit operator's union is posting weekday Facebook updates and the national unions are getting aggressive. Yes, if you depend on transit... essential trips only please!
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1 pointwell, after being hit with the corona i am back up to speed, mostly working on my skills in the campaign setup and it feels to be going decently now. so hows the map coming along? what are the maps north/south and east/west boundaries?
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1 pointThe RAAF implemented a policy of either historical nose arts on its B-1 fleet or of native wildlife, with a preference to birds. oddly, until 2011 A55-058 never recieved a nose art. that was until the Chitose Airshow of 2011. while on a stop at Kadena, the crew chiefs took the oppurtunity to add artwork from a popular Canadian cartoon , with a twist. The PM of Japan loved it soo much that he gushed over it during a televised meeting with the Australian PM. while the noseart violated official guidance on the bomber artwork, this high level approval meant it was mostly left alone. the title was removed in hopes of not angering the Hasbro executives. but that was how the blank bomber became Rainbow Dash
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1 pointThe latest update thrustmaster mfd's and a sound bar hope to rebuild cockpit frame when the world gets back to normal :)
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1 pointSorry Josefk, I am not very familiar with the US, can you explain more ? What is a transit board meeting ?
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1 pointI AM ANNOYED AT THE FKIN IDIOTS SO......IM READY TO SAVE OUR NHS SOME WORK.....AND GIVE THE UNDERTAKERS SOME WORK\PAY
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1 pointI would think they'd definitely go to what the RAAF F-111s were painted in the 2000s - a semi-light grey. They'd also pack a lotta Harpoons, Popeye and J-DAM. For starters. As to the future of the RAAF B-1Bs... well AIM-120s and even Gabriel & SPICE missiles from Israel would come eventually in the late 1990s making them B-1K Keatings that Dale Brown readers would salivate over. This was in return for a secret agreement Israel could use the bombers in a national emergency such as if Israel was about to be overrun or if Iran posed too much of a nuclear threat - and Israel would help Australia if Australia was in existential danger. Israel eventually would show up at Perth Airport with refueling tankers in mid-November 2020 to collect on that debt of honor and annihilate Iran's nuclear capability with reflagged B-1Ks in their only "in anger" performance creating a second front too much for Iranian air defenses to handle with no RAAF/IDF losses. You may wonder how in the 2003-2008 participation in the Iraq War and the ISIS conflict the B-1Ks were able to sit those out while the RAAF sent F/A-18As and eventually F/A-18Fs? It had to be made clear time & again to US Central Command that the B-1Ks were intended to serve as Australia's non-nuclear strategic deterrent to protect the Australian homeland - not to fly sorties as J-DAM trucks and flying boom boxes over the Middle East. It helped when until late 2020 very few knew of the fine details of the secret Israeli-Australian agreement plus few in the US Government were ever wild about expanding the nuclear club to anyone except for some loudmouth named Donald J. Trump who had to watch Israel & Australia (and covertly some Middle Eastern nations like Iraq) whack Iran a week after Joe Biden became President-elect. The People's Republic of China got the memo once the agreement was released via a leak to the Aussie press and had to give direct, firm reassurances they had no intention to initiate hostilities against anyone. Also never again would the PRC allow a pandemic leave their shores either... fearing a Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would make good on his threat to send the B-1Ks with new stealth cruise missiles after the People's Liberation Army Navy if another Covid-19 landed on Aussie shores. The Aussies were able to keep their big stick around for so long by limiting flight hours, gracious Israeli assistance with the avionics & weapons to the point of Israeli refurbishing the avionics so the B-1K could be flown by two aircrew if desired, cannibalizing aging USAF B-1Bs for parts, and growing use of 3-d printing. It was part of the Australian political consensus with a rising People's Republic of China + other regional troublemakers the harsh lessons of World War II and 11 September wouldn't be forgotten. Eventually in the late 2020s with no replacement for the B-1 except for the B-21 Raider retained for US-use only, the RAAF decided to replace what became B-1Cs with F-15EXs upgraded by Israel.
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1 point(not to be insulting to anyone or anything --- this is meant as a joke!) And here I thought, when I left auto repair, I was done with working with jackasses!!!
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1 pointHi here the latest update on my pit 9" chopped off back new mfd's new clocks and dials coming soon made a vesa mount for speakers..
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