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may I add to be aware that for many here English is not their primary language so they may be wording things in ways that sound like they are demanding help, patience with these members ,especially if they are new, would help avoid trouble and hurt feelings too.

McDonnell Douglas F-4J(FN) - Flotille 12F, Aéronavale, 1979

De Havilland Vixen F.2A - No.19 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1972

Going Feet Dry.

Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star - Royal Norwegian Air Force, 1952

Its working fine now.

Lockheed F-104F Starfighter - EC 1/10 "Valois", Armée de l'Air, 1975

I've flown all kinds of recce missions in SF1. In everything from from RF-84s to RF-104Gs. Been shot down a lot too. But nothing compares to the sheer difficulty of flying photo birds in SF2WOV. Going in low, relying on pretty much nothing but speed to keep you alive in the firestorms of flak is like nothing else out there. So far in DiD since i've converted to SF2 i've flown two pure recce campaigns and lasted three missions each. Both times being shot down in the target area. Going for it again, naturally. First few missions is "on the rails" flying the given waypoints. Virtually suicidal of course, as was noted in a long ago post here in Combatace. But you know how it is for new guys. Always have to do things by the book. The way i'm looking at things now (just to make it sporting) is five missions on the rails, then doing your own thing. Though you'll always have to be straight and level at the moment of truth anyways. That's the absolute best chance for them to bag you. Back in WW2 they called the low level jobs "dicing". So let's see if it's still worth it to roll 'em again.

There's a difference between a language barrier and being rude in any language.

16May65 Ensign Roger Kirby was shot down by ground fire over the target. A good chute was seen and Kirby was taken prisoner as soon as he reached the ground.

8MAR65. It was a prestrike mission to Bac Giang this time. Just like the first mission it was launch off the catapult then a climb to 20,000ft while heading for the beach. Since i was going in first there wasn't much in the way of delaying before reaching the push over. Right about at the mouth of the Red river, it was showtime. Drew scattered fire at first but it started getting serious as i overflew Nam Dinh heading upriver. Once past that it was a break of sorts as only the occasional AAA position opened fire before reaching the turning point slightly SW of Hanoi. From there it got to be a steady stream of AA fire all the way to the primary target. I thought maybe it would lessen as the Doung river was crossed but nothing of the sort occurred. Enemy fire grew even more intense across the river and all the way to, over, and on the turn onto the egress route. There was a brief respite as the distance toward the ridge was covered but once there and onto the final leg the groundfire was the worst that had been experienced during the mission. AAA was so intense that over the north side of Haiphong the decision was made to go full burner until feet wet and to zoom climb to 10,000ft once over the water. AA fire was still steady until about three miles off the coast though.

1st screens after my new system is running & finally got into 2.7

Luftwaffenmuseum Berlin Gatow

Black Knights come on 2..... Good Morning Mr Bear

Random shots.....

When the conflicts scalated into what has become known as the Far East War in 1968, the USAF found itself without the ability to field enough Phantoms to curb the swarms of J-6s fielded by the PLAAF, which led to a revival of the Starfighter in its intended role as an air superiority fighter. Out of the F-104G production lines everywhere, scores of F-104Ms were produced introducing improvements such as the uprated J79-GE-19 engine and a EW warfare suit to survive in the SAM intensive environments of Korea, Vietnam and the Taiwan Strait. Another significant improvement came about with the standardization of US Navy variants of the AIM-9 Sidewinder, which not only simplified logistics and production, but actually performed much better in combat. Still need to work a bit on the ECM stuff, they should also come with IFR probes. Skin by Wrench, terrain by Gerwin and Menrva, stock 3d stuff, blunders by yours truly Macelena

Little Tiger over Taiwan