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3 pointsAfghanistan always has had a problem of tribal leaders not following the government. It's just how it works. Now for my opinion it seems that Trump started the process and Biden finished it. And now they (as you pointed out) by changing the narrative and going against Biden. Fact of the matter is that it probably would have blown up in Trump's face if he had a second term. Just like the Middle East peace deal it fell apart. As for my opinion given my tour, I think it's pretty messed up the hard work we put in there just goes away with the Taliban took over. Sure feels like my tour there was a waste. Nothing changed and we still didn't defeat the Taliban, and as they say, "You have the watches, we have the time." They simply just waited for us to begin to leave in order to take over. They knew we wouldn't stay there forever and this just shows that they waited whether we would have been there for thirty or fifty years.
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2 pointsIt was known from the outset back in 2001 by most not writing in crayon that rule number One of the colonial war handbook (which this is despite the remarketing) is never invade Afghanistan! Therefore the exit strategy was also known to be very difficult but they have had 20 years to work something out which could only include getting the natives onside. That quote just goes along with how do you turn a nation so backward into some kind of democracy when the majority of Afghans probably see foreign invaders with values that do nothing but insult their beliefs! Also why should they have other peoples ideals forced upon them by military invasion..........just provides more recruits for the Taliban. The chosen exit strategy appears to be an exact replica of Nixon's in Nam and I am not just talking about a few Helicopter shots.............. even starting with a half arsed deal that didn't suit the Afghan government and left the Taliban in control of large parts of the country before pulling out! On the face of it these people running this don't appear to have 2 brain cells to rub together.............it is an absolute farce and a demonstration of outright stupidity on an international scale!!
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2 pointsI know I was just a fobbit over there, but feel free to message me if you need to talk. These are hard times for a lot of OEF vets. Unfortunate fun fact: one of the State Department Air Wing CH-46s that was taking part in the Kabul evacuation was on the USS Hancock during Operation Frequent Wind.
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2 pointsMaybe? https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42005/800-people-evacuated-from-kabul-aboard-a-single-c-17-cargo-jet-reports
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Version 1.0.0
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TMF F-14A_82 SF2NA Skin pack Tested in SF2NA, Full-5 Merged and based on 1977Frenchie and Blackburn32 great skins. I've started this skin in order to have the correct skin for the VF-14 and VF-32 cruise on USS Independence in 1982-83 ( comprised the crisis in Lebanon) and VF-11 and VF-31 embarked in USS J F Kennedy in 1982 and USS Forrestal in 1986 for The Mirage Factory F-14A_82,to be used in the campaign of SF2NA Expansion Pack and SF2 North Cape Few decals are modified from the original skins of Blackburn32 and/or 1977Frenchie, but the majority was done by me.I've also added the correct ( more or less) gun gas vents in place of the incorrect NACA ones. ========== To Install: As always ,all in the relative folders in your game(s) As these skins was designed to replace those already done by TMF/1977Frenchie/ Blackburn32, If you will preserve the old ones, please made a back-up of the latters as the folder in this pack share the same folders names and will overwrite all ----------------------------- Credits: TMF, Blackburn32 and 1977Frenchie for the F-14A and skins Me for the decals and the small improvements If I've forgot someone,please let me know please! ------------ Know issue: As always I tried to be the more historically precise as possible, but I miss some squadron's Bu.Nos/modexes and some skins have decals for just 10 planes out of the 12 standard for a Navy Squadron...sorry! -------------------------------------------- Legal note: This package may NOT in any way, shape or form be used in any payware addition. ------------------------------------------- Gianni "RustyKurnass" Coniglio -
1 pointYeah our terp got out before so he's on my FB friend list doing good. But for the others we'll have to see...
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1 pointheard a tale from a grunt one time, while in Kuwait after R&R waiting to head north (early 2012) his merry band of Strykers pulled up into a village, and everyone's "oh shit" meter pegged when the entire village took to the hills. everyone except this old man the terp asked the old man he didnt run first. "i had a good life, do what you will with me" he says asked what he menant, he replied "you Russians always shoot all the men" this was 2011, 2012 timeframe. that village still thought they were fighting the Soviet Union. that is not a good country to nation build and promote democracy my friends. as to how its all going, i can only look at the Nam guys and say so that how it feels. i hope the rest of ours get out ok, and there are some ANA i worked with that i hope got out sometime between the last year and now. but many of the others i worked with .... not suprised a bit
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1 pointThe Taliban were started by Pakistan back in the 2000s, after doing a marketing research campaign on the general public. We went into Afghanistan after Al-Qaeda but the Taliban were in charge then and they are now. Pakistan is back to their old tricks of wanting Afghanistan through proxy. Not sure we'll ever do anything there with Pakistan next door. The allies forces dropped a shit ton of money into an endless pit. I think finally getting out there just had to be done. The departure was always going to be shit show.
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1 pointWish you guys the best. A friend of a friend sent to help said you were having it bad between the fires and the floods.
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1 pointSome reading 1) President Trump signing an agreement with the Taliban and now the GOP trying to flip the narrative. https://www.newsweek.com/gop-removes-webpage-praising-trumps-historic-peace-deal-taliban-1619605 2) Some valid criticism of the Biden Administration. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/06/07/what-the-biden-administrations-narrative-on-afghanistan-gets-wrong/ 3) The 30,000 domestic troops had frontlines that were being starved of ammunition and rations by the Afghanistan leadership. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/world/asia/afghanistan-rapid-military-collapse.html Click to read full page
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1 pointDefinitely some comparisons with the pull out of Nam but also correct to say South Vietnam did initially put up a fight...........it took much longer for the North to break through instead of this stroll in the park. A Vet was on TV today bemused at how much time he / they had spent training up the Afghan forces over the last decades......so at least the Talibans army will be better trained if we have to go back
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1 pointConvair 201. Service designation of the US-Navy F-13A Seagull. A pair of F-13A of VF-31Tomcatters during SEAD mission.
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Version 1.0.0
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In October of 1949, four pilots of the 36th Fighter Wing came together to form the first aerobatic display team in the American zone in Germany. This team and its successors would go on to fly hundreds of demonstrations in front of millions in Europe and Africa, before being disbanded in 1963. That team was, .... the Skyblazers. This year, Nine Teen Eighty Six, the Skyblazers have finally come home.This reunion, flown in the most advanced fighter aircraft of our time, the McDonnel Douglas F-15C Eagle, brings the Skyblazers out of retirement and back to the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing in Bitburg West Germany. ladies and gentlemen, ........the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing and Bitburg Airbase are proud to present to you, your.... United States Air Forces... Europe........... SKYBLAZERS...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this mod represents the F-15C in a fictional scheme as the reconstituted USAFE Skyblazers demo team. while fictional, it is based on the very real Wing Commander aircraft's scheme in 1986, which was an homage to the Skyblazers in the 1950s. in this what if skin, all for Installation get original FastCargo aircraft pack from here https://combatace.com/files/file/10443-f-15-super-pack-version-24/ or the viper63a revamp here https://combatace.com/files/file/16186-sf2-f-15-eagle-super-pack-redux-2018/ the skin should work equally well in either. then.... select F-15C_85 aircraft (and associated decal folders if you wish, they arent needed for this mod) unzip, drop "Objects" folder into mod folder. should not be any overwriting necessary Included aircraft skin folders and decal folders for the F-15C_85 aircraft credits viper63a: limited use of decals, skins, much inspiration on how to proceed FastCargo: original model daddyairplanes: minor skin tweeks, revamp of decal layout, tga work TK: the whole original game thank you for choosing this mod, i hope that you enjoy it Kevin Unruh aka daddyairplanes Aug 2021 -
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Version 1.0.0
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Charlie Guardians: F-15C Eagles in the Air National Guard this mod represents the F-15C while in service with the US Air National Guard. two in game models of F-15C are represented, the _91 as the Hawaiian ANG operated bot A and C models for most of their tenure and the _02. Most ANG C users gained their new to them mounts in 2004. Installation get original FastCargo aircraft pack from here https://combatace.com/files/file/10443-f-15-super-pack-version-24/ or the viper63a revamp here https://combatace.com/files/file/16186-sf2-f-15-eagle-super-pack-redux-2018/ the skin should work equally well in either. then.... select and transfer the F-15C_91 and F-15C_02 aircraft (and original decals folders if you so choose. they arenet needed for this mod) unzip, drop "Objects" folder into mod folder. should not be any overwriting necessary Included aircraft skin folders and decal folders for F-15C_91 and _F-15C_02 aircraft credits viper63a: limited use of decals, skins, much inspiration on how to proceed FastCargo: original model allenjb42, NightshadeP/R: testers. if its messed up i swear its their fault (J/K!) daddyairplanes: minor skin tweeks, revamp of decal layout, tga work TK: the whole original game note: this started as an improvement to my own install on a new system. as i do not usually fly the two seaters, i have no intentions of doing the D models. if interested, i will gladly share the templates so you can create your own. thank you for choosing this mod, i hope that you enjoy it Kevin Unruh aka daddyairplanes Aug 2021 -
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Version 1.0.0
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East and West Eagles: F-15C in the 18th and 36th TFWs during the 1980s this mod represents the F-15C while in service with the 18th TFW at Kadena AB and the 36th TFW at Bitburg AB. it is semi historical, especially in the case of the 36th TFW (with had a lot of variations on the theme at any given time!) Installation get original FastCargo aircraft pack from here https://combatace.com/files/file/10443-f-15-super-pack-version-24/ or the viper63a revamp here https://combatace.com/files/file/16186-sf2-f-15-eagle-super-pack-redux-2018/ the skin should work equally well in either. then.... select either just the F-15C and F-15C_85 aircraft (and associated decal folders if you wish, they arent needed for this mod) unzip, drop "Objects" folder into mod folder. should not be any overwriting necessary Included aircraft skin folders and decal folders for F-15C and F-15C_85 aircraft credits viper63a: limited use of decals, skins, much inspiration on how to proceed FastCargo: original model allenjb42, NightshadeP/R: testers. if its messed up i swear its their fault (J/K!) daddyairplanes: minor skin tweeks, revamp of decal layout, tga work TK: the whole original game note: this started as an improvement to my own install on a new system. as i do not usually fly the two seaters, i have no intentions of doing the D models. if interested, i will gladly share the templates so you can create your own. 2d note: this mod was mainly created to fix the Eagles the way i wanted them in my own installs. since i do not normally fly two seaters, i did not do D models. anyone interested in creating these is free to pm me, and i will share the decal templates thank you for choosing this mod, i hope that you enjoy it Kevin Unruh aka daddyairplanes Aug 2021 -
1 pointConvair 201 of the German Navy is taking off from temporary runway in Norway. This bird is called "Orkan" (hurricane in english) by the german forces.
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1 pointIntercepted a Libyan MiG-23 that was getting little too close to the battle group.. I don't think he saw us in the sun.. Reversed and then slid in alongside him. I think he got he shock of his life! Made sure he was pointing back to the south and then let him go on his way..
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1 pointAfter the Falklands war the British government and military chiefs had a re-think, much to the annoyance of the Royal Navy....the ageing Vulcan was given a reprieve and a massive upgrade programme was started.......... To be continued.........
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1 pointJuly 1st, 1985... first flight of the prototype of the Mirage 2000CR-01 ! Unknown customer...
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1 pointBAC Lightning F.6A - 'The Yellowjacks', No.4 Flying Training School, Royal Air Force, 1967
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1 pointMirage 5AL ready for take off at runway on Faroe islands. (The plane and skin are part of ValAstures Mirage III and 5 pack for Germany. I only renamed his Mirage 5G into Mirage5AL, because the french call Germany Allemagne.)
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Version 1.4
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Nations & Medals Expansion April 13th, 2019 (1st Release) by Menrva >For Strike Fighters 2 games This mod is an extension of the stock ThirdWire _nations.ini file. It adds new nations and respective national decals, missing from the stock game, and it adds numerous medals (made by Capitaine Vengeur and Charles) for the stock countries. Here below a summary of the changes: -Added a number of new service markings decals, for the added nations. -Remade decals for the fictive countries of SF2 to match the default 256x256 resolution of other national decals. -The Mercenary decal no longer shows Dhimari colours; now it's generic and adapt for various scenarios involving mercenaries. -The Soviet Air Force becomes the Russian Air Force since 1992, with proper new decals showing up since 2010. -The Soviet Naval Aviation (Russian Naval Aviation since 1992) has been added as a separate service. -The (Free) Libyan Air Force has been added and becomes active in 2012, in place of the Libyan Arab Republic Air Force. -Biafra and Katanga have been added and are active for a short number of years, as historically accurate. -The Rwandan Air Force has been added, active since 1962, with later finflash showing up since 2002. -The Niger Air Force has been added, active since 1961, with alternative insignia in use since 1980. -The Djibouti Air Force has been added, active since 1977, as historically accurate. -The missing post-Yugoslavia nations, namely Montenegro and Republika Srpska, have been added. -The missing ex-Soviet Union nations of Belarus, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have been added. -The Irish Air Corps has been added, with alternative decals in use since 1955. -The People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force has been added as a separate service, active since 1953. -The Somali Air Force is known as the Somali Aeronautical Corps before 1960, as historically correct. -The Burkina Faso Air Force is no longer active since 1964, now it's active since 1985; it shows up as the Upper Volta Air Force before 1985. -The Bahrain Amiri Air Force becomes the Royal Bahraini Air Force in 2002, as historically accurate. -Created and added low-vis insignia and finflash textures for the Pakistan Air Force. -Fixed a stock bug in SF2 with the Sultan of Oman's Air Force not being selectable since 1959, as it should be. -Fixed a stock bug in SF2 with the Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force not using the old roundel as it should be before 1992. -Activated unused low-vis finflash included in stock SF2 for the Canadian Armed Forces. -Other very small changes here and there to other stock nations. -Added new medals for the following nations and respective services: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, East Germany, West Germany, France, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, South Korea, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States. Modders and users are advised to tweak their _userlist.ini files and _data.ini files for aircraft and ships, to make use of the new naval aviation services added by this mod. >Credits (in no particular order): -Capitaine Vengeur, for his Modern Russian Federation Medals and Modern Ukrainian Medals packs. -Charles, for his Medals Pack v2.0 addon for SF1, which I have improved and updated to SF2 standards. -mue, for sharing info about the functionality of the alias.lst file. -paulopanz, for creating decals for Rwanda and Niger, which I have further tweaked. -eburger68, for few decals I borrowed from his huge campaign mods. I included the original readme files from the mentioned mods, where available, to the end of giving proper credit to everyone involved directly or not. >Disclaimer: This is a freeware; yet it can be redistributed ONLY in other CombatACE mods/mod packages. This mod may NOT in any way, shape or form be used in any payware additions.
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