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Realising that the majority of ACM was subsonic, the US Navy decided not to update it's aging F-5 fleet and instead purchased Hawk 200's as replacements. Agile and radar equipped these proved very successful and squadrons were also given a small number of T-45 Goshawks for training and pilot currency. These were also agile but lacked radar and were generally operated in mixed fleets with their single seat counterparts. The Hawk 200 had American radars and ECM fitted and were known in service as F-25 Sparrow Hawks...

Breaking, first flight for the first two Eurofighter Typhoon for Kuwait Air Force build by Leonardo. The total order is for 28, 22 one seater, and 6 two seats. Eurofighter standard for Kuwait is one of the highest Eurofighter built up to date.

This is a Masquerade-Thread, so the aircraft in here have different names and origin than in the real world. Ye be warned! Saab J 25 Svärd (Sword), F4 Frösön, Flygvapnet, 1953 F3 Malmstätt Saab J 25 R, F21 Luleå, Flygvapnet, 1957 F12 Kalmar

Nuisance Raider

A brace of Butcher Birds

Raptor is ready

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Dear Friends, Autumn has arrived in Moscow and Las Vegas and even thought the air temperature is dropping, our work pace is heating up fast. Work on our new cloud tech continues and is making rapid progress. We will make many different “cloud patterns” over time as we mentioned previously, but right now we are trying to create some quality cloud designs that we can put into Beta testing and fulfill the minimum designs needed to get you up and flying with them sooner rather than later. Please enjoy these screenshots and prepare to get lost in them! Work on the forthcoming P-51B continues and I really wanted to show you a shot of the cockpit with textures, but they aren’t quite ready for public viewing yet. But rest assured that the P-51B work is going hot and heavy. I am “encouraging” Mike as much as possible to get her done. So, we can’t show you the P-51B cockpit at the moment, but how about some shots of the Mosquito instead! As you can see, it’s taking shape and looking nice! Like our other British birds this one also has a busy cockpit that when finished will be nothing but Royal Air Force awesomeness! Testing on the new AQMG is progressing well and it should be released in our next update as mentioned last week. The Breguet 14 is also entering its final stages of tweaking before release as well. Work on the next update overall is going quite well so we expect a smooth release of 4.605 this month as planned. There has also been some good news with some research endeavors Jason has working on. If all goes well It may bring a new warbird to our skies. One that many of you have asked for. Stay tuned for more on that. And as mentioned by Jason in his recent Briefing Room post we have two Collector Tanks being worked on by our friends at DigitalForms and we will announce those very soon. Enjoy! The Sturmovik Team

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1974-1975 A-7E VA-22, CVW-15 USS Coral Sea 5.12.1974 - 2.7.1975 A-7E VA-94, CVW-15 USS Coral Sea 5.12.1974 - 2.7.1975 A-7E VA-27, CVW-14 USS Enterprise 17.9.1974 - 20.5.1975 A-7E VA-97, CVW-14 USS Enterprise 17.9.1974 - 20.5.1975 A-7E VA-146, CVW-9 USS Constellation 21.6.1974 - 23.12.1974 A-7E VA-147, CVW-9 USS Constellation 21.6.1974 - 23.12.1974 and then few more years of colorful Corsair in the Atlantic and Pacific fleet before everything turned gray. WIP.

In mid 70's some structural cracks were found on the RAAF Mirage III fleet, altough a crash program was devised to fix the problem, the Australian goverment decided to buy a stopgap solution, purchasing 26 Mirage F.1 directly from France, the planes were really liked by its pilot and soldiered with the RAAF until year 2000 with some modernization programs in the meantime, surviving the Mirage III for a long shot and also flying along the F/A-18A that was choosen to replace the Mirages. Why the odd number you will ask, the first 24 planes including 2 two seaters were designated for squadron use, and two single seaters were keep by the Aircraft Reasearch and Development Unit in order to devise some specific solutions tailored specifically to thew RAAF, including modified ECM pods, flare launchers and some speficic engine changes. The ARDU F.1's were some of the last to be retired of operational use when they tested some self defense suits that were then installed on the RAAF Hornets. Of course during their ARDU service the two F.1's used the infamous Fanta Can scheme that made the planes a welcome sight for plane spotters and plastic modellers around the world. Oustanding skin work by my good friend ValAstur!

Some pony pics...

lucky day, (to be alive)