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Maybe so. Right after we finish building 1000s of miles of the Ho Chi Minh trail and accurate surrounding elevation. And then finish up 100s of miles of the Vietnamese rail lines. Then we will work on the major road networks.

Oh, better keep listening, might be a bit about "Blessed are the Big noses".

A-7E VA-81, CVW-17 USS Forrestal 27.11.1979 - 7.5.1980 A-7E VA-83, CVW-17 USS Forrestal 27.11.1979 - 7.5.1980 A-7E VA-46, CVW-1 USS John F. Kennedy 4.8.1980 - 28.3.1981 A-7E VA-72, CVW-1 USS John F. Kennedy 4.8.1980 - 28.3.1981

MiG-21K is taking off from soviet airfield at Socotra island, the soviet "Gibraltar" in the Gulf of Aden. (Terrain WIP)

FMA I.Ae.26 Vencejo - Grupo 1 de Caza del Comando Aereo de Defensa, Fuerza Aerea Argentina, 1949 An early step towards establishing the Fuerza Aérea Argentina as a separate branch of the Argentinian Armed Forces was taken during February 1944 when the newly created position of Commander-in-Chief of Aviation was made by the Department of War. This led directly to the creation of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina by decree on January 4th, 1945 with Brigadier Edmundo Sustaita becoming the first Commander of the Air Force shortly afterwards. Sustaita wasted no time in beginning a programme of modernization and in June 1946 he was aided by the incoming President Juan Perón who declared his strong desire for economic independence for Argentina with an ambitious five-year plan to increase wages, achieve full employment, stimulate industrial growth whilst also improving transportation, communication, energy and social infrastructure. Specifically to boost the Argentinian aviation industry President Juan Perón brought three teams of engineers to FMA (Fábrica Militar de Aviones) to drive forward the technological development of Argentinian aviation. One team was led by Émile Dewoitine, one by Kurt Tank and one by the Argentinian-born Daniel Olguin who had worked under the leadership of Edgar Schmued at North American Aviation since 1938. Whilst Dewoitine and Tank were tasked with designing interim and advanced jet fighters (the Pulqui I and the Pulqui II respectively) Olguin's task was to urgently design and manufacture a propeller-driven fighter aircraft under the designation I.Ae.26. It was completely logical for Olguin to start with a design that resembled the North American P-51D but his I.Ae.26 design was subtly different to the American aircraft being longer and having a different airfoil profile (NACA 66) to its laminar flow wings. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Griffon Mk 61 (rated at 2,035 hp) a key feature of the I.Ae.26 design was ease of manufacture and maintenance with a slightly box-like fuselage with detachable panels for ease of access replacing the conic sections of the P-51D. To aid production the airframe was divided into five main sections consisting of the forward fuselage, centre fuselage, tail, left wing and right wing all of which were fitted with wiring and piping before being assembled. Development progressed swiftly with the prototype I.Ae.26 flying for the first time on April 30th, 1947 flown by senior FMA test pilot Miguel Kempes who achieved a calibrated level flight speed of 444 mph at 30,000 ft (8,046 m). Such performance was considered outstanding and the cockpit layout was praised by all FMA test pilots. Kempes gave a spectacular display of the prototype I.Ae.26 at the 'Veinticinco de Mayo' airshow held in Buenos Aires on May 25th, 1947 and, afterwards, President Juan Perón announced a production order for 100 aircraft and also bestowing the name of 'Vencejo' (Swift) on the I.Ae.26. Entering service with Grupo 1 de Caza in August 1948 the Vencejo was popular with Fuerza Aerea Argentina pilots and whilst still in service in 1955 it did not participate in the Revolución Libertadora and was eventually phased out of service towards the end of 1960 when it was replaced by the F-86F Sabre. Skin Credit: Charles

ODS.

and another

Maybe in "When Thunder Rolled"???

Supermarine Spitfire FR.14E - Grupo 1 de Caza del Comando Aereo de Defensa, Fuerza Aerea Argentina, 1947 Skin Credit: paulopanz

This is for members like me who use photoshop but can't open DDS files, you can download the DDS plug-in for After Effects and Photoshop then you don't need to have two software to do your work. I hope you will find this useful. just download the file and use the correct plug 32 or 64 and you put it in the Adobe Photoshop directory under \Plug-ins and you are all set.

I downloaded DXTBMP and that works as well. I did get this from one of the how to forums. This also saves back into dds as well

A-7E VA-81, CVW-17 USS Forrestal 5.1.1971 - 2.7.1971 22.9.1972 - 6.7.1973 A-7E VA-83, CVW-17 USS Forrestal 5.1.1971 - 2.7.1971 22.9.1972 - 6.7.1973 A-7B VA-15, CVW-6 USS Franklin D. Roosvelt 14.9.1973 - 17.3.1974 A-7B VA-87, CVW-6 USS Franklin D. Roosvelt 14.9.1973 - 17.3.1974 A-7E VA-37, CVW-3 USS Saratoga 27.9.1974 - 19.3.1975 A-7E VA-105, CVW-3 USS Saratoga 27.9.1974 - 19.3.1975 A-7C VA-82, CVW-8 USS America 3.1.1974 - 3.8.1974 6.9.1974 - 12.10.1974 A-7C VA-86, CVW-8 USS America 3.1.1974 - 3.8.1974 6.9.1974 - 12.10.1974

COMNAVAIRLANT A-7A VA-37, CVW-3 USS Saratoga 7.6.1970 - 31.10.1971 A-7A VA-105, CVW-3 USS Saratoga 7.6.1970 - 31.10.1971 A-7B VA-15, CVW-6 USS Franklin D. Roosvelt 2.1.1970 - 27.7.1970 A-7B VA-215, CVW-6 USS Franklin D. Roosvelt 2.1.1970 - 27.7.1970 A-7B VA-46, CVW-1 USS John F. Kennedy 15.11.1971 - 10.5.1972 A-7B VA-72, CVW-1 USS John F. Kennedy 15.11.1971 - 10.5.1972 A-7E VA-12, CVW-7 USS Independence 16.9.1971 - 16.3.1972 A-7E VA-66, CVW-7 USS Independence 16.9.1971 - 16.3.1972

I Use Photoshop CS2 :)

I use Photoshop CS3 & Gimp. I always used the Nvidea Plugin for work with DDS files.

A-7B VA-46, CVW-1 USS John F. Kennedy 28.6.1975 - 27.1.1976 A-7B VA-72, CVW-1 USS John F. Kennedy 28.6.1975 - 27.1.1976 A-7E VA-82, CVW-8 USS Nimitz 16.7.1975 - 24.9.1975 A-7E VA-86, CVW-8 USS Nimitz 16.7.1975 - 24.9.1975 A-7E VA-15, CVW-6 USS America 29.9.1977 - 25.4.1978 A-7E VA-87, CVW-6 USS America 29.9.1977 - 25.4.1978

Well, yes? With ODS 30AE we provide a custom MissionControl.ini file with tweaks here and there. I just didn't bother about editing the Waypoint section. Not exactly, I had already explained what it was;

I use the old PaintShopPro, is from the Paleozoic, but still works great, even If it cannot open DDS, for that I use Gimp.

Quick question for the terrain experts...... Why don't any of the Vietnam terrains we've got have any roads on them?? Because ; A...I want to photograph a crossroads...... And B.... I then want to bomb said road junction...

FMA I.Ae.26 Vencejo - Grupo 1 de Caza del Comando Aereo de Defensa, Fuerza Aerea Argentina, 1949

Something I draw up first back in the early 90's, then refined it around 2001/2 or so, it has the name FLM-189 "Peble" in my drawingbook.. Not fully complete and misses dedicated pit ATM..

Just a random screenie......

One Corona less!

https://www.falcon-bms.com/ The latest iteration of the Tommo Inc Falcon 4.0 total conversion modification - Benchmark Sims 4.35 U3 - is available for you to enjoy as of RIGHT NOW! BMS 4.35 U3 requires a legit installation of a Falcon 4.0 (all older and newer versions are accepted alike, i.e. Microprose, Hasbro, GOG, Steam, Retroism). The check is performed both at setup time and every time you start BMS. If no valid installation is found, BMS will exit with a corresponding error message. U3 is an incremental update on top of 4.35 base + U1 + U2, so you need to have the BMS 4.35 Full Installer package and Update 1 and Update 2 available on your PC. You can both update your existing 4.35 base + U1 + U2 installation as well as perform a fresh 4.35 base + U1 + U2 + U3 installation from scratch, as you like. See the installation instructions below for details. This mod may not be used for any commercial purposes. Any such use may constitute a violation of the intellectual property of Tommo Inc and the non-commercial Terms and Conditions under which Benchmark Sims make this mod available to you. Installation instructions (they will be shown as well once you run the U3 installer): _DESTINATION FOLDER: Update 3 must be targeted at the original Falcon BMS 4.35 Setup folder, NOT at your Falcon BMS installation location! After the update installer has been finished, it will run the Falcon BMS Setup program to either apply the update to an existing BMS 4.35 base + U1 + U2 installation (choose ‘Manage product updates’), or perform a fresh 4.35 base + U1 + U2 + U3 installation from scratch. CONFIG FILE: U3 does not replace your existing config file. Step-by-step details: (1) The pre-requirement for installing the update is to have the original BMS 4.35 Setup folder available. That is the one with the blue colored Setup.exe. Take a note on the folder name where this exe is. This folder is NOT your actual game folder that you use to start BMS itself. It’s the folder wherever you downloaded and extracted the original BMS 4.35 base installer. (2) Note: You need the original BMS 4.35 Setup folder + U1 + U2, as U3 is incremental only (like all BMS updates). (3) Next, RUN (do not unzip) the U3 installer. It will ask you where the BMS setup folder is. Select the folder that you have identified in the 1st step. (4) Note: Running the U3 installer will NOT actually install U3! Instead, it will update your original BMS 4.35 Setup folder + U1 + U2 to include the new U3 data. (4) After the U3 installer has finished, it will run the blue colored Setup.exe that you have identified in the 1st step. Either perform a fresh new installation, or update your existing 4.35 base + U1 + U2 installation by choosing ‘Manage product updates’. U3 will now be shown in addition to the 4.35 base + U1 + U2 installation. (5) After the update, when starting BMS, the version string in the BMS UI will now read: Falcon BMS 4.35.3 (x64) Build 24585_ Here’s the 4.35 U2 -> 4.35 U3 changelog: https://www.falcon-bms.com/