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J-9A Flashback... somewhere from the Gobi desert !

I have a brand new one in the works, but it's been sitting on my HD for quite some time. Not sure when it will be finished. It doesn't cover the entirety of the Red Sea, but the north of it is already included in the stock IsraelME terrain. This new one offers many different scenarios. Eritrea and North Yemen are Blue Side. Eritrea will only appear after its independence date, before that it's part of Ethiopia. The same for Yemen, it's unified after May 22nd 1990, being completely Red Side.

Working on new tiles for the red side airfields...

Yes. Have a few on the table. Yes, in fact, 5 more squadrons need to be finished. The reason I made greys first...(mostly) 1500? well, that is a short list then... Meanwhile... 'Peace' after Vietnam. Most of the units were deployed in Vietnam, and are covered there - but still, a few more colorful years and then slowly losing saturation. COMNAVAIRPAC A-7A VA-56, CVW-5 USS Midway 1-12.1976 A-7A VA-93, CVW-5 USS Midway 1-12.1976 A-7E VA-146, CVW-9 USS Constellation 26.9.1978 - 17.5.1979 A-7E VA-147, CVW-9 USS Constellation 26.9.1978 - 17.5.1979 A-7E VA-27, CVW-14 USS Coral Sea 13.11.1979 - 11.6.1980 EveningLight / Eagle Claw A-7E VA-97, CVW-14 USS Coral Sea 13.11.1979 - 11.6.1980 EveningLight / Eagle Claw A-7E VA-25, CVW-2 USS Ranger 10.9.1980 - 5.5.1981 A-7E VA-113, CVW-2 USS Ranger 10.9.1980 - 5.5.1981 A-7E VA-22, CVW-15 USS Kitty Hawk 1.4.1981 - 23.11.1981 A-7E VA-94, CVW-15 USS Kitty Hawk 1.4.1981 - 23.11.1981 A-7E VA-192, CVW-11 USS America 14.4.1981 - 12.11.1981 A-7E VA-195, CVW-11 USS America 14.4.1981 - 12.11.1981

Polikarpov I-189 'Groza' - Fighter Aviation Regiment, Soviet Air Force, 1946

A Welcome Sight

GENTLEMAN! you must post screenies when complimenting in teh War Room! mandatory screenie..... scratch that, this is an announcement. Trick or Treat!

Some Spits...

Added a black RAF skin from the Hawk T.1 to the DAT Hawk 127 to make a kind-of Hawk T.2 for a trip to Wales...

We upgraded the Mirage F1CZ early to the version 2.7. waiting for approval.

I guess no one's ever heard of Eritrea

January 26th, 1991. Furball somewhere over Iraq, during the IrAF retreat to neighboring Iran...

I ,for one,enjoy watching a master's progress !

Emergency! Fire on the flightdeck!

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

I've been tinkering with the Polish-Russian War. Today I uploaded an armored car for the project. The FT-B was built in relatively small numbers (less then 20) but was an effective fighting machine. Some stayed in service until the 1930's. The download includes high and low poly LOD's and a destroyed version.

Version 2.7 uploaded and available soon.

This is great The Ogaden war is one of the only missing conflict in SF2

It's actually DAT's MB.5 but they are very similar in their general configuration.

I get it!! It's Capun's Kangaroo!!! (lets see who else gets it)

There is some randomness just like in real life, exactly because otherwise it would behave like a robot, and you'd know exactly what is next. However, it's not just "random". Sometimes there are 2 or 3 moves available in a situation and the AI will choose (Aces have more manoeuvres to choose from and they usually perform them better etc). More shake may be possible, sure.

Thank you gentlemen, for your feedback and comment and I'm happy that I'm not bothering anyone with my work progress update, therefore I will keep posting my progress.

i appreciate this. my late father in law was with this unit i believe at around this time. GIMPs free ya know ive always wanted to do some low viz TPS birds for the fleet myself. but for me they are somewhere around 989 on a list of 1500 things to do. hoping you dont get burnt out on the SLUF after the full color squadrons, as lo viz would be nice. but it can get tiring going down the rabbit hole researching and creating so i understand if it doesnt happen

This is a very cool looking vehicle, thanks for finding this. Since it fires to the rear, it couldn't be used as a tank in First Eagles, but it might be used as a truck or as a static prop. Or maybe for AA...

Any chance for som sandy A-7Es Jarek?

1991: the result when the Ieaqi convoys put their noses in the open...

Hunting the trails..... Decided to make a few more tiles & draw some trails on them......going around the trees.....not perfect but better than nothing.

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.

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.

Trying to rework the old pilot.

Some late war Corsairs...

Marine Air..