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I was just busy trying not to get shot down........... And I kept the Migs on the ground.....

I did it again and this time the roads of two neighbor tiles fits much more better. Vietnam has now a dense street network. Next step it will be to paint some villages on the tiles.

1979. Border War between China and Vietnam. (Terrain WIP, very early stage) Vietnamese Tigers intercept a squadron of H-5 Beagle Fox 2! Beagle down! Next Beagle down! And kill number 3.

One the last helicopter without turbines .... Well, Jarek's job ofc .... testing FM.

This is the entire collection. The F-15 wasn't part of the "Tiger Squadron" glider collection, but I found it in a store years later with almost the same scale and style as the rest of the set, so I bought it.

I reinstalled WOFF as planned, updates soon!

Fairey Gannet AS.51 - 310 Indian Naval Air Squadron, Indian Navy, 1971 Skin Credit: Charles

Random shot time.....

I'm enjoying all the reports - thank you! June 11-22 St. Pol-Sur-Mer In the last ten days, I have flown about 10 hours over the front and behind enemy lines. The Archie has been more active, and the Hun are getting their eye in. This means it's a rare sight for any of us to come home unscathed. My singing companion is a firm friend now, we chuckle and sing together and most of the time this seems more like a jolly trip than a war. However, after some dismal days that had grounded us, we were airborne on the 22nd. After we had returned from an hours flight on our side of the lines I was just mooching in the Office, minding my own busy when our one and only phone rang. It was an urgent call from First Army HQ to locate some artillery that was causing our infantry a great deal of discomfort. 'A' fight was still up with the boss and 'B' had just landed - but Jefferson and I were happy to turn around and get straight up over the lines. After about thirty minutes of flying as low as we dared over the Boch lines, we spotted the offending artillery, close to a deserted farmhouse. Jefferson made some detailed drawings on our map. The Germans were undeniably unhappyto be spied on by us and fired everything they had at us, rifles, revolvers even a machine gun. One bullet actually penetrated the hull of our BE2 and hit my boot! To my relief, the bullet was lodged in the lining of my right boot. I was uninjured but it put the 'wind up' us somewhat. At that point, we felt we'd used up our luck and skedaddled back to our side of the lines slowly as the wind was against us all the way. We made a landing close to our lines and met in the mud a tremendous Artillary lieutenant called Tyrrel Hawker. He was an absolutely charming fellow, making us feel right at home with a cup of steaming tea. He was very grateful for our assistance and contacted HQ on his wireless set. It turns out He is Lanoe Hawker's brother. Hawker is in the RFC and an incredible pilot, warrior and inventor. Leaving the army chaps in their trench we headed home and were treated to one of the Good Lord's finest displays, the mesmerizing setting sun playing on a gentle sea. As we landed the C.O. rushed out to us beaming from ear to ear. A general from First Army HQ had called and wanted to thank personally RNAS-1 for its brave pilots. Particularly those who had located the Hun guns that afternoon! The C.O. chest was puffed to bursting. "Don't get that often from the Army Chaps Heh!" He beamed, "Well done!"

Karls Diary Fritz and Karl,Porcher June 1915 Viktor and Karl June 1915

Hot on the heels of V1.19 comes V1.20 update for WOFF BH&H II. Version 1.20 7 January 2022 1) Allied and Central Powers 'incursion' range limit 'on or off' is now selectable in workshops, individually - see Version 1.19 items 7) and 8) 2) Fixed a text display issue on some Aircraft Stats pages. 3) Fixed an issue that prevented the Zeppelin R type from appearing in the Quick Combat lists. This also contains all previous updates, of course.

A few from Da Nang & the surrounding area. Is that Monkey Mountain in the background...?? Marble Mountain Marine Air Facility ....still wip. Da Nang Airbase 1967...ish.... Still wip.....but life would be a lot easier with a TOD editor.....or if I could get to grips the Terrain editor..

I finally continued my long term project - Skins for all A-4 Skyhawk squadrons/deployments in Vietnam. New skins aswell as a rework of my older (lower resolution) skins will be included. Have fun! Some progress: VA-15 Valions, 4/1966 - 11/1966, USS Intrepid, A-4B CAG: Line: VA-95 Green Lizards, 4/1966 - 11/1966, USS Intrepid, A-4B VA-153 Det. R Blue Tail Flies, 6/1964 - 12/1964, USS Kearsarge, A-4B VA-12 Flying Ubangis, 3/1970 - 12/1970, USS Shangri-La, A-4C CAG: Line: VA-22 Fighting Redcocks, 3/1965 - 11/1965, USS Midway, A-4C VA-22 Fighting Redcocks, 6/1966 - 2/1967, USS Coral Sea, A-4C CAG: Line: VA-22 Fighting Redcocks, 11/1967 - 5/1968, USS Ranger, A-4C VA-76 Spirits, 1/1967 - 8/1967, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4C VA-172 Blue Bolts, 6/1966 - 2/1967, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, A-4C CAG: Line: VA-172 Blue Bolts, 3/1970 - 12/1970, USS Shangri-La, A-4C CAG: Line: VA-195 Dambusters, 1/1964 - 11/1964, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4C VA-195 Dambusters, 4/1965 - 1/1966, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4C VA-195 Dambusters, 11/1966 - 5/1967, USS Ticonderoga, A-4C VA-195 Dambusters, 12/1967 - 8/1968, USS Ticonderoga, A-4C H&MS-15 Det. N Angels, 8/1965 - 3/1966, USS Hornet, A-4C "Fanny Hill" "Ko Sisters" VA-113 Stingers, 1/1968 - 7/1968, USS Enterprise, A-4F VA-93 Blue Blazers, 1/1968 - 10/1968, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4F CAG: Line: VMA-211 Wake Island Avengers, 10/1965 - 7/1966, Chu Lai AB, A-4E VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 1/1968 - 10/1968, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4F VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 8/1969 - 4/1970, USS Hancock, A-4F VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 10/1970 - 6/1971, USS Hancock, A-4F VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 1/1972 - 10/1972, USS Hancock, A-4F VA-192 (Worlds Famous) Golden Dragons, 1/1964 - 11/1964, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4C VA-106 Gladiators, 6/1968 - 2/1969, USS Intrepid, A-4E to be continiued...

Happy New Year, you're a bunch of old farts! CombatACE turns 20 years old this year. Thank you for being a part of who we are for the past two decades.

Here you are gents! https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,68153.0.html

When I enter a longer string of text, it wraps with the line spacing.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................I demonstrate here. By contrast, when I create a new line using the Return or Enter key, the line spacing becomes larger as seen here in blue. Is there a way to create a new line separated by smaller gaps as when using the List Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 or Bullet functions? Line 1 Line 2 Line 3

New colour...same result ! I think the original jets were light grey but appeared blue-grey in the sunlight...that's my excuse anyway

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Karls Diary Viktor left 10-days leave and i went on a flight course to Koblenz. My next mission(photo mission enemy battery)would be 12th June. My observer is Leutnant Helmut Steeger. Between Thiaucort and Pont-A-Mous,one village which could not recognise. Our artillery shoots!

how's this ? must be lucky as I made it home in this state !

Apparently, there is a "Casey Jones" mission in a DCS World F-86 Korea campaign, but I can't see a custom skin for it in this dark video from that mission:

This video may help

Seeing how you, Gepard, Menrva or Wrench struggle with TODs I wish Mue to find some time to finish his editor, that would be amazing. In the meantime, I attack some Banana republics with some unlikely attack planes.

It has been a minute being on this site...

I got this MiG-15 foam glider toy in 1978. I think I have the entire set of gliders. Look at the paint job given to it by famous aviation artist Lou Drendel:

nope,I think my attempt has the correct markings and is nearer the colour of the original Only jesting as I know who the REAL talents are on this site and I ain't one of them !

Thanks for the kind words. Seems like, theres still some interest in those skins. You'll need patience though...as you can see, there's still enough to do. Hangarscreens and stuff like that are also still missing for many skins. Green = Skin ready Dark Green = same Skin for 2 variants needed (for the faulty SF2 upgrade-function in campaigns -> only plane OR skin can be upgraded) Blue = 2 Skins for 1 deployment (gray + camo) Orange = older skin in lower resolution has to be reworked. White = not done yet. Nevertheless, I just found some more skins in a backup: VMA-214 Black Sheep, 6/1965 - 2/1966, Chu Lai AB, A-4C VMA-214 Black Sheep, 3/1966 - 4/1967, Chu Lai AB, A-4C VMA-223 Det. T Bulldogs, 10/1964 - 5/1965, USS Yorktown, A-4C VA-56 Champions, 11/1966 - 7/1967, USS Enterprise, A-4C VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 10/1964 - 5/1965, USS Hancock, A-4E

A great start gentlemen! Opening my account of the career of Edward Albert Le Mesurier... Excuse the shoddy photo-editing. I couldn't get the quality to match. :( ‐----------------------- Merville aerodrome looked tiny. The tender had barely turned off the main road before stopping again at a farmhouse some hundred yards down the track. There was scarcely room for a tiny collection of trucks in the motor pool. Beyond the farmhouse, the dark haired young man could see tented hangars and a suggestion of open field beyond, with a row of poplar trees obscuring most of the activity. The officer gave his thanks to the driver and pulled down his valise before entering the shade of the farmhouse door. Farmhouses are not built to be military installations. After making inquiries, the commanding officer of 2 squadron was found in his office, which also served as a bedroom. The new arrival noticed that the Major was packing his own valise. “2nd Lieutenant Le Mesurier, reporting for duty sir,” Edward introduced himself. “I’ve been sent from St Omer.” The CO returned his salute. “Major Webb-Bowen. Do come in.” He gestured at his half packed belongings. “I am heading back for England in the morning, but we will get you settled in first.” There were tents for the other ranks clustered behind the farmhouse, but the officers of 2 squadron were all cooped up in the quadrangular main building that doubled as offices. That night, a dinner was held for Major Bowen and also to celebrate the recent announcement of a VC. “So which one is Moorehouse?” Le Mesurier asked as the officers mingled before dinner. The room was a riot of dress uniforms as everyone had the right to keep the that of their old regiment. Le Mesurier’s own Royal Engineers uniform was immaculate as he had only worn it once before. De Havilland smiled wanly. “No longer with us, I’m afraid. He died of the wounds that earned him that gong. We are going to jolly well celebrate it though!” “Not too much for you, Le Mesurier,” Edward’s new flight commander, Captain Dawes interrupted. “I want you up and practing take-offs and landings in the morning. This field is horrible if you don’t watch your approach.” “Very good sir,” Les Mesurier replied, then he peered across the room. “I say, is that Robert Lorraine, the actor?” De Havilland and Dawes exchanged a surreptitious eye-roll. “Oh yes, but here he is serving as Lieutenant Lorraine. No time for stage talk now; here comes the Old Man with Trenchard.” Merville aerodrome had clearly been selected by someone who had never landed an aeroplane, Le Mesurier grumbled to himself as he circled for another approach. It consisted of an L shaped field, with the farmhouse at the top of the L and the river Lys at the bottom. It was nearly completely surrounded by tall poplar trees. A few had obligingly been cut down on the approach, but their stumps remained a hazard. The next day, Dawes took Le Mesurier up to the lines in. Edward was to look around while Dawes took photographs of the latest German defense works using a box camera. Le Mesurier was surprised at how sudden the front appeared. Bethune was still the nearest large town as it was as they climbed over Merville. Now suddenly he could see bursts of earth erupting as artillery hammered German positions. The ground was a mottle of green and brown and he could see the trenches themselves. He was surprised again at how clearly they stood out. Surely no-one could hide from the all seeing aeroplane? A much closer explosion brought his attention back into the air. Cloud of black smoke drifted by about 200 yards away. Then another burst appeared as he watched. Someone was shooting at them! Le Mesurier must have looked alarmed because his observer, a Lieutenant called Ashly, smiled and waved at him to settle down. Nothing to worry about. In after what seemed an age, Dawes led them away from the lines and two BE2s landed safely back at Merville. “You did well.” Dawes said as they walked over to the photography hut carrying the bulky camera and a collection of plates. “I've seen people handle Archie far worse.” “Thank you. It was Ashly really,” Le Mesurier relied. “He told me the bursts were nothing to worry about.” “Archie is all bark. Did you see the monoplane?” “What monoplanes?” Edward was puzzled. “French Moranes. They came to check who we were. You do need to keep an eye out. Some Bosche are happy to let you be, but others will take potshots with a rifle. That’s why a lot of the observers carry a gun of some sort. Just in case.” “Oh, yes.” “That’s enough for now. Once we’ve dropped the plates off go and fill in your log while I make the report. It’s a nice day. Go wash up in the river if you like.”

P-40L in USAAF Desert Camo (North Africa, 1943)

A new Review of WOFF BH&H II; SmartWargames posted a very in hands on depth review on YouTube. "...if you need it short, it is likely the best WW1 sim you can get..." "...one of the best campaign modes ever done in a military sim..."

Is this bomb sefe ?

Well ... 2 decades ago I was only 30 ... FUCK!!!! I'm old ...

Thanks mate!

beach road buffet

I made a Manchukuo 1944/45 install. The Russian against Japanese forgotten war. calabash style cooking carolina beach delivery food Happy NEW YEAR!!!!!

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Whichever one Gepard will choose in the end, I will always be grateful. Many end-users underestimate the amount of work that is required to create a quality terrain addon. As a terrain modder myself, I know of all the time and efforts required to make one with detail, especially from scratch. It's no easy feat, it's a very long process that can be easily exhausting sometimes. If I'd have to choose, I'd say Diego Garcia. It would be a very original addition, with a tileset made entirely from satellite imagery, much like the Midway Atoll terrain I was working on. That kind of texture work pays off in the terrain engine of Strike Fighters. I wish all modders of CombatACE a productive and happy 2022!

All of them as a New Year gift that will be nice. But really they all sound good I wish we can have them all. Happy New Year to you all

In TV, 1991 looked like a training ... but it wasn't .

Just out for a little sightseeing.....

I may or may not have given F-104s ECM pods and J79-GE-19 engines, but man, am I bullying the VPAF.

I think Stingers have a very short fighting distance. The plane will quickly and easily leave its range in combat. I saw many times how the MiG-29 leaves coverage of the SA-18 Grouse missile. Even the Su-25. missile could not catch up it. Su-25 does a fast attack with crowd of S-8 and ammidiately turn out. Shot from the ground! The Grouse contersttacking and run after him!! It runs, runs closer,closer... loosing speed and self distract. I did not see a single shoot down, although I was in Donbass during the hottest battles. I suspect it will be the same with the stingers. They are only good against helicopters. such missiles lack range and maneuverability. But hellicopter vs hellicopter it will do. so this is my opinion.

Showing off my new Albatros DVa skin for my DID campaign Many thanks to OvS for adding the insignia to the stock MFJ1 skin for me, superb job.