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Lavi's supporting Syrian coup d'etat against Al Assad.

Even though they were trying to wax me over Iraq, this was a fantastic scene...

I was bored with tiling the vietnamese chinese borderland. Because of that i made an attempt to create the island of Alderney for the BoB terrain. It are still a jpg tiles, no water effect so far. That will come later.

Second trap since kinda getting back into flying

Low viz skins for the stock F-14? Try these: Low Vis and Alternate Skins For SF2:NA F-14A + Also Decals Fixes for Stock Turkeys - F-14 - CombatACE

CVW-3 early in the morning at sunrise in Sweden. And don't ask ME what they are doing there

i hear you although i will probably fail the space saving race. got a new system last year, so doing a whole new install philosophy. catch is im going from about 6 fat folders to skinnier, just what i need for that region/era folders. but about 17 of them.........

ODS Dassault Mirage 2000

Albert T: I'm so sorry to have read of Leopold Doll's sudden demise ... As Paroni says his story is way too short. But, Simon Charles Grace is an interesting character. I served with a chap who had been in the French Foreign legion. We are still close - I look forward to Grace's tales! Paroni: Congratulations on your first and then second confirmed victory, and serving a run-in with EIIIs phew! Albrecht: The gunnery tips are most welcomed for the Nieuport - each bullet has to count! Superb adventures, pictures and confirmed victories. Congratulations on becoming a flight leader! --------- Flight Lieutenant Theodore Aloysius Andrews aka 'Runt' DSC HQ Sqn 1 Wing RNAS in Flanders St. Pol-sur-Mer Part 13 10th November 1915 Today I said goodbye to Davies, he was transported from the hospital last night to St. Pol-sur-Mer before being transported off to a new posting with the RFC this evening. He was brimming with pride to have been awarded a DSC at the same time as myself at this morning's roll call. In my youthful arrogance, I had often thought about receiving a gong - I looked forward to seeing the admiration on Monique's face and the envy on Simon Ackart's. However, when the moment came, the loss of Monique was all I could think of, it is foolish I know, but I still carry her picture with me on each and every flight. She and Ackart are now stepping out together officially and occasionally I have spotted her waiting in the guard room for some date or meal with Ackard, and occasionally catch the scent of her fragrant perfume in the mess. I'm not proud to admit that I dodge her, I can't bear the thought of talking to her - I'm not sure if she even knows I'm still alive. Monique's Picture There have been many nights, too many, when I have laid on my cot wondering how life may have been different if I'd not rescued Ackart from the Hun Fokkers. Davies would not have been almost killed, and maybe I'd be the one with Monique. In that case, maybe I could live with her, but probably not with myself. I am ashamed to say I lie awake, in the cold nights, plotting revenge, but frustratingly to date, nothing suitable had sprung to mind. Last night was one such night; seeing and drinking with Davies in the mess had brought the whole thing front and centre to my mind. However, as I collected my morning oats Davies came up to me with a big grin! "I think we are in for a wee surprise at the parade!" He announced with Welsh gusto. He'd gotten wind of the DSCs. He looked awful, and I told him so. "Ah... That's because I have got a wee surprise of my own for you Runt." He led me to the hanger "Go in lad" he ordered. Inside was the Nieuport freshly painted, "Aye boyo" he laughed, "Now you see why I look so rough, I was up all night painting" I had joked with Davies after we moved to Moranes that we now had a mighty sting in our tail - him and his Lewis. Also because for most of my time in the Morane, I longed to be back in the BE2c - it was such a curiously underpowered little thing and had joked that my promotion came with a sting in its tail so I had painted a crude bumblebee on the fuselage and some yellow and black strips on the engine housing. "It's my going away gift," he said with much satisfaction over his handy work. I don't think I'd ever heard Davies speak so much - but I was glad of every word he said he had become more than a friend over the last six months, he was a brother. Instead of my humble child-like bee was an exquisite work of art, with a mean-looking sting, my name in beautiful calligraphy and a huge long yellow lightning strike. "I won't be there to watch your back Theo ... but you will be in my prayers and I can leave you this art for luck. " I was speechless, but Davies wasn't finished. " I read somewhere that the man who seeks revenge had better dig two graves before he acts - so leave room for God to put things right lad. Don't take it on yourself." He gave me a hearty slap on the back and we ambled to parade. When I returned to my Nieuport, alone, I was F/L Theodore Ayolisus Andrews DSC. To be Continued ... (I hope)

ODS F-16C Block 40

The War Diary of Auguste Besson, Escadrille N.23, part 6. In November, our escadrille was comprised of twelve Nieuport sesquiplanes. When I joined in the summer of 1915, we had had only eight machines. A major effort to increase the number of escadrilles and their size had been underway for many months and was bearing fruit by the end of 1915. We knew that we outnumbered the German air service, though the enemy seemed to have a technological advantage with their Fokker monoplanes, which were armed with machine guns capable of firing safely between the spinning propeller blades. In late 1915, the Fokkers were being seen in ever growing numbers along the front, scoring many victories against poorly armed and ungainly British and French observation two-seater machines. A major tragedy struck our escadrille on November 22. Captain Schlumberger was test flying a new two-seater machine, the SPAD A.1, with observer Gaston Montézuma. For some reason – probably a mechanical failure in this notoriously unreliable SPAD design – they were forced to land near the frontlines and were subsequently killed by machine gun fire coming from German positions. Their loss came as a great shock to everybody, and the memorial service held in the Châlons cathedral was a very solemn and moving ceremony. Soon after, Captain Louis Robert de Beauchamp took over as the commanding officer of the escadrille. He was also a very competent veteran aviator, having joined the air service already in 1912. Until this incident, we had been spared from suffering heavy casualties. Hence the loss of two brave men on the same day was keenly felt by everybody in the escadrille. Combined with bad news from practically every front and the lousy winter weather, this resulted in a rather gloomy atmosphere in our unit. However, this only made us more determined to prevail and get revenge on the boche for all the harm they had done to our people in the Great War. If I had to name a specific moment when there was a loss of innocence in the air war and everything began to turn into a bitter struggle for ultimate victory (losses be damned!), I would say it was that fateful day in November 1915. TO BE CONTINUED...

Ok my friend !

Experiences so far... Paroni1's Dicta: 1.Do not attack two-seater who fly in formation (Henri's fate when he fell into crossfire). 2.Fight only your side(Henri's fate when he bleed out) 3.Don't be greedy(Henri's fate in general!)

Hello Everyone! Today we bring you some news from the Great War! We are nearing completion of the final trio of Flying Circus- Vol. II aircraft. The Gotha G.V., Handley-Page O/400 and Sopwith Triplane are coming along nicely. The Gotha G.V. will be released in our next update, which we hope will be by the end of this month. The HP O/400 and Tripe will be in a March update. The Western Front map for FC2/3 is also being worked on by Ugra Media, but it is not ready to be shown yet and will likely take more time to complete that we originally planned unfortunately. A clear estimate on its arrival is not possible at the moment, but will update you as soon as we get a better handle on it. Map making is a slow process in general. In some WWII news we have created new USAAF bomber crewmembers for our B-26 to man the gun stations. The work by Alexey is top notch as usual. We have also made more progress on our new sky technology and are currently working to put it into Beta soon. Next week we plan to update our Astro-dome (stars and planets) to be more accurate depending on the latitude of the map. This is a small, but interesting improvement to make our physical world a little more accurate. Work on our remaining Battle of Normandy aircraft continues. As I have mentioned previously, moderate delays have befallen these birds during the pandemic, but work continues and we hope to start showing you more of them in upcoming DDs. However, the Ju-88 C-6 should be ready for Beta testing soon and be included in our next update (provided testing goes well). We are finalizing our skins for it and getting ready to roll her out. We hope to have updated pics for you next week of the beastly Ju-88 C-6. It appears the world is finally ready to move on from the pandemic and we hope this means life will get back to normal. Of course, humanity will find a way to struggle to even get back to normal, such is our nature it seems. However, the long-term disruption to daily life, families, education, travel, medicine, governments and business norms that this pandemic has caused will be felt for years to come. In the face of all this disruption, we want to say THANK YOU to all who have supported us during the last couple years as we have struggled to maintain a steady flow of content and improvements for the Great Battles series. We can never thank you enough and we will continue to work hard for you. Enjoy! The Sturmovik Team

I like the early production F-86F: they have the upgraded engine, but the slatted wing of the F-86E. I much prefer the original wing to the "6-3". I just want the most power possible in the early F-86F. As for the 20mm cannons: the ones installed in the F-86s were nothing but trouble. They tried out 4x20mm in Korea and had horrible results, much like the trials with the F4U-1C in WW2. If the installation had adequate ammo, doesn't jam in the cold air, and doesn't stall the engine, then I will take 20mm cannons. Even the F-8 Crusader had endless problems with the 20mm. The A-7 finally switched to the M61 to get rid of the 20mm cannon problems inherited from the F-8.

Updated to 4.3 - Fixed fuel values so they reflect real life values

Sorry Kevin, don't spread wrong news. The ODS 30AE mod is free for everyone since December 24th, it does not require a susbcription anymore.

Sergent Simon Grace Escadrille C9 Epinal Caudron G4 12th November 1915 Having finally arrived at Epinal, shook the rain from his cape and introduced himself to the adjutant on the desk, Simon was taken into see the CO Capitaine Victor Larsy. Capitaine Larsy was a relatively small but swarthy looking man from Gap, in the Hautes Alpes. He was 28 and had been a Chasseurs Alpin before the war when he joined the French Air Service. Simon saluted and the Capitaine responded, "Bonjour Sergent, how was your trip?" asked Larsy. "Not too bad thank you sir. Despite the weather." responded Simon. "Ahh this is normal for Epinal Sergent, but don't worry, we will still be flying, as long as it doesn't get much worse." said Larsy, who now perused Simon's papers. "Ahh you're English! Your french is very good. You were a member of the Légion Étrangère I see. Well, you must have had your reasons. Marseille, Casablanca and Algiers, so you have travelled Sergent and clearly you did well, as your promotions show." said the Capitaine. "How did you end up in the Air Service?" asked Larsy. "Well sir, as you say, I was stationed in Algiers and other than sentry duty there was little to do. I've always took an interest in aviation and machines, so I decided to apply. Thankfully I was successful." explained Simon. "Your training record is good, and I can hardly question your allegiances after three years in the Legion" Larsy smiled as he spoke. "Thank you mon Capitaine. I will not let you down." said Simon. "I'm sure you won't Sergent Grace. Well go and get yourself sorted in your billet and get some refreshment. We have a sortie this afternoon which you can take part in. Before that I will introduce you to the other men, including your Artilleur." concluded the Capitaine. "Yes sir, thank you." responded Simon. "One last thing, what was your 'anonymat'? May I ask?" asked the Capitaine. "Sid Charles, mon Capitaine, but I was able to use my own name after a year" said Simon. "Ahh, bon. See you in a short while Sergent" finished Larsy. After sorting himself out in his very basic dwelling and getting some lunch, he made his way over to the briefing room. Capitaine Larsy introduced Simon to the others. If there was some hesitation, Capitaine Larsy cut through it, "Sergent Grace has spent three years in the Légion Étrangère and attained his current rank some while ago, I think that should tell you all you need to know about his loyalty to France." One by one the others said hello. Simon was introduced to his artilleur, Adjutant Isaac Mondeme. Mondeme was 27 and from St Etienne. After the introductions, the Capitaine went through the afternoon's planned sortie. Four Caudrons were to make their way north east to the lines east of Luneville and attack them. Larsy encouraged Simon to take note of local landmarks, such as the Ëtang Mansuy to the west. A short while later Simon was throttling up the pair of Gnome Rhone engines on his Caudron and heading down the airfield. The weather was not great, steady rain fell and huge clouds abound as he took off. They headed off north east after forming up and climbing and having reached the lines. Simon set the Caudron up on course for Mondeme to drop the bombs. They hit their targets with a loud and powerful roar and after forming back up, they headed home. Over the next few days Simon took part in similar sorties, recons, bombing runs and artillery spotting and got used to the landscape around about. Mondeme was an excellent bomb aimer and the pair did considerable damage to the enemy railyard across the lines and an army camp further east. The pair got on well, spending time in the evening in the mess. Mondeme had been in the infantry and served on the Marne in 1914 before transferring to the air service in early 1915. The weather continued to worsen and by the 17th, flying was impossible. This remained the case until the 20th. Mondeme and Simon took advantage and arranged a pass for the day on the 19th. They travelled the short distance into Epinal itself. The town was full of military personnel and the pair struggled to find somewhere with room to eat. They eventually found somewhere that Mondeme knew about. The pair talked about their pasts and travels. Mondeme had been to London as a child and had spent time in Marseille, so the pair talked about the centre of Marseille which both knew well. They returned later that night, rather the worse for wear, but as there was no flying on the 20th they were able to sleep it off. The weather cleared enough for flying to resume on the 21st and the pair completed an early morning recon of the lines. As they returned, Simon spotted something off to his left. There it was again, white against the dark brown of the cratered front. He headed over there and saw what it was, a trio of enemy Aviatiks swarming around the French lines. Simon shouted to Mondeme to get himself ready and he came up behind and beneath the enemy aircraft. Mondeme chose the rightmost of the trio and put several good bursts into him. The Aviatik swung away to the right, separating itself from the others. Simon swung around after it and closed in again. Mondeme fired again and the Aviatik wobbled. A stream of smoke started pouring out of the boche aircraft. Suddenly it burst into flames and rolled over, heading straight down into the ground near the lines. The other two Aviatiks had ran and Simon let them go. Another Caudron appeared, Sergent Henryk de Tonnac waved at Simon, and gave a thumbs up. On landing Simon and Mondeme were warmly congratulated on their victory which de Tonnac was happy to confirm. If there had been any ice towards their 'Rôti de bœuf' the downing of the enemy aircraft well and truly melted it and a celebration was held in the mess that evening. It had been an action packed ten days for Simon and Capitaine Larsy was impressed.

Holy filespace, Batman!!!!

View File FW-190F FW 190F, this is my final version of this device that includes all the experimental effects never seen in this simulator, this pack contains the plane with its corresponding cockpit with 3 historical skins, the new luftwaffe pilot (there are 2 lods, one with goggles and one without goggles, the pilot with goggles is worn by default). and many weapons used by this bird (including the disposable wing tanks of the FW190G version) The F variant had the same blown canopy as the late versions of the FW190D series and is a specialized ground attack aircraft. I hope you enjoy it, more information in the readme file. Sorry my English is bad Torno Submitter torno Submitted 02/10/2022 Category FW-190  

go look at eburger's Med Crisis mod. naval based and several differrent skins for the stock Cats. if you can, check out the ODS mod. yes it costs money (a subscription although i think even 1 month gets it for you) and yes its TMF. but they are some pretty good skins, and decal based marking system (not mine this time) so you can change up to the squadron you want EDIT: now available for free but for completely free option, go with Crisis in the Med or NF5 good to see you back in actively again btw

Interesting concept... With sufficient power & range, I can see where it would make a great sniper rifle.

View File SF2_IDF_V2K_B-17s SF2_IDF_V2K_B-17s = Tested in Full-5 Merged installation This project started as a personal customization to have the Israeli skins for Veltro 2K B-17F/G. In 1948 the IDF/AF found four B-17G in a dump in Florida and bought them.The planes were in very poor conditions, stripped of the turrets and instruments.Three were made airworty and flew via Azores to Czechoslovakia, there received additional and better instruments ( some war-time Luftwaffe gunsights,ecc...) and loaded with bomb.On their way to Israel, one bombed Cairo and the other two Egyptian positions in Sinai. The fate of the fourth bomber was less succesful, because the raids of the first three on Egypt prompted a FBI investigation and , cut a long story short, the plane was seized by authority in the Azores, as the crew involved choose to rest after the trip instead of refuel the bird and take off as soon possible. The bombers were assigned to the 69 Squadron The Hammers at Hatzor and given serial number 1601,1602 and 1603, and by the end of the War of Indepenence the B-17s had flown over 200 missions. At the time of the Suez crisis the Fortresses were out of service but two were brought back in action with changed two-digit serial numbers and incomplete camouflage ( only brown instead of the standard brown-blue over silk grey). During their operational use the planes were painted in different way, comprised NMF and with various artwork applied, but this wasn't my focus. ========== To Install: As always raccomended,all in the relative folders in your game(s) ----------------------------- Credits: Veltro 2K for the models Me for the decals and the skins ------------ Know issue: This modest pack contain both the F and G model despite Israel bought only G model. My choice was dictated by the fact that during the War of Independence the planes were armed only woth the waist and tail guns in a indigenous modification, the rear bulkhead of the tail position conmpletely removed and equipped with twin .03 inch machineguns. For these reason I opted for the B-17F in my mod By the time of the Suez action ( in reality even before) the complete armament was restored, here my choice for the B-17G. In 1956 the s/N 23 had the chin turret replaced by a search radar for maritime patrol, but I'm absolutely unable to modify the models as I'm not a modder, so you will be fly with the gun turret in his place. I choose to add the fourth plane ,just to have one more, despite never arrived in Israel. -------------------------------------------- References: Schiffer Military Book, "Hammers, Israel's Long-range Heavy Bomber Arm: The Story of 69 Squadron", Shlomo Aloni & Zvi Avidror SAM Publication, Camouflage & Markings No.3 The Israeli Air Force Part One 1948 to 1967, Ray Ball Isradecal decals sheet The net ------------------------------------------- Legal note: This package may NOT in any way, shape or form be used in any payware addition. ------------------------------------------- Gianni "RustyKurnass" Coniglio ========== Submitter RustyKurnass Submitted 02/11/2022 Category B-17  

a couple of comments - On the accident. Left of line up on roll out, settled in close, power/burner added too late. The LSO's call for power. On the first leaked video you can hear the engines spooling up but almost at the ramp. Ward Carroll (highly recommended!) and his two pilot and former fighter CO's does an outstanding job of analyzing it. A lot of technical stuff way better than when I was riding along in the back. my next comment builds on what Ward and his pilot colleagues, leaders of sailors, comment on regarding security and the accident board process. What. The. Hell!!!!! The "Oh Well" response by the PAO just adds fuel to the conflagration of what used to pass for security. The wholesale leaking of stuff is astonishing and jeopardizes the investigative process and the security of the ship. How does EMCON and OPSEC work if sailors can upload everything to the internet? it will be interesting to see how what's left of this process plays out.

Apparently planes purchased during Merc=true campaign show up (later on if not used) as parked within your squadron. cool.

Some B/C ponies...

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

Early Seafires

November 22 Clash with Eindeckers,Castillac claimed two victories.Both rejected. Capitaine Huillier crashed and killed!Sacre Bleu! Because harsh weather several days not flying. 26 November Revenge in his mind Castillac went to the skies with Turin.They encountered three Aviatik's which escaped.Henri did not gave up the chase.Far behind enemy lines he chose Avi on the right. He get very good hits when suddenly he was shot himself! Henri understood now hit badly and turned home. Blood loss was too heavy and hi crashed to No-Man-Land! So ended a story of our brave air-man. November 26 1915 Sous Lieutenant Henri Caspar Castillac 2 victories 9 claimed 24 missions 24,9 flying hours