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BC-1A model by bunyap, Decal/Skin Yak, Soulfreak templates. F-6C model by Wolf, skin by Wrench F-6D model by TW, decal/skin by Yak B-26C model and skins by bobrock, Timmy, HGBN F-51D model by TW, decal/skin by Yak F-84E model by RussoUK, decal/skin/templates by Yak F-80C model by ErikGen, decal/skin/templates by Yak based on Soulfreak work F-86D model Sabre Dog Team, decal/skin/templates Yak F-86L model Sabre Dog Team, decal/skin/templates Yak C-47 model by TW, skin Yak, Wrench templates F-102A model by Veltro2K/FastCargo, skin by PappyChkSix/Yak, decals Yak, TF-102A model by Veltro2k, skin Yak , Wrench templates T-33 model by ErikGen, decal/skin/templates by Yak based on Soulfreak work F-101B model by ErikGen, decal/skin/templates by Yak T-33 model by ErikGen, decal/skin/templates by Yak based on Soulfreak work F-4C model by TW, decal/skin Yak, templates Sundowner F-4D model by TW, decal/skin Yak, templates Sundowner F-4D model by TW, decal/skin Yak, templates Sundowner F-16A model by Viper Team, decal/skin daddyairplanes, templates ravenclaw_007 F-16C model by Viper Team, decal/skin daddyairplanes, templates ravenclaw_007 F-16C model by Viper Team, decal/skin Yak, templates ravenclaw_007 I have never been to Texas

Dassault Epervier in service with Dhimari air force. Number 1 squadron utilizing in lightweight air to air fighter role and Number 4 squadron in the light strike role. Surviving airframes structurally strengthened and fitted with upgraded engine and avionics used by both squadrons as a multi-role ligtweight strike fighter

Some things just wont be the same - she did her role with dignity through so much change

Our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the British People and the Royal Family on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. S!

ODS30AE stuff (sorry for the spam Lol)

A huge part of the Heart of Britain and Her Commonwealth has passed with her. I salute you Ma'am PER ARDUA.

Outstanding Texas ANG history pic's! Wish we had a AFRES 'T' stick II 'THUD' for the two reserve units, one outa Carswell AFB TX. and I think Georgia.

Caught a boomer on the surface somewhere off the North Cape. Positively ID'd as a Typhoon... Wow, she's big... Well, she knows she's been spotted, time to head back to the carrier...

R.I.P. Sad day.

Dear Friends, Today is a big day. IL-2 Sturmovik team is glad to report that after almost three years of development Battle of Normandy is out of Early Access and is officially released - 5.001 update is out! «You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.» Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The official release also means that in addition to Battle of Normandy Premium Edition in our webstore there’s now Standard Edition without two Collector Planes - German jet bomber Arado Ar 234 and British fighter Spitfire Mk.XIV (they can be bought individually). On Steam the new module and its accompanying Collector Planes will appear in the coming weeks - please stay tuned while we work out the details. As usual, Battle of Normandy owners who have linked IL-2 and Steam accounts can access all the new content in the Steam version already. These years weren’t easy, but they were very interesting. During the development we have created many new technologies and approaches, did a lot of historical research, implemented new solutions. The last aircraft for Battle of Normandy were released in Early Access in August and today we add the last pieces - the map of the Northern France and Southern England, Pilot Career mode, Quick Mission Builder and Advanced Quick Mission Generator support for the new map. We have told about the Career mode and the new map in our recent Dev Blogs, but must point out again that they set the new record in terms of the work involved. New mission types, new airfield types, new airfields appearing on the map after D-Day - bringing their total amount to 100 airfields with historically accurate layouts! New objects created specially for the module - ships, ground vehicles, buildings, coastal defenses, V-1 buzzbombs and their launch positions, dozens of new aircraft paint schemes, etc. Battle of Normandy contains 10 player controllable aircraft (8 in the Standard Edition): - Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib – British fighter/bomber, - North American P-51B-5 Mustang – American long range fighter, - Republic P-47D-22 Thunderbolt – American fighter/bomber, - Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 Late – late version of the German fighter, - Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6 Würger - German fighter, - De Havilland Mosquito F.B. Mk.VI ser.2 – British twin engine fighter-bomber, - Messerschmitt Me 410 A-1 Hornisse – German twin engine fighter-bomber, - Junkers Ju 88 C-6 – German twin engine heavy fighter, - Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV – British fighter (Collector Plane included in the Premium Edition), - Arado Ar 234 B-2 Blitz – German twin engine jet bomber and recon aircraft (Collector Plane included in the Premium Edition). Each aircraft includes a slew of historically correct modifications - unlike other games where each modification would be counted as a separate aircraft model, in Great Battles you can freely select and combine them. For instance, Me-410 A-1 mentioned above has modifications that, when selected, make it a whole model lineup: 1. Me-410 A-1/U2, 2. Me-410 A-1/U4, 3. Me-410 B, 4. Me-410 B-2, 5. Me-410 B-2/U1, 6. Me-410 B-2/U2, 7. Me-410 B-2/U4, 8. Me-410 B-2/U4 field mod with four MG 151 guns. In addition to the all above, update 5.001 contains the results of the big work on the damage model improvements which are of course are applicable to all the modules as usual - as you can see in the long list below, it required many changes in various parts of the sim. The testing and tuning of these changes by beta-testers from the community took a lot of time. We think this is the big step forward for Great Battles series and hope you’ll enjoy it. There are many other fixes and improvements - for instance, the mission loading time has been reduced dramatically, several times less on some PC configurations! The pilot and tank crew AI got better, etc.: Main Features 1. All Battle of Normandy owners have access to Northern France and Southern England map in two variations (before and after the D-Day). As usual, in multiplayer mode the map can be accessed by all Great Battles players. 2. All Battle of Normandy owners have access to the mid-1944 Career mode (3 countries, 5 phases, 17 frontline states, 225 historical squadrons, 103 of them joinable by the player, many new mission types). 3. All Battle of Normandy owners have access to QMB and AQMG game modes on the new map for a quick action, also with many new mission types. 4. Numerous new aircraft paint schemes added, including different invasion stripes for various time periods of 1944. 5. PzKpfw IV Ausf.H. tank added (AI controlled). 6. Flakpanzer IV «Möbelwagen» SPAA added (AI controlled). 7. Gleaves-class destroyer added (AI controlled). 8. The loading speed of all missions on all Great Battles maps has been improved significantly. Damage Model Improvements 9. Aircraft DM: RHA equivalent of the aircraft skin has been reduced nearly three times to the previous (wrong) values. 10. Aircraft DM: an issue that made aircraft skin damage too severe for larger bombers and some fighters has been fixed. 11. Aircraft DM: like the previously released change for larger caliber ammo, now all projectiles in the game loose integrity and stability after penetrating a significant armor thickness which affects their remaining ability to penetrate armor. 12. Aircraft DM: the relative speed of the target is correctly accounted for projectile penetrations calculations. 13. Aircraft DM: AP bullets and shells make slightly bigger holes in the airframe and aircraft skin. 14. Aircraft DM: powerful HE rounds explosions cause more damage to the airframe, aircraft skin and components. 15. Aircraft DM: small HE bullets cause less damage to aircraft skin. 16. Aircraft DM: it is now possible to damage radiators and fuel tanks when firing 7.62-7.92 rounds from more than 350 m distance. 17. Aircraft DM: bullets are less likely to ricochet from aircraft skin at low angles. 18. Aircraft DM: Bf 109 radiator collision model has been improved (previously its wrong shape could cause most smaller caliber bullets to ricochet when fired directly from behind). 19. Aircraft DM: the loss of the bullets energy hitting Bf 109 F-4 engine has been corrected. 20. Aircraft DM: an issue that caused bullets hitting Spitfire Mk.XIV MGs and guns to not lose energy has been fixed. 21. Aircraft DM: engine fire probability from bullet hits has been somewhat increased for WWI-era piston engines and jet engines. 22. Aircraft DM: engine fire probability from bullet hits has been reduced for WWII-era piston engines. 23. Aircraft DM: fuel tank fire probability from bullet hits has been reduced. 24. Aircraft DM: fuel tank fire and explosion probability from HE ammo hits has been reduced, now it depends on the HE power more. 25. Aircraft DM: it’s now harder to put out the fires by side-slip movement. 26. Aircraft DM: the several years old ‘crew health cheat’ (they required four point-blank 7.62 bullets in the torso or two in the head to be killed) has been removed. Now their ability to sustain damage is much more close to reality. 27. Crew DM: a random error that could cause a death from mild G-loads has been found and fixed, thus improving survivability rate during emergency landings. 28. Ballistics: ricochet tendency has been reduced somewhat. 29. Right wing MGs on P-51B can be correctly damaged. 30. P-51B and D fighters wings (middle-upper parts) can be correctly damaged. Me 410 Improvements 31. Me 410A-1: weapon panel placards corrected for WB 151 and MG 131 modifications. 32. Me 410A-1: missing rods from bomb doors to the forward window added. 33. Me 410 A-1: speed and timer gauges in the pilot’s cockpit corrected. 34. Me 410 A-1: altitude and speed gauges in the gunner’s cockpit corrected. 35. Me 410 A-1: bomb holders for 250 kg bombs and for SB 1000/410 look corrected. 36. Me 410 A-1: radiator fenders indicators light up when the cockpit light is turned on. 37. Me 410 A-1: the rear landing gear state affects air drag. 38. Me 410 A-1: technochat message warning about the gun overheating restored for the gunner. 39. Me 410 A-1: now the gunner can use the entire horizontal range of the guns for aiming. 40. Me-410 A-1: radiators can be correctly damaged by AP projectiles, resulting in coolant leaks. 41. Me 410A-1 intercept missions added to AQMG game mode. Tank Crew Improvements 42. M4A2, KV-1s, Pz.IV.G, Pz.V.D, Pz.VI.H1 hatches close when the turret blocks them. 43. The damage of the gun barrels base on Pz.III, Pz.IV and Pz.VI is calculated correctly when it is hit by fragments. 44. In multiplayer a guest gunner (who connected to someone else tank) won’t constantly hear the turret turning mechanism noise. 45. In multiplayer a tank owner won’t hear the gun or MG reloading sound when another player connected to his tank to the gunner or MG gunner station. 46. In multiplayer turning aircraft or tank turrets controlled by another player emit correct turning sounds. AI Improvements 47. AI controlled bombers keep formation a bit better during climb. 48. AI pilots will attempt to return to base in the event of an oil or coolant leak. 49. Me 410 pilots will correctly drop bombs in a deep dive. 50. Mosquito, Ju 88 C6 and Me 410 pilots will correctly drop underwing bombs. 51. Twin and 4x guns in AI controlled vehicles won’t judder during aiming. Other Improvements 52. Dropping an 1650 pounds bomb from Handley Page O/400 bomber won’t display an error. 53. A visual artifact in front of the right engine of Handley Page O/400 bomber has been removed. 54. An issue that caused guns and MGs to ‘float’ above certain breastwork has been fixed. 55. ‘No jamming’ difficulty option works correctly for aircraft turrets. 56. Me 410 is correctly counted in stats. 57. Visual bomb explosion effects has been corrected for cases when a bomb ricochets and goes off above the ground. 58. Proximity and CheckZone triggers in missions won’t erroneously count non-spawned and inactive objects. 59. External camera works correctly after flying beyond the map borders. 60. An issue that could lower the muzzle speed of an overheated MG before causing additional scattering of the fired bullets has been fixed. 61. Both P-47 have their idle engine RPM corrected (it was a bit too high potentially causing moving with brakes applied.

Testing something i suck at, Decals:

Hello everyone, This is the first time I am writing a letter to the people and the communities that I enjoyed being part of throughout my life. I want to write this before anything may happen to my vision. I went to the eye doctor, and he told me that I have between 10 to 20 years before I might go blind. As you can imagine a big shock for me. I decided to just quickly write a story about my life. That way I can have no regrets. As you can see, what I have is known as Usher Syndrome, which led to the loss of my part vision and deafness. Hence, I am deaf with low vision. I am also legally deafblind since I can’t see well in dark. So many challenges have been achieved throughout my life. When I was a young boy, I had two big dreams; To go to Japan and to be a Navy fighter pilot. Obviously, I could not be a Navy fighter pilot and that is where simulation comes in. Initially, it was found out that I am deaf during baby age, but my vision situation wasn’t found out until very much later in my life at the age of 16. It was a big shock for me. I was even told that I am going blind eventually as soon as I reach adulthood (the 20s to 30s of the age). You can imagine how scared I was, thinking my life was in ruin. My world was turned upside. My father always taught me to dream big, no matter what the situation. I had two choices: To live for my dream and try again or to give up and live in a dark world. I chose the first one and decided to try anyway. This led me to achieved what was considered impossible. There were always challenges to face, without any breaks in between. In the educational world, when I was in an elementary school, they treated me like I wasn’t smart because of my deafness. They refused to give me an equal opportunity of education as other children. Fortunately, the teacher told my parent about it and my parent fought the hardest for my right to have an education like everyone else. When I was transferred to another school, I was the only deaf boy in the entire school. It was a scary world. Decided to give it a try and made a few friends, that was when I started teaching sign language for the first time (At age of 9). Having never given up, I had to re-learn the 4th grade to the previous grade in one year to catch up with everyone and it was achieved. Into the High school, never given up, kept trying on and made it to graduate my high school. During high school, even with my limited vision, I joined the swimming team, a tennis game (Oh my god, I HATE THAT game. It was such pain trying to spot fast-moving balls), slotput / disc throw, and Tae kwon Do. And for my hobby at home, I could never stop flying ancient simulations. It was Jane’s series simulation! Even though I could not be real navy fighter pilot, simulation was perfect for me. I loved learning about various military aircraft and fly them virtually. When I got to university, I go through many challenges again. It was a socializing challenge, as well as learning subjects. What doesn’t help was being burnt out from too many studies and hard work. I gave up from time to time but tried again. I had good and not good teachers. I had many ups and downs. Made many mistakes and learned from them. There were so many things I wanted to do but did not have the courage to do because of busy trying to study and pass classes. Here were the big dreams I wanted to do throughout my life: - Successfully living and working in awesome company in Japan - Marry a wonderful woman - Write the fictional books for simulation or game - Write the stories for manga - Have my own gaming development company - Live a happy life without losing my vision After changing my major from aeronautical engineering to computer science, it has taken me 10 years to finish university. Even though it took me that long to finish, I still achieved getting a degree in computer science. Right after the university, did my best to look for the jobs, and got declined due to my sensory disabilities. Bless my parent, they sent me to Japan as my graduation gift. That was the best gift in my life. Took the opportunity to go to Japan for the first time. It was a challenging and fun journey going through Tokyo alone most of the time. I stayed in an apartment for 2 and half months. I was lucky to be able to figure out how to communicate with the apartment company. For your information, I do not have the ability to speak well. I use body language and gesture to communicate with people who do not know any sign language. My primary sign language is ASL (American Sign Language). Right now, I can read some Japanese (basic) and can hold the communication in JSL (Japanese Sign Language). After 3 months of my stay in Japan and returning to the USA, it feels like I was stuck. Nowhere to go because companies often do not give me an opportunity to work for them, even though I hunted for many jobs. I still was fortunate enough to work for my family’s business which gave me a lot of experience. (My family is awesome! They always have my back!) Then comes the 2nd opportunity for me to go back to Japan for 2 months. After that, I decided I am going to try and make a difference in my experience, despite that I couldn’t get jobs. I never forget that day when I was staying in Japan twice as a tourist. I would always keep that experience inside my mind and heart. Seeing people walking around happily, seeing the tall buildings, and seeing myself being successful there. I vowed to make it happen someday. Fortunately, I bumped into a new friend of mine in America. She gave me an opportunity to work as a volunteer for a non-profit organization. I decided to give it a try. 3 years later, I was contacted by a company in Tokyo with a job offer of teaching ASL. Even though it wasn’t related to gaming development or computer-related jobs, I decided to give it a try because it is what will lead me to the next steps toward successfully living in Japan. I have been teaching sign language since I was 9, so I had enough experience to do my best there. To my surprise, working in Tokyo was the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life. So many challenges and unexcepted things happening that require me to put a lot of effort into it. Having gone through the sleepless nights, I worked very hard for 2 years straight. Their ways of culture in the work are very different from America for sure! After my contract ended, I was only given 3 months to find a new job before my VISA no longer become valid. Worked very hard looking for the jobs and have gone through various interviews. To my surprise, unlike before, I got a lot of interviews for computer-related jobs! Unfortunately, they told me they found someone else with more experience than me. The closest one I got the job was from an apple company. With the time running out and the unknown of the future, I would still never give up envisioning myself being successful. Thank to my wonderful friend who owns a tavern, they gave me a part-time job as a website developer and interpreter (ASL to JSL). Did my best there and that is when I met a wonderful woman of my life too. With the coronavirus going on, a lot of companies started closing and my journey to find a full-time job in computer-related jobs did not yet happen. After being married to my wonderful woman and moving to Fukushima from Tokyo, continued to do my best with the jobs hunting, got various interviews, and then got declined many times again. With that, decided to try something new. Started doing graphic work as a hobby which led me into creating many things such as menus, short video promotions, and other kinds of graphic works for fun. It made me happy. Then you can guess, it led me into making the mods for SF2. One of them is a new screen/menu for SF2 inspired by Jane’s Fighter Anthology! And at the same time, one of my old dreams is being realized when I started writing a book about the fictional nations (Saad / Zafir) for SF2. That gave me so many joys! Many new skills were developed from it which I believe would be very helpful for the computer-related jobs too! My wife and I made the big goal of moving back to Tokyo someday and then the news hit me a few days ago. The eye doctor told me that I might go blind in 10 to 20 years. That was a huge punch to my stomach, and I felt like the world crumpled around me temporarily and thanks to my wife, she got me pulling myself back together. It wasn’t the first time I experienced this. Back there during my high school time, when I was told that I might go blind by my 20s or 30s, it never happened. I did not believe I would go blind and stayed with the belief I would still be able to preserve my vision. That still happened to this very day. I am going to continue staying with that kind of hope. A miracle can happen. However, as I said, just in case, if anything happens to my vision, I am happy I got this out of my chest and wanted to share with the community and the world about my life challenges. Thank you everyone for my wonderful experiences of simulation and modding. I will continue to work on SFAW mods slowly through time. Have to make to rest my eyes every day too. Cheers

IIRC Dohar is not TW's idea. It's from @whiteknight06604 . He made a MiG-19 skin in the SPF1 download section. Tell me if I'm wrong. I redone the decals for my own use : (Edit : I reload them because the Insignia decal was bleeding, sorry for that) Dohar Decals replicas.7z But you have to create the Dohar air force in the Nation.ini file. In my install it's "Insignia218" and "FinFlash218" but it depends on your nation.ini file content (the number of the nation). Sharnak is a British protectorate so the RAF and RN should rule their sky lol If you create a Sharnak air force, please share it ! (and in my install Mercenary is an ally and flies for Dhimar)

Journal of FSLt Douglas Bell-Gordon, RNAS Part 2 Journal of FSLt Douglas Bell-Gordon, RNAS Part 2 7 September 1916 The dressing was removed from my left eye two days ago. Vision was blurred at first but now is clearing nicely. The fellows in the wing gave me a genuine welcome home. On my first night back, we stood down early because of rain and repaired to the Hotel Pomme d’Or in town, having been invited by the Yanks across the way to join them for dinner in their favourite haunt. The hotel restaurant was by all accounts a splendid place to dine and they had adopted it as their “club”. The Yanks of the “Escadrille Américaine” are a curious and entertaining lot. They are all volunteers and with one or two exceptions all come from wealthy families. Most departed for France directly from the top universities in the United States. A disproportionate number hold themselves out as southern gentlemen. Their leader is French, a capitaine named Thénault. He has his work cut out for him. These Americans have too much energy, too much available cash, and too little discipline for any poor officer to deal with! About half of them have acquired motorcycles or cars. More have acquired feminine partners. They all flaunt silver drinking flasks and cigarette cases. One of the fellows, Bill Thaw, has just returned from Paris with – of all things – a four-month-old lion cub, which the boys have christened “Whiskey”. We settled in for a grand meal. The champagne and oysters were followed with some very fine white wine and fish. Wing Captain Elder and Captain Thénault laughed and talked and proposed toasts. It started before the meat course as a breadball fight – little clots of delicious chili French bread rolled between grubby fingers and flicked with violent force across the table into the eyes of other diners. We started it and the Yanks returned fire. We began with pieces like musket balls. They replied with canister. We came back with twelve-pound shot. Wine glasses tipped into laps and soup splattered over tunics. A general exchange of flung plates and gravy boats followed. An American named Cowdin was debagged and on our side MacLennan had his nose bloodied while avoiding what our southern neighbours called a waffle butt. This was an exercise involving a naked bottom, a tennis racket, and a stiff brush. Later, when our commander mused about which squadron was to blame for the devastation of the restaurant, I asked who in the world brings a tennis racket to a fine dinner? Today we reciprocated the Americans’ hospitality by inviting them for a friendly game of baseball. The RNAS team was nearly all Canadian, except for a couple of clearly confused Englishmen. I had let it slip in conversation one day that I enjoyed refereeing hockey and officiating as a baseball umpire. In fact, I’d played amateur ball back home until the four-team Nova Scotia professional league made an appearance in 1912. At the urging of my old coach, I signed on as an umpire for the provincial league and worked a number of games at the Halifax Commons. That’s when I learned I was pretty good at this umpiring game. Anyway, once that bit of personal history became general knowledge I volunteered (verb passive) to be the plate umpire for the Canadian-American Luxeuil Aerodrome Friendship Game. The improvised ballpark was impressive. Our mechanics mowed the grass and set up a line of pickets and a rope to mark the boundaries of the diamond, which our British friends insisted on calling a pitch. Our sailmakers fashioned the bags for the bases and even prepared a passable although heavy chest protector for me. Our carpenter followed my detailed instructions and created a fine and accurate home plate from whitewashed wood. Thankfully, the squadron sports kit included a spare mask, which I claimed. Although I would have preferred to call the game alone, one of our British pilots, MacGregor, insisted on helping me in the field. I had about half an hour to explain where he should position himself in each situation. It was obvious that he had no idea what the game was about. In the end, I had to shout to him between each play and indicate where he should be. Of course, as soon as the ball was hit, MacGregor stood rooted and was dreadfully out of position for any subsequent call. The game started well enough. I enjoyed calling out balls and strikes and “foul ball” and such. I even had the opportunity to call obstruction on the RNAS shortstop during a play, which allowed an American run to score. The spectators from our side forgot their squadron loyalty and directed some pretty ripe language my way. Still, I thought, it shows the Yanks that I was working hard to be a fair arbiter. That was until a rough-hewn American named Bert Hall got a two-base hit. With nobody on base, field umpire MacGregor stood on the line behind first. But as Hall rounded first with a full head of steam, MacGregor remained where he was. The ball was coming in from the outfield and the call at second base would be close. I left the plate area, took my mask off, and – mask in hand – sprinted past the pitcher to make MacGregor’s call for him. Edwards was playing second for the RNAS. He received the throw from the field and laid down his tag just in time to get the out on Hall, which I called emphatically. Hall seemed to believe that Edwards was too forceful with his tag. He sprung to his feet and pushed Edwards over. I got in front of Hall and told him that he should be ashamed of himself for complaining about being tagged on his lower leg. Hall made a fist and brought his right hand back. His intention was clear. Hall was a powerful fellow, a former Foreign Legionnaire, and I had no desire to be struck by him. So, naturally, I knocked him out cold with my mask. It took a while to calm things down after that. Hall was helped off the field, uttering threats of violence. Ever the diplomat, I ejected him from the game. The American team captain, Rockwell, came out to argue. “Let’s put on a show for the boys,” he said to me in a low voice while his face twisted and he poked me in the chest. “Just play along and then throw me out. Hall had it coming. I’ll take care of him and we’ll all have a drink after.” And then it started. Rockwell called me every cuss word in the book, ripped up home plate and threw it across the field, kicked dust on my trousers, and dribbled tobacco juice down his chin in the best tradition of the sport. I got in his face and gave him as good as he gave me. It was a three-ring circus of the first order. Both sides cheered wildly as I ejected Rockwell. Then Rockwell turned around and “ejected” me. With both Hall and Rockwell gone, the Americans no longer had nine men on their roster. By rule, the Canadians won by a 9-0 forfeit. Over champagne in the wardroom, some of the boys decided that Rockwell’s ejection of the umpire was not supported by the rules, so I must have suspended the game when I walked off the field. There should therefore be no official score, they argued. I explained why that was not technically correct, but our two commanding officers agreed it was the best solution and I relented. In the words of Kiffin Rockwell, “Darndest bit of umpiring I ever saw.”

Skyhawk strike...

Hi all, Old Brown Dog Software is proud to announce details of the expansion we have been working so hard on for WINGS OVER THE REICH, and it is: The Battle of France Take your part in a new, whirlwind, dynamic campaign as the Germans invade France bursting through the Ardennes Forest, taking the allies completely by surprise. OBD has designed an utterly unique campaign system for the fast-paced dynamic blitzkrieg war - never seen before at this level in any combat flight simulator. In a matter of weeks in the summer of 1940, the Germans push through the Ardennes and following along the Somme valley, effectively cut the French forces in two, and isolate the remnants of the BEF and French 1st Armies in Dunkirk. Soon you can take part in this exciting early WW2 period, with the Battle of France add-on for Wings Over the Reich! Release date and final details to be confirmed. For more details, images and information please see the WOTR website! There you can click the Red button below the announcement to read the full newsletter - this has dozens of new images and more info! OR here's a direct link to the newsletter with the extra WOTR details and images! --> HERE <-- (On the WOTR website, press CTRL+F5 to refresh the page if you do not see the latest news).

Two seats...

and tonight, the thrilling conclusion of this summer's Vipers in the Air National Guard saga right after a word from our admins

Wild Weasels, Ukrainian style...

..and the 1966 cockpit variant..

..and there I was gearing up for the F-5B when @paulopanz came along with several new skins for a dedicated Norwegian AF variant .. I couldn't resist and dusted off the 2 RNoAF cockpit variants I'd started so long ago ..

part one of this weekends feature presentations. now waiting approval

last of the SA-7 collection next I will make the Stinger missile and I will be using the same setting.

With Swambasts help i try to create the Kakhovka high dam. He is making the objects, while i made a new tile and puzzle the parts together. Its not finished yet. I must still create 3 new tiles and then i hope, that the tiles will fit and will looking good.

Fixed

very soon

2.3: - New AGM-78D model (thanks ravenclaw_007!!!) Data/ loadout/ campaign ini adjusted accordingly. * (Kurnass 78 & 2000 will now use AGM-78D but AGM-78D Egrof Sagol is still included for use by Israeli F-16D as it is a rail launched version. The standard AGM-78D will drop and then fire but still use the ARM rail correctly on the Kurnass 78 & 2000 - Texture corrections for F-4E Kurnass 78 & F-4E Kurnass 2000 drop tanks.

Checking the oilrig and support ships.

The Russians had had two Oilrigs at the shores of the Crimean Peninsula. In June they were attacked by the Ukrainians. Thatswhy i placed the two Oilrigs on the map. The location is only a guess. If someone knows the exact position, then let me know.

IAI PW1120 powered Super Phantom

SA-5 SAM site near the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula. In the 1990th the ukrainians accidently shot down an airliner over mid Black Sea with a SA-5 Gammon missile, lauchend from this SAM polygon. Screenshot: Well camouflaged and hard to see. Who can see the 3 SAM sites? Close up:

Carrierborn version of the MiG-21, called MiG-21Kbis, over the powerplant near of the town Saki, Crimean Peninsula (terrain WIP, Beta 0.30)

I have uploaded Beta 0.30 some minutes ago. The admin must give the okay and then it will be available for you. Hope you enjoy it. Screenshot: The powerplant near of the town of Saki. The next step will be to finish the Crimean peninsula and then i will focus on the area between Cherson and Nikolajew, the rivers Dnjepr and Südlicher Bug (german names of the towns and rivers).

An other russian barrack complex. I will try to upload Beta 0.30 tomorrow. Today my internet is very slow. Dont know why.

Well maybe 2020 was a bit optimistic! Top Gun: Maverick (2019 2020 2021 2022) 'It's been a minute, huh, Mav?' 'Why are the wings coming out Mav?' 'Here they come. What's your plan?' 'Just put your mask on. Remember, we're on the same team. Just wave and smile' 'Oh sh*t! His wingman's moving into weapons envelope...'

Russian barracks complex at the Crimean peninsula, with 30 T-72A, 3 BTR-80A and 4 AAA.

2.2: - Minor data/loadout.ini corrections. - Minor texture corrections. - Minor weapon corrections. - Optional white texture for the Python 3 missile, as this was how the early models used in the 1982 Lebanon War were painted.

up and awaiting approval. more to follow, as i try to make sure all the kinks are out of the summer's work

I have a crate full of self-sealing stem bolts....where should I put it? GreenHell Vietnam, near Loc Chau exactly...

version 0.11 works fine. Thanks! The terrain looks much better with houses, that looks like houses and not like cubes.