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Been playing with the YAP carriers to add some more ships to my USN Nimitz Class fleet... CVN-68 USS Nimitz CVN-69 USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-70 USS Carl Vincent CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-73 USS George Washington CVN-74 USS John C Stennis CVN-75 USS Harry S Truman CVN-76 USS Ronald Reagan CVN-77 USS George HW Bush

SuperHornet vs SuperHornet as a couple of fleet squadron pilots go up against aggressors prior to their Air Wing's deployment...

I know... but I couldn't resist !

View File SA-4 Ganef SAM system/ ZRK 2K11 "Krug" The SA-4 Ganef was a long-range mobile system first deployed in the mid-1960s; the missiles, carried in pairs on a tracked launcher, used drop-off solid-fuel boosters and a ramjet sustainer motor. Employing a combination of radar command guidance and active radar homing, and supported by an array of mobile radars for target acquisition, tracking, and guidance, they could engage targets over the horizon. (Because the SA-4 strongly resembled the earlier British Bloodhound, NATO assigned it the code name Ganef, meaning “Thief” in Hebrew.) Beginning in the late 1980s, the SA-4 was replaced by the SA-12 Gladiator, a more compact and capable system. INSTALLATION: Drop everything from archive to your OBJECT folder. LICENSE: All models are made by me from the scratch. You can use them and everything included for personal non-profit use for Thirdwire Strike fighters 2 game only. CREDITS: ThirdWire for making this outstanding simulator. Yakarov79 for 1S12 radar grill texture. Combatace.com for its dedicated support for this game. SOFTWARE USED: Blender 3.0 Substance Painter 3d Max 2009 Submitter Farid Submitted 10/09/2022 Category Ground Object Mods  

I'm working on a new skin for the later and interesting Su-35S (by frtn) found in the SFP1 section. This mod works fine with SF2. Even if there are several little problems with the mapping. P.

I guess a very brief description of the differences would be that provided in Wikipedia for EQ-6 - new Sherloc digital RWR, new Cyrano IV-SP1 radar, and capable of carrying two Exocet missiles at once. 30 built Mirage F1EQ-5 is capable of carrying a single Exocet under the fuselage. Other sources indicate Cyrano IV-MR radar with terrain avoidance capability for the EQ-6. An interesting piece of information on the EQ-6, that I came across, is that back in 1989 those were equipped with rails to carry and launch Kh-29L soviet/russian laser guided A2G missiles. On a different note, I am happy to see new Mirage F1 variants with later cockpits and more recce, ECM, etc. pods included in the weapons list, so I hope we are close to the moment when it will be time for updated Mirage F1CT/CR versions.

The US State Department has approved the foreign military sale of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) and Medium Range Air Defense System (MRADS) to Kuwait for three billion dollars. Kuwait has requested 63 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM); 63 AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II tactical missiles; 12 Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems – Low Volume Terminal (MIDS LVT) Block Upgrade 2; and 12 MIDS LVT Cryptographic Modules, among others. “The proposed sale will improve Kuwait’s capability to meet current and future threats by enhancing the ability to defend itself against regional malign actors and improve interoperability with systems operated by US forces and other Gulf countries,” the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said. The DCSA also expressed confidence that the new defensive equipment will allow the Middle Eastern nation to “protect its borders, energy infrastructure, and its residents.” I will be adding this to my do list of models.

There are some free model in the net we can use them, or I can pay for one if you need it gentlemen. also I can get the model prepared and ready for the game (but someone has to do the data files). let me know. I Forgot to add a photo.

Great pics Bigstone. That first picture of the lighting strike behind the Enterprise triggered the theme from 'The Final Countdown' in my head! Required screenie - Prowling the skies over Iraq..

A few days back, i had the chance to travel to Europe, this was a long delayed (for several reasons) trip i had and had also the opportunity to meet some of the CA old timer guys, must say pics speak a thousand words, so, i will spam with some: The first guy i met as i arrived to Amsterdam was my master @logan4 and we made a visit to the Lelystad Museum, my first time watching up close with a MiG-21 Love at first sight! Many More planes seen that day Next day i met another long time friend @Muesli and went to met some places: And the next day, we had a very nice day, we mat @Derk and he kindly made a guided day on the National Militair Museum, 4 CA team members together! Later in the week we met @76.IAP-Blackbird and headed for Germany, no planes this time, but good plans (and stairs) and good times! After some (not much) days, i moved over to Cracow to met the final guy, our very @Stary and we were able to have some good time (eating pierogis) that night Next day, i HAD TO pay a visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau Museums And for the last day, we met again with Stary to go to the Lotnictwa Museum in Cracow, where i was a kid in a candy shop with so many MiGs, Sukhois and others around! All in all, it has been a hell of a trip, and, once again, i would like to thank you guys for making it to happen! And the saddest part of the trip... Thanks CA for the friendship!!!

Congrats! We wait for this cool stuff as well. Its the best choice i think among possible analogs. I am adding in my NASAMS_UserList.INI [Kuwait] ServiceStartYear=2023 ServiceEndYear=2040 Availability=RARE Gigles

Oh hell yeah this keeps me employed too lol

First i will convert the coast tiles from jpg to tga and then i will test how much performance is lost. A jpg file is between 190 and 350 kb, a tga file 4096 kb. And afterwards i will decide how many Flak and SAM i can place, without making the game to a slideshow. But you are right, a lot of Flak would be nice.

Without a doubt one of the greatest trips to ever be photo blogged to the site. I'm with Kevin on this, I'm jealous but also proud you guys had a wonderful time. S!

RAG F-14 crews learning the art of aerial combat somewhere off the coast of Key West...

The AM39 capacity is only available from the EQ5.

hmm.... we REALLY should get one of our 3d guys to build us a McDonalds!!! ' ====== required screenshot

"One Big Mac, fries and a Coke Light please!" (Socotra terrain, easter egg)

Please see the new post in the News section!

I continue to experiment with SF2 VR and with the framerate locked at 80 fps, it is an amazing experience. SF2 is still the only semi-modern sim (as opposed to Jane's Fighters Anthology and Jane's USAF, which are much older and inferior to SF2 in most respects) where I can fly the F-4 in combat against excellent AI MiG opponents in historical environments like Vietnam and Israel. The FSX/P3d F-4s available from Milviz (F-4E/J/S) and Simworks Studios (F-4B/N) are a joy to fly, but VR runs like crap in P3d and the environment doesn't have AI opponents that you can dogfight. If you like clubbing baby seals, shooting down Cessnas and airliners works great in FSX/P3d with TacPack, but it isn't a true combat flight sim experience. SF2's terrains are obsolete compared to DCS World, even with the texture upgrades, but they are still the only way to fly decent combat missions over Vietnam and Israel in a historical context. The mix of SF2 and VR is a very good experience. I recommend it to anyone who owns both the SF2 series and has VR.

I got tons of new & reworked Skins Ready for the T-33A, Maybe I´ll do a complete Reduxe pack with jpg textures...