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So, with next year being the 20th anniversary of SFP1's release, I was thinking of doing something similar to the expansion packs for all the other games in the series for the Paran vs Dhimar conflict, I'm going to gauge interest and lay out each campaign. This will likely use the excellent Desert4 campaigns as a base for the expansion packs, I will lay out each campaign here, including each side and flyable aircraft, Mercenaries will not be listed, just so I can gauge interest. OPERATION BURNING SANDS (1959) USAF F-84E F-84F F-84G F-100D F-101A F-102A USN A-4B (Upgraded throughout the campaign) F-8C (Upgraded throughout) F-9F F-11F A-1H A-5A/B F4D Skyray USMC A-4B F-9F F4D Skyray RAF Meteor F.8 Javelin FAW.1 Hunter F.6 Lightning F.1 RCAF CF-100 Canuck Canadair Sabre Mk.6 RCN F2H-3 Banshee Armee De L'air F-100D Mystere IVA Ouragan Vautour IIA F-84G Dhimar Hunter F.4 Hunter F.6 F-86K F-84G OPERATION QUICK SAND (1966) USAF F-4C F-4D F-100D F-101C F-102A F-106A F-105D USN F-8D F-8E F-4B A-4C A-6A USMC F-8E F-4B A-4C RAF Hunter F.6 Hunter FGA.9 Lightning F.2 Lightning F.3 RCAF CF-101 Voodoo CF-104 Starfighter Armee De L'Air Mystere IVA Mirage IIIC Dhimar F-4C F-100D A-4B Mirage IIIC OPERATION RATTLE SNAKE (1968) USAF F-4C F-4D F-4E F-106A F-105D F-5A USN F-4B F-4J A-4E A-6E A-7A USMC F-4B F-4J A-4C RAF Hunter FGA.9 Lightning F.6 Phantom FGR.1 RCAF CF-101B CF-104 CF-116 Armee De L'Air Mirage IIIC Mystere IVA Dhimar F-4C A-4C F-104C Mirage IIIC OPERATION DESERT THUNDER (1972) USAF F-4C F-4D F-4E F-105G F-5C A-7D USN F-4J F-14A A-7E A-6E USMC A-4E F-4J RAF Phantom FGR.2 Lightning F.6 Buccaneer Harrier GR.1 RCAF CF-104 CF-116 Armee De L'Air Mirage IIIC Mirage 5 Dhimar F-4E F-5C Mirage IIIC Mirage 5 F-104G OPERATION DESERT FURY (1975) USAF F-4D F-4E A-7D F-5E F-104C USN F-4J F-14A A-7E A-6E USMC F-4B AV-8A RAF Harrier GR.1 Phantom FGR.2 Lightning F.6 Hunter FGA.9 Jaguar GR.1 Buccaneer S2.B RCAF CF-104 CF-116 Armee De L'Air Mirage F1C Mirage G Mirage 5 Dhimar F-4E F-104G Mirage F1A/B Mirage 5 F-5E OPERATION DESERT BLAZE (1978) USAF A-10A F-4E F-15A A-7D F-4G USN F-14A A-6E A-7D USMC AV-8A RAF Jaguar GR.1 Harrier GR.3 Phantom FGR.2 RCAF CF-104 CF-116 Armee De L'Air Mirage F1C Mirage 5 Mirage G Dhimar Mirage F1A/B Kfir C1 F-5E F-14A F-4E DUEL IN THE DESERT 1 (1981) Dhimar Mirage F1C F-14A F-4E F-5E Tornado GR.1 OPERATION DESERT ARROW (1984) USAF F-4E F-15A A-10A F-16A USN F-14A F/A-18A/B USMC AV-8A RAF Tornado GR.1 Jaguar GR.1 Harrier GR.3 Phantom FGR.2 RCAF CF-116 Armee De L'Air Mirage 2000 Mirage F1C Mirage G Dhimar F-20A Tigershark Mirage G Mirage F1C F-14A Tornado GR.1 OPERATION DESERT LIGHTNING (1993) USAF F-4E F-15C/D F-15E F-16C A-10A USN F-14B F/A-18A/B F/A-18C/D USMC AV-8B F/A-18A RAF Tornado GR.1 Tornado F.3 Jaguar GR.1 RCAF CF-188A Armee De L'Air Mirage F1C Mirage 2000C Mirage 2000D Dhimar F-14A+ F-20A Mirage 2000C F/A-18C/D Hornet DUEL IN THE DESERT 2 (1998) Dhimar F-14B Mirage 2000C/D F-20A F/A-18C/D OPERATION PARANI FREEDOM (2006) USAF F-22A F-15C F-15E F-16C A-10C USN F-14D F/A-18C/D F/A-18E/F USMC AV-8B+ F/A-18A/B RAF Tornado GR.4 Tornado F.3 Typhoon F.1 RCAF CF-188A Armee De L'Air Rafale C Mirage 2000-5 Dhimar Gripen C F-20A F-14D OPERATION SMOKING GUN (2016) USAF F-22A F-15C F-15E F-16C A-10C USN F/A-18C/D F/A-18E/F USMC AV-8B+ F/A-18A/B F/A-18C RAF Tornado GR.4 Typhoon F.1 RCAF CF-188A Armee De L'Air Rafale C Mirage 2000-5 Dhimar Gripen E Mirage 2000-5 F-14D+ F-20C DUEL IN THE DESERT 3 (2016) Dhimar Gripen E Mirage 2000-5 F-14D+ F-20C OPERATION SAND DUNES (2021) USAF F-35A F-22A F-15C F-15E F-15EX Super Eagle F-16C USN F-35C F/A-18E/F USMC AV-8B+ F-35B F/A-18A/B F/A-18C/D RAF Typhoon FGR.4 Lightning II FGR.1 RCAF CF-188A CF-139 Gripen E Armee De L'Air Rafale E Mirage 2000-5 Dhimar F-20C+ Gripen E F-14E TOMCAT21 Again, only a rough draft, OPFOR will be done in a second post.

Be careful of the Canadair Sabres as well, those are absolutely deadly, they are on par with the MiG-17A (No Afterburner), if not actually better than the 17. Both the Sabre Mk.4 (RAF), CL-13B/Sabre Mk.6 (Luftwaffe and RCAF) are all equally as deadly, the Mk.6 even more so as it can out turn the F-86F and has Sidewinders.

Tainted Cigar, 1962. Somehow survived a turnfight with MiG-17s.

This entire channel is a goldmine. "How to protect your computer from getting shot at by an MBT" "Chess Trap: Tennison Gambit ICBM Edition" "How to prevent Bike theft using Electronic Warfare Countermeasures" and the most famous: "How to protect your shopping trolley from Improvised explosives"

Every day I hope that a Shin Kazama F-20 will finally be made because I am terrible at painting things

For me, it would probably be the Thud. I hated the thing with a passion when I bought WoE on Steam, but have recently grown to love the F-105, such a joy to fly fast. Tornado GR.1/4 would be another one, I wasn't a fan of ground attack, and then I flew it in Ace Combat 5, I knew what I was missing. It's now one of my favorite aircraft of all time.

Evasion.

I wish I could do the flight planning that sim had, it still hasn't been beaten in many sims. Flying Low is pretty much impossible in SF2 because the AI can be pretty dumb.

Wait a minute, what's that Ace Combat style HUD, and where can i get it! Mandatory photos from the second mission of Locusta, 24th January. Yes, I'm playing the original release of ODS, when 30th Anniversary is out of Early Access, I'll switch to it, but I'm waiting for the bugs to be ironed out, mainly.

January 20th, 1991, Operazione Locusta Tornado Time.

I am beginning work on the menus and menu music, by far the easiest part, but the part that makes the first impression.

Northern Sabre September 75'

New campaign time!

Forward Air Controller, it's a leftover from Wings Over Vietnam, in which FACs (O-1s) would appear on CAS Missions. This isn't simulated in SF2.

Harrier Campaign became pretty much too impossible to complete, so Instead I am Intruding on enemy territory.

Alright, time to lay out a few more things. I'll start by saying that any inconsistencies with doctrine are to keep the upgrades with the spirit of the original campaigns, if those had the superpowers in them, then I should too. Now considering my only mod is menu music, that will likely be where I start, considering the Mercenary mode is heavily inspired by "Area 88" I may likely include a few skins from that (Shin's F-8, Draken, F-5, F-20, Mickey's F-100 and F-14, Kim's Harrier, etc.), but the menu music will be a mix of songs from the 1985 OVA (How Far to Paradise will most definitely be included) and the 2004 Anime (Trance will likely be featured in a few videos as well). Menu designs will be decided later for me.

Note to self: Always bring an ECM Pod when flying the AV-8A. Yes, #2 ate MiG, Yes, he survived.

Then, Devin Horner started posting videos around 2015-ish. Bit the bullet and got SF2, haven't looked back since.

Thanks for the input, everyone, I wanted to maintain a unique aircraft layout overall, I'll be starting with the earlier campaigns (Burning Sands to Desert Fury) within a few months time, as those require minor tweaking from the original Desert4 incarnations.

Final Operation of Northern Sabre 69' CF-8s, F-102s, BUFFs and Phantom FGR.2s.

Alright time to layout REDFOR, will only cover major nations, and will not list off variants due to a large amount of them. OPERATION BURNING SANDS (1959) Paran Hunter F.4/F.6 MiG-17A MiG-17F J-5 MiG-19 MiG-19P IL-28 USSR MiG-17 (various variants) Il-28 MiG-19 (various variants) MiG-21F-13 Su-7 Yak-28 (various variants) Yak-25 OPERATION QUICK SAND (1966) Paran Hunter F.6 MiG-17A MiG-17F J-5 J-6 MiG-19 (Various Variants) Su-7 (Various variants) MiG-21F-13 Il-28 USSR MiG-17 (various variants) MiG-19 (various variants) MiG-21 (various variants) Su-7 Il-28 Tu-16 Tu-95 OPERATION RATTLE SNAKE (1968) Paran MiG-17 J-5 J-6 MiG-19 MiG-21 Su-7 USSR MiG-19 MiG-21 Su-7 Su-11 Su-15 OPERATION DESERT THUNDER (1972) Paran J-6 MiG-19 MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 Su-7 Su-17 USSR MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 Su-7 Su-15 Su-17 Tu-16 Tu-22 Tu-95 OPERATION DESERT FURY (1975) Paran J-6 MiG-19 MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 Su-7 Su-17 J-7 USSR MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 MiG-27 Su-15 Su-17 Su-24 OPERATION DESERT BLAZE (1978) Paran MiG-21 J-7 MiG-23 MiG-25 MiG-27 Su-7 Su-17 Su-20 Su-22 USSR MiG-23 MiG-25 MiG-27 Yak-38 Su-17 Su-24 Tu-16 Tu-22 Tu-95 DUEL IN THE DESERT 1 (1981) Paran MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 MiG-27 J-7 Su-7 Su-22 Su-24 OPERATION DESERT ARROW (1984) Paran MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 MiG-27 MiG-29 J-7 Su-7 Su-22 Su-24 USSR MiG-23 MiG-25 MiG-27 MiG-29 MiG-31 Su-17 Su-24 Su-25 Tu-16 Tu-22 Tu-95 OPERATION DESERT LIGHTNING (1993) Paran MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 MiG-27 MiG-29 J-7 A-5 Su-7 Su-22 Su-24 Su-25 Su-27 Iran F-5E F-5F F-4E F-14A MiG-23 Su-24 PLAAF (Under Parani flag) J-7 J-8 JH-7 DUEL IN THE DESERT 2 (1998) Paran MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 MiG-27 MiG-29 J-7 A-5 Su-7 Su-22 Su-24 Su-25 Su-27 J-11 OPERATION PARANI FREEDOM (2006) Paran MiG-23/27 MiG-29 Su-24 Su-25 Su-27 Su-30 J-7 J-10 PLAAF J-7 JH-7 J-8 J-10 J-11 OPERATION SMOKING GUN (2016) Paran MiG-23/27 MiG-29 Su-24 Su-25 Su-27 Su-30 Su-32 (Fullback planned export designation, seen in Ace Combat 5 and Zero) JF-17 PLAAF JH-7 J-7 J-8 J-10 J-11 J-16 PLAN J-15 Pakistan Mirage IIIO Mirage 5 F-16C JF-17 Iran F-7 J-10 Su-27 J-11 F-4E F-14A F-5E/F DUEL IN THE DESERT 3 (2016) Paran MiG-23/27 MiG-29 Su-24 Su-25 Su-27 Su-30 Su-32 JF-17 OPERATION SAND DUNES (2021) Paran MiG-29 Su-24 Su-25 Su-27 Su-30 Su-32 Su-35 J-7 J-10 JF-17 PLAAF J-7 J-8 J-10 J-11 J-16 J-20 PLAN J-15 Pakistan Air Force Mirage IIIO Mirage 5 F-16 JF-17 Iran F-4E F-5E/F J-7 J-10 F-14A Bangladesh MiG-29 J-7 Rough draft for now, no minor (1 aircraft type only, etc.) nations included in this list.

Eh, considering I am focusing on a few "what if" aircraft (E.G. Mirage G and F-20A Tigershark), I'm probably going to go with a mix of F-14s and F-15s for Dhimar.

It all depends on the aircraft, to be honest. but yeah try to space it out equally if possible.

To your question, keep it normal, since the aircraft updates (E.G. new variants) happen as you go through the years: For example during rolling thunder, you start with the A-4B, but it upgrades to the A-4C in 1966 and the A-4E in 1967, each aircraft should have the same amount of missions.