JonathanRL

Looks great! Denmark taking a more active stance in the defence of Greenland then? :D

The way I see it, the best way would be to use a weapon, kinda like the douglas refueling pod. But then AI wont fire at the target, and hits will not be registred. The second way is to make it a part of the aircraft, but only making the target part of the tug able to take the hits. It would be fun to have at any rate :)

Hey lads. Let us just agree to disagree on this one. We are getting out of topic anyhow. I am sorry for bringing KAL up :) At any rate, Historic Wings asked me for some input on their story about The Catalina Affair and they have published two parts about it: http://fly.historicwings.com/2012/06/the-catalina-affair/ http://fly.historicwings.com/2012/06/the-catalina-affair-part-2-of-3/

I have actually seen no proof that KAL 007 was an intelligence trap. Rather, considering what secrets the US Military had to leak to prevent it happening again, I would say all Soviet got was badwill, and they already had much of that in the West. Also, I feel that the fact that the Aircraft was shot down - after visual contact no less - is the main catch of the story. You do not fire upon a unknown unless you know it will present a clear and present danger to you or anything around you.

Ljungbyhed, Southern Sweden. 5th of September, 1964 It has been a busy summer. All too little time spent on the beach, watching all the pretty girls around here and too much in classrooms. The month before our first solo was gruelling as hell, but the instructors wanted to make sure everybody was to pass. If they did not think you could pass it, they chucked you out. And chucked out people they did. I was sure I would be one of them for sure. My navigation skills was lacking, and during instructor flights I seemed to be a degree or two off course almost every time. There is a certain reluctance to get to know people, but it happens anyway. This is for the obvious reason that if you get a best mate, the bunk can be empty by the next day. I knew that at the beginning, my attitude would be kind but distant. This failed at the same time I met Lars Broman for the first time. He had just returned from AWOL and asked me to cover for him, something that one only did if you could be sure to get away with it. Sure enough, once he had left Kapten Johansson came with the Väbel. They asked me if they had seen Lars. I answered that indeed I had. They asked me if he had recently jumped over the fence, back into the base. Looking Johansson straight in the face, I answered rather truthfully that I had been looking away at the time and was unsure in what direction he had come from. A few hours later, I spotted Lars, drenched in sweat and glared at me, muttering curses under his breath at the Väbel. I grinned at him and asked if it was worth it. He grinned back and said that his lady friend would probably find it romantic that he endured punishment for her. It was good to have Lars as a friend. He was dead useful in tutoring my navigation skills, and especially counteracting for the wind during flight, something I had never gotten the hang on, despite different instructors attempts to explain the subject. So the time came for our first Solos, and we passed them with flying colours. I was nervous as hell. We was to make a shorter flight, along waypoints but I made it okey with just a few pointers from the flight teacher. Some others was not as lucky. We had two crashes with one fatality. This sobered the rest of us up for the risks we took when we went up in the air. A month after our first solo, and the little more tricky manoeuvres we was tough, our teachers declared we would actually get to do something more fun this exercise. As we had recently practised formation flight, most of was begging for more individual action. And that we got. We was to have Dogfight drills. Mission: Intercept "Enemy" and engage the enemy. Mission Role: Interceptor It was my view that no kill was worth the life of a wingman. . . . Pilots in my unit who lost wingmen on this basis were prohibited from leading a [section]. The were made to fly as wingman, instead. — Colonel Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann, GAF. It turned out we was not to be missing out on the formation practices after all. We would fly 2 vs 2, one wingman, and one Lead and I was somewhat disappointed to be the Wingman for this exercise. Lars would be Section Lead, as the Kapten felt the practice was more bound to actually happen if he navigated the flight. So we took off - routine by now - and headed towards the area where the "enemy would be". We flew around for quite a while, not finding them and we was worried they where not where they where supposed to be. But a few minutes later, two small dots was visible below us. Our target had arrived. Lars pulled his aircraft into a dive without warning me making us split the formation. I tried to follow, but I was already too far behind. He went in behind the opponents wingman and "shot" him down with simulated fire. However, the Leader broke and went after Lars who now had a bogey on his six. As Wingman, my role was to prevent just that. Over the radio, a familiar voice called out "Du är träffad, avbryt." (You are hit, Abort), and I suddenly realised the pilot in the aircraft was Captain Johansson! It seemed however that Lars was reluctant to accept the hit, as he kept manoeuvring, trying to shake the Captain off his tail. The Captain warned him again that he indeed was hit and was to return to base. With a word that is not fit for polite company, he broke off. I had however used this time well to time up my shot on the Captain. "Guns Guns Guns." I called over the radio making sure to push the gun cameras several time to make sure I had the kill recorded. "Not bad" the Captain replied, and ordered the three of us to form up on his wing and return back to the field. I was surprised. I had expected the fight to last longer, and yet it had barely lasted a minute. I asked the Captain about it, knowing he had flown in combat back in ´56. He replied that this was the average length of a dogfight, and that most of the targets would never know what hit them. This was not reassuring tough, and we flew back in silence. After Landing, Lars had to spend another night with the Väbel for not obeying orders and as Johanssen put it "unfit leadership." So I was put in his shoes as Wing Leader. I was not sure I would be able to preform any better in that capacity and I told the Captain so. He smiled and said that he now knew he made the right choice. Lars breaks to engage Confirmed Simulated Kill

There is a "Norway" map for SF1. The inverted commas are there because it looks absolutely nothing like Norway. I too would like a Norwegian Sea Map but good terrain makers are not easy to come by, and I there is a long list of requests.

http://fly.historicwings.com/2012/06/the-catalina-affair/ http://fly.historicwings.com/2012/06/the-catalina-affair-part-2-of-3/ If you want to read more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 Peaceful indeed ^^

There was one in particular in Öregrund as I recall it. NATO & Swedish divers had a field day with it...

If you mean Gotska Sandön, yes it is. Especially if you are a nature photographer. Never been there myself, sadly.

Ljungbyhed, Southern Sweden. 12th of June, 1964 Not all of us are made for flying. That much is certain. Sometimes, during the lectures you can sometimes feel so stupid that you feel you are one of them. But nowhere is this clearer than after the instructors took us up for our backseat flights. We had three people dropping out, one medical and two who just quit after their first flight. Nobody ever got the chance to talk about it, but the rest of us felt scornful. How could a man not want to fly? Clearly there was something wrong with them. We expected them to get yelled at in public, but the instructors and officers took another stance at it. They seemed to feel that this was only natural, and a lad who questioned one of the dropouts manhood was told sternly to cut it out or get thrown out. This quickly shut the rest of us up. I did however have the courage to ask Kapten Johansson about how many who usually dropped out for simply not wanting to fly. He stared at me and ordered me to present the effects of flight on the human body on the next lecture, robbing me of my free weekend in the process without even having to revoke my Leave. The lecture I had to give did however make me feel more prepared for the next stage of our training. We was going to fly again, but not as passengers. Instead we would be the pilots, and the entire training flight would be in our hands, with the instructor ready to take over if we did something wrong. Mission: Take-Off, Circle the Airstrip and Land. Mission Role: Pilot-In-Training "You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky." - Amelia Earhart You know the Theory. You know the buttons in front of you. You know what you are to do. You know the comforting voice of Captain Johansson pulling jokes and a serious tone to put you at ease. You need all of it. When I looked on the Vampires & Tunnan on the Söderhamn field, near my home it all looked so easy. How they streaked to the stars to do battle. Now, I was given responsibility for two lives and it all comes down to how I moved a stick. It almost felt silly. So I pushed the throttle forward and prepared myself for the moment when my aircraft would lift off the ground. The feeling surprised me, and suddenly I found my wing a little closer to the ground when what is reasonable. I quickly pulled the stick in the other direction and found the other wing closing to the ground. Captain Johansson told me to move the aircraft more gently, and not pull it like I was breaking a formation. It went better from there but I am not sure by how much. Captain Johansson gave me corrections and it was increasingly difficult to keep track on where to fly next. I ended up outside the waypoints two times and had to be reigned back in but I did better than I think it would. Not once did the Captain have to order me to release the stick. The landing however could have gone better. I came in too fast, and the Captain told me to raise the nose. I raised the entire aircraft too fast, and we almost entered a stall. Without thinking, I pulled up and left, and went on the go around. Lowering my landing gear, we then came in for landing. It felt a lot harder than the landing I in the moth, but since the Captain did not complain, I suppose I should not do so either. So I have flown a plane now. Up and down again, and everything in between. There will no doubt be many theoretical and practical lessions to go, but it is a milestone. It was a happy night in the mess hall that day. We skålade for our new life in the air, and for the Air Force. Truly, to Fly is to Live.

No, I want comments. The more the merrier. Constructive criticism, comments on plot, aircraft, screenshots and praise or hatemail; pretty much anything goes.

TSF is following this thread with extreme interest due to the Norwegian F-5A This looks frankly awesome!

Belive me, that one gets really tiresome, really fast. At least if you start making Campaigns from scratch

Battlezone is freeware nowadays for people who want it. http://www.battlezone1.com/ But yes, those who games would be perfect for HD remakes. All they would need is a new engine that would support the improved graphics, change nothing else.

There are no such thing, and frankly, I am not really sure why you would want one. I suppose you could do it manually, by altering every tile and model in a terrain green, but that would take a long time. When I cut stuff, I simply go for fair weather and the blue will create a nice backdrop.

Go have a Holiday, you silly Monty ! Trainstrafing is fun. Oh yes. Will it be moving or just stationary?

*bows*

Then let me rant at you. Your title sucks. How about a better one. Or how about posting this in a thread dedicated to the game? Now when that is over with... If you want a great story, you are not going to get it. TK is not Bioware and ALL of his scenarios have terrible storylines, ones that are seldom mentioned more then three lines. Futhermore, you may want to study "Arctic Victory" scenario from Red Storm Rising where Iceland was captured with alot less resources that are put into TKs scenario. Lastly, if you want a good story, Try TSF. Then you will at least get angry retorts from the storys author

Thats what Ubisoft does to their franchises. Did you not heed the warning R6: Vegas delivered?

http://combatace.com/topic/72592-strike-fighters-2-videos/

Lansen Parade.

I always liked the F-11 :)