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F-104S ASA M 4° Stormo, 20 °Gruppo In mid '90s Italian Air force abandoned the traditional NATO tactical camouflage for the air superiority gray, now in use as a standard paint scheme. ASA M planes were intended to be pure interceptors and air defence fighters. The squadron insignia is the Prancing Horse used by WWI ace Francesco Baracca and it's named after Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, commander of the Italian Forces in East Africa, during WWII. The Gruppo insignia is a lion with the motto "Unus sed leo" (one, but a lion). In '99 it operated CAP mission during Operation Allied Force. This skin is for the F-104S-ASA M mod available on Combat Ace and you'll need both JET-Z S/ASA mod available on his site (http://www.12packproductions.com/JetZ/index.html) and the original F-104G by Third Wire. Installation instruction in the readme.txt included.

F104G 3° Stormo C. E. Buscaglia, 28° Gruppo Operation Ace Guard 1991 On 21 December 1990 3° Stormo received the order to deploy six planes, in recce configuration, to the forward turkish base of Erhac as part of the NATO coalition, during the 1st Gulf War. Between 6 January and march 1991, in rigid weather (up to 25°C below zero) and uncomfortable conditions, the RF-104Gs flew over 300 sorties patrolling the turkish southern border. The planes were painted in the standard NATO tactical scheme with low visibility markings. The squadron insignia are four cats (of the former 278° Torpedo Bomber Squadron) and it's named after Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia, commander of a torpedo squadron during WWII. The squadron has been disbanded during the '90s and 28° Gruppo "Strega" (Witch, from the callsign used during the war) is now part of 32° Stormo. This skin is for the original Third Wire F-104G model only. Installation instructions in the readme.txt included.

In April 1963 4° Aerobrigata was the first squadron in Italy to receive the Starfighters. Between 1962 and 1965 they kept the original paint scheme with bare aluminium fuselage and white anti-radiation upper wings. Alternatively also the upper fuselage was partially painted in white. This skin is for the original Third Wire F-104G model only. Readme file included.

36° Stormo 156° Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri This skin depicts planes from 36 Stormo in the standard NATO camo, with white numbers and big national roundels, used by Italian Aitr Force in the 80's. Readme included

6° Stormo 154° Gruppo "Red Devils" This skin depicts planes from 6 Stormo in the standard NATO camo, with white numbers and big national roundels, used by Italian Aitr Force in the 80's. Readme included