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First of many to be uploaded soon: IAF Type S-22 Fitter, No. 32 "Thunderbirds" Sqdn , circa 1971. For howling1's superb IAF Type S-22 Fitter mod. This will appear soon in the Indian AF/Navy skins section. Thanks to Dave for creating this section here at CA.

The MiG-21FL's fin is much larger than the PF. Only adding a a drag chute container won't completely make it look like an FL. However, it will atleast make the PF look like and FL . So if that can be done, please go for it

That's because we are using WoE/WOI's MiG-21PF model for the MiG-21FL IAF Type 77 mod. There is not dedicated 3D model for the MiG-21FL. The FL has PF's front part(front opening canopy) & MiG-21PFM's tail type. Atleast now we have an accurate, removable GP-9 gunpod for Indian FLs. MiG-21FL: MiG-21PFM:

Yup, its the GP-9 on the belly. A GP-9 gunpod had been on the IAF MiG factory wishlist ever since the first IAF MiG pack mod was released in 2004(or was it 2003?). And now 4 years later, we have a GP-9 gunpod model for the FL to hunt those pesky PAF Starfighters . The GP-9 model has been built by Amokfloo(thanks a million Florian, we owe you a lot of thanks for this one) & kukulino for fitting it on the PF .

The Battling Fishbeds.... No. 29 Sqdn "Scorpions" No. 47 Sqdn "Black Archers". MiG-21FL C-750 was the mount of Flt. Lt. B.B. Soni on 12 December 1971, when he shot down a PAF F-104A piloted by decorated PAF Wg Cdr. Mervyn Middlecoat near Jamnagar(which is not that far away from where I live) Brown Green Camo C-1111 with kill markings(No. of bombs released & K-13 missiles fired) And probably the most well known camo painted on an Indian Fishbed.... The above 'Tiger Stripes' skin is Marcelo's work for the MiG-21PFM which I adapted for use with MiG-21FL mod. Need to fix decal locations since it uses new patch MiG-21PF lod. Can anyone notice anything different with this MiG-21PF model ? (Thanks to Amokfloo & kukulino).

A Maruti Suzuki Swift ZXi, 2007 model. Small car, small engine(1.3L) but great fun to drive, specially in crowded areas , dodging crazy drivers of bikes, autorickshaws, handcarts and the occasional cow or a buffalo . Got Airbags, ABS, Alloy Wheels, Automatic Climate Control among other goodies. Good mileage too.....16-18 Kmpl on the highway.

Acc to IAF designation: MiG-21MF = Type 96B (airframes supplied directly by Russia) MiG-21M = Type 96 (Manufactured under license in India - It was a MiG-21MF with FL's R-11 engine) MiG-21bis = Type 75 ((Manufactured under license in India) MiG-21bis UPG(21-93) = Bison (Son of a bis!!!!!!!!!! :haha:)

The camo sported by Su-7s during its last days with the IAF:

I suggest you have the following a/c in the install. IAF/IN: Vampire FB.5 An-12 bomber Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6/Mk. 100/Mk.101 - Bunyap Dassault Mystere IVA - ajunaidr Hawker Hunter F.6( IAF F.56) - Armourdave Hawker Hunter FGA.9 from WoE(IAF F.56A version) Folland Gnat F.Mk.1 -Marcelo MiG-21F Type 74 Mirage Factory MiG-21PF Type 76 -howling1/Wrench MiG-21FL Type 77 - howling1/Wrench MiG-21UM Mongol - Amokfloo HAL Ajeet (Gnat Mk.2) - Marcelo MiG-21M Type 96 - howling1/Wrench MiG-21MF Type 96B - howling1/Wrench EE Canberra B(I)58, B.2 - ajunaidr Type S-22 Fitter(Su-7) - howling1 HAL HF-24 Mk.1 Marut - capun Jaguar GR.1 -Mirage Factory MiG-23MF Rakshak - howling1 MiG-25R/RU Garuda - wpnssgt/USAFMTL MiG-29A wpnssgt Mirage 2000D - Amokfloo Sea Harrier FRS.51 PAF/PN: F-86F-35 - howling1 C-130B Bomber Canadair Sabre Mk.6 B-57B/C/RB-57G - ajunaidr Shenyang F-6A - Crab_02 F-104A/B - ajunaidr F-16A - wpnssgt/TMF P-3C -Raptorman Mirage IIIE/O - TMF Q-5 F-7 JF-17 Added later : Flying those MiGs wouldn't be satisfying without using Paladrian's excellent MiG-21pits(21F,PF,MF)

Nope. I resized the stock MiG-19 256X256 skin to 512X512 and worked from there. The skin had been lying on my HD since April 13, 2006(the day it was created) I also have to make changes to the decals.ini for the unreleased MiG-21FL skin for your Type 77 Fishbed Update....the new lod has messed up decal locations all over. I had made those skins using howling1's v1.8 IAF Fishbeds. Me too

that was the dilemma faced by commanders those days. I guess the basic aim was not to lose excess drop tanks, as it may have ended up grounding the Su-7 attack fleet. There is a wonderful video on youtube shot by a BBC journalist during the 1971 war in EAst Pakistan that shows IAF Hunters attacking Dacca, and a Su-7 getting hit by AAA and cart-wheeling to the ground, with its pilot ejecting .

File Name: PAF F-6A No. 25 Sqdn "Night Strike Eagles" Skin File Submitter: ghostrider883 File Submitted: 4 Sep 2008 File Category: Mig-19 PAF F-6A No. 25 Sqdn "Night Strike Eagles" Skin ------------------------------------------------------- This skin is for Crab_02's Shenyang F-6A. This is a repaint of the stock Soviet Silver skin. The skin represents the camo painted on Pakistan Air Force's No. 25 Sqdn F-6As during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Installation: Drop the 25sq folder to the F-6 folder and go fly. Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan September 04, 2008 Click here to download this file

Had fun while trying to fix a bug in the skin..... Somewhere near Sakesar hills,Pakistan.... My flight spotted a lone Hunter heading towards the border after a strike mission. Manuevering for a shot... Good Tone!! Fox Two!!! Scratch One IAF Hunter..

The Su-7 barely had the range to hit targets in Pakistan without drop tanks.

Like this ? Skin for Crab_02's PAF F-6A This F-6 wearing a desert camo scheme belonged to the No. 25 Squadron "Night Strike Eagles" . Some of the No. 25 Squadron F-6s participated in the 1971 War wearing this very color scheme and at least two of them - flown by Wing Commander Saad Hatmi (CO No. 25 Squadron) and Flight Lieutenant Shahid Raza - intercepted and shot down two IAF Hunters in the Soan valley near Sakesar hills.

Dammmmnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see it with IAF roundels ,finflash & "Bharatiya Vayu Sena" painted on the fuselage.

Thanks guys. Glad you like it . This is next: A Su-7 sporting one of those hastily pained camos during the 1971 war. While reading a book on the 1971 Indo-Pak war, I read something interesting. The reasons for high Su-7 losses by the IAF were attributed to 1. Multiple strafing runs & rocket attack passes on targets (something which the Su-7 was never meant to do). 2. Pilots being told not to jettison underbelly drop tanks as there was shortage of Su-7 drop tanks.

File Name: Indian AF Brown/Green Type S-22 Fitter-A(Su-7BMK) Skin File Submitter: ghostrider883 File Submitted: 4 Sep 2008 File Category: Indian Air Force and Navy Skins IAF Brown/Green Type S-22 Fitter-A(Su-7BMK) Skin --------------------------------------------------------- This skin is for howling1's IAF Type S-22 Fitter-A mod. This is a repaint of the stock Soviet Silver skin. Be sure to have howling1's Type S-22 Fitter Mod installed as this skin uses aircraft serial numbers from that mod. The skin represents one of the camos painted on Indian Air Force Su-7s during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Installation: Drop the BG_Camo folder to the Type S-22 folder and go fly. Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan September 04, 2008 Click here to download this file

File Name: No. 32 Sqdn Indian AF Type S-22 Fitter File Submitter: ghostrider883 File Submitted: 3 Sep 2008 File Category: Indian Air Force and Navy Skins IAF Type S-22 Fitter-A(Su-7BMK) Skin --------------------------------------------------------- This skin is for howling1's IAF Type S-22 Fitter-A mod. This is a repaint of the stock Soviet Silver skin. Be sure to have howling1's Type S-22 Fitter Mod installed as this skin uses aircraft serial numbers from that mod. It can be found here: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=1342 The skin represents one of the camos painted on Indian Air Force Su-7s during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. This skin is dedicated to Bob "howling1" Hauser, the original MiG & Su modder. There was very little that he did not know about MIGs & Su's. Wherever you are Bob, you are being missed. Installation: Drop the 32_BY folder to the Type S-22 folder and go fly. Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan September 03, 2008 In the coming days, I will be releasing more Indian Su-7 & MiG-21 skins, and may be a few Pakistani skins. These were meant for the Indo-Pak mod. But since the project is a dead duck now, no point in holding these skins back on my HD. Click here to download this file

may be a modernised J-8II pit?

F/A-18F pit?