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VMFA-531 Mission Pack IV, for Wings Over Vietnam (WOV) This pack covers missions flown by Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531 (VMFA-531) between the dates of April 25 through April 27, 1965. Where possible I have tried to keep as close as possible to the historical write-up of Mike Wanamaker and Lee R. De haven, given the constraints of the publicly available aircraft and ground objects in WOV. Where necessary, certain bespoke ground objects and pre-requisites are used. Update V1.10 This mod has been updated on request to remove direct links to any Capun and A-team prerequisite models. Instead please contact Capun for access - details enclosed. Missions Included in this Pack This pack contains the following missions: 1. [650425]#95013 - target buildings under the jungle canopy 52 miles South-East of Da Nang 2. [650425]#95014 - target buildings in a wooded area 46 miles South-South-East of Da Nang 3. [650425]#95015 - target suspected enemy buildings near those found in mission #95013 4. [650425]#95016 - target suspected VC buildings 39 miles South-East of Da Nang 5. [650425]#95018b - provide fire suppression for a combat foot patrol, where US troops are in contact with the enemy (FAC assisted mission) 6. [650426]#95086 - strike suspected VC caves complex North-East of Qui Nhon, Binh Dinh Province, II CORPS 7. [650426]#95087 - strike suspected VC caves complex North-East of Qui Nhon 8. [650426]#95088 - strike suspected VC caves complex North-East of Qui Nhon 9. [650426]#95089 - strike suspected VC caves complex North-East of Qui Nhon 10. [650427]#95172 - target VC shelters area 21 miles West of Da Nang 11. [650427]#95173 - target small bridge in the area of VC shelters from mission #95172 12. [650427]#95175 - provide support of MPQ-10 radar-bombing calibration of MASS-2 unit (bombing training mission) 13. [650427]#95176 - target VC shelters and housing area, in the vicinity of those shelters from mission #95172/73 14. [650427]#95177 - similar to mission #95176, in the same target area For each mission NAV waypoints are defined to guide you to the target area and back to your home base. Acknowledgements, Disclaimer and Terms Thank you to all those modders that have provided the prerequisites I have used in my mission packs. If there are any problems with these missions and my own mods, then please contact me directly, not the authors of the prerequisites. Released under the CombatAce Fair-Use terms: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=26131 Contents This Pack includes the following: 1. 14 x Missions taken from the historical accounts of VMFA-531 for the dates April 25 through April 27, 1965 2. Detailed installation instructions 3. Detailed Mission Briefings (as .jpg files) containing more details about each mission 4. Static aircraft definitions for F-4B, O-1E, F-100D and A310 MRTT 5. New loadout definitions for the F-4B and O-1E 6. New 'type' definitions 7. New 'target' definitions for each mission 8. New enemy cave ground object files for use with missions #95086 - #95089 (Just one more pack to go!) Any problems, please let me know. Good luck! comrpnt.

RAF F4 Tanker mission for WOE. This mission involves you taking off as a pair of 19Sqn F-4s from RAF Wildenrath and heading North-West to the tanker practice zone. The tanker takes off from nearby Laarbruch - North of Wildenrath. Both you and the tanker have the same tanker-track waypoints programmed into your navigation system so finding the same piece of sky where the tanker is should not be too much of a problem. As there's no radio contact (radio silence on this mission) for briefing purposes you need to know that the tanker is flying at 20,000 ft and a speed of 280kts. This information will prove useful when you line up and start closing on the drogue. Both you and your wingman have the necessary waypoints programmed in to do the tanker track 3 times and then head back to Wildenrath for a touch down. You can fly the whole mission on autopilot if you like. Obviously you'll not rendevous with the tanker if you do it all on AP. The MRTT will also return to Laarbruch after 3 circuits of the tanker track. The overall mission time is about 45 minutes. The weather is set to RANDOM and it's an afternoon sortie (16.00). For more of a challenge set the time to 01.30. The MRTT's lights should come on, including the drogue lights (if you'd included the mod I submitted a while back http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...;showfile=2992). [in case you missed it] SFP1, WOV and WOE only simulate tanking - you will not take on any fuel during this mission - but it feels realistic enough when your about to hit the drogue! Also, as you're flying as a pair, if you line up behind the starboard drogue (right side) then your wingman appears to line up on the port side. This looks quite realistic when viewed from outside. :-) Hope you like it. Regards, Paul T. (comrpnt).

Welcome This mission pack replicates the final mission of Lt. Cmdr. Dennis Stanley Pike (USN), that took place over the Vietnam/Laos border on March 23, 1972. In that mission Lt. Cmdr. Pike and his wingman, Cmdr. Robert Taylor (USN) – commanding officer of Attack Squadron 192 – were flying A-7E aircraft assisting ground-based government forces being overrun by Viet Cong guerrillas, and also a downed T-28 with American pilot and Vietnamese observer in the same area. After forty minutes over the target area both aircraft were heading homeward, when Cmdr. Taylor received a call from Lt. Cmdr. Pike related to “oil pressure problems”. Moments later – and still 20 miles inside the Laotian border - Pike’s A-7E engine failed. Cmdr Taylor saw Lt. Cmdr. Pike eject from the aircraft. No trace of Lt. Cmdr. Dennis Pike has ever been found since. Loss coordinates were 152200N 1073400E (YC755030), and in 1973 his status was recorded as Missing In Action. IMPORTANT This mission pack has been tested with the October 2008 patch for Wings Over Vietnam (WOV). Acknowledgements, Disclaimer and Terms Thank you to all those modders that have provided the prerequisites I have used in my mission packs. If there are any problems with these missions and my own modifications, then please contact me directly, not the authors of the prerequisites. Released under Fair-Use terms, as defined at CombatAce Missions Included in this Pack This pack contains the following combat missions: 1.[720323]DSP Profile A – follow a flight profile similar to that of Lt. Cmdr. Pike, including the simulation of engine problems in the target area 2.[720323]DSP Profile B – similar to flight profile A above, but without the engine problems so that you may complete the mission and return to base 3.[720323]DSP Profile A(D) – similar to flight profile A above, but set during daylight hours 4.[720323]DSP Profile B(D) – similar to flight profile B above, but set during daylight hours And the following training missions: 5.[720322]Carrier Qualify(D) – take off and circuit the fleet, and carry out a daylight carrier landing 6.[720322]Carrier Qualify(N) – take off and circuit the fleet, and carry out a night carrier landing 7.[720322]Carrier Qualify(DBW) – take off and circuit the fleet, and carry out a bad weather daylight carrier landing 8.[720322]Carrier Qualify(NBW) – take off and circuit the fleet, and carry out a bad weather night carrier landing Contents This Pack includes the following: 1.Detailed installation instructions - including list of prerequisites 2.Set of missions (as described above) 3.Detailed Mission Briefing 4.VA-192 Golden Dragons skin for the Mirage Factory's A-7E model 5.New 'type' definition 6.New 'target' definitions Any problems, please let me know. Good luck! comrpnt (02/2009)

Operation Rubicon (for WOE) Welcome to Operation Rubicon (for WOE) - where Rubicon has two meanings. First, it denotes R(ostock)uB(lockade)icon. Second, to "cross the Rubicon" is a popular idiom meaning to go past a point of no return and refers to Julius Caesar crossing the river of that name in 49 BC, deliberately as an act of war. The objective of this mission is to attack and destroy the Soviet Northern Naval fleet undergoing repairs and maintenance in Rostock Naval Yard, East Germany. Strategically, this will stop the Soviet fleet from responding to NATO air and ground strikes on Warsaw Pact forces massing in East Germany. By this very act the NATO forces have reached the point of no return. This mission was inspired from a Scenario in Tom Clancy's 1986 novel, Red Storm Rising (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Storm_Rising). Version 1.01 update Replaced broken links to CA-hosted A-Team models in README with links to Capun's skunkworks site. Version 1.02 update Removed reference to withdrawn A-Team model of Soviet Chapeav KrestaII-class cruiser. Alternative existing ship model used instead. Version 1.03 update Fixed minor typos in NATO and Warsaw Pact briefings. Version 1.04 update Removed reference to withdrawn A-Team model of CGN-9 cruiser. Alternative existing ship model used instead. Version v1.10 update Updated on request to remove direct links to any Capun and A-team prerequisite models. Instead, please contact Capun for access - details enclosed. Acknowledgements First, thank you to TK for providing an excellent platform and modding environment. Second, thanks go to all those modders that have provided the prerequisites I have used in my mission packs. Your hard work and dedication is very much appreciated. If there are any problems with these missions and my own mods, then please contact me directly, not the authors of the prerequisites. Thanks. Mission Overview This mission is complex (my most complex to-date) and involves a total of 65 NATO aircraft, drawn from USN, USMC, USAFE and RAFG, and 13 Warsaw Pact aircraft. You can take the part of each main player in the Operation and experience it from their perspective. The aircraft used on each side and their specific mission are detailed as follows: NATO Forces USN/USMC EA-6A, departs CV-62 USS Independence on SEAD mission to destroy EWR sites near Rostock naval yard A-6B, similar mission as above. A-6E, departs CV-62 on Strike mission to destroy the Soviet fleet at Rostock KA-6D Tanker (only used in air-to-air refuelling training missions) E-2C Hawkeye, departs CV-60 USS Saratoga on AEW mission close to East German (IG) border (AI mission only) FA-18A, departs CV-60 USS Saratoga on CAP mission North-East of Rostock USAFE F-111F, en route from RAF Lakenheath(UK) on Strike mission to destroy Soviet fleet at Rostock (returns to Jever Airbase, West Germany) F-4G, departs Diepholz Airbase on SEAD mission to penetrate border defences and destroy SAM sites prior to strike force arriving A-10A, departs Fassberg Airbase on Strike mission to disable enemy defences at Laage airbase RAFG Harrier GR3, departs RAF Wunstorf on Strike mission to disable enemy airbase at Laage F-4M, departs RAF Gütersloh on Strike mission to disable enemy airbase at Laage Warsaw Pact Forces Mi-24 Hind, departs Laage Airbase on Intercept mission to multiple radar threats approaching from the West MiG-29C, departs Laage Airbase on Intercept mission to radar threats from the North and also from the West SU-27 Flanker, departs Pütnitz Airbase on Intercept mission to multiple radar threats approaching from the North-West Prerequisites The prerequisites for this set of missions are extensive. However, this time I have written the README as a HTML file with links provided to each one, so they're easy to find. It's worth remembering that stock WOE does not contain enough of the correct types of NATO or Warsaw Pact aircraft or ground objects required to model such a complex scenario as portrayed by this Operation, especially for the era I have chosen (i.e. 1979). Contents Combat & Training Missions for each major player (i.e. aircraft) in the Operation Enhancements to the GermanyCE targets file (including enemy air defences, populated harbour targets and populated airbases) Enhancements to the Types file (to complement the targets additions) NATO briefings (for each type of mission, includes detailed planning map) Warsaw Pact briefings (for each type of mission) Comprehensive Installation Guide (i.e README) Screenshots Available Here: http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=5209 Any problems, please let me know. Thanks, regards, comrpnt. :-)

Marking Smoke Canisters (Red, Green, Yellow) Here are some simple marking smoke canisters, defined as GroundObjects, that I have developed from the ideas published at CA by Pappa Goat and Krfrge. Acknowledgments Many thanks to Pappa Goat and Krfrge for sharing their own work and ideas on the CA forums, from which this work is derived. Terms and Conditions This work is published under Fair-Use Terms, as defined at CombatAce. Installation instructions are included, together with a sample (WOV) mission to test each type of smoke marker and to show how to define their use in single scripted missions. comrpnt (January 2010).

Airfields and Buildings lighting pack (SFP1/SFG) Welcome to the Approach and Airfield Lighting pack for ALL friendly airfields for Strike Fighters Project 1 (SFP1) and Strike Fighters Gold (SFG). This pack puts approach lights at the end of each runway and anti-collision lights on all tall buildings and structures, for each type and layout of runway for all friendly airfields. Updated for October 2008 Thirdwire Patch: Alternative airfield lighting definition files are now included that work with the October 2008 patched version of the game. Acknowledgements, Disclaimer and Terms Thank you to TK and all modders who have provided the platform and prerequisites I use in my packs. If there are any problems with this pack and my own modifications, then please contact me directly, not the authors of the prerequisites. Note that prerequisites have their own terms and conditions that may differ from those defined for this pack. Note: There are no prerequisites for this pack. Released under Fair-Use terms, as defined at CombatAce Update v1.01 Fixed a bug in D5 airfield runway definition in _targets.ini - I forgot to set the heading back to 60 degrees (set to 0 degrees for development only.) Update v1.10 Added alternative airfield lighting definition files, compatible with the Thirdwire October 2008 version of the game. Removed test mission file and supporting files, to simplify the download content and installation process. Contents New lighting definition files for all friendly airfield types and layouts Replacement _TARGETS.INI file to make use of new lighting files comrpnt (June 2008, revised July 2009)