Blade

Hi Rick,

So far this is what I have:

18th TFS, 21st TFW (late '70s)

43rd TFS, 21st TFW (late '70s)

Pictures of AAC F-4Es are quite hard to come by (so far I've seen only a dozen or so). If you have any pictures to share (or any stories to tell) from your time in the AAC, please post them. Thank you.

Bl.

I am serious and dont call me Shirely.......

*I'm so sorry, I can't help myself with Airplane and Caddyshack quotes.....

I know, that's why I edited my post to include that line. :)

Bl.

After I finish this I really intend to start FLYING this sim and stop modding it...

Really? :D

Bl.

PS: or how usafmtl would put it: "surely you can't be serious..." :D

could someone make an F-4E Alaskan Air Command skin with the tailcode of FC I was stationed there until the early 80's right before we got the F-15 AND IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL to fly around in planes which i was involved with!

Hi,

If you give me a couple of days, I can make the decals (and use the stock camo skin). BTW, which game (1st or 2nd gen) do you have?

Bl.

Gads - almost two years have gone by since this original thread of mine. I am still working in my spare time on the various F-4 versions with correct serial numbers and markings - I am finalizing an F-4B and F-4E again based on the original work of Dave Hobbs. If you liked my earlier F-4C versions, you'll like these. I also passed along an F-4D model to X RAY soon to appear here to go along with a project that he is working on (although I just found a few errors on the model).

It's good to know that you're still working on improving the details, thank you. I really like your detailed parts (and models), my favourite is the correct undernose RHAW fairing on the F-4D. (Shame that it can't be repainted, so I can't use it on my Hill Grey F-4Ds, but I can't have it all, can I?) :)

If you need them for SF2, you will need to adapt them yourself though - I stuck with the 1st generation series. In the meantime, the Mirage Factory ARN-101 version of the F-4E is still very good and highly recommended, and like Dave said, they are still available here for both series, and you can't beat the superb hi-resolution skins and markings that Sundowner and others have created for them.

Like I said above, I have the TMF ARNie F-4E and it's really a masterpiece. But I also like fiddling with my little mods (mainly skins and decals), that was the reason why I dared to ask about these parts. Thank you for your answer (and your mods).

Bl.

Blade there is an ARN-101 in the download section.

Thank you, I know about them (and I have them). But ever since I bought SF2E I've been continuously amazed by the detail level of the stock Phantoms (especially the redesigned CM dispensers on the inboard pylons), so I decided to make my own ARNie F-4E based on the F-4E_78 (provided that these parts will ever be available).

Bl.

I have lots of little parts I need for myself - TISEO, ADSID, SUU-7, the BLU-1s without the end caps, maybe a new CL 600 gal tank, ARN-101 on F-4E spine, and on and on. The possibilities now are virtually endless.

Hi Mike,

I'm curious to know (therefore I am HUMBLY asking) if you still plan to make these (I'm especially interested in the TISEO and the ARN-101 spine fairing). Thank you.

Bl.

Hi Guys,

The pack is uploaded and waiting for approval.

For now, it is for the 1st gen games, but I plan to modify it to work with the SF2 F-4C_67. I hope I'll find the time to do that.

Thank you for your interest.

Bl.

Hey Blade, did you make that skin yourself? Where can I get it?

Hi,

I'm happy that you like my little teaser.

I made this skin some time ago for the 1st gen (SFP1, WoV & WoE) F-4C.

It hasn't been released, because some skin details were borrowed from others' (mppd's & Sundowner's) works.

If you get me Sundowner's approval (mppd states in his readmes that 'we are free to use any of his art', so I guess no permission is needed from him), I can upload it for you and for anyone interested.

Anyway, the skin is 1024x1024 and based on Drdoyo's template.

Hi there. This is an F-4C/D from the 184th TFS Arkansas ANG, the last operational unit to fly the F-4C/D. Theses Phantoms were painted in the Euro Grey/Green wraparound scheme.

Well, not exactly Euro 1, but...

Many types of aircraft were used to deploy sensors in LAOS to detect the movement of supplies heading south. Among these were F-4Ds of the 25th TFS at Ubon. A typical sensor was ADSID - a seismic sensor detecting ground tremors from moving trucks (or personnel?). The sensor looked like a camouflaged lawn dart with antenna sticking out the top made to look like foliage when buried in the ground. Looked interesting hanging from a Phantom MER!

Thank you for the explanation.

Just kidding about the Navy F-4 thing...but I have to say that I don't think that I have ever tried flying onto or off of a carrier in WOV yet!! But I will eventually.

You should try. I cannot depict the amazement what I felt after my first successful trap.

If the big guys don't come through in a little while, I'll be glad to try to make the parts for you (us).

Thank you, you'd make me real happy. Sadly, I don't think I have either the time or the inclination (let alone the skills) to 'get into the 3D business', so I'll be waiting patiently for you and the other big guys.

TISEO, ADSID, SUU-7, the BLU-1s without the end caps, maybe a new CL 600 gal tank, ARN-101 on F-4E spine.

I am familiar with all but one of these expressions. Would you be so kind to let me know what ADSID is?

Thanks,

Bl.

Did the Navy fly F-4s also? Learn something new every day....

BTW, what I tried to imply a few posts before was that to me you seemed to be much more interested in USAF Phantoms, I didn't mean to question your knowledge about naval birds.

Bl.

Hi again,

Did the Navy fly F-4s also? Learn something new every day....

I just don't understand why you're saying this...

Anyway, I know that these things are really hard to learn and I appreciate your hard work put into perfecting the F-4C/D. That was the reason why I gathered all my courage to ask you, because, for me, the DECM fairings of the F-4J/N are something like the correct LEFs and RHAW gear of the F-4C/D for you. Been missing these for a loooong time...

Sundowner's post above has given me new hope, so I'm busy waiting. Thanks and sorry for bothering.

Bl.

Already being done......along with just about every other little bump, lump & whatever......just a matter of time.

Now that's good to know. Thank you and keep it up.

Hi Mike,

You seem to be into AF Phantoms rather than USN/USMC birds, but seeing the things you managed to accomplish gave me an idea. I don't have the tools and the skills to realize it (otherwise I'd do it myself), so I'm asking you.

Would you be so kind - of course only if you happen to have some free time and some inclination - to build the DECM fairings located on the intakes of the later F-4J (shorter fairing) and the F-4N (longer fairing)?

I hope you give a thought to my humble request. Otherwise sorry for bothering.

Bl.

Hope this helps.

http://www.rafweb.org/SqnMark039.htm

(You can find the Canberras at the bottom of the page, though there are no serials listed... )

One markings scheme that has not been presented in the Thirdwire sims on TAC acft was the last four digits of the serial in white higher up on the vertical stab, in something like 10-12 inch high characters, seen in 1966-67 before the two-letter tailcode system was adopted.

Here is a picture to illustrate that:

now here is the weird part the standard third wire F-4J loads the Aim-7F/M but the F-4S does not, and I believe the F-4N has the same problem.

Just an idea: check if there are lines starting with "DiameterLimit=" or similar in the AIM-7 station entries.

(And a note in brackets: the F-4S (and B/J/N) had the chaff and flare dispensers on the top of the rear fuselage,

unlike in the case of USAF Phantoms, which had them on the rear part of the innerwing pylons.)

I installed Pasko's SAM pack and the modified Israel terrain (forgot who the author is), so now there are a lot of Chapparals and Strelas and so.

Problem is, they never seem to engage anything. Missiles show up on the launchers, so it isnt that.

I tried setting even the early Chapparals to all-aspect and I think I got one launch sofar, but that apparently didn't guide, as it didn't show up in the mission log.

Another Problem is that many SAMs seem to blow up on launch or directly after launch, especially with HAWK and Osa-M (SA-8).

Been playing with the Chaparral recently and had similar issues. I tried fiddling with the missile's parameters, and increasing the field of view seemed to solve the problem (or at least increased the frequency of missile launches). Perhaps an increased FOV (40-50 degrees) is no too historically correct for the Chaparral, but at least it seems to work now...

IIRC the SA-8 explodes because of a misplaced missile. When the launcher fires that missile it basically "hits itself" with it and explodes. Try checking the missile positions in the launcher's data.ini.

And, IIRC, in case of the HAWK, the culprit is an incorrect hitbox. Try to change (i.e. decrease) the Min and MaxExtentPositions in the launchers data.ini.

I believe and AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/an-alq-99.htm

The AN/ALQ-99 is the one used on the Prowlers. The one in the pic above IMHO is an AN/ALQ-131 Self Protection Jammer Pod.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/an-alq-131.htm

Where may I find these? :yes:

Try http://www.xwaupgrade.com/ and http://www.darksaber.gaylenol.com/. On these sites you will find several other links as well.

Now hold on just a freakin' minute.

 

XWA is moddable?!

Yes, XWA is moddable. You can add new craft, missions, campaigns and there are total conversion packs as well.

Looks great!! When the Armeé de l'air received his first F100??

The first Armee de l'Air Super Sabre arrived in France on May 1, 1958.

(Taken from http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/f100_9.html)