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Think marcelo is doing the su-25. its on his website. I am joping 2 variants.

wow, those look nice. Love the USN one. Keep em comin.

Interesting to see them used by Greece and Turkey. Possible mod for a Turkish-Cypriot conflict for sfp1 or 2. http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_298.shtml

Bump! Just did not want this thread to go under. was reading about its Vietnam servicde. See here: [edit] Vietnam service The F-102 served in Vietnam, flying fighter patrols and serving as bomber escorts. A total of 15 aircraft were lost in Vietnam: one to air-to-air combat,[3] several to ground fire and the remainder to accidents. Initially, F-102 detachments began to be sent to bases in Southeast Asia in 1962, when radar contacts that were detected by ground radars were thought to possibly be North Vietnamese Il-28 "Beagle" bombers, which was considered a very credible threat during that time period. F-102s were sent to Thailand and other nearby countries to intercept these aircraft if they indeed threatened South Vietnam at any time. F-102As of the 509th FIS over Vietnam, November 1966.Later on, B-52 strikes, codenamed ARC LIGHT, were escorted by F-102s based in the theater. It was during one of these missions that an F-102 was shot down by a North Vietnamese MiG-21 using an AA-2 Atoll heat-seeking missile. The MiGs approached undetected, and one of the F-102s was shot down. The other F-102 pilot managed to shoot off some AIM-4s at the fleeing MiG-21s, but no hits were recorded. This was the only air-to-air loss for the F-102 during the Vietnam War. The F-102 became fairly heavily used in the air-to-ground role.[citation needed] The interceptor was equipped with 24 x 2.75-in FFARs in the fuselage bay doors, and these weapons were used to good effect against various types of North Vietnamese targets. Additionally, heat-seeking Falcon missiles used in conjunction with the F-102's nose-mounted IRST (Infrared Search & Track) were employed on night time harassment raids along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Operations with both the F-102A and TF-102A two-seater (which was used in a Forward Air Control role because its two seats and 2.75-in. rockets offered good versatility for the mission) in Vietnam until 1968 when all F-102 aircraft were sent back to the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-102_Delta_Dagger

nice!

really, nice. keep it comin!

Hi, all. was playing with Mirage Factory f-15A in Woe and noticed that the rudders, flaps and back tails of the plane tend to move around rather than stay in position. is this normal or was there a fix for this. it just seems constant even when you dont turn. if you on autopilot or flying straight, it moves around. thx.

Nice!

My condolensces. Just sad it close to holidays.

A humvee with stinger missile launcher would be good for sf. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-1097_Avenger

the he-177 and hudson would be good for us ww2 prop lovers. he-177 was one plane theat Luftwaffe did not have a lot of as they did not place emphasis on strategic bombers. Always the tactical side. he-177 is a true anti-shipping bird.

Nice Veltro, keep em comin.

Wow, that looks awesome Syrix.

Interesting, I was thinking of the smoke and flame effect from CFS 2 where if you strafe or damage the ship, you have a fire and smoke effect while moving. Guess we have to wait for something like this in SF.

Nice elefant suicidal, is it released?

Hi, iw as wondering if smoke and flame effect was available or feasible in ships that are damaged via ordnance or strafing. I know the fuel tanks in the game have that fire effect in the distance. Is it possible to use that effect on a damged ship?

Really nice, Veltro. cantw ait for this one. was reading that the ANR tried to make it into a torpedo plane to replace the aging sm79 planes. the 2 machine guns were removed and it just had 3 mg151 cannon and the torpedo. But handling was reasonable and acceptable. might be an interesting variant to make when can. See here: [edit] Torpedo fighter One of the most renown and important branch of the Regia Aeronautica was the torpedo bomber one. In the early years of war, Italian pilots, mostly flying the three-engined, medium bomber SIAI-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero, inflicted considerable losses to Allied shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite this, it was soon clear that the aging Sparviero design was no match for the always improving Allied fighters and anti aircraft defences: thus, in winter 1942, the Regia Aeronautica Staff conceived the idea of using a fighter aircraft torpedo attacks. This would have given the pilots an aircraft capable of delivering a torpedo at high speed and evade enemy fighters or engage them after the attack run, with an operational range of 300/400 km out of Italian coasts. Fiat was asked to begin studies for a G.55 conversion, meant to carry a 680 kg Whitehead torpedo, a shorter and less cumbersome version of the standard weapon used by the SM.79. However, soon, the decision to develop a G.57, whose specifications included from the beginning the capability of carrying torpedoes, led to the suspension of all similar work on the G.55. Later, after the G.57 project was dropped, and given the continuing need for the ANR crews of an aircraft that could replace the SM.79, the ANR engineers undertook the task of converting the Centauro for the torpedo attack role. A production aircraft (military serial number MM. 91086) was chosen to be transformed to carry a 920 kg, 5.46 m long, Whitehead torpedo. The radiator for the engine liquid cooler, positioned in the fuselage belly, under the cockpit area, was split in two, gaining a 90 cm slot where two racks were mounted to carry the torpedo. The tailwheel strut was lengthened and equipped with a strengthened shock absorber, and a protective cone was added in front of the tailwheel. The two Breda-SAFAT machine guns were removed, leaving the plane with the three 20mm cannons only as fixed armament. The aircraft, designated G.55 S, first flew in August 1944 and was successfully tested in January 1945.[5] Despite the cumbersome external load, performance was good and the handling acceptable. The ANR ordered a pre-series of 10 examples and a production series of 100 aircraft, but the events of the war put an end to the project. The G.55 S prototype survived the war and, after being converted back to the Serie I standard, it became the first G.55 to be delivered to the newly formed Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI). [edit] Fiat G.56 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.55

Thanks. Looking forward to all you guys do.

True, Edward was working on the East front maps and I think Balitka was at some point. i still play with my East front install I made some time ago with whats available in strike fighters world using the older ww2 Europe maps from major Lee's site. But noticed the Russians did make use of a lot of lend-lease planes as opposed to indigenous ones. plus have been playing around with Il-2 46 and doing CAS and strike missions in that. this got me thinking. See some pics here toward bottom of page from wiki. i guess just decals could be used with your and everyone else's existing skins. i wish I was skilled at skinning and had the time but working two jobs makes spare time precious for playing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-39 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-40

So close to the holidays too. sad news indeed.

Hi, Kevin. thx for this skin. Any chance ona Russian Lend-lease for the p-40 and p-39 at some point in future?

I use his USN one. I have a problem with that too as the menu screens or the stats screen is always fuzzy for some reason making ti ahrd to sort out the stats. is there a fix for that?

Any chance of a japanese cargo ship or tanker?

thx, Veltro, antishipping here we come.

thanx, for the update gents. i really love flying the 109 jabos and the effects for my BOB install are awesome. Keep up the good work when can.