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I think the F-16 ADF would be appropriate as well as the F-4N. Interesting ideas.

When I A/R'd them over Afghanistan last year, they were carrying GBU-12/Es on those TERs. Just an FYI if you wanted to mod the loadout. I did. Storm

Oh boy, 1991 all over again. Sweet!

You know you are bada$$ when you can land a long-nose Phantom on a ship. Thanks for the pics Icarus. -- gbnavy61, is that what the red light on the nose gear door means?

False and True. I hate "Sex and the City" but do like to watch TV with my dogs. The person below me has eaten 50 eggs at one time.

Nice work DO. It's going to be a great ship.

When you fly the same ingress routes for 3 nights straight and have a pretty good tracking crew, anything is possible.

Going over Gocad's tutorial in the KB (yes folks, it is useful), he explains how to install carriers to a terrain where there arent any. Well, I'm curious to know if anyone has successfully added the CTF-58 or CTF-77 ships to the map/campaign. Having one ship is just lame. I'm just asking to ensure I'm not reinventing the wheel, so to speak. Thanks!

Korat Thud

Try flying a jet for 8+ hours that doesnt even have guns or bombs! And my Mintola is the sole camera for our "recce" missions. You've pretty well summed it up Dave. For the fast movers, missions sucked unless you dropped something or did a Show of Force. And they cant even hit pause to take pee. Jeff

I was trying to find some of my photos to help you guys with the terrain. There is a red desert that is just south of Kandahar (maybe 10 miles), and stretches south and west. It's weird seeing it from 25K as it has a pronounced drop/rise. But it's a huge landmark and would be cool to get it into the terrain. Here is one of mine from an A/R over that desert. Here are some photos I did find on the net. Most are from a Army Helo pilot, so I'll respect his ownership of the photos and link them, instead of posting the actual photo. The others are also from the net. The map is really good and if you could use that to help with the terrain. http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.l.veneber...310164134033330 http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.l.veneber...288079412197250 http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.l.veneber...309992335341458 http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.l.veneber...310086824621986 Red Desert 2 Afghan Topography map Hope it all helps. I've spent a lot of time over this country and would like to see the map done as close as we can get to real. Jeff

Hmmm, I'm wondering how credible that story is. I know the QFs were part of the new ARM test, in the early part of this year. But I hadnt heard of any plans to use them in place of a UAV. The fuel that beast burns is nuts. They'd have a 35 minute sortie. Still though, I'd love to see the old Phantom grace the skies again. Here's a pic of the new missile. Ironically it was on a QF-4G. Storm

No rush, really. I was just mentioning it, before the idea was lost. Cheers, Storm P.S. Malibu, that looks great.

Easy there...

I've been there a few times. Enjoyed it all. They have an great collection of aircraft. Do they still have the F-4C painted in Blue Angel colors or is that it in your last pic, repainted in the Michigan ANG scheme? Storm

Does the WoV terrain have any provisions for the FOBs? Can the WoE "highway bases" be adapted for use in WoV for helos and the FACs? Has this crossed anyone's thoughts? Storm

FYI, the A-6As had the GRU-5 ejection seat, and later went to the GRU-7. Looks good though. Storm

The Spanish and Canadians flew the RF-5As for some time. And something I didnt know until I did a quick search, the South Vietnamese AF flew them out of Bien Hoa AB. Eventually, it would be a nice addition to WoV and WoE. Storm

Great story. Well written. Storm

Glad we got it figured out. Jeff

Keep you head down Eric and watch out for the nads. Hope you rotate home soon. Storm

Yep, that rocks!

WOW!

I miss the European exercises. Us stateside -135 units dont get the good deal trips over there. The Guard/Reservists scam them all. Nice pics though. Storm

I had to reduce the rotor diameter to 6.1 to get them to spin. Works fine now. Storm