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The look on the co-anchor was pretty awesome.

I saw it hangared at Duxford back in 2007. It was such a beautiful looking aircraft, even on the ground. Would have been great to hear that engine live. Thanks for posting.

I feel for ya. That sounds like another BS policy from some REMF General who probably got promoted over it. Since it was dated from 2007, your admin section should have notified you of the change in policy and those with accrued leave, to take it or lose it. My Commander emailed me just this week to let me know that I was sitting on 84 days of leave and how I intend to use it before October 1st. I'm reenlisting tomorrow, so I'm selling back 35 days. And yes, I know it's better to use it, but I'm deployed or on the road 220+ days a year, so it's tough to do. Hope you get it all straightened out. -S

They've had better weather in the UK than we've had in Kansas over the past few weeks. Plus they're photog friendly.

Thanks Dave. That why I couldn't find it. Wasn't looking for a whole aircraft. -Jeff

The Range only has one blue airfield. You would have go a similiar route as when the Firebee drones were used. Have the Red Force already in the air.

Yep. You've pretty much hit the nail directly on the head. Too bad the rest of America can't see the same thing.

I just sent it out to my guys in the squadron. We'll see if we're RAF material and maybe even request to cross over. I like tea.

I lost Gigs of files to an external HD failure a few months back. And so I'm trying to rebuild some of the lost skins. A few of them I need are the USAFE F-4E skins and the 58th TFS "Gorillas" skin for the Phantom. It was marked up as 362, one of the jets Steve Ritchie scored kills in. Does someone have these? Thanks. -S

Nice photos. Gorgeous weather in the UK as of late. Unlike Kansas :( Well, the torch has been passed to the Typhoon. Hope the Maltese Cross is reapplied. Nice to see a bit of unit pride on aircraft. -S

Ok, so I went back and added a 0 to the single day dates and re-ran the campaign, again with VA-113 in the A-4C. At the prescibed date in the CAMPAIGNV1_DATA.INI the upgrade to the A-4C_65 never happened. So I'd say this qualifies as a campaign bug. I'd like to hear from other people flying the campaign to see their results before I post it at Thirdwire. Thanks, -S

We had 4 crews out to Nellis for this Red Flag. One crew was on approach behind the Wacker when this happened. Apparently, the E-3 bounced on landing and the pilot forced the nose back down, landing on the nose gear first which obviously failed, and the rest of the jet came down. The force was so hard, they also pushed the main gear through the wings. There no injuries from the incident until the investigation. One of the crewmembers was in the safety office for their statement/report and a heavy wooden sign fell down and hit her on the head, knocking her down. I'm trying to find a high-res copy of this photo. We want to make it a motivational poster for our squadron bar. -S

Got the update pack, but it's still not working correctly. It still kills off the burners. I've narrowed it down the PARTICLESYSTEM.INI file. It lists AFTERBURNEREMITTER and AFTERBURNEREMITTER2 only. So I removed it for a test and sure enough, my afterburner flame came back. As for my flare issue, I added all of the files with smoke in the name and I've got the excellent flares and good smoke. The flare effect must use bits from others, that weren't listed in the INI. Or I could have missed them. So, now I'll go back and see if adding AFTERBURNEREMITTER3 and it's entry into the PARTICLESYSTEM.INI will give me all of the burner effects.

So far, I'm pretty impressed. I made it through the training and unlocked the features. I bought it along with a used set of flight stick/throttle (from Ace Combat 6). It works well together and I think it will take a few more flights to get the hang of it. It feels much different than on the comp. Anyhow, just wanted to share and see if anyone else has been playing it. -S

I love Kimber weapons. Their pistols are my favorite. They are well made and easy to shoot with accuracy. Enjoy your new toy.

I tried PMing Stary, but he hasn't replied. After installing this effect pack, my burners have stopped working. Really, what I was after were the new flare effects. Does anyone have a good handle on the files needed for just the flares and smoke? I was using the PARTICLESYSTEM.INI in my Flight folder plus the following in my Effects folder: COUNTERMEASUREEFFECT.INI FLARE.TGA FLAREFLASH.TGA FLAREGLOW.TGA FLARESMOKE.TGA EE3_FLAREFLASH.TGA The flare glow and effect looked very real, but my smoke ended up looking like this: Any help? Thanks -S

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The Enhanced Explosion #3 pack from CA_Stary has the nuke effects. -S

Yep, seems the USN sounds the Vark pack came with were the cause. I found a TF30 sound on the net and replaced it along with the others. Thanks again.

Hmmm? Ok, I'll got through and removed all of the sounds associated with the Vark and see what happens. Thanks for the quick response Fubar. -Jeff

Some from my previous SF2V campaign The end of "Devil 505" Taking a look Yep, you're screwed! Close call

Was testing some new effects using the new F-111A in SF2V and when I ESC out of the game, it CTDs with the following error: AppName: strikefighters2 vietnam.exe AppVer: 2.0.1.5 ModName: directsound.dll ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 000026b7 Could it be a driver issue? It only happens to the 'Vark though. Thanks in advance. -S

Drag chutes. Something that was promised from Day 1 and yet never delivered. Your screens with them on the proper aircraft, look awesome

I was flying the Rolling Thunder campaign in SF2V, as part of VA-113. They start out flying the A-4C and were due to upgrade to the A-4C_65 in June 1965. However, that date came and went, without the switch. So I looked into the DATA.INI for CampaignV1 and it shows the date format as 6/1965. Other single digit day/month formats have a 0 in front. So, should it read 06/1965 to enable the fixed upgrade? Thanks, Jeff

Thanks ShrikeHawk. The first version was good. These look even better. D/Ling now. -S