Fubar512
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Back during the late 50s and early 60s, when the USN was seeking funding for the first Polaris SSBNs, the CIA allegedly commissioned a study which looked into the possibility of clandestinely fitting out a fleet of old cargo ships as Polaris missile launch platforms. The idea was that they would each carry four to six missiles in silos mounted in the forward cargo compartments, and sail around conducting business (even going as far as delivering civilian cargo), until called upon to deploy their missiles. Supposedly JFK was appalled at the concept of strategic launch platforms masquerading as civilian ships, and Admiral Hyman Rickover was outraged at the possibility of losing funding for the SSBN program.
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One doesn't have to modify anything. Just fly during the period that the AIM-4D was available, and if it's not loaded by default (check the loadout screen to make sure), select it for yourself and your wingmen from the IRM stations pulldown. IIRC, it should be the default IRM during 1965-1967 on the D and early E models.
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"Situation Critical: USS Forrestal"
Fubar512 replied to KJakker's topic in Military and General Aviation
Just this past May, I met a crewman who was on the Forrestal during that fire. -
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They have always been, and always will be, under the protection of Combatace. Hell, what do you think our official site mascot is?
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I have tried many, if not most of them. I did not try the aircraft systems entries, which appeared right after the release of FE2. The search_light entry I tried on several ship models that had that animation defined, but it did not work, and they had to be set as guns. The helo aircraft class entry is definitely a dud, as is the spot-light system type. One should see some of the place-holder entries in the various graphics and terrain engine files...those are real heart breakers. But by all means, knock yourselves out. That's how we all learned.
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The majority of them are place holders, and do not have any actual actions/functions/object types associated with them. TK has done this since the beginning, and some of the original place holders from November of 2002 are still there, waiting for him to "activate" them.
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This image was taken this afternoon, after a series of heavy rainstorms moved through the area. It shows a rainbow appearing to emanate from the site of the World Trade Center, a day before the 14th anniversary of the terror attacks there,
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I believe that we do have an MB MK6, MK7, and MK10, but alas no MK8.
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All that one really needs to do is to pen up a tailored version of Kreelin's Mi-8 FM.
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These links from the Denver Post were posted by a fellow member at another site that I frequent ( a boating website, if you must know ). There are images from both Pacific and European theaters. Some I have seen before, most are quite rare. Enjoy! Pacific Theater: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/18/captured-blog-the-pacific-and-adjacent-theaters/#more-1547 European Theater: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2014/06/05/color-photos-d-day-world-war-ii/7043/
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It's a rather complicated shader, in that it requires that the image be drawn twice; Once as a normail view, and then with the post-process perturbation effect over the first image. I do not believe that any of the "wrapper" style post-process shader add-ons (such as sweet fx) currently have the capability to introduce heat blur from a point emitter. I believe that it would take a re-writing of the game's graphics core files to allow this.
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Here's an alternate effect, using animated translucent "rings", This one dates back to March of 2009: Movie.wmv
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As stated, there is no provision for real-time pitch-linked thrust vectoring, beyond animation. The F-22 model, for example, has its nozzle animation linked to the elevator axis. Also, one cannot simply add it to a model. It must be incorporated into the model before it is exported to the game, therefore only the model's developer has the ability to add the necessary animation.
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Been there, done that, like 8 years ago. The effect does not work the way you expect it to, and it's only visible from directly behind the model. The attached video dates back to 2010, and if you look carefully when the model is in flight, you'll see the "transparent smoke heat shimmer". That is as good as it gets. Heat!.wmv The real issue is that the developer did not see fit to use the majority of the shader entries that are available in the DirectX library, so that we cannot create a working heat-blur shader, until someone comes up with a work-around.
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The images can be found on our Digital Recon boards, at: http://combatace.com/topic/87015-wings-of-freedom-monmouth-executive-airport/
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Went to the Wings of Freedom tour at Monmouth Executive Airport, in Wal l/ Farmingdale NJ this morning. There was a good-sized crowd, as they had announced that they were going to have a B-17G, a B-24J, and a P-51C there. But, they surprised us at the last minute with a B-25!
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Well, snapped a lot of images....and they surprised us, with...... [medai] [/media]B-25.wmv
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Found these videos from the Collings Foundation of the Wings of Freedom birds.....suddenly, what they're asking for a ride doesn't seem so prohibitive.
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For the past two days, my abode has been overflown by vintage warbirds. The first day, I heard the distinct roar of multiple radial engines, but got to my deck too late to see what it was. Today, however, I saw that it was a B-17 on approach the local airport. I ran inside and checked the 'net, and found that the "Wings of Freedom" tour had come to town, I am definitely going tomorrow, though I wish that I could afford a flight in the 'Fortress, never mind get some stick time in the P-51, http://themonmouthjournal.com/wings-of-freedom-tour-returns-to-new-jersey-p1292-1.htm
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Well, NASA did discover the wreckage of an ISD on Mars..............
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I have fished on the wreck site of the Akron. Enough remains of it to provide some cover smaller fishes and lobster, which in turn attracts larger prey species and predators to the area.
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Anyone tried StrikeFighters 2 with Windows 10?
Fubar512 replied to Viper63a's topic in General Discussion
Around 1-2 PM, we had a front come through that would have impressed Cecil B. Demille. I half expected to see some guy wearing a robe and carrying a staff, looking for tall rock to stand on while parting the Atlantic.
