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'Brawny-B'

Aero S-107 'Brawny-A' - 24th Bomber Regiment, Czechoslovak Air Force, 1970

Northrop F-5EA Tiger II - Grupo 6, Fuerza Aérea Argentina, 1982 Skin Credit: Sony Tuckson

Mikoyan MiG-41F 'Flatfish-A' - Soviet Air Force, 2018

Folland Gnat FB.3 - No.75 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1967

View File McDonnell Douglas A-4E Skyhawk 'Greece' McDonnell Douglas A-4E Skyhawk, Hellenic Air Force for STRIKE FIGHTERS 1 This is a simple mod of the Third Wire A-4E Skyhawk to create a fictional A-4E in service with the Hellenic Air Force during the 1967 to 1991 timeline. It should work with any Series One game with the A-4E LOD's and 'What If' markings are included for 330 Mira in an 'as delivered' USN scheme and also 339 Mira and 340 Mira in wrap-around camo schemes made by me using INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the A-4E_HAF folder into your Aircraft folder. That's it! CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Thanks to BUFF for uploading the A-4E template from which I've used the lines and rivets layer. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 1 - 10/06/18 Submitter Spinners Submitted 06/10/2018 Category Fictional Aircraft, Experimental and UAV's  

General Dynamics Falcon FG.1 - No.41 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1984

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McDonnell Douglas A-4E Skyhawk - 339 Mira, Hellenic Air Force, 1990

Douglas A-4C Skyhawk - 340 Mira Hellenic Air Force, 1966 Skin Credit: Marcelo Silva

Grumman F-109A Wildcat - VC-7, United States Navy, 'Red Star' Fighter Weapons School, 1966 During the first USN Carrier Deployments to the Gulf of Tonkin during 1963 and 1964, the USN top brass were appalled by the results of its F-4 and F-8 fighter aircraft during their initial engagements with the Vietnam Peoples Air Force. Whilst the F-8 was a competent enough dog-fighter the handful of F-8 kills were scored with the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile mainly due to the 20mm Colt cannons jamming during high-G manoeuvers. USN F-4's were far less agile than the F-8's and were also handicapped by the official 'Rules of Engagement' requiring visual identification of enemy aircraft before firing the beyond visual range radar-guided AIM-7E Sparrow missiles. Whilst an urgent study into rectifying the situation was launched a senior Royal Navy pilot, Lt Commander Dick Lord, whilst on secondment to the USN's VF-126 squadron at Naval Air Station Miramar, California introduced the USN to methods and tactics he had learned as a graduate of the Royal Navy's intense Air Warfare Instructors School in Lossiemouth, Scotland. First and foremost was structured air-to-air combat manoeuvring training using, wherever possible, dissimilar aircraft and with 'red' aircrew purposefully flying the mission in the style of the enemy. With limited funding, the United States Navy 'Red Star' Fighter Tactics Instructor Program was launched to teach ACM tactics and techniques to selected Naval Aviators and Naval flight officers who would, in theory, return to their operating units as surrogate instructors. 'Red Star' initially used USN A-4 Skyhawks and borrowed USAF T-38 Talons to simulate the flying characteristics of the MiG-17 and MiG-21 and in early 1966 received eight Hindustan Ajeet aircraft directly from Hindustan's Bangalore production line. Entering service as the F-109A Wildcat, the Ajeet's were supported and maintained in USN service by the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation. In service, the Wildcat's were flown by instructors pilots whose objective was to develop, refine and teach ACM tactics and techniques using the concept of dissimilar air combat training with the Wildcat pilot's replicating the performance of the Russian-built transonic MiG-17 'Fresco'. The eight F-109A's operated as part of VC-7 based at Naval Air Station Miramar from 1966 to 1980 and it's five surviving Wildcat's were scrapped when the squadron was disbanded on September 30th,1980.

Folland Gnat FGA.55 - 1st JaVa, Netherlands East Indies Army Air Division, 1963

View File SF1: Nanchang Q-5A 'Fantan' Mongolian AF (What If) Nanchang Q-5A 'Fantan' for Strike Fighters 1 This is a simple mod of the excellent Nanchang Q-5/A-5 Fantan brought to us by 101tfs, Erwin_Hans and friends back in 2008 to make a fictional export version for the Mongolian Air Force. This mod uses the famous 'ordway' MiG-19S pit and the original cockpit 'read me' is included in the aircraft folder - it's certainly worth a read. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the Aircraft folder drag and drop the Q-5A into your Aircraft folder. That's it! I like to keep things simple so I use stock weapons and effects. CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Big thanks to Erwin_Hans, 101tfs and friends. Big thanks also to Richard Pitts2A Ordway for the Mig-19 cockpit. And special thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 1 - 01/06/18 Submitter Spinners Submitted 06/01/2018 Category Fictional Aircraft, Experimental and UAV's