Spinners

Nile Delta

Anything's possible! BTW I've previously done Italian Mirages.

Birds of Prey

RDAF Super Etendard

An indigenous fighter for the Vietnam People's Air Force! (Cocas strikes again)

In the nick of time

The FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II masquerading as the McDonnell P-78B Spirit

Avia B-32 Sturmovik - No.105 'Scorpion' Squadron, Israeli Air Force,1948 The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel on May 14th, 1948 but during the war the United States had placed an arms embargo against all belligerents. In defiance of this arms embargo Israeli agents quickly negotiated the purchase of 25 Avia S-199 fighters and 15 Avia B-32 attack aircraft from the Czechoslovakian government. The first aircraft arrived on May 20th 1948, just six days after Israel's declaration of independence and five days after the commencement of hostilities by Egypt. Together. these aircraft formed the backbone of the newly created Israeli Air Force and both types were immediately thrown into service being flown by a mix of foreign volunteers including many World War II veterans who wanted to collaborate with Israel's struggle for independence. The Avia B-32's first went into action on May 29th, 1948, assisting the efforts of ground forces to halt the Egyptian advance from Gaza northwards striking Egyptian forces near Ashdod and stopping the Egyptian advances and later successfully attacking the Egyptian army between Isdud and the Ad Halom bridge. Whilst the Avia S-199 proved to be unreliable, tricky to fly and performing poorly in combat the Avia B-32's were much more well received achieving high rates of availability and gaining a reputation for ruggedness and survivability. Whilst the Avia S-199 quickly passed from service the Avia B-32's remained in service until 1955. This is 'what if' land. I know the Czech's made the IL-10 (as the B-33) and not the IL-2 (as the B-32).

Ilyushin IL-2M Sturmovik - 22nd Assault Regiment, Vietnam People's Air Force, 1955

Sorry mate but I'm really not interested in uploading it here.

VPAF Sturmovik

Blackburn Boudicca Mk.IIC - No.26 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1941 As soon as Hitler and his Nazi party had taken control of Germany in 1933 and turned it into a dictatorship with a hostile diplomatic strategy the UK Government began to realise that Germany was most likely to be a future enemy and a secret report by the Defence Requirements Committee recommended the rebuilding of the UK's armed forces. By 1934 an ambitious expansion programme began to be discussed by the UK Government leading to a review of the condition of the armed forces by the Committee of Imperial Defence who recommended an enlargement and modernisation of all three armed services. For the Royal Air Force, 'Expansion Scheme A' was approved by the Cabinet providing for the growth of the Royal Air Force to a strength of 111 front-line squadrons at home and overseas together with 16 Fleet Air Arm squadrons and all to be achieved by March 1939. Whilst much of the expansion was to consist of defensive aircraft for the newly created Fighter Command there was an almost equal expansion for Bomber Command and Coastal Command including, for the latter, the clandestine creation of a dedicated 'anti-invasion' force of attack aircraft designed to repel invading forces. The Committee of Imperial Defence recommended that the creation of this anti-invasion force should be kept secret to avoid creating the impression that war and invasion was inevitable and to help avoid any defeatist attitude or panic amongst the general public. The design of a suitable attack aircraft was entrusted to Blackburn Aircraft Limited who designed a strong and robust single-engined, low-wing monoplane with a crew of two especially designed for ground attack missions. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin II rated at 1,030 hp the Boudicca was smaller all round than the contemporary Fairey Battle but substantially heavier due to the inclusion of armour plate and an armoured keel throughout the forward and centre fuselage. Given the company designation of B-23 the design was given the official name of Boudicca but was not officially revealed to the public until November 1939 having previously been hidden under a flimsy cover story that Blackburn were producing a Merlin-engined Roc. Entering service in May 1940 only two squadrons were operational at the time of the Battle of Britain but this was only due to the emergency transferral of many Coastal Command pilots to Fighter Command and Blackburn had been stockpiling airframes since April 1940 as Merlin output was diverted to fighter production. From October 1940 the RAF had began to think of a new role for their new attack aircraft but with the threat of invasion diminishing Churchill demanded that the type was thrown into action in North Africa and all Coastal Command aircraft were transferred to Middle East Command in November 1940. However, with the pilot situation improving, the RAF were allowed to create two new home-based squadrons with No.26 and No.87 squadrons being re-equipped with the improved Boudicca Mk.II which they operated in the night intruder role with moderate success during 1941 and 1942.

Blackburn Boudica Mk.IA - No.6 Squadron, RAF Middle East Command, 1941

Blackburn Boudicca Mk.IA - No.6 Squadron, North Africa, 1941

Summer of '44

No. Only if converted.

IL-2m

Good work!

Hawker Harrier Mk.58 - Fliegerstaffel 17, Swiss Air Force, 1975 Faced with severe criticism over the massive cost increases incurred on the Mirage IIIS programme the Swiss Air Force were looking for a smoother ride in their search for a Venom replacement and after several evaluations at Dunsfold during 1972 they narrowly chose the Hawker Harrier over the LTV Corsair with an order for 60 Mk.58's and 5 Mk.60 two-seat trainers. Entering service with Fliegerstaffel 17 in late 1974 the Harriers served with four squadrons and were upgraded twice to continue in service until 2009.

I used your recommendation but used Cocas' Epervier instead of my austere Mirage.

Big Sky Country!

Dassault-Boeing F-13G Mirage - 421st TFS, United States Air Force, 1982

Dassault-Boeing A-11C Mirage - 416th TFS, United States Air Force, 1966 Initially designed to a 1953 specification for a lightweight, all-weather interceptor capable of climbing to 18,000 meters within six minutes Dassault's response to the specification was the diminutive MD.550 Mystère-Delta and the first prototype flew on 25 June 1955 powered by two Rolls-Royce Viper turbojet engines initially without afterburners. Quickly redesigned with a new, smaller vertical stabilizer and with improved afterburning engines plus a rocket motor fitted the prototype Mirage I attained Mach 1.3 in level flight without the rocket motor and an impressive Mach 1.6 with the rocket in use. However, the small size of the Mirage I limited it's use in an operational role so Dassault briefly considered an enlarged version known as the Mirage II to be powered by two Turbomeca Gabizo turbojets but quickly abandoned the idea in favour of the Mirage III, a much larger single-engined design to be powered by the new SNECMA Atar afterburning axial flow turbojet and incorporating the new area ruling concept. The prototype Mirage III took to the air on November 17th 1956 and after reaching speeds of Mach 1.5 the the prototype was then converted to have manually-operated 'souris' intake half-cone shock diffusers which translated forwards as speed increased to reduce inlet turbulence and allowing increased speeds. The stunning success of the Mirage III prototype soon resulted in an order for 10 pre-production Mirage IIIA fighters which were larger all-round and fitted with the more powerful Atar 09B turbojet and the Thomson-CSF Cyrano Ibis air intercept radar. The first Mirage IIIA flew on May 12th 1958 becoming the first European aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight and leading to the Mirage IIIC initial production version. Even though Dassault had quickly gained substantial orders for the Mirage IIIC from the Armée de l'air (and an early export order from Israel for the Mirage IIICJ) Marcel Dassault looked to broaden the appeal of his beloved delta and proposed the Mirage IIIU ('Universel') a cheaper, non-afterburning version for the light attack role with Israel immediately expressing an interest in 50 aircraft for their clear weather attack role. With one eye on a wider third-world market, Dassault launched the aircraft as a private venture but, apart from Israel, gained no immediate export orders until an unexpected request for a service evaluation of the type by the United States Air Force in February 1964. This sudden request by the USAF was the result of heavier than expected attrition in Vietnam and because the Mirage IIIU promised to be available with a relatively short lead time. The USAF evaluation took place at Istres in Southern France during the Spring and early Summer of 1964 and it's success led to an order for 80 Mirage IIIU's to be produced by Dassault and 120 Mirage IIIU's to be produced by Boeing who had already been in discussions with Dassault regarding export versions of the Mirage IIIC. Designated as the A-11C the aircraft were modified with 60 pounds of additional armour plate on their undersides and cockpit instruments and flight controls were also modified with the aircraft being camouflaged in the standard SE Asia scheme of tan and two-tone green with light grey undersides. Entering service with the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron who were deployed to South East Asia in November 1965 initially to Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam before moving to Bien Hoa AB in June 1966. The A-11C was cleared to carry most of the smaller weapons used in Vietnam but, without an afterburner, the take-off roll of a heavily-laden A-11C was long in the hot and humid climate and the aircraft's range was considered to be barely adequate. But although the load-carrying capability of the A-11C was not as great as other types the aircraft was quite fast and agile at low level and it proved to be the least vulnerable jet aircraft in the USAF in SE Asia until the A-7D arrived in force.

Dassault-Boeing F-13D Mirage

Dry thrust i.e. no afterburner fitted.