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File Name: [Fictional] McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom 'COAN' File Submitter: Spinners File Submitted: 15 October 2010 File Category: What If Hangar McDonnell Douglas F-4B 'COAN' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire F-4B_67 to give a fictional Phantom F-4B 'COAN' as it might have appeared in service with the Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina and includes fictional markings for; 1st Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque (1st Fighter/Attack Squadron). 3rd Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque (3rd Fighter/Attack Squadron). This little update introduces folderised decals, a new Pilot figure and a modern Argentinian aircraft carrier which looks suspiciously like the CVA-63 Kittyhawk to me. This carrier is optional and you should really only use it if you have Strike Fighters:North Atlantic. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-4B_COAN folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-4B_COAN folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the GROUND OBJECTS folder drag and drop the BernardinoRivadavia folder into your Ground Objects folder.* 4. From the PILOTS folder drag and drop the PILOT_COAN into your Pilots folder. 5. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the AM39 folder into your Weapons folder. * You'll really need to add 'ArgentineNavy' to the limited nations section of the ICELANDNA_NATIONS data.ini (which you'll need to extract). Doing this yourself will allow you to align the Argentine Navy to a 'colour' of your choice. CREDITS As always, thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Thanks to Ravenclaw007 for the AM39 Exocet missile - as soon as I saw the textures I knew who to thank! And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 03/01/2015 Version 1 - 15/10/2010 Click here to download this file

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Gloster Javelin J36A - F21 Luleå, Flyvapnet, 1960 By 1949 it could be seen that bombers would soon be flying at Mach 0.9 at altitudes exceeding 10,000 metres or more and that subsonic fighters were going to find intercepting such aircraft very hard indeed. Therefore the Swedish Air Board issued a challenging draft specification called Project 1250 for a supersonic interceptor capable of being operated from existing Swedish runways and also from a planned network of dispersed emergency wartime bases utilising sections of the Swedish road system. Erik Bratt, Chief Designer at Saab, and his small design team at Linköping studied the requirement and by 1951 their studies had led them to a technically brilliant 'double-delta' design where all the essential components required to fulfill the mission (radar, avionics, pilot, engines, intakes, undercarriage and fuel) were arranged in an optimal nose to tail configuration and then the outline shape was chosen. This optimal packaging saw the fuel and main gears migrate to the wings which, to preserve the required thickness-chord ratio of 5% for supersonic flight, were elongated from nose to tail to provide sufficient volume and to house simple inlet ducts feeding an axial-flow turbojet engine. In March 1952 the specification was finalised and development was authorised by the Swedish Air Board and designated as the Type 35 Draken. However, the necessity to first prove the handling characteristics of the futuristic design by building and flying the half-scale Model 210 and then the forecast development time of the advanced Type 35 airframe and integtated weapon systems made an in-service date of 1956 look highly unlikely and Saab indicated that 1959 was more realistic. This quickly led the Swedish Air Board to issue an additional requirement for an interim 'off-the-shelf' interceptor to fill the gap from 1956 to 1959. Meanwhile, in Britain, the official production order for the Gloster Javelin had recently been issued and the Javelin's 'super priority' status and adoption by the United States Air Force (who purchased a number of aircraft for the RAF as part of the Mutual Defense Aid Program) led the Swedish Air Board to consider the Javelin as being the best available choice and the purchase of 72 Javelin Mk.50's was authorised with the aircraft designated as the Type 36. The Sapphire engines of the British Javelins were replaced by the Svenska Flygmotor RM5, a version of the Rolls-Royce Avon already being produced under licence by Svenska Flygmotor to power the Saab A32 Lansen, and these engines gave a useful improvement in performance. Entering Flygvapnet service in April 1957 as the J36A, the Swedish Javelins were initially armed with 4 x 30 mm ADEN cannons but also introduced the Rb22 (a licence-built version of the British Firestreak missile) and the much superior Rb25 (a licence-built version of the British Red Top). The aircraft was largely replaced by the far superior Saab Draken during the mid-1960's although one wing remained in service until 1974. Gloster Javelin J36A - F13 Norrköping, Flygvapnet, 1965 Gloster Javelin J36A - F7 Såtenäs, Flygvapnet, 1974

Gloster Javelin A36C - F11 Nyköping, Flygvapnet 1970

Gloster Javelin J36A - F7 Såtenäs, Flygvapnet, 1974

Thank you and a Happy New Year to you too!

Personal choice.

Lovely work there Mario. Love the camo version.

Bell AH-1G Cobra - Dhimari Army Air Corps, 1972 Thanks to Yakarov79 for his superb Cobra anthology over in the SF1 downloads section.

Outstanding work - thank you!

BAC A-9B Strikemaster - 8th SOS, 14th SOW, Bien Hoa, 1972

Al Fresco

I'll pass on that.

F-4E Kurnass Still one of my favourite Phantoms

I've done one but it was never released. http://combatace.com/topic/74000-northrop-f-5i-heyl-haavir/?hl=f-5i

BAC A-9C Strikemaster - 522nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Vietnamese Air Force, 1973 I'm not overlooking the Northrop A-9 'AX' competitor but there are no spare 'A' designations to match the timeline.

Affirmative. Plus a layer of dirt on a factory finish camo scheme. But it's the sash that's the problem as the flatness of the upper and lower fuselage stretches out the rows. It can be done (see my VNAF F-4C below) but I just haven't got the time and inclination at the moment. http://combatace.com/topic/77849-fictional-mcdonnell-douglas-f-4c-phantom-vnaf/

I'm afraid not. Apart from it being a DAT aircraft the fuselage sash is 'all show and no go' and to do it properly will take ages. Sorry.

Gloster Sea Javelin FAW.1 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1964 Special thanks to Paulopanz and, of course, the prolific Veltro2K.

Gloster Sea Javelin FAW.2 - 892 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1971

A cat that's not afraid of water

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, April 1982

Screenies show the 'Ark' but you'll notice the ship identification letter of 'L' on the fins meaning that I'd like to have them on the 1970's 'Lizzie' (now in service in my install).

Cold War Warrior

A study in optimism...