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Supermarine Spitfire XIVe - HävLLv 31, Ilmavoimat, 1947

Wright Aeronautical F4W-1 Hurricane - VF-3, USS Lexington, US Navy, 1942

Supermarine Spitfire XIVe - No.302 Squadron, Polish Air Force, 1946

Sukhoi Su-19K 'Fisher' - Soviet Naval Aviation, 1983 [Decal001] MeshName=Fuselage DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=LEFT FilenameFormat= Position=-2.850,0.050 Scale=1.2 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal002] MeshName=Fuselage DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=RIGHT FilenameFormat= Position=-2.850,0.0500 Scale=1.2 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal003] MeshName=Left_Wing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-3.750,-3.100 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal004] MeshName=Right_Wing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=3.750,-3.100 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal005] MeshName=Left_Outer_Wing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-3.750,-3.100 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal006] MeshName=Right_Outer_Wing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=3.750,-3.100 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal007] MeshName=Left_Wing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-3.750,-3.100 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal008] MeshName=Right_Wing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=3.750,-3.100 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal009] MeshName=Left_Outer_Wing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-3.750,-3.100 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal010] MeshName=Right_Outer_Wing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=3.750,-3.100 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal011] MeshName=Vert_Tail DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=LEFT FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-6.000,1.600 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal012] MeshName=Vert_Tail DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=RIGHT FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-6.000,1.600 Scale=1.6 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal013] MeshName=Vert_Tail DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=LEFT FilenameFormat=SOVIETYELLOWNUM Position=-6.500,2.000 Scale=0.5 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal014] MeshName=Vert_Tail DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=RIGHT FilenameFormat=SOVIETYELLOWNUM Position=-6.500,2.000 Scale=0.5 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal015] MeshName=Nose DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=LEFT FilenameFormat=SOVIETYELLOWNUM Position=4.150,-0.250 Scale=0.9 DecalMaxLOD=2 [Decal016] MeshName=Nose DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=RIGHT FilenameFormat=SOVIETYELLOWNUM Position=4.150,-0.250 Scale=0.9 DecalMaxLOD=2

File Name: [Fictional] PZL-60 (Polish Gloster Meteor F.8) File Submitter: Spinners File Submitted: 18 August 2014 File Category: What If Hangar PZL-60 / Gloster Meteor F.8 'Sily Powietrzne' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 Requires Expansion Pack 1 This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire Meteor F.8 to give a fictional PZL-60 in service with the Polish Air Force with markings for; No.302 Squadron - In a silver or bare metal finish. No.317 Squadron - In an earthy camo scheme. No.318 Squadron - In a Photo-Recon scheme (this scheme is for the camera equipped PZL-60R). If you wanted all three squadrons in silver it would be easy to swap things around and a 'patch' PSD is included to help you make the changes or to help you introduce your own favourite esquadron. BACKSTORY The stunning success of Operation Market Garden and the subsequent push through Holland and across the North German Plain during the Autumn of 1944 shook the German Military High Command to it's core and eventually led to the assassination of Adolf Hitler on November 10th, 1944 when his Ju-52 transport aircraft was shot down by unknown rogue Luftwaffe pilots as the part of the Fighter Pilots Conspiracy. The new German Military High Command concluded that it would be in the best interests of the country to throw everything into the defence of the Eastern Front and allow Allied forces in the West to advance without opposition, although the logistical chain made this advance slower than expected. On the Eastern Front there was an almost immediate slowdown in the rate of the Soviet advance and soon Soviet forces inside Poland were held at the Bialystok-Rzeszow line. By January 1944 Allied forces in the West were reaching the borders of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland hampered only by roads clogged by evacuees and surrendering German troops but by the middle of January 1945 General Patton's Third US Army had punched through to liberate Warsaw before swinging north to meet up with Montgomery's 21st Army Group at Gdansk. By February 8th it was all over and the formal German surrender was signed at Lublin in Eastern Poland by Grand Admiral Karl Donitz and General Walter Bedell Smith and witnessed by Russian General Ivan Susloparov and French General Francois Sevez. The rescheduled Yalta Conference held on March 1st, 1945 saw Stalin demanding a "Soviet sphere of political influence" in Eastern and Central Europe in return for Soviet support in the Pacific War against Japan by invading Japan through Manchuria. However a last minute briefing made to President Roosevelt by Major General Kenneth Nichols on the progress on the Manhattan Project led to President Roosevelt's decision not to rely on Soviet support in the Pacific and to wholeheartedly support Winston Churchill's demand for free elections and democratic governments in Eastern and Central Europe and specifically in Poland. Churchill reminded all present that in September 1939 Britain and France had gone to war with Germany in support of Poland and nothing other than a free and democratic Poland would suffice. Roosevelt knew that Soviet spies at Los Alamos were aware of the power of the atomic bombs and also how close to operational status and used this knowledge that Stalin also knew to stiffen his resolve. In the horsetrading that followed the Western Allies essentially got what they wanted with regard to Poland with the new border essentially following the 1940 version of the Curzon Line but the the rest of Central and Eastern were handed over to the Soviet sphere of political influence. The Allied withdrawl from Poland followed during the Spring and Summer of 1945 and culminated in the declaration of "The Third Polish Republic" on November 11th, 1945 a date chosen to coincide with the existing National Independence Day. Also on this day, and wisely for a country now surrounded by Communist states and within the Soviet sphere of influence, the new Polish Government declared its neutrality as an Act of Parliament as part of the Constitution of Poland. Led by Stanislaw Mikolajczyk the new Republic of Poland had a difficult birth but the Polish people reconstructed their battered country with such vigour that by 1948 they had recovered their economy and infrastructure to pre-WW2 levels and continued this economic miracle into the 1950's and beyond. During this tumultuous time the new Polish Air Force had a similarly difficult birth commencing with the dove-tailing of the Polish elements of the Royal Air Force (active since 1940) with the Polish People's Air Force (created in 1943 in defence of the Soviet Union). Some RAF Spitfire IX's and USAAF P-51D's were left behind at airfields in the West of the country to reform No.302 Squadron at Swidwin and a handful of elderly Yak-1 and damaged Yak-9 fighters were scraped together in the East of the country to reform the 1st Fighter Regiment at Warsaw later renamed No.303 Squadron. During the Spring of 1946 ex-RAF Tempest V's replaced the Spitfires and Mustangs of No.302 Squadron but No.303 Squadron had to wait until 1948 to re-equip with the unpopular Avia S-199 supplied by Czechoslovakia. During 1950 both squadrons began to receive Gloster Meteor F.8's from a cancelled Egyptian order following the UN arms embargo and No.302 Squadron operated the type until 1961 when they were replaced by Dassault Super Mystères. A production licence was granted to PZL (Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze - the State Aviation Works) to manufacture the Gloster Meteor F.8 and a total of 96 aircraft were manufactured between 1952 and 1956. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the PZL-60 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the PZL-60 folder into your main Decals folder. 3. From the PILOTS folder drag and drop the Pilot_PWL folder into your main Pilots folder. CREDITS Thanks to TK and Third Wire for the continuous improvement of a great little game/sim. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Click here to download this file

PZL-60 Meteor F.8 - No.302 Squadron, Polish Air Force, 1952 The stunning success of Operation Market Garden and the subsequent push through Holland and across the North German Plain during the Autumn of 1944 shook the German Military High Command to it's core and eventually led to the assassination of Adolf Hitler on November 10th, 1944 when his Ju-52 transport aircraft was shot down by unknown rogue Luftwaffe pilots as the part of the Fighter Pilots Conspiracy. The new German Military High Command concluded that it would be in the best interests of the country to throw everything into the defence of the Eastern Front and allow Allied forces in the West to advance without opposition, although the logistical chain made this advance slower than expected. On the Eastern Front there was an almost immediate slowdown in the rate of the Soviet advance and soon Soviet forces inside Poland were held at the Bialystok-Rzeszow line. By January 1944 Allied forces in the West were reaching the borders of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland hampered only by roads clogged by evacuees and surrendering German troops but by the middle of January 1945 General Patton's Third US Army had punched through to liberate Warsaw before swinging north to meet up with Montgomery's 21st Army Group at Gdańsk. By February 8th it was all over and the formal German surrender was signed at Lublin in Eastern Poland by Grand Admiral Karl Donitz and General Walter Bedell Smith and witnessed by Russian General Ivan Susloparov and French General Francois Sevez. The rescheduled Yalta Conference held on March 1st, 1945 saw Stalin demanding a "Soviet sphere of political influence" in Eastern and Central Europe in return for Soviet support in the Pacific War against Japan by invading Japan through Manchuria. However a last minute briefing made to President Roosevelt by Major General Kenneth Nichols on the progress on the Manhattan Project led to President Roosevelt's decision not to rely on Soviet support in the Pacific and to wholeheartedly support Winston Churchill's demand for free elections and democratic governments in Eastern and Central Europe and specifically in Poland. Churchill reminded all present that in September 1939 Britain and France had gone to war with Germany in support of Poland and nothing other than a free and democratic Poland would suffice. Roosevelt knew that Soviet spies at Los Alamos were aware of the power of the atomic bombs and also how close to operational status and used this knowledge that Stalin also knew to stiffen his resolve. In the horsetrading that followed the Western Allies essentially got what they wanted with regard to Poland with the new border essentially following the 1940 version of the Curzon Line but the the rest of Central and Eastern were handed over to the Soviet sphere of political influence. The Allied withdrawl from Poland followed during the Spring and Summer of 1945 and culminated in the declaration of "The Third Polish Republic" on November 11th, 1945 a date chosen to coincide with the existing National Independence Day. Also on this day, and wisely for a country now surrounded by Communist states and within the Soviet sphere of influence, the new Polish Government declared its neutrality as an Act of Parliament as part of the Constitution of Poland. Led by Stanisław Mikołajczyk the new Republic of Poland had a difficult birth but the Polish people reconstructed their battered country with such vigour that by 1948 they had recovered their economy and infrastructure to pre-WW2 levels and continued this economic miracle into the 1950's and beyond. During this tumultuous time the new Polish Air Force had a similarly difficult birth commencing with the dove-tailing of the Polish elements of the Royal Air Force (active since 1940) with the Polish People's Air Force (created in 1943 in defence of the Soviet Union). Some RAF Spitfire IX's and USAAF P-51D's were left behind at airfields in the West of the country to reform No.302 Squadron at Świdwin and a handful of elderly Yak-1 and damaged Yak-9 fighters were scraped together in the East of the country to reform the the 1st Fighter Regiment at Warsaw later renamed No.303 Squadron. During the Spring of 1946 ex-RAF Tempest V's replaced the Spitfires and Mustangs of No.302 Squadron but No.303 Squadron had to wait until 1948 to re-equip with the unpopular Avia S-199 supplied by Czechoslovakia. During 1950 both squadrons began to receive Gloster Meteor F.8's from a cancelled Egyptian order following the UN arms embargo and No.302 Squadron operated the type until 1961 when they were replaced by Dassault Super Mystères. A production licence was granted to PZL (Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze - the State Aviation Works) to manufacture the Gloster Meteor F.8 and a total of 96 aircraft were manufactured between 1952 and 1956. The finflash is fictional as I didn't want to repeat the checkerboard on the fin/rudder.

All three schemes are included.

I remember hgbn gave some tips on doing NMF skins. His F-100 was really good.

Peggy

PZL-60R Meteor - No.318 Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron, Polish Air Force, 1959

G Force

Yakovlev Yak-34 'Buckshot-B' - Soviet Naval Aviation, 1972 The swept-wing Yak-28 had only limited success in it's 'Firebar' (interceptor) and 'Brewer' (tactical bomber) variants but a follow-on programme was authorised with the Yakovlev OKB expected to use the same general configuration. However, during the early stages of development the interceptor requirement soon evolved into a jagged highly swept-wing Mach 2 derivitive of the 'Firebar' whilst the tactical bomber evolved into a much more conservative subsonic design. Designated Yak-34 the new tactical bomber had large non-afterburning Mikulin turbojet engines adjoining the strong and durable fuselage outboard of which were fully blown swept-wings to improve low-speed performance for short-field tactical operations whilst remaining thin enough for high transonic speed for low-level penetrability. The new design featured an internal bomb bay in which a wide range of conventional and nuclear bombs could be carried supplemented by four underwing pylons designed to carry the new family of Soviet tactical air-to-surface missiles as well as conventional bombs and rockets. In Soviet and WarPac service the Yak-34 became a hugely succesful tactical platform with a longevity rivaling the Tu-95 and MiG-21 families.

PZL-60 Meteor F.8 - No.317 Squadron, Polish Air Force, 1956

That's why we're in the 'what if' section and an alternate timeline.

Definitely a case of 'warts and all' but she's a grand old lady.

Yakovlev Yak-34 'Buckshot-B' - Soviet Naval Aviation, South Atlantic, 1982

File Name: [Fictional] Lavochkin La-19 'Flipflop' (Soviet Skyhawk) File Submitter: Spinners File Submitted: 08 August 2014 File Category: What If Hangar Lavochkin La-19 'Flipflop' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire A-4E to give a fictional La-19 'Skyhawkski' for the Soviet Naval Aviation. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the La-19 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the La-19 folder into your main Decals folder. 3. From the SOUNDS folder drag and drop the La-19 folder into your main Sounds folder. 4. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the SOVMER & SOVTER folders into your main Weapons folder. Suggested Download: Pilot 'Red3210' (not included) CREDITS Thanks to TK and Third Wire for the continuous improvement of a great little game/sim. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 1 - 08/08/14 Click here to download this file

Lavochkin La-19 'Flipflop' - Soviet Naval Aviation, South Atlantic, 1982

Lion Cub

MiG-27MK 'Flogger-M' - 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment, Soviet Naval Aviation, 1990 No input from me - just a simple conversion to SF2 of Gepard's mod

Bumping this up as now topical...

I didn't actually intend it to be in service with Soviet Naval Aviation. I made it with a Fencer blue scheme (like my F-111/Su-24) but when I went to fly my first mission there I was on the (decidedly small) carrier! I hadn't changed CarrierBased=TRUE to FALSE and nor will I now! It's a beautiful 3D model and the templates are a joy to work with. Thank you Volker.