Spinners

Backstory added. Wing markings will be angled - hope to release very soon.

There is a 'hump' somewhere (it used to turn up in the most unexpected of places - lol) but wouldn't it be easier to use one with a hump and edit/rename the skin bitmaps?

Same as for my F-4C's I guess. During the era of 'Vietnamization' surplus and/or war-weary aircraft were handed over to the Vietnamese Air Force and after the fall of the South in 1975 they fell into the hands of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (like the 'real world' A-37's and F-5's).

McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom - 927th Fighter Regiment, Vietnam People's Air Force, 1980 When NVA forces burst through the crumbing South Vietnamese defences during April 1975 they quickly captured Bien Hoa airbase to the north of Saigon and immediately swung west to capture Tan Son Nhut airbase catching most the surviving 23 F-4C's of the Vietnam Air Force on the ground. The Phantoms were inspected and overhauled by Chinese technicians before entering service with the 927th Fighter Regiment of the Vietnam People's Air Force who operated the type until 1982 when they were grounded by a chronic spares shortage.

A-4E Skyhawk - Vietnam People's Air Force, 1975

North American F-100D Super Sabre - 929th Fighter Regiment, Vietnam People's Air Force, 1976

Awesome package of one of my absolute faves!

That would be brilliant!

I'm in Aussie Phantom heaven, Thanks to Ravenclaw_007!

Wizard of Oz

Northrop F-5AY - 123rd Fighter Aviation Regiment, Yugoslav Air Force, 1980

lol - one day, one day.

Nice one Mac! I love April Fools and, in the days before websites, once posted a simple barcode within our cycling club newsletter explaining that club members had been specially chosen to test a laser scanner for time-trials and had to cut out the barcode and attach it to the top tube of their bicycles on the first club event of the season... on April 1st. Caught a few out.

Probably got a few holes in them... Or olive green with VPAF markings!

McDonnell RF-101B Voodoo - 42 smaldeel, Belgian Air Force, 1973

As someone with a recent interest in the F-5 family I'm wondering how this project is going?

Well, I like to recycle the decals I've made!

Northrop F-5K Firenza FGA.1 - No.1 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1968 Even before the 1964 General Election the British Labour Party were developing a pathological hatred of the British aviation industry and despite the narrowness of their election win (by just five seats) they soon went into overdrive by cancelling virtually every advanced aircraft programme within weeks of coming to power. Out went the TSR.2 strike aircraft, P.1154 V/STOL fighter-bomber and AW.681 V/STOL transport with all three to be replaced by 'cheaper' aircraft from the United States namely the F-111, F-4 Phantom and C-130 Hercules respectively. Just days later they ordered a stop-work notice on the Hawker P.1127 leading to a complete abandonment of the RAF's hopes of having a small V/STOL force. Not content with that they then studied the RAF's requirements for a Hunter replacement and queried why the RAF were demanding an aircraft of the size and complexity of the Phantom. In early January 1965 McDonnell Douglas received a small taste of what the British aircraft companies had endured when the planned Phantom order of 170 aircraft was slashed to just 50 aircraft for the Royal Navy followed by an announcement that the RAF were to receive "150 advanced supersonic fighter aircraft" to replace the Hunters. This was soon followed by a statement from the Minister of State for Defence, Denis Healey, that the RAF were to receive 150 Northrop F-5K fighter aircraft and 30 TF-5K advanced trainers for delivery during the period 1967 and 1968 which would include substantial work for UK companies in undisclosed 'offset' agreements. Mercifully, this did not include re-engining the F-5 but the British F-5's did have uprated J85 engines, stronger landing gear, anti-skid brakes and a more advanced avionics package than the basic F-5A. Entering service as the Firenza FGA.1 with No.1 Squadron in November 1967 the F-5K's were supplemented by the Jaguar GR.1 in RAF service but not entirely replaced by that type and two UK-based squadrons were still in service during 1990 leading them to be deployed to RAF Germany in August 1990 to replace Jaguars sent to Saudi Arabia during the build up to Operation Desert Shield and the resultant Operation Desert Storm. The last Firenza was retired from RAF service in September 1991 when the RAF's Aggressor Flight at Akrotiri was disbanded.

Waiting for the call...