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Aerobatics!

Mario - man, you're in a hot run of form at the moment! Regarding 'Buzz' numbers the most obvious omission from that list is that 'FJ' was used on the F-4 Phantom (see pics of the borrowed F-4B's but it was seen on the early F-4C's and even the RF-4C's too).

Republic B-59C Raven - United States Air Force, 1960 From combat experience gained during the opening months of the Korean War the USAF issued a requirement for a night intruder/bomber to replace the A-26 Invader with the English Electric Canberra being declared the winner despite the presence of the futuristic-looking Martin XB-51. Fortunately for the Martin company they were selected to licence-build the British aircraft as the B-57 Canberra but, such was the pace of military aviation in the 1950's, even before the ink had dried on the B-57 contract the USAF were already drafting a requirement for a larger supersonic replacement. Martin proposed both a scaled-up B-51 and also an enlarged swept wing version of the B-57 but ultimately lost out to Republic's proposal for a sharply swept-wing aircraft with low drag promising excellent transonic performance and a supersonic dash capability with a much larger payload than any other competing design. The Republic Raven was duly selected for production as the B-59 in December 1953 but soon hit powerplant problems when the planned Westinghouse J50 turbojet was cancelled as a fallout from the J40 fiasco. Pratt & Whitney were drafted in to produce the twin-spool, axial flow J59 derived from their outstanding J57 but the delay cost the program dearly and delayed the prototype YB-59 taking to the air by almost two years. By the time that production B-59A's started to roll off the Farmingdale production line in 1957 the USAF's total order had been cut to just one-third of the planned 600 Ravens and the type was retired from service in 1964 playing no part in the Vietnam War.

@ Coupi - stop using real photographs ; )

Republic P-47N 'SeaBolt' - 1841 NAS, British Pacific Fleet, 1946

Yes, I'll fire-up my desktop a little bit later.

Agree about the FB-111H - I can remember seeing the artist impression and three-view in 'Flight' magazine in the late 70's.

Northrop F-5E 'Skoshi Tiger II' - 469th TFS, 388th TFW, USAF, 1975 The success of the USAF's 'Skoshi Tiger' evaluation of the Northrop F-5C led to the adoption of the F-5C as a lower cost alternative to the more expensive F-4 Phantom in an early introduction of the 'Hi-Lo mix' then in favour with Pentagon whizzkids. This in turn led to strong USAF interest in Northrop's proposed follow-on F-5E Tiger II and an accelerated testing and production program. Entering service in 1971 the first USAF squadron to equip with the type was the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron who operated the aircraft in an operational evaluation program predictably designated 'Skoshi Tiger II'. Skin is from paulopanz' F-5E America download (FAB Camo).

Su-50 - Ukrainian Air Force, 2016

I know what you mean but there's a big difference between showing a 'what if' like this, made with just one or two serial/code number decals and a full on release with 18-26 decals plus loading screen, read me, packaging, etc. and I really do like to quickly move onto my next interest - lol.

F-5E in a 'Karpada' stylee

Triple Nickel on top (again)

Su-22MX - 119 Sqd, Heyl Ha'Avir, 1982

Right up there with your best Mario!

That might depend on which side of the old 'Iron Curtain' you are...

Hi fenzor and welcome to Combat Ace. Pilots legs dangling outside of the aircraft are a tell-tale sign that a component has been added using the 'fake pilot' method. Go and check the Read Me and/or installation instructions as you've almost certainly installed it incorrectly.

It's really not worth getting one's knickers in a knot...

Oh, you have to be much more patient than that to really enjoy the Strike Fighters experience...

Cold War Warrior! Reflections of the past

Hawker Siddeley Aviation Harrier Mk.52 - 103° Gruppo, 2° Stormo, Aeronautica Militare Italiana, 1972

Viffing with the Grunts

Spitfires (lol - all not covered by Thirdwire's IX) Typhoon Tempest