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Fist of the Fleet - Skyhawk FG.2 899NAS, Royal Navy, 1982

I'm quite envious of anyone coming to the SF2 series and starting out, especially if they do it one title at a time in the order of release. It's a great series to discover.

Belated thanks for this gem.

Anti-shipping strike using Monty Cz's superb He-111E

First Class Monty CZ - thank you!

Monty CZ's awesome He-111E

Convair F-102K - No.29 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command, 1963

I reckon RAF 'Frightening' pilots would have loved your four Sidewinder loadout - especially if they were Limas (the missiles not the pilots).

Great work! The F-4 holds a particular fascination for me* and it's great to see it in different colours and markings. * About 40 years ago I built a model of it and couldn't believe how powerful it looked.

Nice work Paul and big respect to Hinchinbrooke too.

Post of the day

(All together now) We are sailing, we are sailing...

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger - 2 Squadron, Belgian Air Force, 1972 Razbam F-102A, Razbam Greek skin with overpainted Belgian national markings and stock Third Wire Mirage 5BA decals.

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger - 327th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

View File [Fictional] Lockheed F-104E Starfighter 'ANG' Lockheed F-104E for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire F-104G to create a fictional USAF F-104E with markings for; 112th TFS of the Ohio ANG in a 'Euro One' style scheme. 162nd TFS of the Ohio ANG in a 'Euro One' style scheme. 198th TFS of the Puerto Rico ANG in a 'T.O. 1-1-4' style scheme. It goes without saying that you must have the F-104G LOD's in your install. BACKSTORY Whilst, officially, USAF interest in the F-104 programme began to ebb (leading to only 77 F-104C's being built) they kept a watchful eye on Lockheed's progress into transforming the original hot-rod interceptor fighter into a multi-mission tactical fighter for export to selected 'free world' nations. As negotiations with Federal Germany reached a critical phase in 1958 concern was expressed by the Bonn government that Lockheed were attempting to sell an aircraft no longer wanted by it's home nation. Lockheed cleverly took these concerns back to Washington and claimed that lucrative export orders were at jeopardy leading to a token order for a new version of the Starfighter for the USAF. Designated F-104E this new version broadly represented a halfway house between the F-104C and the forthcoming F-104G. Only 60 F-104E's were planned to be produced but the success of the F-104C flown by Capt Charles E. Tofferi in the 1962 William Tell tactical weapons meet, against strong competition from F-100 and F-105 pilots, led to continued low-rate production followed by a larger batch of 240 F-104E's making an eventual total of 336. F-104E's were deployed to Vietnam and surviving aircraft were refurbished for ANG use with the type being finally retired in 1988 when the 112th TFS re-equipped with F-16A's. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-104E folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-104E folder into your main Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS Thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Thanks to Bobrock for uploading his superb F-104G templates to the community. Thanks to Wrench for uploading his Generic SEA scheme for the Zipper. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 09/02/19 Version 1 - 01/04/12 Submitter Spinners Submitted 04/01/2012 Category What If Hangar  

Lockheed F-104E Starfighters - 198th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Puerto Rico ANG, 1970

View File [Fictional] Douglas A-4D Skyhawk 'USAF' Douglas A-4D Skyhawk 'USAF' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire A-4E to give a fictional USAF A-4D with markings for the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron ('The Silver Knights') in 1967 although the service years are a more generous 1964 to 1985. BACKSTORY During the Spring of 1961 the incoming Secretary of Defence Robert S. McNamara left no stone unturned in his search for efficiencies in procurement and operational costs and his attention soon turned to the successful Douglas A4D 'Skyhawk' programme. Douglas had already transformed their 'bantam bomber' by replacing the Curtiss-Wright J65 engine with the Pratt & Whitney J52-P6A engine and the forthcoming A4D-5 (A-4E) version was chosen as the baseline for a minimum-change version for the USAF. Designated A-4D (after the introduction of the tri-service designation system) the USAF Skyhawks saw extensive service at home and abroad and, in particular, served with distinction in Vietnam where they replaced a variety of tactical aircraft. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the A-4D folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the A-4D folder into your main Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS Thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 17/02/19 Version 1 - 19/03/12 Submitter Spinners Submitted 03/19/2012 Category What If Hangar  

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Doug, I'm not on my 'play' computer at the moment but I don't think the Dhimari A-4D is the problem as I used the designation A-4D_Dh and it should appear in your drop-down menu as A-4D Skyhawk (Dhimar) so no conflict there. So, I think it's because my new A-4D 'USAF' uses jpegs (because most stock aircraft now use them and they save space) so try to save them as .bmp's. Perhaps this ability to use jpegs was introduced after the June 2011 patch level that you are currently on.

Me 262 A-1a/R-1 of JG27, Luftwaffe, 1946