Spinners

Swansea boy living in Port Talbot.* * Port Talbot Joke A courting couple drove to Nash Point one evening and were getting very amorous. In the heat of passion the girl cried out, "Kiss me where it smells!" So he took her to Port Talbot...

You ain't nothing but a...

Vietnam '75

Boeing B-47E Stratojet - No.6 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1965 By early 1963 the Australian Government's search for a replacement for their Canberra force had narrowed down to a straight fight between the British TSR.2 and the American F-111. With the F-111 programme running well ahead of the TSR.2 the UK Government made a bold move by offering to lease 20 Vickers Valiant bombers to Australia to plug the gap until TSR.2 deliveries could commence but this was quickly countered by the US Government's offer to 'free loan' 30 surplus B-47E's. In July 1963 this offer was accepted at the same time that a preliminary order for F-111's was made and soon formalised in early 1964. In August 1963 Boeing were contracted by the American Government to refurbish 30 B-47E's all of which were given a modest avionics upgrade and emerging from the Wichita plant in a new South East Asia camouflage scheme and the first B-47E's entered service with No.6 squadron of the RAAF in March 1965. Whilst due to be fully replaced by F-111C's by 1968 the wing-box problems and price escalation of the F-111C saw the Australian Government cancel the controversial swing-winger in 1967 and the B-47's were finally replaced by TSR.2's in 1971.

Thanks mate. It's pappychksix's fictional USAF SEA skin but I thought it would good with Roo's on it (what doesn't?).

Republic RF-84S Thunderstreak - F21, Flygvapnet, 1973 The last member of the successful Republic F-84 family was the RF-84S an export version of the RF-84F Thunderflash for Sweden. Unique amongst the F-84 family the RF-84S was powered by the Svenska Flygmotor RM4 (essentially an Avon 200) and the extra thrust made the RF-84S the fastest of the F-84 family. Deliveries commenced in 1958 and the RF-84S served until 1975 when F21 transitioned to updated Draken S35E's.

Boeing B-47E Stratojet - No.6 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1965 "What If" Camo B-47E by Pappychksix - available in the SF1 downloads section.

Fingers crossed for you Ed.

A national disgrace.

Just having a poke around the stock files and I thought that I haven't used (or seen!) the B-52 for a while so I've stuck the A-6A pit in there and added some WW2 RAF markings (similar to the Lancaster on display at the RAF Museum at Hendon) and took the Stratofortress B.1 up for a spin. Incidentally, my bombs (UK1000LB - you'll need to ini edit to accommodate them) overshot the target runway by at least 1km despite being dropped from 13,000m whilst 15km away from the runway!!

@ Gustav - perhaps this will explain

Boeing/BAe Stratofortress B.3A - No.617 'Dambuster' Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1991

Après moi le Deluge

Boeing Stratofortress B.1 (FE) - No.7 Squadron, 'Tiger Force', 1959

Boeing Stratofortress B.1(FE) - No.7 Squadron, 'Tiger Force', 1959

Boeing B-52K Stratofortress B.1A - No.35 Squadron, RAF South East Air Force, 1964

No.35 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command, 1962

Tender loving care... Original Green Camo Skin by Fubar512 and available here http://combatace.com/files/file/1039-buff-beta-2/

View File Boeing B-52K Stratofortress B.1 Boeing B-52K Stratofortress B.1 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the stock (non-flyable) Third Wire B-52K to give a fictional and flyable B-52K Stratofortress B.1 in service with No.9 Squadron attached to RAF South East Asia Command. Also included are fictional 'Flail' and 'Flambard' bombs with Flail being especially useful against soft-skin targets (or fuel tanks if you get tasked against these in Strike missions) and Flambard being a particularly nasty incendiary bomb. You can, of course, convert it to use nukes but bombing from 12,000m with conventional ordnance is a real challenge but great fun. As we don't have a proper B-52 pit you'll have to make do with the one supplied or go your own way and I mainly prefer to fly this one with cockpit toggle off. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the B-52K folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the B-52K folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the FLAIL and FLAMBARD folders into your weapons folder. CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 27/05/2020 Version 1 - 02/06/2011 Submitter Spinners Submitted 06/02/2011 Category What If Hangar  

The file upload software only seems to allow square screenshots so here is the Loading Screen

The Third Wire Spitfire does it for me but the three Macchi's in 'Wings Over Africa' are excellent too. Over to you. What's your favourite?

No.9 Squadron BUFF's

Mmmmm. Factory fresh. Looks smashing.

Thanks for the comment but it's a one-off disposable effort. In other words, I just can't be arsed making a squadron's worth of decals!!

B-52K 'S' for Sugar More pics in the 'what if' section.