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Fairey Gannet AS.51 - 310 Indian Naval Air Squadron, Indian Navy, 1971 Skin Credit: Charles

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Death Nell

Sea Furies Over Socotra

Fairey Gannet A.S.1 - No.14 (Swordfish) Squadron, Royal Dhimari Air Force, 1956

F-4B off the coast of Socotra

Warhawk!

Early Seafires

The Battle of France that began on May 10th, 1940 gave Shah Mushani of Paran the perfect opportunity to invade the Kingdom of Dhimar without interference from France and the United Kingdom who were now massively distracted by the war on the western front. Despite this distraction, Shah Mushani waited until the Italian invasion of France on June 10th to launch an all-out attack on Dhimar led by his trusted General Halani Khomar. Supported by the Parani Army Air Force, Khomar's 1st and 2nd Armoured Divisions swept north and west reaching Najahafi on June 14th. Flying from the P2 forward airfield the Parani Army Air Force's Mitsubishi Ki-15P monoplane scout bombers were particularly effective, being considerably faster than the Dhimari Gloster Gladiator fighters and able to deliver their relatively light 250kg bomb load with great accuracy. It was only the introduction of ex-RAF Hawker Hurricane Mk.I's in Dhimari service in October 1940 that saw the Parani Ki-15P's require fighter escort. Skin Credit: Charles The terrain is Gepard's new Socotra - a lovely play box!

Great work Gepard. Enjoying this terrain very much.

Supermarine Seafire Mk.III - No.2 Squadron, Royal Dhimari Air Force, 1945

View File [Fictional] Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-2PFM "Faceplate-D" Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-2PFM "Faceplate-D" for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 Released 'as is', this is Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-2PFM 'Faceplate' - featuring a 3D model by KnightWolf45 (the artist formerly known as Cocas). In the mid-1950's the MiG OKB was tasked in developing a new lightweight supersonic interceptor fighter for the Soviet Air Force and flight-tested two distinct designs in parallel - one with a thin, swept-wing and one with a tailed delta wing. The tailed delta would eventually win out to become the famous MiG-21 'Fishbed' but it's tantalising to consider 'what if' the swept-wing Ye-2A prototype had either won or was considered good enough to also be procured. Anyway, this is the swept-wing Ye-2 as it might have looked in service with the Soviet Air Force and I've also included Egyptian, Mongolian and Parani skins. Giving the aircraft a service designation is tricky as it was given a provisional designation of MiG-23 but, of course, this conflicts with the swing-wing 'Flogger' that came later. We can't use an even number like MiG-20 or MiG-22 so I've just called it the Ye-2PFM and you can change this to suit your own thoughts on this matter. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Ye-2PFM folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Ye-2PFM folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the Faceplate-GP-9 folder into your Weapons folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Huge thanks to KnightWolf45 for creating the Ye-2PFM 3D model a few years ago and to the CAF team for any inputs that followed. Special thanks also to Coupi for sending me his templates that I've used to create the skins. Thanks to Paladrian for the MiG-21 pit. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 1 - Dec 24th, 2021 Submitter Spinners Submitted 12/24/2021 Category What If Hangar  

Faceplate-D

Walczymy dalej!

2B or not 2B

Supermarine Seafire III - Irish Air Corps, 1949 Love the way this was de-navalized - chapeau!

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PFM "Faceplate-D" - Mongolian Air Force, 1971 3D Model: Cocas Skin Credit: Coupi

Cheers Daniel. A very Merry Christmas to you and best wishes for the New Year. I like your new screen name!

Behind the eight ball...

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia - Groupe de Chasse II/7, April 1940

Top: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia - Groupe de Chasse II/7, Zone d'Opérations Aériennes Sud, April 1940 Bottom: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia - Groupe de Chasse II/5, Zone d'Opérations Aériennes Est, May 1940

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 - Groupe de Chasse II/5 'La Fayette' When the first Spitfire prototype took to the air in March 1936 it made the majority of contemporary interceptor fighters obsolete overnight and its performance and potential represented such a leap forward that rival nations would need to invest huge sums to design and develop similar aircraft. Even France, with its large and diverse aircraft industry, realised that their fighter aircraft were not as advanced as this new benchmark so it came as no surprise that the French Air Ministry wanted to purchase Spitfires. However, by November 1938 there were no less than thirteen countries on the Supermarine order book for Spitfires and whilst the Foreign Office had placed France at the top of the priority list the initial French order for just three aircraft was so pathetically small that Supermarine publicly made it a lower priority to the Belgian request for 15 aircraft and a licence to build at least a further 30 aircraft. Baron Amaury de La Grange, the vice-president of the French Air Commission, was a personal friend of US President Roosevelt and La Grange managed to convey to Roosevelt the urgency of France's position and asked for military help. With war clouds brewing in Europe, Roosevelt was forthcoming and instructed the US War Department to sell the most modern American airplanes to France and also persuaded Neville Chamberlain (the UK Prime Minister) to place France back at the top of the priority list - a request to which Chamberlain agreed but only providing that the French order was increased to 50 aircraft. Initial deliveries were made to the Armée de l'Air in June 1939 with Groupe de Chasse II/5 'La Fayette' based at Toul-Croix-de-Metz becoming the first operational French Spitfire squadron later in the following month. The aircraft of this famous squadron were painted with the same 'Chief Sitting Bull' insignia used by the American volunteers of the 'Lafayette Escadrille' during the First World War before the entry of their country into the conflict. Only sixteen aircraft had been delivered at the outbreak of war in September 1939 and whilst deliveries continued for a short while no other Armée de l'Air squadrons were formed and the UK Government requisitioned the final nineteen aircraft before they were delivered. Just some new decals on Cliff7600's Spitfire 1a over Gepard's Battle of Britain terrain. Good work boys!!