Spinners

Crated for sure.

'Eagleski'

McDonnell Douglas Eagle F.1 - No.5 and No.11 Squadrons, RAF Binbrook

Soaring Eagle

Hawker Hunter FGA.61 - Dhimari Air Force, 1967

Dhimari Hunter FGA.61's en route to clobber a Parani airfield

Hi sukhoy34 and welcome to Combat Ace!

One for British gentleman of a certain vintage...

Dhimari Phantoms

View File Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis - RJAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis - Royal Jordanian Air Force This is a simple mod of the stock Third Wire MiG-15bis from the 'Wings Over Israel Add-On' to give a flyable Mig-15bis of the Royal Jordanian Air Force. Please do not download this mod if you don't have 'Wings Over Israel Add-On' from Series One. BACKSTORY Despite Jordan gaining independence in 1946 it wasn't until 1950 that Jordan began to establish an embryonic air force with the assistance of the Royal Air Force. When Hussein bin Talal became King of Jordan (following the abdication of his father in August 1952) he was keen to see Jordan develop a more modern air force and looked to create a balance in his relationship with the West and the Soviet Union by ordering military equipment from both. The already obsolete de Havilland Vampire and Gloster Meteor were selected for ground-attack whilst the MiG-15bis was selected for interception duties with the first examples arriving in September 1955 to equip No.1 Squadron of the newly formed Royal Jordanian Air Force. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the MiG-15bisRJAF folder into your Aircraft folder. CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Thanks to Ordway for the MiG-15 cockpit. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 1 - 02/04/18 Submitter Spinners Submitted 04/02/2018 Category Fictional Aircraft, Experimental and UAV's  

Jordanian MiG-15bis

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis - No.1 Squadron, Royal Jordanian Air Force, 1956 Despite Jordan gaining independence in 1946 it wasn't until 1950 that Jordan began to establish an embryonic air force with the assistance of the Royal Air Force. When Hussein bin Talal became King of Jordan (following the abdication of his father in August 1952) he was keen to see Jordan develop a more modern air force and looked to create a balance in his relationship with the West and the Soviet Union by ordering military equipment from both. The already obsolete de Havilland Vampire and Gloster Meteor were selected for ground-attack whilst the MiG-15bis was selected for interception duties with the first examples arriving in September 1955 to equip No.1 Squadron of the newly formed Royal Jordanian Air Force.

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.2 - No.41 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1968

... to the Royal Air Force. Hey, who needs to mention the name of your country anyway? One of my prized aviation books ended with the RAF's 50th anniversary when Harriers, Phantoms, Nimrods and Hercules aircraft were just entering service (or about to). Where have the last 50 years gone?

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.2 - No.6 and No.54 Squadrons, RAF Strike Command, 1968

Knock Knock

I've always had a fascination for the space race and Gagarin is a true hero - they all were I guess. I always thought he died when a goose smashed through his windscreen. That seemed to be the story at, or just after, the time of his tragic death.

King Cobra

McDonnell Douglas Phantom F.1 - No.1435 Flight, RAF Falklands Air Defence Component, 1982 At an early stage in the Falklands conflict of 1982 four Phantom F.1's, drawn from No.229 OCU and manned by pilots from No.29 Squadron, were deployed to Ascension Island to provide emergency air defence against any potential Argentinian airborne commando raids (perhaps, using Hercules aircraft) or any air strikes launched from the carrier Veinticinco de Mayo. Whilst the latter was only ever a very remote possibility the UK Government viewed the establishment of a basic air defence component on Ascension Island as being essential to their plans to retake the Falkland Islands. Arriving on Ascension Island on April 14th, 1982 the four Phantom F.1's were allocated to a hastily reformed No.1435 Flight based at Wideawake airfield. The swift re-conquest of the Falklands then saw No.1435 Flight deploy to RAF Stanley during October 1982 to take over air defence duties from 809 Naval Air Squadron. No.1435 Flight was eventually built up to squadron strength operating Phantom F.1's initially from RAF Stanley and later from RAF Mount Pleasant until they were replaced by Eagle F.2A's in 1992.

McDonnell YF-4K (Phantom F.1) 1963 The successful first flight of the McDonnell XF4H-1 (Phantom II) on May 27th, 1958 certainly piqued the interest of both the RAF and the Royal Navy and by 1959 both were granted official 'observer status' on the project. The realisation that only two of the Royal Navy's five aircraft carriers could operate an aircraft of the XF4H-1's size (and that only after extensive modernisation) soon cooled the interest of the Senior Service but the RAF could see a promising aircraft of obvious potential across many roles and not just in their search for a Hunter replacement. By 1960 McDonnell were scheming various tactical fighter versions of the F4H-1 Phantom II with J79 engines including a minimum change version of the baseline USN F-4B to replace the Hunter and Javelin in RAF service and supplement the Lightning. The RAF had already bore the brunt of the 1957 Defence White Paper and had then suffered the ignominy of losing the UK's nuclear deterent in the planned switch from V-Force to Polaris. Following this heavy perceived loss of status the Air Staff were so determined to get the TSR.2 that in March 1961 they volunteered to forsake the supersonic V/STOL P.1154 strike fighter and STOL AW.681 tactical transport and replace both with off the shelf purchases of American aircraft. Both projects were declared as "too technically challenging to succeed in the current fiscal situation" but the early cashing-in of both projects did ultimately save the TSR.2 which went onto survive the 1964 Budget Review and enter RAF service at the end of the 1960's. Meanwhile, back in August 1961 the UK Government became the first export customer for McDonnell's XF4H-1 with an order for 350 aircraft consisting of 150 interceptor-fighters for RAF Fighter Command and 200 tactical fighters for RAF Germany and No.38 Group. Designated by McDonnell as the F-4K and by the RAF as Phantom F.1 and Phantom FGA.2 the first F-4K rolled off the St. Louis production line in February 1963 with a ceremonial first flight on April 1st, 1963 to coincide with the RAF's 45th birthday celebrations. These early RAF Phantoms retained the AAA-4 infrared search and tracking sensor fitted to a prominent bulge underneath the radome housing the powerful AN/APQ-72 radar and were powered by two General Electric J79-GE-8A engines each rated at 10,000lbs dry thrust and 17,000 lbs thrust with afterburner. The Phantom F.1 entered service with No.19 squadron at RAF Leconfield in March 1964 and eventually equipped no less than ten RAF squadrons at home and abroad with the last squadron (an expanded No. 1435 Flight) disbanding at RAF Mount Pleasant, Falkland Isles in 1992.

Phantom FGR.5 - No.208 Squadron, RAF Near East Air Force, 1974