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[Fictional] McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.5
By Spinners in What If Hangar
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.5 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a simple mod of the Third Wire Phantom F-4E_72 to give a 'what if' Phantom FGR.5 fighter with markings for No.23 and No.29 squadrons of the Royal Air Force as they might have appeared at the time of Operation Granby in 'Desert Pink'. Service years have been extended right up to 2010 in case you want to use it in Operation Herrick (from 2001) or Operation Telic (from 2003).
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Drop the PhantomFGR5 folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the PhantomFGR5 folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
CREDITS
As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim.
Thanks also to Sundowner for the F-4E templates.
And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 07/06/2020
Version 1 - 24/01/2011
146 downloads
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[Fictional] Hawker Hurricane 'Furacão'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Hawker Hurricane 'Furacão' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a simple mod of Raven's radial engined Hawker Hurricane to create a fictional 'Furacão' in service with the Poruguese Air Force in the 1942-1954 timeline.
BACKSTORY
The Hawker Hurricane entered service with the Royal Air Force at the end of 1937 when No.111 Squadron re-equipped with the type at RAF Northolt. By late 1938 the production capacity for Hurricanes at the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft group of companies was sufficient not only to meet the needs of the RAF's ambitious expansion scheme but also sufficient to allow exports to Yugoslavia, South Africa, Romania, Persia, Belgium, Poland and Turkey. Belgium and Yugoslavia had both negotiated production licences but only a handful were produced by Avions Fairey in Belgium before the German invasion in May 1940 and in Yugoslavia the Zmaj factory managed to build 20 Hurricanes before the German invasion in April 1941.
At the start of World War 2, Portugal was keen to both maintain it's neutrality and also bolster it's defences - recognising that the Portuguese mainland was of strategic importance as was it's island territories of Maderia and the Azores. Indeed, both the UK and Germany considered invading the islands but British diplomacy won the day in June 1940 when the UK formally asked for use of the Azores by invoking the Aliança Luso-Britânica (Anglo-Portuguese Alliance) of 1386 which is still the oldest alliance in the history in the world that is still in force. In return, Portugal asked for a wide variety of defence equipment from the UK including "100 modern monoplane fighter aircraft". With the UK facing a desperate struggle the Portuguese 'wish list' was largely unfulfilled until much later in the war but in December 1940 the British government agreed to supply 100 Hurricane fighters by the end of the following year.
However, there was an urgent demand for Rolls-Royce Merlin engines for the RAF's day fighters and also for the Boulton & Paul Defiant and Bristol Beaufighter night fighters. In addition, RAF Bomber Command were about to go on the offensive with the Handley-Page Halifax having just entered service and the superlative Avro Lancaster and de Havilland Mosquito were both on the horizon. In February 1941 the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, blocked the sale outright but Sydney Camm at Hawker considered that the Hurricane airframe could be adapted to take a different engine and Camm was already aware that Roy Fedden of the Bristol Engine Company had developed a modular engine installation or 'power egg' for the Bristol Hercules radial engine. Fedden and Camm quickly schemed the Hercules powered Hurricane Mk.III and instructed the Gloster Aircraft Company, who had been manufacturing Hurricanes for the RAF on behalf of its parent company since 1939, to slot in 250 Hurricane Mk.III's onto the Hucclecote production line. Whilst there was no Hurricane Mk.III prototype as such, the first two production aircraft were thoroughly tested by Gloster's chief test pilot Gerry Sayer and also by Bill Humble of Hawker's and both praised it's flying characteristics noting that "the aircraft is simple and easy to fly and has no apparent vices" although the stalling speed was 8 knots higher than a standard Hurricane.
The first 100 Hurricane Mk.III's were crated and shipped to Portugal arriving at Santo Amaro in November 1941. After local assembly, they were flown to Ota Air Base and Sintra Air Base to eventually equip six day fighter squadrons of the Aeronáutica Militar (Army Aviation) although, at the time, these squadrons (typically, with 15 aircraft on strength) were confusingly classed as 'flights' with two-digit flight codes that were used to designate the squadron. 'SU' Flight were the first to be declared operational at Ota in April 1942 followed by 'MP' flight at Sintra. In Aeronáutica Militar service the Hurricane aircraft were locally known as the Furacão and remained in service even after the formation of the Força Aérea Portuguesa in 1952 and it was not until August 1954 that the Furacão finally passed from service.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Furacao folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Furacao folder into your Decals folder.
3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the FuracaoTank into your Weapons folder.
That's it!
CREDITS
As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to Raven for his awesome work on the Hawker Hurricane in all it's forms and for generously including his templates.
And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 1 - 02/06/2020
53 downloads
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[Fictional] BAC F-112B Lightning
By Spinners in What If Hangar
BAC F-112B Lightning for Strike Fighters 2
This is a simple mod of the stock BAC (English Electric) Lightning F.3 from Expansion Pack 2 to make a fictional F-112B interceptor in service with the USAF in the 1964 to 1984 timeline. 'What if' markings for two units are included;
1. 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron - Based at Keflavik, Iceland.
2. 186th Fighter Interceptor Squadron - Montana ANG.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-112B folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-112B folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 06/06/2020
Version 1 - 13/02/2011
177 downloads
- f-112b lightning
- lightning
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[Fictional] Convair F-102J Delta Dagger 'JASDF'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Convair F-102J Delta Dagger for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a simple mod of Veltro2K's F-102A to create a fictional F-102J in service with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force in the 1957-1977 timeline.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-102J folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop all folders into your Weapons folder.
That's it! For sheer simplicity, this mod uses stock Third Wire F-4EJ decals.
CREDITS
Special thanks to Veltro2K for bringing us a freeware F-102A and also to FastCargo for his revisions and fixes to the 3D model.
Thanks to Kesselbrut & Pasko for the F-106 cockpit with F-102A mods added by Ordway.
Thanks also to 331KillerBee for the 509FIS camo skin that has been used for this JASDF Delta Dagger.
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 1 - 30/05/2020
49 downloads
- delta dagger
- jasdf
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Gloster Meteor F.8A
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Gloster Meteor F.8A for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire Meteor F.8 to give a fictional Meteor F.8A in service with No.30 Squadron of RAF South East Asia Command.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the MeteorF8A folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the MeteorF8A folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 29/05/2020
Version 1 - 30/05/2011
235 downloads
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[Fictional] Hawker Harrier Mk.59 'Argentina'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Hawker Harrier Mk.59 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of wpnssgt's cracking little AV-8S 'Matador' to give a fictional Harrier Mk.59 as it might have appeared in service with the Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina and fictional markings are included for 3ra Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque (3rd Fighter/Attack Squadron).
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Harrier59 folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Harrier59 folder into your Decals folder.
3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the Tank_AV8S_COAN folder into your Weapons folder.
That's it!
CREDITS
Massive thanks to wpnssgt for the 3D model. Having only joined this community in early 2008 I'm guessing that this predates the Harrier contained in Wings Over Europe and, if so, then fair play - it's a beaut! As I've said before, "there's gold in them thar archives"!
Thanks also to C5 for the FM and to Sundowner for the skin.
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 - 10/10/2010
162 downloads
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Boeing B-52K Stratofortress B.1
By Spinners in What If Hangar
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
353 downloads
- b-52
- stratofortress
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[Fictional] Hawker Hunter F.6M (Falklands)
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Hawker Hunter F.6M for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
Requires SF2 DLC 001: Hunter F.6 (60) Royal Netherlands Air Force
This is a very simple mod of the above to give a fictional Hunter F.6M in service with RAF South Atlantic Command with markings for No.1435 Flight. You will need to have the new 'DLC' Hunter as this mod will not work with any Hunter that isn't DLC 001 although you are welcome to reverse engineer it to suit what Hunter(s) you have in your install.
BACKSTORY
The introduction of the Lightning F.1 and F.1A into RAF Fighter Command in 1960 and 1961 began to free-up Hunter F.6's most of which were earmarked for conversion into ground-attack aircraft for the RAF (as the FGA.9) or for export. But the Falklands Crisis of May 1961 led to the decision to base a detachment of fighter aircraft at RAF Stanley and a batch of 8 Hawker Hunter F.6's were urgently converted into F.6M's a minimum-change conversion armed with the Firestreak missile and improved navigation and radio equipment. The first four Hunter F.6M's were dispatched as deck cargo arriving at Port Stanley in September 1961 to form No.1435 Flight who quickly christened the aircraft Faith, Hope, Charity and Desperation. The second batch of Hunters arrived in December 1961 but, with improving diplomatic relations, they were basically used to keep the original four aircraft airworthy until a rotation policy was adopted. The Hunter F.6M's served until 1972 when they were replaced by Lightning F.2A's.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the HunterF6M folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the HunterF6M folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 24/05/2020
Version 1 - 25/06/2011
118 downloads
(1 review)0 comments
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[Fictional] Avro-Mikoyan CF-109 'Archer' (MiG-21SM)
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Avro-Mikoyan CF-109 'Archer' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock MiG-21SM to give a very fictional Avro-Mikoyan CF-109 Archer in service with the Royal Canadian Air Force or perhaps the Peoples' Republic of Canada Air Force. I had absolutely no intention of releasing this but did so as a request so please feel free to further mod/change it in whatever way grabs your fancy. You have full control...
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the MiG-21SM_RCAF folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the MiG-21SM_RCAF folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 23/05/2020
Version 1 - 14/07/2011
113 downloads
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[Fictional] Republic F-7M 'Thunderpig'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Republic F-7M 'Thunderpig' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock MiG-27 to give a fictional Republic F-7M 'Thunderpig' as it might have appeared in service with the USMC at the time of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Two units are covered, VMFA-333 'Shamrocks' and VMFA-451 'Warlords'.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-7M folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-7M folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 23/05/2020
Version 1 - 25/08/2011
191 downloads
- thunderpig
- usmc
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[Fictional] Republic F-7C Thunderstorm
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Republic F-7C Thunderstorm for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock MiG-23ML/P to give a fictional Republic F-7C Thunderstorm in service with the 428th and 429th Tactical Fighter Squadrons in the Vietnam SEA style skin with 'Combat Lancer' rudder flashes.
The USAF SEA style scheme is a lucky find as it's one of the stock Czech camo schemes! Thanks TK!
BACKSTORY
During late 1958 the Langley Laboratory made the breakthrough that led to the realisation of a valid variable-sweep wing and by early 1959 Tactical Air Command (TAC) could see that this massive technological breakthrough could be the key to help them in their search for a tactical strike fighter to replace both the F-100 Super Sabre and the F-105 Thunderchief. Pretty soon however the numerical values for unrefuelled range and payload that TAC had attached to their mission requirements had the effect of turning all the paper studies from F-105 sized machines to much larger tactical bombers with a corresponding increase in cost and price and this reduced affordability was of great concern to TAC.
In the Autumn of 1959 TAC wisely decided to split their requirement into a smaller tactical fighter to replace the F-100 and a larger tactical bomber to replace the F-105, B-57 and B-66. The larger aircraft would evolve into Specific Operational Requirement No.183 that would launch the important TFX (tactical fighter experimental) programme and eventually lead (via a tortuous route) to the outstanding but highly compromised F-111 family whilst the smaller aircraft would lead to Specific Operational Requirement No.182 or TAX (tactical aircraft experimental).
Issued in March 1960 SOR182 called for a single-seat tactical fighter aircraft with “reduced dependence of paved runways” and with “the ability to carry a nuclear bomb at supersonic speed at tree-top height”. Requests for Proposals were immediately sent out to industry and Republic Aviation’s proposal soon gained the support of TAC by virtue of its use of a variable-sweep wing but also by the use of the existing J75 turbojet and F-105 avionics. With the end of F-105 production on the horizon Republic Aviation pushed hard for SOR182/TAX and in February 1961 they were rewarded with a contract for 24 prototype and pre-production YF-110 aircraft and 400 production F-110A machines and Republic wasted no time in bestowing the name of ‘Thunderstorm’ to the latest of their long line of fighter aircraft.
Republic Aviation were fortunate in being awarded the contract before Secretary of Defence Robert S. McNamara had got into his stride and the programme largely escaped McNamara and his whiz-kids. Development moved swiftly and during 1962 the programme was re-designated F-7 under the new tri-service designation scheme and the first prototype took to the air on December 22nd 1962 a full year ahead of the F-111A. Entering service in June 1965 the F-7A was followed by the F-7B two-seat trainer version and the more advanced F-7C version that first deployed to Vietnam in March 1968 when a two-squadron wing transferred to Takhli Royal Thia AFB, Thailand in a deployment called ‘Combat Lancer’.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-7C folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-7C folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 22/05/2020
Version 1 - 17/08/11
258 downloads
- mig-23
- thunderstorm
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Beat the Clock! Anti-Runway Strike vs. Scramble
By Spinners in User Made Missions
It's May 1977 and Israeli Forces are flying in support of Dhimar. You are commanding CRAB flight, a two-ship element tasked with destroying Parani airfield P11 but beware! A two-ship flight of Parani MiG-21PFM's from P12 are already in the air and a four-ship flight of Parani Mig-21bis are desperately trying to scramble from the very same P11 airfield whose runway you are trying to bomb!
It's a race against time. Will you get there before the MiG's get airborne?
Simply add this game generated mission to your Missions folder. A quad-merged install is required.
[MissionHeader]
AircraftType=KfirC2
MissionMap=DESERT
MissionType=STRIKE
StartTime=12:19:44
StartDate=05/14/1977
The game generated this mission and I just love those missions when MiG's are trying to get off the ground just as you get there so I saved it. i hope it works for you.
209 downloads
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[Fictional] BAC Lightning F.53H
By Spinners in What If Hangar
BAC Lightning F.53H for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock Lightning F.53 to give a fictional Lightning F.53H of the Hungarian Air Force.
BACKSTORY
The revolutions of 1989 generally had a domino effect across Eastern Europe and Hungary soon followed Poland and in March 1989 the government bravely declared the anniversary of the 1848 Revolution a national holiday and this was soon followed by the reburial of former Prime Minister Imre Nagy (executed after the 1956 Revolution) and calls for Soviet forces to leave Hungary. Popular opposition to the Communist regime continued, eventually leading to Mátyás Szurös declaring Hungary a republic on October 23rd, 1989 and the free elections of March 1990. However. with Soviet forces withdrawing fast the Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Légiero) was soon short of equipment and spares and when the Soviet MiG-29's departed from Tokol in 1991 the air defence of Hungary rested with literally a handful of poorly maintained MiG-21's.
During the late 1980's British Aerospace had bought back many of the surviving Saudi Lightning F.53's and had hoped to sell them to Austria (whose air force were hard-pressed to intercept a business jet) but the deal fell through and the Lightnings had continued to lanquish at Warton prompting a tentative offer to sell them to Hungary at a knock-down price. In May 1991 the UK Government bought 26 of the ex-Saudi Lightning F.53's and gifted them to the Hungarian Air Force in a move believed to have orchestrated by President George H. Bush.
Arriving in August 1991 the Lightnings were operated by the 59th Tactical Fighter Wing at Kecskemét AFB and served until 1998 when they were replaced by MiG-29's donated from Germany and Poland.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the LightningF53H folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the LightningF53H folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 21/05/2020
Version 1 - 20/07/2011
138 downloads
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[Fictional] Nakajima Ki-101 (IJAAF Spitfire IXc)
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Nakajima Ki-101 'Heavenly Lion' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a simple mod of the stock 'AI' Thirdwire Spitfire F.9C to give a flyable 'what if' Nakajima Ki-101 interceptor-fighter of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in mid-1945.
This mod requires you to have Expansion Pack 1 so that you have the necessary Third Wire Spitfire LOD's that are, of course, not included here.
BACKSTORY
In February 1943 the unfortunate Pilot Office P. Lonker of No.64 squadron descended through the fog to land his brand-new Spitfire IX at the Luftwaffe airfield near Brest in the mistaken belief that it was his home base of Hornchurch. Whilst the Spitfire was no secret to the Germans this pristine example was gratefully received and sent to the Dornier factory in Altenrhein (Switzerland) where it was studied in detail with production drawings made and tooling fabricated for the proposed production of the Spitfire for the Swiss Air Force.
However, during the early Spring of 1944 the decision was made to ship the drawings and tooling to the Nakajima Aircraft Company in Japan for production of the Spitfire for defence against American bombers including the B-29 then just coming into service in forward bases in China and India. Designated as the Ki-101 'Heavenly Lion' production started quickly enough but disaster struck when the Ota factory was bombed (ironically by B-29's) in December 1944 with only a handful of aircraft completed and all without engines as Aichi Atsuta had failed to deliver a single example of the licence-built Daimler-Benz DB605 engine. Miraculously, production restarted in February 1945 with the first Aichi built engines arriving in March allowing the first squadron to re-equip in May 1945. Production records indicate that only 45 Ki-101's were manufactured and there were no recorded incidents of air combat between the 'Heavenly Lion' and allied aircraft
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the SpitfireF9_IJAAF folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the SpitfireF9_IJAAF folder into your main Decals folder.
Pilot - Almost certainly you'll have a Third Wire 'Jet Jock' flying your 'Heavenly Lion' so you'll need to swap him out for something more appropriate.
N.B. Once you installed your aircraft you'll find it named Ki-101 'Heavenly Lion' in the drop-down menu. For best results you will need to manipulate your nations list to include the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.
That's it!
CREDITS
As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim.
Extra special thanks to Kesselbrut for the Spitfire cockpit.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 21/05/2020
Version 1 - 09/04/2011
81 downloads
(0 reviews)0 comments
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[Fictional] Hawker Hunter FGA.9D (Desert Camo)
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Hawker Hunter FGA.9D for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a simple mod of the stock Hunter FGA.9 to create a fictional Hunter FGA.9D in service with Royal Air Force Middle East Command in the 1961-1972 timeline. It's really just a Hunter FGA.9 with a desert camo (two squadrons are featured; No.43 Squadron and No.112 Squadron with a sharkmouth) but it looks cool when on emergency deployment to Dhimar!
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9D folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9D folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 1 - 18/05/2020
55 downloads
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[Fictional] Hawker Hunter FGA.9A RAF 'Desert Pink'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Hawker Hunter FGA.9A for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire Hawker Hunter FGA.9 to give a fictional Hawker Hunter FGA.9A fighter-bomber aircraft as it might have appeared in service with the Royal Air Force during the 1960's to early 1970's period with RAF Middle East Command and 'what if' markings are included for;
No.8 Squadron
No.20 Squadron
No.43 Squadron
In reality, all three squadrons have an association with operating the FGA.9 in the Middle East area during the 1960's but I've banged them together as a three-squadron wing and clad them in this 'Desert Pink' scheme initially adopted in 1961 for the Kuwait Crisis and then kept for their extended operations in Aden and Dhimar.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9A folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9A folder into your main Decals folder.
That's it!
CREDITS
As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to ndicki for his superb Hunter templates used by me to create this 'Desert Pink' scheme.
And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 3 - 21/02/16
346 downloads
(2 reviews)0 comments
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North American RF-100A 'Slick Chick'
North American RF-100A for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock North American F-100A to create an RF-100A 'placeholder' until something better comes along.
You'll need to have Expansion Pack 2 to access the F-100A.
This little known Cold War warrior today can lay claim to being the world's first supersonic recconnaisance aircraft and I'd encourage you to read what you can about the handful of RF-100A's starting here;
http://www.spyflight.co.uk/f100.htm
Now I'm not a 3D modeller so I've done the best I could using MiG-21 recon pods to create the broadly similar shapes seen on the real RF-100A. To get them to load I've classified them as non-jettisonable fuel tanks so don't worry about dropping your tanks on the return dash - your precious wet film will still be there for the CIA boffins to examine. The RF-100A's carried no armament so I've deleted the 20mm cannon and removed the gun smoke but unfortunately the gun troughs are still there but you'll soon forget about that.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the RF-100A folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the RF-100A folder into your Decals Folder.
3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the SLICK_CHICK folder into your Weapons folder.
That's it!
CREDITS
As always, big thanks to Third Wire for the continuous improvement of a great little game/sim.
A thank you to whoever created the MiG-21 Recon Pod and I hope you don't mind it being used here.
And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 13/01/13
361 downloads
- rf-100a
- slick chick
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[Fictional] Dhimari Grumman A-6A Intruder
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Grumman A-6A Intruder for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a simple mod of the stock Third Wire A-6A to create a Dhimari Intruder with markings for;
No.7 Squadron - 'The Rattlesnakes'
No.8 Squadron - 'The Scorpions'
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the A-6A_Dh folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the A-6A_Dh folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 13/05/2020
Version 1 - 14/11/2009
299 downloads
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[Fictional] MiG-17PF 'Fuerza Aérea Argentina'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
MiG-17PF 'Fuerza Aérea Argentina' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock MiG-17PF to give a fictional export version for the Fuerza Aérea Argentina with markings for Grupo 6 De Caza.
BACKSTORY
The Argentinian elections of 1958 saw Arturo Frondizi become President and with some support from Peron's followers to introduced various policies to encourage investment and make the country self-sufficient in energy and industry. One major issue was Argentina's chronic trade deficit and in early 1960 Frondizi cancelled the order for 28 refurbished F-86F Sabres on cost grounds and announced the procurement of 36 MiG-17PF interceptors from the Soviet Union for an undisclosed sum "to be funded solely by beef exports". Entering service with Grupo 6 De Caza in 1961 and armed with the indigenous 'Espada' radar-guided air-to-air missile the MiG-17PF's served in frontline service until 1979 and thus played no part in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas conflict but did remain on reserve status until 1983.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the MiG-17PF_FAA folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the MiG-17PF_FAA folder into your Decals folder.
3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the TANK400_MIG17_FAA folder 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 - 12/05/2020
Version 1 - 20/08/2011
127 downloads
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[Fictional] MiG-19S 'Fuerza Aérea Argentina'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
MiG-19S 'Fuerza Aérea Argentina' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock MiG-19S to give a fictional export version for the Fuerza Aérea Argentina with markings for the following squadrons;
Grupo 1 De Caza in silver (as initially delivered).
Grupo 6 De Caza in 'tactical' camo.
Grupo 10 De Caza in 'air superiority' camo.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the MiG-19S_FAA folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the MiG-19S_FAA folder into your Decals 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 - 09/04/2020
Version 1 - 27/08/2011
118 downloads
- fuerza aérea argentina
- mig-19
- (and 2 more)
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[Fictional] Yakovlev Yak-23F 'Ilmavoimat'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Yakovlev Yak-23F 'Ilmavoimat' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock Yak-23 'Flora' to give a fictional export version for the Finnish Ilmavoimat with markings for Hävittäjälentolaivue 21 (Fighter Squadron 21) and Hävittäjälentolaivue 31 (Fighter Squadron 31) both in a natural metal finish. This revised upload allows me to introduce the lovely Yak-23 pit by Stary.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Yak-23F folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Yak-23F folder into your Decals folder.
3. From the PILOTS folder drag and drop the Pilot_Ilmavoimat folder into your Pilots folder.
That's it!
CREDITS
As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim.
Special thanks to Stary for giving us the Yak-23 pit (and many, many more).
And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 09/04/2020
Version 1 - 29/08/2011
175 downloads
- yak-23
- ilmavoimat
- (and 2 more)
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[Fictional] McDonnell Douglas F-4E 'Texas'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock F-4E_72 to make a fictional defender of the Republic of Texas!
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-4E_Texas folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-4E_Texas folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 07/05/2020
Version 1 - 10/09/2011
80 downloads
(3 reviews)0 comments
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[Fictional] Dassault Mirage 5FM 'Morocco'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Dassault Mirage 5FM for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock Dassault Mirage 5F to give a fictional export version for the Royal Moroccan Air Force (Force Aérienne Royale Marocaine) in a Desert camo scheme with markings for Escadre de Chasse "Tigre".
BACKSTORY
The Mirage 5 was developed from a request made by the Israeli Air Force in 1964 for a simpler 'clear weather' version of the Mirage 3E tailored mainly for the ground-attack role with avionics reduced and repositioned, more fuel for attack missions and two additional ventral stores pylons located towards the rear fuselage. In September 1966 Israel became the launch customer for this important new line of the Mirage family when they placed an order for 50 Mirage 5J's. However, rising tensions between Israel and their neighbouring Arab states during the early summer of 1967 allied to General de Gaulle's increasingly pro-Arab stance led to a French arms embargo to Israel announced on June 3rd, 1967 just two days before the Six-Day war despite Israel having paid for the aircraft in full.
By this time, the prototype Mirage 5 had flown and production was in full swing with the now embargoed Mirage 5J's beginning to stockpile at Bordeaux-Mérignac. But following the Mirage's dazzling combat record in the hands of Israeli pilots during the Six-Day war the air forces of many nations knocked on Dassault's door and one such nation was Morocco (formerly a French protectorate) who wanted the Mirage 5J's to supplement their recently acquired but decidedly lukewarm Northrop F-5A's. General de Gaulle readily agreed to this sale and Dassault made some minor modifications to the 5J's to export them as Mirage 5FM's to the Royal Moroccan Air Force in late 1968 with initial deliveries going to Escadre de Chasse "Tigre" based at Meknes, Northern Morocco.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Mirage5FM folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Mirage5FM folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
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 - 07/05/2020
Version 1 - 18/09/2011
164 downloads
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[Fictional] Dassault Mirage F.1A (RAF)
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Dassault Mirage F.1A for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock Mirage 3C to give a fictional export version for the Royal Air Force with markings for No.56, No.74 and No.111 squadrons of Fighter Command (all famous users of the contemporary and equally gorgeous Lightning).
N.B. This mod has been tested in a fully merged install and, in particular, uses the Lightning gunsight from Expansion Pack 2.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the MirageF1A folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the MirageF1A folder into your Decals folder.
That's it!
CREDITS
As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 06/05/2020
Version 1 - 25/09/2011
134 downloads
(2 reviews)0 comments
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[Fictional] Vought F-8E 'BZ' Crusader 'Belgium'
By Spinners in What If Hangar
Vought F-8E 'BZ' Crusader for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2
This is a very simple mod of the stock F-8E to give a fictional export version for the Force Navale Belgium / Belgische Zeemacht in an approximate 1970's timeline with markings an equally fictional Osprey squadron.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-8E_BZ folder into your Aircraft folder.
2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-8E_BZ folder into your Decals folder.
3. From the PILOTS folder drag and drop the PilotFNB folder into your Pilots folder.
CREDITS
As always, thanks to TK for the continuous improvement of a great little game/sim.
And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community.
Regards
Spinners
Version 2 - 02/05/2020
Version 1 - 22/10/2011
101 downloads
(0 reviews)0 comments
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