Spinners

General Dynamics F-111N - 6° Stormo 'Diavoli Rossi', Aeronautica Militare Italiana, 1990 Once the USAF's SOR-183 'Tactical Strike Fighter' mission and the USN's 'Fleet Air Defense' mission had been banged together to create the TFX competition, eventually won by General Dynamics, there was immediate interest from many air forces due to the dazzling performance promised by the F-111. In turn, General Dynamics were encouraged by the US Department of State to propose export versions to allied nations so as to realise further cost savings from a larger production run. Indeed, the likely production run was estimated to be in excess of 1,500 for the USAF and USN plus another 1,000 for export to US allies and by 1964 this had prompted General Dynamics to actively market a baseline F-111X export version based on the F-111A. When the UK Government cancelled the outstanding TSR.2 strike aircraft in April 1965, General Dynamics realigned the F-111X to create the F-111N meant as a NATO standard type with the UK announced as a launch customer for a new version based on the Australian F-111C with long-span wings and strengthened landing gear and subsequently revised to incorporate the Triple Plow II intake and the TF30-P-12 engine rated at 20,250lbs thrust. Whilst initially only ordering 50 F-111N's the UK Government gave every indication of a total requirement of 220. In early 1966 Italy become the second customer for the F-111N when they ordered 90 aircraft for the Aeronautica Militare Italiana and the first of these entered service in 1969 with 154º Gruppo at Ghedi.

View File [Fictional] General Dynamics F-111A 'Early TAC' General Dynamics F-111A 'Early TAC' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the superb F-111A by FastCargo to represent a fictional 'earlier timeline' version of the F-111A entering service in 1965 with service years restricted to 1965 to 1967 inclusive. BACKSTORY Perhaps the three technical breakthroughs that came together to make the F-111A (the swing-wing, the afterburning turbofan and solid-state devices) came together just that little bit earlier leading to the corresponding earlier drafting of SOR-183 and the resultant TFX competition thus predating McNamara and the distraction of 'commonality' and the Naval F-111B. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, please make sure you've got the F-111 SuperVarkPack for the tanks and weapons bay mounted gun. Got it? Good! 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-111A_TAC folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-111A_TAC folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the SOUNDS folder drag and drop the TF30_DRY AND TF30_WET files into your Sounds folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, big thanks to Third Wire for the continuous improvement of a great little game/sim. Massive thanks to FastCargo for the full and complete F-111 family. The F-111 Super Vark Pack by FastCargo gives comprehensive thanks to everyone who has played a part and his credits include thanks to Norman Knight for the F-111 pit. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 1 - 02/02/14 Submitter Spinners Submitted 02/02/2014 Category What If Hangar

Uploaded - just give the admins some time.

Give me an hour or two and I'll upload it 'as is' (with F-105 Tail Numbers).

'Combat Lancer' - Six of the Best!

Parani MiG-15's Yes - MiG-15's

General Dynamics F-111A - 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, USAF Tactical Air Command, 1964 Only a partial 'what if' based on the swing-wing research carried out by Vickers during the mid-1950's being passed to NASA's Langley Laboratory earlier than reality (i.e. before 1959) and then a corresponding earlier drafting of SOR-183 and the resultant TFX competition predating McNamara and the distraction of 'commonality' and the Naval F-111B. I'm not sure an earlier TF30 would have done it much good though!

View File [Fictional] Scottish Electric Lightning F.6A 'Alba' Scottish Electric Lightning F.6A for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the Third Wire Lightning F.6 to give a fictional 'Scottish' Lightning - just a bit of post-Burns Night fun! Also included is my 'Yellowjacks' skin. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Lightning6A folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Lightning6A folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the SOUNDS folder drag and drop the AVON_DRY & AVON_WET sound files into your Sounds folder. CREDITS As always, big thanks to Third Wire for the continuous improvement of a great little game/sim. Thanks to Sundowner for the excellent Lightning templates and to comrpnt for the Data.ini tweaks. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 1 - 27/01/14 Submitter Spinners Submitted 01/27/2014 Category What If Hangar

Awaiting approval - 'Yellowjacks' skin also included.

OK mate. I'll see if I can package it together after work tonight.

McDonnell F3H-2M Demon - Flotille 12F, Aéronavale, 1962 The McDonnell F3H was one of the most promising fighter projects of the early 1950's but by 1954 the programme had virtually ground to a halt with a three-month grounding due a spate of crashes and inflight explosions stemming from the Westinghouse J40 engine problems that were also affecting other US Navy aircraft projects. By 1955 early F3H production aircraft were coming off the assembly line without engines and used as ground instructional training aircraft but the first flight of the Allison J71 powered F3H soon injected some confidence in the programme and, although the J71 was not exactly trouble free, it was a vast improvement over the J40. Despite this turmoil Aéronavale officials visited St. Louis with a view to purchasing the F3H for their forthcoming Clemenceau-class aircraft carriers and as a replacement for the SNCASE Aquillon (De Havilland Venom) on which they had cut their jet teeth a few years earlier. Initial plans to similarly licence-build the F3H were quickly shelved however due to a scaled-down order for just 36 aircraft and all Aéronavale F3H's were produced by McDonnell and delivered during 1957 and 1958 where they equipped Flotille 12F and Flotille 14F. However, delays in the French aircraft carrier programme meant that they were not embarked aboard the Clemanceau until 1962 and the Foch until early 1964 but remained in Aéronavale service until 1969 a full five years after the type was retired by the US Navy.

Panache

Seriously impressive work - hope the project goes well for you!

Flawed Diamond

I hear you Bro...

Scottish Electric Lightning F.6A - No.111 Squadron, Scottish Air Force, 1974 Just a bit of fun - no politics please!

It's not too complicated but it's far too many words to type! MigBuster did an excellent guide which is there in the knowledge base. My what if FGR.3 is already SF2 compliant.as is the GR.1 converted by Sundowner http://combatace.com/topic/67434-jaguar-gr1-for-sf2-series/

Splitter plates now painted!

Grumman F-111B Bobcat - VF-1 'Wolfpack', USN, 1977 Bobcat is just a temporary name until I hear of something better (that matches Grumman's heritage).

Hi mate and welcome to Combat Ace... and specifically to the 'what if' section! Yes, I know it's 'really' built by SEPECAT (I've been an aviation nut for > 40 years) but this is license-built by Fairchild.

Fat Cat

I've never been a fan of the F/A designations and, besides, Grumman's F11F Tiger claimed the F-11 slot.

Fairchild A-11C Jaguar - 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron, USAFE, 1980 Thanks to Muesli for the Grey IAF Shamser skin http://combatace.com/files/file/9467-shamsher-grey-iaf-14-sqn-skin/