Spinners

From an idea by MAKO69... If you've got any USCG 'what if' ideas post them here! From my archive;

Ooh, that's nice PH. The high demarcation line looks really good.

Post of the day.

Top notch work. Very impressed.

Light blue touch paper and retire...

View File [Fictional] McDonnell Douglas F-4EZ Phantom McDonnell Douglas F-4EZ Phantom for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire F-4E_78 to create a fictional South African Air Force F-4EZ Phantom in service with No.2 Squadron in the following schemes and timeframes; 1. 1979-1981 A 'Mirage F.1CZ' style scheme with tricolour fin and 'Springbok' national markings. 2. 1982-2002 As above but with the later style of national markings. 3. 2003-2012 Final Grey scheme with toned-down national markings. It goes without saying that you must have the F-4E_78 LOD's in your install and you'll also need the Mirage 3CZ DLC for the V3B Kukri and serial number decals although there are some easy workarounds if you don't. The idea for this 'what if' came from Stratos who created the 'Mirage F.1CZ' style skin whilst I did the tank skins, decals and packaging so it's an Anglo-Spanish joint venture and we hope that you enjoy it! BACKSTORY During the mid-1970's the South African Government made tentative enquiries regarding purchasing the McDonnell Douglas Phantom for the South African Air Force (SAAF) with no success but in February 1977 the incoming Democrat President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, and the South African State President Nicolaas Diederichs agreed to the purchase of 30 F-4EZ's for delivery in 1979 and these were among the very last St. Louis-built Phantoms produced. Entering service with No.2 Squadron 'The Flying Cheetahs' of the SAAF the F-4EZ's initially operated from Hoedspruit AFB before moving to Louis Trichardt AFB in early 1993. With SAAF Impalas, Buccaneers and Mirage F.1CZ's operating in the ground-attack role the Phantoms saw limited action in the Border War but at least four Angolan MiG-21's and two Mi-17 helicopters were shot down by No.2 Squadron. The surviving F-4EZ's were finally retired in 2019 when they replaced by Eurofighter Typhoons. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-4EZ folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-4EZ folder into your main Decals folder. 3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the V3B4 folder into your main Weapons folder. That's it! CREDITS Thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Muchas gracias to Stratos for the superb SAAF 'Mirage F.1CZ' style skin created with a little bit of help from Ludo on SAAF colours and Sundowner's legendary F-4E templates - thanks guys! And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 01/02/19 Version 1 - 02/09/12 Submitter Spinners Submitted 09/02/2012 Category What If Hangar

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McDonnell Douglas F-4EZ Phantom - No.2 Squadron, South African Air Force, 2003

Handsome looking machine the Helldiver and you're doing a great job Ed. Well done.

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.5 - No.6 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command, 1985 Third Wire's new 'Euro One' skin - note the toned-down missiles.

McDonnell Douglas F-4EZ Phantom - No.2 Squadron, South African Air Force, 1980

Tidy ; )

Avro Canada F-112A Arrow - 186th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Montana ANG, 1973 Happy with this but just cannot get a number decal on the fin. Will try with a fresh head on tomorrow...

Really nice Jonathan, especially the uppermost one.

I think the DLC skin packs have been very good value and I'll definitely be getting this one.

The future plans look promising. Any firm news on an F-4?

Oh, so it was a public service announcement. Thank you very much.

Avro Canada Arrow F.2 - No.64 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1966

Avro Canada Arrow F.2 - No.111 'Treble One' Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1966

We already have a DCS sub-forum so I'm not too sure why this post has been placed here. I'm open-minded about DCS and at some time I will give it a go but for the moment the planeset is of almost no interest to me.

RIP to a true hero. Was it really 43 years ago that I was an excited kid watching grainy black and white images of this amazing feat of human accomplishment?

Avro Canada / Saab J-36C 'Pilen' - F21, Flygvapnet, 1975 The first flight of the Avro Canada CF-105 on March 28th, 1958 was a complete success even on the lower power of the Pratt & Whitney J75 engines and during subsequent evaluation flights company test pilot Jan Zurakowski encountered no major problems. However, the programme received a major blow in September 1958 when the American Bomarc surface-to-air missile system was bought and this seemed to signal the end of the line for the Arrow although the Canadian government insisted that a decision would be deferred until the following March. This deadline gave Avro Canada the impetus to seek a development partner but there was no interest from UK companies (whose government had declared that manned aircraft were obsolete the previous year in the infamous Sandys White Paper) whilst American companies knew that the chances of the Arrow entering USAF service were virtually nil as the F-106 was just beginning to replace the F-102 on the Convair production line and, beyond that, the future lay with Weapon System 202 (F-108) - a Mach 3 interceptor programme running parallel with Weapon System 110A (B-70). In desparation, Avro Canada looked further afield and in January 1959 approached Saab on the basis that Sweden seemed to have similar requirements to Canada in terms of range and performance. With the outstanding Saab Draken entering production and scheduled to enter service the following year this seemed unlikely but, behind the scenes, senior Flygvapnet officials had expressed concerns over the Draken's single-engined overwater safety performance and unrefuelled range and hastily drafted a specification for Project 1299 for a twin-engined, radar-equipped, long-range all-weather fighter capable of reaching Mach 2.0 in level flight whilst operating from existing Swedish runways and designated sections of 'motorväg'. By early March 1959 a formal partnership backed by both Governments had been formed and although the development timescale was slowed down by the merger the Arrow was saved. Within months, the American F-108 programme was cancelled and the USAF suddenly became interested in the Arrow as a follow-on programme to the F-106 eventually ordering 300 as the F-112A. Arrow production commenced in 1963 with the first aircraft off the Malton production line going to the Royal Canadian Air Force whilst the first aircraft off the newly-built Linköping production line went to the Swedish Flygvapnet in February 1965.

Is the game selecting a number outside of the range of the numbers list? Best controlled by adding this to the textureset.ini DecalNumberRandomize=TRUE DecalNumberStart=0 DecalNumberEnd=11 DecalNumberBlockSize=12

That's a good link - cheers! Big thanks to FastCargo for bringing this to Strike Fighters. I'd imagine it means as much to the Canadians as Bongodriver's TSR.2 meant to me and my fellow Brits.