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Republic F-7J Thunderstorm - VF-1 'Wolf Pack' US Navy, 1975

Republic F-7J Thunderstorm - VF-1 'Wolf Pack', US Navy, 1975 In May 1968 the Armed Services Committees of both houses of Congress refused to authorise further funds for the F-111B forcing the Department of Defence to issue a stop-work order to General Dynamics. Whilst this was initially received as good news by the US Navy they soon felt that they had been forced to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire when the Republic Thunderstorm was forced upon them and Grumman's promising VFX submission (Model 303 'Tomcat') and associated AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 missile were allowed to pass into history. Entering service in 1971 the F-7J Thunderstorm was Republic's first naval aircraft and served with both the USN and the USMC seeing extensive action in Vietnam and also seeing action with two USMC squadrons during the 1991 Gulf War.

Cool!

Hawker Hunter F.50 / J34

Very good!

Dassault Mirage IIICI - 22° Gruppo, 51° Stormo, Aeronautica Militare Italiana, 1967 Another of my favourite units - I just love that whole cat v. mice thing!

Nice! Some 1958 USS Essex footage

But I love Diablo!

The later Mirage 5CI

Dassault Mirage IIICI - 154° Gruppo, 6° Stormo, Aeronautica Militare Italiana, 1966 The 1961 Franco-Italian Defence Agreement led to the early adoption of the Dassault Mirage IIIC by the Aeronautica Militare Italiana with Fiat responsible for licence-production of the airframe and final assembly with the SNECMA-supplied 13,500lb thrust Atar 9B-5 turbojet engine. Designated Mirage IIICI (I for Italie) the aircraft was equipped with the standard Cyrano I radar and armed with two 30 mm cannons plus one Matra/Fiat R531 'Spada' (Sword) semi-active radar homing missile and two locally produced Selenia 'Pugnale' (Dagger) heat-seeking air-to-air missiles. Entering service in March 1964 with 154° Gruppo of 6° Stormo the Mirage IIICI mainly replaced the F-86K Sabre in Aeronautica Militare Italiana service and eventually equipped four squadrons in the interception role before being supplanted by the multi-role Mirage 5CI with the last Mirage IIICI being retired in 1984.

Looking good Mario!

The Devil's in Heaven...

Dassault Mirage 5I - 154° Gruppo, 6° Stormo, Aeronautica Militare, 1971

Morning. Downloaded update and then applied. Like you, I've got the nation name decals archived and I've just popped them in my decals folder. Odd that just those are affected though, isn't it?

Strangely, GIMP cannot open any 'nation name' decals at all but works OK with everything else. Unknown image type 0 for 'C:\Users\Spinners\Desktop\CAT\STOCK DECALS\NATIONNAMEWHITE154.TGA' Opening 'C:\Users\Spinners\Desktop\CAT\STOCK DECALS\NATIONNAMEWHITE154.TGA' failed: TarGA image plug-In could not open image

Same here (F-4B_67).

Well, Wales are currently playing 'The Pumas' at the Millennium Stadium so I thought it I'd release it today. Edited for spelling.

View File [Fictional] MiG-17PF 'Fuerza Aérea Argentina' 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 Submitter Spinners Submitted 08/20/2011 Category What If Hangar

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Should be available for download in an hour or so.

Love that wraparound scheme!

Esperamos que el lanzamiento mañana / Hope to release tomorrow.