Spinners

I love the variety but if I had to choose then I'd go the Phantom F-4E with the 'Thud' a close second. Mission wise, I prefer STRIKE as you inevitably get a chance to dogfight as well!

Not quite a D-31 but here is a great source of D-25 stuff... http://www.digitalstrike.eu/index.html

View File Sukhoi Su-27i 'Espada' - Ejercito del Aire Sukhoi Su-27i 'Espada' - Ejercito del Aire This is a 'what if' Sukhoi Su-27i (the Sukhoi Design Bureau allocated 'i' for Ispansi) in service with the Ejército del Aire with markings for 133 Escuadron. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Su-27i folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Su-27i into your Decals folder. I've simplified this download by reverting to stock items so now go and fly the Su-27i in Ejercito del Aire markings! CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to Marcello for creating the wonderful Su-27. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 09/03/18 Version 1 - 06/08/08 *************************************************************************************************************** Marcello makes the following credits which I'm keen to repeat; Model by - Marcfighter helped by BPAO Skins by - Marcfighter Cockpit by - MarcFighter, BPAO (special thanks to Boopidoo, Mago, Badger and Kesselbrut) Flight Model by - Starfighter2, Fubar512, Kreelin - Avionics by -Moonjumper Thanks - MK2 The EDA Grey scheme is by me (Spinners) but only due to Marcello making these templates available as downloads on his site. *************************************************************************************************************** Submitter Spinners Submitted 08/06/2008 Category Fictional/What If Skins

View File F-14A Tomcat - Ejercito Del Aire Ala 12 (What If) Grumman F-14A Tomcat - Ejercito del Aire This is a 'what if' F-14A Tomcat in service with the Ejercito del Aire with markings for 121, 122 and 123 Escuadrons of 12 Ala (12th Wing). The EDA 'Iberian Camo' is actually the stock Iranian Air Force skin by Column5 and Sundowner and it really does suit the Ejercito del Aire markings - especially if you use gepard's superb Israel 2 terrain (recommended). BACKSTORY By the late 1970's the Phantom F-4C's of 12 Ala (12th Wing) were becoming increasingly long in the tooth and the Ejercito del Aire urgently sought a replacement. McDonnell Douglas appeared to have the upper hand with no less than three products on offer; The F-4E Phantom (still in low-rate production). The F-15C Eagle. The F/A-18A Hornet. However, during 1978 the situation in Iran was becoming increasingly unstable and by January 1979 the Shah of Iran had fled in exile. An immediate arms embargo to Iran soon followed and Grumman were left with a considerable number of undelivered and now undeliverable Iranian F-14A Tomcats. A formal approach to Spain was made by Grumman and agreement was soon reached for the supply of 30 F-14A's to replace the Phantom F-4C's of No.121 and No.122 Escuadrons with a small follow-on batch of 10 F-14R's to supplement and eventually replace the RF-4C's of No.123 Escuadron. The F-14A Tomcat gave good service to the Ejercito del Aire before being phased out during 2009 and replaced by Boeing Hornet F/A-18F's. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-14A_EDA folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-14A_EDA into your Decals folder. I've simplified this download by reverting to stock items so now go and fly the Tomcat in Ejercito del Aire markings! CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to The Mirage Factory for creating the lovely F-14A Tomcat. The original Read Me is in this packand there's some legendary names in there - thanks to one and all! And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 06/03/18 Version 1 - 05/08/08 Submitter Spinners Submitted 08/05/2008 Category Fictional/What If Skins

An esoteric little beauty! Well done to all concerned.

Dave - To simplify things for the mods just have one 'open' category (i.e. edited and unedited).

I like the current set up of one per day. I here what you are saying about people submitting {warning - TOP GUN cliche alert} 'the best of the best' but the daily trawl through the screenshots can be inspiring and also a glimpse into the future shop window for the modellers and modders. In addition, comments about my screenshots have got me starting to upload a few bits and pieces. I would like to see a 'hall of fame' sticky just showing the monthly winners.

Intel E6850 3.0Ghz 2 core duo with 2.0GB RAM and an NVIDIA 8800GT graphics card.

I play mirrors off and shadows off but everything else high; SFG, WOV and WOE seem to be 70+ fps (with both figures on the top of the screen matching). In WOI it can drop down to 30-40 fps (with the game normally trying to deliver much more). I actually deleted WOI recently. Apart from the parked up aircraft and rear-view (which I'd like to have in the earlier games) it just feels so non-standard with some aircraft handling badly and I can't get my joystick configured the same as in the earlier games. I'll probably come back to it at some time but, for now, I'm using Gepard's Israel 2 terrain in SFG to give me my IDF fun.

Awesome work!

View File McDonnell Douglas Hornet F.2 (F/A-18F) McDonnell Douglas Hornet F.2 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 1 This is a 'what if' RAF Hornet F.2 interceptor with markings for No.5 squadron of the Royal Air Force. Erwin_hans was good enough to release a blank skin so it was a easy to knock-up an RAF Superbug. This is a fine add-on aircraft for 'Strike Fighters 1' and 101tfs and Erwin_hans have created a true masterpiece - one of the very best add-ons available and I'd like to thank them for their hard work in bringing this aeroplane to us. Please note that in this revision I've simplified the effects and sounds to use stock files and you'll want to change the loadout.ini to suit the weapons you've got as, again, I've left it to stock. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the HORNETF2 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the HORNETF2 into your Decals folder. P.S. Remember to set your Single Mission EndYear=2010,2020,2040 or whatever in your Options.Ini! CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Thanks to 101tfs and Erwin_hans for creating the first F/A-18F. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 04/03/18 Version 1 - 02/08/08 P.S. Remember to set your Single Mission EndYear=2010,2020,2040 or whatever in your Options.Ini! Submitter Spinners Submitted 08/02/2008 Category Fictional Aircraft, Experimental and UAV's

View File Hornet FGR.3 (F/A-18F) - RAF (No.4 squadron) McDonnell Douglas Hornet FGR.3 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 1 This is a 'what if' RAF Hornet FGR.3 with markings for No.4 squadron of the Royal Air Force. Erwin_hans was good enough to release a blank skin so it was a easy to knock-up an RAF Superbug. This is a fine add-on aircraft for 'Strike Fighters 1' and 101tfs and Erwin_hans have created a true masterpiece - one of the very best add-ons available and I'd like to thank them for their hard work in bringing this aeroplane to us. Please note that in this revision I've simplified the effects and sounds to use stock files and you'll want to change the loadout.ini to suit the weapons you've got as, again, I've left it to stock. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the HORNETFGR3 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the HORNETFGR3 into your Decals folder. P.S. Remember to set your Single Mission EndYear=2010,2020,2040 or whatever in your Options.Ini! CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Thanks to 101tfs and Erwin_hans for creating the first F/A-18F. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 03/03/18 Version 1 - 25/08/11 P.S. Remember to set your Single Mission EndYear=2010,2020,2040 or whatever in your Options.Ini! Submitter Spinners Submitted 08/02/2008 Category Fictional Aircraft, Experimental and UAV's

This might be way off but I've had a couple of 'black screen' crashes (not CTD's) using the new F/A-18F in WOV and cured it by setting the End Year to 2040 in the Options.ini

I'm a bit late to The Ugly Bug Ball but THANKS guys!

Good news indeed! Keep up the good work!

View File Corsair GR.2 - RAF Strike Command LTV Corsair GR.2 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 1 This is a simple re-paint and 'ini' edit of Florian's (Amokfloo) superb TA-7E Corsair II to give a 'what-if' Corsair GR.2 of the Royal Air Force circa 1975. I did this skin back in 2008 and apologise for it being a bit rough but I just love the RAF camo schemes of that era and slightly later, especially with the 'B' type (Blue/Red) roundels. Apart from adding a screenshot for the downloads section I've just added some serial numbers. Anyway, Florian's original readme is below and I'd like to thank him for his good work and also echo his thanks to triplethr3at and Armourdave. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the CORSAIRGR2 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the CORSAIRGR2 into your Decals folder. CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Thanks to Florian for the TA-7E. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 03/03/18 Version 1 - 02/08/08 Submitter Spinners Submitted 07/30/2008 Category Fictional Aircraft, Experimental and UAV's

View File [Fictional] Corsair GR.1 - RAF South East Asia Command BAC/Vought Corsair GR.1 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2:VIETNAM This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire A-7B to give a fictional BAC/Vought Corsair GR.1 with markings for No.8 and No.20 squadrons of RAF South East Asia Command. BACKSTORY The UK General Election of October 1964 saw a new Labour government slip into power with a slender four-seat majority but this did not deter their planned shake-up of the UK Defence Budget. Whilst many observers felt that the TSR.2 programme would survive until at least the 1965 April budget it was not that great a shock when the axe fell earlier than expected in November 1964 with a bland announcement that a three-month study period of the RAF's tactical strike and recconnaisance requirements would be immediately started as part of a much broader Emergency Defence Review. The Emergency Defence Review of February 1965 concluded that the RAF needed a more flexible force and recommended a mix of aircraft with a small force of sophisticated all-weather tactical strike aircraft, a much larger force of tactical attack machines plus an improved interceptor-fighter force equipped with longer-range aircraft than the totally inadequate Lightning. Whilst initially ordered as a replacement for the Hunter the Spey-enginned Phantoms already on order (thanks to an order placed by the outgoing Conservative Government in February 1964) were now allocated to air defence duties to replace the Lightnings in the UK and RAF Germany squadrons. For the tactical strike role it was no surprise that the F-111 was ordered but, like the Phantoms, with Spey engines which soon hit many of same problems encountered by the Spey-Phantoms. For the RAF's tactical attack role almost no one foresaw the purchase of Ling-Temco Vought's VAL contender (later designated A-7 Corsair II) as it had only just been selected, literally days earlier, by the US Navy as their A-4 Skyhawk replacement. The UK Government simply couldn't resist putting the non-afterburning Spey into their version of the Corsair but, thankfully, this was a much happier marriage and LTV had actually already planned their A-7 to use this engine as an insurance policy and to be able to offer an export version of their promising design. As some sort of feeble compensation to BAC for the loss of the TSR.2 the UK Government negotiated with LTV a manufacturing licence for BAC to licence-build all British production aircraft although this was more of a final assembly deal plus partnering on all European and Commonwealth sales which actually became quite lucrative for BAC. Development moved swiftly and apart from minor delays due to the substitution of the TF-30 for the Rolls-Royce Spey RB.168-2A turbofan engine the only other delay was caused by the substitution of the Colt Mk12 20mm cannon for British 30mm Aden (with reduced round capacity) and progress was certainly helped by having the prototypes built and test-flown in the USA and the British Corsairs simply slotted into the very smooth and highly successful LTV Corsair programme that saw the A-7A move from operational requirement to squadron service in three years. Entering service as the Corsair GR.1 in early 1968 the aircraft was extremely popular in RAF service and served until late 1991 after seeing service in Desert Storm. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the CorsairGR1 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the CorsairGR1 folder into your main Decals folder. 3. From the SOUNDS folder drag and drop the Spey_Dry file into your main Sounds folder. CREDITS Thanks to Third Wire for the continuous improvement of a great little game/sim. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 3 - 30/12/13 Submitter Spinners Submitted 07/29/2008 Category What If Hangar

Nice!