Spinners

Thud, Thud, Thud!

Republic Aviation F-105D Thunderchief - 107 'Knights of the Orange Tail Squadron' Israeli Air Force, 1967

In his book "Duels in the sky" Eric 'Winkle' Brown stated that the Zeke had only a moderate rate of roll and that the Wildcat had a good rate of roll. It's not quite clear but I think he was referring to the F4F-3 Wildcat II.

Rain Of Terror

It's a great skin by Monty CZ.

Fairchild C-119E Flying Boxcar - No.37 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1967 Skin Credit: MontyCZ

Blackburn Barge C.1 - No.30 Squadron, RAF Transport Command, 1961

The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar masquerading as the Blackburn Barge C.1

No problem mate. The 'odd technical issue' was me not re-packing properly. IT experts refer to the likes of me as PICNIC - problem in chair not in computer

North American F-100D 'Shavit' - 253 Squadron, Israeli Air Force, 1973

North American F-100D 'Shavit' - 117 Squadron, Israeli Air Force, 1967 Despite a very smooth test and development phase North American Aviation's superb F-107 unexpectedly lost out to Republic Aviation's F-105 Thunderchief in the competition for a new supersonic fighter-bomber for TAC. By early 1959 the end of the F-100D production line was now in sight and with the F-108 and B-70 programmes now on the far horizon North American Aviation needed to stretch the F-100 Super Sabre programme out to plug the gap and urgently proposed a variety of F-100 variants to several friendly nations, including Israel, Japan and the United Kingdom. In April 1959 the Israeli government signed for 50 F-100D's and the first of these entered Heyl Ha'Avir service in February 1960 replacing the obsolete Gloster Meteors of 117 Squadron. The 'Shavit' was a popular machine in Heyl Ha'Avir service and served with distinction during the 1967 'Six-Day' war but losses were heavy during the early days of the 1973 'Yom Kippur' war and two small batches of ex-USAF F-100D's were accquired as attrition replacements allowing No.253 squadron to re-equip with the F-100D before finally retiring the type in November 1977.

You should have DM'd me as I rarely come to the SF1 section. Hopefully sorted but probably awaiting admin approval for a while due to the time difference.

Does the game even support JDAM's?

The Draken was amazing for the era in which it was designed as the overall configuration was just about finalised as far back as 1949! Incredible.

I've been hit by a big wave of nostalgia!

Sister Squadrons

Saab Draken F.2A - No.23 'Red Eagle' Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1991

I didn't get on board until early 2008 when I saw a copy of Strike Fighters Gold (with an F-4E on the cover) in a local department store. My PC at that time was far from being a gaming machine but SFG worked just fine and I quickly caught up with WoV and WoE. This was a great time as WoI came out soon after and Strike Fighters 2 came in at the end of the year. From the very start I just wanted to modify the game to my own tastes and have the ability to place, say, an F-105D in service with the RAF and give it contemporary markings still gives me a kick. This nudged me in the direction of making my own decals and then making my own skins, mainly from templates but sometimes from scratch. I have tried other flight sims but I still find that SF best suits my interests. It's a pity that Third Wire did not continue to support SF on PC as I liked the direction they were going with DLC's and I'm convinced that SF2:Korea was on the horizon. Hey ho.

The Chase

Californication

North American F-107C Ultra Sabre - 196th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, California ANG, 1977

North American F-107C Ultra Sabre - 101st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard, 1974

"Mercy sake's alive, looks like we got us a convoy!"