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Some stuff in my Wings Over Scandinavia install I need to transfer to my Strike Fighters2 Scandinavia install: And a Bear gets too close to Swedish airspace:

What, no SPAARRTAAA(n)! jokes?

G.222?

I believe they're working on a patch to fix the problem. Should be ready in 'two weeks!'

Fantastic! I have to say though, I was half expecting to see Colonial Vipers!

Great plane Monty, many thanks! Is it easily converted to first gen games? I'd like to add it to my DAT Spanish Civil War install.

Great map! Looking forward to flying it. Love the Russia/Georgia and the Israel/Iran ideas. Some other scenario ideas that spring to mind: 1) 1970s - Pre-revolution Iran + USA + UK vs Soviets - mid to late'70s jets, maybe a US carrier battle group in the Black Sea, a Soviet amphibious invasion of northern Iran, British jets (Buccs, Vulcans, TSR2?) operating out of Iranian bases and ranging north to strike Soviet targets well behind the lines. 2) 1980s - Soviet invasion of post-revolution Iran. Maybe part of a wider WW3? Clancy's Red Storm Rising was supposed to knockout NATO so the Sovs could seize the Persian Gulf oil fields and Harold Coyle's Sword Point pretty much plays out this scenario without the european war first. 3) Operation Warlord - Rather than a campaign, maybe a set of single missions covering the action in Richard Herman's Force of Eagles?

Do we have a Finnish skin for the BAe Hawk? http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww4/a/632/88/0

This is the SF1 download announcements. Shouldn't it be in the SF2 section?

Ooh, and Justin Beiber could play the son! In 3D!!

Just watched this fascinating documentary. http://www.channel5.com/shows/revealed/episodes/americas-planned-war-on-britain-revealed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red I never heard of this before, but now I know where Harry Turtledove got his inspiration from. One for Wrench to get stuck into? Just imagine if the war actually happened and America won and then eventually invaded the UK. We would have wall to wall US tv and movies, a Starbucks in every street and a McDonalds on every corner......er, hang on a sec...

BBC article: Why Star Wars should be left to the fans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14944240 As for a Top Gun sequel, how about Maverick gets shot down over some unamed Middle eastern country that flies 'MiG 23' Kfirs and his son has to steal an F-16 to go and save him! In 3D!!

Many happy returns!

I've got that book too. Great story that I'll have to re-read now. Would it make a good mission using Wrench's SoCal(?) terrain?

Hmmm. Is it worth getting Mitchell Gant out of retirement yet? Kenneth Aubrey: When the first rumors began to filter out of Japan some three years ago, our theoretical weapons strategists stood before CombatAce moderator command to explain - with much confidence - that it would take the Japanese a minimum of ten years to develop a set of battery-powered cat ears that react to "brainwaves," allowing the wearer to wiggle them. I stand before you today to explain - with much regret - that we were wrong.

What if the Nimitz never came back the present day at the end of The Final Countdown and stayed in WW2? http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/FT48056

He-111B would be good for SCW too

Just a thought, but does anyone remember the Red Sea terrain from F-22 Total Air war? IIRC it covered Saudi & Yemen on one side of the sea and Egypt, Sudan & Ethiopia on the other.

A, B, C & D are in this pack: http://combatace.com/files/file/9775-viper-pack-from-avsim/ They are quite old though and the mods for the cockpits etc mentioned above will probably be needed.

If you can't get those models then have you looked at the Tamiya & Trumpeter 1/350 model aircraft sets for their carriers? A quick Google search also revealed that Airfix have a set out for HMS Illustrious ith Harriers (GR7/9 & FA.2, Merlins & Sea Kings). http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/ships/warships/british-navy/ah0022-1350-scale-aircraft-for-hms-illustrious-ah0022/?searchguid=&resultspage=&sortorder= http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php?product_category_id=&product_division_id=&manufacturer_id=&code=&product_type_id=all_aircraft_kits&scale_id=996&keyword_search=&setPerPage=100

Many happy returns!

BBC coverage including footage of the plane going down. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14605914 RIP

Central America would be good for Nicaragua/El Salvador/Honduras scenarios from the '80s and Belize/Guatemala confrontations with the UK supporting Belize (didn't we send Harriers there at one time?). For Scandinavia I'm already using Baltika's excellent North Cape terrain for a Wings over Scandinavia install based on WOE (haven't the heart to import it into SF2 and set up a dedicated install with all the patches every 5 minutes adding lots of non-needed planes!). A Yugoslavia/Balkans terrain would be very welcome after what appears to be several false starts over the years.

Surely this should have been DLC #007?