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Well, my mate made it back from his Great Trek. He's written a book about his adventures http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Life-Motorcycle-Odyssey/dp/0956476503/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265212456&sr=8-14 I'm going to have to get it because his blog got blocked when he crossed the border into China, I wanted to find out what happened next and he won't tell me! Disaster struck when he got home though! http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/4738090.Globe_trotting_bike_taken_during_short_trip_to_store/?ref=rss (edited for spelling mistake)

I remember reading somewhere, but I don't remember where, that the best pilots were moved up to the newest planes, so your A-4 pilot could have moved to F-16s. I also know a pilot who served in 1982 who flew A-4s. I spoke to him about his experiences once and seem to remember that he was fairly newly qualified at the time and he said that once he was more experienced he would be moved on to more advanced aircraft. He told me about having to hit targets accurately in urban Beirut with only dumb bombs when the targets (mortars, heavy machine guns, ammo dumps etc) were pretty close to civilian targets such as schools, mosques, churches etc or firendly troops. He said that it was pretty hairy to start with but that they got so proficient that the ground units started to request them specifically rather than wait for an aircraft armed with LGBs or a helicopter gunship with TOWs.

Maybe merge this with Julhelm's thread?

Has anyone got Mitchell Gant's phone number?

Many happy returns!

Looks like the new F-31 will have something to escort...

lol - Dave, maybe you should change your name from USAFMTL to Goose!

Looks great! That skin's not from the old Airfix 1/72 kit is it?

Couldn't resist!

It would have been nice with a skull and crossbones on the tail!

I've not used this campaign but the name suggests that it's for SF2 rather than SF2E. Or at least for a merged install that includes the desert terrain.

Can Baltika's reply be added to the KB and\or as a sticky to the propheads forum? With the link to Wrench's how to set up a seperate install and the main WW2 links it's that good.

OK, let's say you have WOE installed in c\Thirdwire\Wings Over Europe and want to create a WW2 European theatre install:- 1) Navigate to the Thirdwire folder, right click on the Wings Over Europe folder and 'copy', then move your mouse to a free space in the Thirdwire folder, right click and 'paste' 2) Next rename your new Wings Over Europe folder to something like Wings Over Europe WW2ETO, go into the folder and send the WOE.exe to the desktop as a shortcut to that install, and rename the shortcut accordingly so you don't get mixed up on your desktop. You could also change the icon to something more appropriate too. 3) Now the fun bit. In your new Wings Over Europe WW2ETO folder you'll need to go into the objects\aircraft and objects\ground objects folders and delete all the modern stuff and doenload and install the WW2 planes, tanks, ships etc you want, together with the appropriate skins, pilots etc. 4) A WW2 weapons pack should round things off nicely. 5) You can make as many installs as you like, for WW2 Pacific or Med. action, or any other theatre or era that we have mods available for. For a WW1 install it's even simpler - buy First Eagles!

Didn't the Jag A have a different nose to the GR.1?

Personally I use the pilot that's included with the Marcfighters Mi-8 for all my Russian helos.

What? No mention of this classic?

Red Storm Rising would have been the ultimate Cold War Gone Hot movie!

Two more: Buffalo Soldiers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252299/ The Fourth Protocol http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093044/ Even James Bond movies like From Russia With Love and Octopussy have cold war elements. btw By Dawn's Early Light is based on the novel Trinity's Child http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity's_Child It scared the cr*p out of me when I read it aged 15 in 1983! And of course, Spies Like Us http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090056/ Russian Interregator #2: Every minute you don't tell us why you are here, I cut off a finger. Emmett Fitz-Hume: Mine or yours? Russian Interregator #2: Yours. Emmett Fitz-Hume: Damn!

Wow! Did you just blow up the Death Star?

Here ya go http://www.flickr.com/photos/tkawahito/collections/72157623013518143/ Here's his main photo album menu too http://www.flickr.com/photos/tkawahito/collections/72157605105171064/

TK posted some pics from March Field AF museum on his Facebook, including some Korean era planes.

And here's the official video for this thread! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GAgm8sZ5mo

45 minutes to go in the UK - happy new year everyone!

Iranian F-5E skin http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=2903 For the F-5A skin check out the IranIraq mod http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=1270