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B2 is still in service and expected to be until 2018/36

if you want, make it outof gold

If you want a new cat, CA could have a competition to design a fast, agile low cost, long range dogfighter, then model it and get specs for it and submit it to Boeing or LM or NG. Or something along those lines, it would be nice if the people here at CA worked together to design a new fighter to submit to a company in order to best all of the Gen 5 planes currently out. I know that im dreaming a bit, but it could work.

Remember, israelis like aircraft that are easy to maintain, incase they must be launched several times in one day. another problem is that thier desert bases and low level strike missions can seriously damage the tomcats swing wing, because of all the sand and dust that gets into the joints. For desert fighting Vipers and eagles excel because of great maneuverability and speed, multi role capabilities, ease of maintenance, fewere moving parts, and the viper looks really good in desert camo. The eagle was also more modern then the tomcat, and more easily modified to isreali standards, the tomcat is older than the eagle and was even considered to be bought by the USAF instead of the eagle, but the eagle was chosen as the better and has not been lost in combat yet. If the israelis wanted, they were offered a part in the developement of the raptor, but turned it down due to its cost. I love the tomcat but if i was in a dogfight i'd be in an Eagle or viper any day.

The israelis are the worlds tech evaluators. if new technology is used by them, you can bet your ass it is the best out there. the f-15 is better than the Tomcat, but i just want to jump into a tomcat, firewall the throttles, then go vertical at mach 2 and see how high i can go. the plane just looks like it can fly.

Depends on the plane, here are some CR's for some planes: F-86E Combat radius 330Mi, Hawker hunter f.6 CR 443mi, F-106b 575mi, F-8 1425mi, Mirage IIIC 180mi, RF-4e 594mi, Saab viggen <622mi, Tomcat (d) 1239 mi, eagle © 1222 mi, Viper (c Block 52) 340mi, Hornet © 460 mi, Sea harrier FRS.mkI 980 mi. These Specs are From the Book "Fighter - The worlds finest combat aircraft - 1914 to the present" by jim winchester For those who do not know what combat radius actually means, here is the Wikipedia Defn. Combat radius refers to the distance from an airbase that a warplane can reach, patrol there for a set amount of time and return to base with minimal fuel left. For a given aircraft, this distance varies according to whether or not it carries external drop tanks, the level (altitude) of the combat mission, and the amount and weight of ordnance it is carrying.

Has anyone considered trying to convert MilViz models into flyable aircraft in WO* the models are great quality and if we can get some out with the consent of the company they would look great. If anyone wants to look into it the website is www.milviz.com

I'd like to make my own stuff, but i don't have photoshop pr 3ds max and have no clue how to model, so i'm at a dilemma

Hell yeah just instead a one-piece canopy, like the raptor's, and 3d TVC. what could be considered is a blended intake/wing to cut down on radar sig. But, whatever, amazing pic.

sounded very familiar, until i realised i already read it under the reviews page here at CA. Again, great job

electric motors can mak swing wings easier to maintain, and i was implying that it would be interesting if someone made it for TW sims or something (i have no experience in using 3ds max and could not make a plane in there, mabey a little practice needed)

Why don't they replace Disks with flash drives or SD cards, im sure they can get them up to 20gigs and they are much smaller and easier to carry around. Plus you don't have to worry about it getting scratched.

get a 4g flash drive, go somwhere with highspeed net and download everything you need onto the drive, then port it over to your computer.

If we were to "rebuild the tomcat" using modern technology but with a mostly similar design, it would be cheaper, easier to maintain, lighter, faster, stronger, and more survivable. Mabey someone should design a Ficticious F-14E variant with 1-2 seats, glass cockpit, HUD/HMD single piece canopy and all that other good stuff.

one problem with it is that in a dogfight you can't look behind you or to your side cuz then you would be looking at the wall

no, my information is from discussions with TK in the TW forum. go there and type "Completion percentage" and "vista" in the search and you'll find one of mine

I don't know much about F4 but the thirdwire Wings over Vietnam has carrier ops and you can download many different types of the old cat for it from this site.

NOTICE: if you are planning to buy a thirdwire game with vista, wait till the vista ver comes out. it will run better, and comes with added features and better graphics (DX10)

its not a patch its a new release. online store users can upgrade for free apparently. SF will come out in a couple of months and each other release one month later.

It could be possible, but it would have to take every tactical decision that could be made into account. there are many ways to start a war and there are many ways to end it, but it is almost impossible to tell the effects.

I am looking for a good Joystick to go with the TW sims. any suggestions. I would prefer it to be of HOTAS configuration, not many issues, and under $200. Thank you i really want to get the best out of my games

Have you sold it yet? i'm still considering but i haven't seen many courgar reviews.

this was a while ago, but in vegas i once saw 2 f/a-18 at the Las Vegas airport. not Nellis afb but the airport outside the strip

1) already happened, war of independence, israel had no army and still won. 2) Israel would normally do a preemtive strikeon AF. 3) if all else fails, israel can nuke em,

mabey C5 could remake a nato fighters using WOI or make a nato fightersIII that takes place in the desert