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IDF's half aircraft looses happened in the first 4 days of the conflict. Arabs had made a quite effective SAM umbrella protecting ground forces. The combination of SA-6/ZSU-23-4 proved very deadly as these systems shot down at least 50-55 IDF aircrafts mostly A-4s and F-4s. Keep in mind that these aircrafts were the main attacking force of IDF, so without the Skyhawk and Phantom replacements from US surplus, IDF's attacking force would have been dramatically decreased. Later on, IDF developed tactics to limit SAM effectiveness and they partially succeeded although SAMs kept posing a significant threat. But I agree with Gepard, without US help it would be just a matter of time to run out of ammunition, spare parts etc.

ECM strength value has serious impact... I remember years ago playing a mission tryting to intercept a B-52 with MiG-29. The B-52 was a 3rd party add on obviously since I couldn't track it even from 5 km distance! Then I checked ECM value and indeed was quite higher.

Portuguese Guinea circa 1973

Quite large terrain... I guess the dimensions are at least 2000x2000 km... I think you should have included a bigger part of Eastern Europe. That thing demands huge effort!

I don't know technical details but IR missile interchangeability could take place and there are examples... Hellenic and Spanish Mirage F1s could carry AIM-9 instead of Magic and Iraqi MiG-21s were modified to carry Magics.

A huge thanks for a mod which is a massive overall improvement and sets higher standards for others to follow! Maybe the most comprehensive add on package to date!

A legendary aviator! R.I.P. Chuck...

Best wishes Gkabs... I hope you and your wife to recover as soon as possible.

This is quite strange... Stock Vietnam terrain seems to have more effective air defenses than other terrains. I had made a similar topic some years ago: https://combatace.com/forums/topic/87040-vietnam-terrain-improves-red-side-sam-performance/?tab=comments#comment-700997 In Vietnam the SA-2F Guideline performs much better than others terrains.

IAI Kfir C.2Z - South African Air Force, 1985 Shortly after 1982 Lebanon War, Israeli Air Force decided to modernize its Kfir fleet. A modernization program starting in 1983 would bring the majority of Kfir C.2 to C.7 standard. 20 Kfir C.2 aircrafts were not included in this program and soon became available for export. In 1984 South African Air Force stated interest for these airframes and some months later delieveries begun. These aircrafts were designated Kfir C.2Z and were delievered along with Shafrir-2 missiles.

Russian source about the missile: http://airwar.ru/weapon/avv/k40d1.html

Guys I think I'm a little confused with the missile parameteres seeker rate and seeker FOV. I want to edit some missile parameters by using the weapon editor. I actually want to edit the maximum effective range of the A-A missiles. Maximum launch range is the longest distance in which a missile can be launched from an aircraft, right? What is seeker range, what is FOV range and in which way these two affect the maximum effective range? Thanks!

It would be if SF2 supported multiplayer.