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Cockpit shown in the picture belongs to F.1CE...

Indeed ground objects have skills but you can't change experience level via mission editor in a given mission. You can adjust experience level only in objects that the user adds himself. If for example an enemy target area has a SAM site and some AAAs nearby you can't adjust the experience level cause these objects don't appear in mission editor. Plus if you add SAMs which need radar and launchers I doubt if ever these two will manage to link themselves. I've added many times Fangsong or Straightflush radars along with their launchers but not even a lock achieved. Maybe SAMs have a normal experience level by default in the game but why in Vietnam terrain are so effective?

The only enemy nation in nations.ini is NVietnam. The SAM operators training level can be adjusted?

It's a bit weird but that's what I've ended up after playing many missions in various terrains. I've made some modifications so that NVietnam can operate SA-3, SA-6, SA-8 etc. Their performance proved quite deadly! Even the older SA-2F gives a Pk of at least 0.4 - 0.5 if flying above 1500ft without use of countermeasures. In general all SAMs fired their missiles when targets came within their range and most of the times they seemed to follow the path direct to the target. In other terrains SA-2F will hit the target only when flying high and no hard manuevers. SA-3 will fire in closer ranges, SA-6 reacts very slowly and sometimes doesn't even fire! SA-8 doesn't react very fast in addition to Vietnam when fires all missiles if needed. MANPADS SA-14 and SA-18 usually don't fire to enemy aircrafts but in Vietnam don't just fire but are also quite effective when flying with no flares. I've installed the terrain files from SF2V XP V2.0 and SAM pack. I've also tested the Red Side SAM performance in a "clean" full merged SF2V install. SA-2F was as good as in the modded terrain.

Antonov An-12BP "Cub" - Hellenic Air Force, 1971

Eastern Mediterranean 1986

Training flight

Ready to scramble...

Vintage magic

Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-29 (9.12A) "Fulcrum-A" - Hellenic Air Force, 1990

Full merged and occasionally 1 or 2 separate installs

Nice but too bright environment! Any idea how to decrease the brightness?

An another great cockpit by Stary! Is there any Yak-28P flight model in DL sections? I made a quick search and didn't find something. Suppose it could be in NatoFighters pack.

Starfighters taking off !