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Spang '79 pt 1

my next hunt is to see if there were any instances of Shrikes inboard and out board, so far it only seems to be inboard with wing tanks in a defense of Germany scenario, i dont think they would need the wing tanks, so Shrike and CBU seems more likely than

well of course the EF-4D got mod'd for it. but then they were un modded and the equipment loaded into the Gs make you wonder tho if there were a handful of Ds that could carry STARM in the 80s tho.... gotcha on the ARN. i thought there might be some pilot displays but that makes sense. double down on that for the EF-4C, which is why i didnt even ask about that

interesting again, i havent seen in flight pics of Ds with Shrikes or Standard ARMs. was especially looking for them in Spangdahlem in the late 70s thinking there might be an earlier version of the hunter/killer teams like in the 80s. no dice tho

aside from the EF-4D testbeds, im not aware of any D's that carried ARMs period. that was left to the EF-4Cs and the long noses (E and G). shoot, reading into things not many were equipped to carry Mavericks even with Joe Baughers site listing a half dozen serials as being Pave Spike and Maverick capable as for LORAN, i have nothing as far a manuals or pics. but in serial num hunting i did find out that the LORAN birds were converted from many Block 32 and nearly all the Block 33 aircraft if that helps any. cant find anything on whether they were converted at depot or on the assembly line, off topic (ish), didnt you have a launch rail for the Shrike somewhere in your bag of goodies?

if there are significant differences, will you be doing a pit for the LORAN (ARN-92) Ds as well? i do not know if there was a major difference, but you got the reference material. catch is there were only 72 modified iirc

oh thank you for bringing up such a painful subject. well youre at it why dont you give me a nice papercut and pour some lemon juice in it

hey, dont you have some Weasels to be finishing before you go off on short nose Phantoms? j/k eagerly awaiting the D_78 pit

forgot about that one, it would be a better choice

if you want the herpes mod gone, then you may want to use the stock D_67, or the F-4D_71 in the download section (i believe its listed as Liberty Wing Phantoms or 48th TFW Phantoms) the skins will still work after being renamed (**_78 to **_67)

you mean these can be removed via remove component? although i probably should have specified Shrike launch rails. but it was closer to my bedtime than i usually post as to fit, really those launch rails are the biggest issue i see. placement on the rest seems fine, although its an old model and could stand a touch up for sure @Nyghtfall thought that just occurred after first sip of coffee, should make the launch rails seperate from the antennae farm. then i could attach it as a weapon like i did for the Hound Dog pylons on the ODS B-52G (they were originally fake pilot too)

thank you sir give me about a day to gather stuff up, particularly close ups of the ER-142 antennae

i am curious how that holds things up. a decent external CD RW drive can be found on amazon for under $20. surely cheaper than trans atlantic shipping

the folder i sent you has a tail num tga template set up for USAF tactical numbers. if it doesnt work for you let me know and i'll shoot you the font (USAAF_Stencil)

once you get a system down, it doesnt take long to do much at all, from modelling to tga work getting that system down..... that is the hard part

nostalgic nice, yes but gawd i want a new two seat Block 10 sooooo badly............... a CA native one of these would still be nice too, even if the RW crew makes em available now

how you think the Nam pilots felt when that would happen IRL?

ultra high capacity assault cows coming soon

will the same templates work? being on my 80s ANG kick, might have to work on some Roman Noses in Euro 1.....

moo-ving along

Outlaws European tour '85

704th, long before the cow scheme...

say huh? gotta try something more laconic, like "Good morning gentlemen. The temperature outside is a brisk 10 degrees ...."

well boys, i reckon this is it again toe to toe noo-clear combat with the Rooskies..... ( (last radio transmission from COL TJ Kong, 301st TFW (AFRES), Oct 1983)