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double duty today. this is also my wife's birthday. we were in Germany and she was shopping for her birthday meal and cake that i was supposed to make after i got off duty. i had to call her to say get to my DFAC asap. she got there in time to see the south tower fall. the cake never got made, and i was at the unit until 10 that evening. she hasn't really celebrated her b-day until last year after bin laden was dead. to those that lost their lives eleven years ago

yes Gen. Agan, head of ADC in 68-69 wanted to give back to the war effort in Nam. pushed for better canopy, guns, camo and AAR capabilty in the Six fleet. i believe the three upgrades that made it were called Project Six Shooter, along with improved cockpit displays. the camo never made it in practice but did make it into the manual.....

ok well changed on HD right now but this will be a busy week for school. gotta make a whole buncha stuff in sketchup by thursday then friday i go for a three day drill as opposed to the usual 2. sooooooo, not updating anything this week really.... as for the decals just had to change the maxdecallod. 1 is fine for Sundowners skins but the dlc's like 3 better evidently but can still go about three folders deep without issue.

now now this is a family site i say. with blackjack. and hookers.....

well his night in vegas i'm to understand is blowin off steam after graduating training for his assignment in Apaches. i remember he did a tour as a foot soldier 1st time i was in Afghanistan, now he gets to fly instead of walk. hats off to those kids they are trying to be more than tabloid fodder, again if i understand it right William wanted to go but got a hell no as he's closer to next in line. So he flies SAR instead... goodluck to Harry and good hunting

when i first saw the title (and seeing your avatar right next to it) i was afraid you were gonna say you found the viagra. then i got he courage to read and that is good news. however now your talking futurama and and i keep seeing Bender in space with the warring cities on his belly and his shiny metal..... yea we all watch that show tooo much.

well it is what it is. still more phantom than any other game at teh moment esp that can drop bombs.

excuse me Dave, but here in SF2 screenie land we don't post without a screenshot. they guy who started the thread set that rule.... my mandatory screenie "this isn't a good idea Herr Mav....."

alllrighty then. how many quarters to work an AGM-65D again?

to each their own. i laughed at Tomcat skins packs but shamelessly bought both Phantom packs. progress update btw.... had to do some ini fixin to get things to show the way they do in other skins. and the latest member of the TW/CA Phantoms community, haven't seen this unit anywhre else.... ignore the goofs like the tanks, i said i was doin some ini dancing. first to ID the unit gets....... the satisfaction of being first to ID the unit!

oh got ticked and was up late last night getting it fixed by ini edit. just have to make the change in all other decal.inis now. will knock out the adjustment in the squadronlist cause if i dont now i'll forget about it. only other bug now is that my Sharkmouth decals dont show anymore. passed out asleep in middle of workin it last night will be cross checkin the navy DLC and USAF DLC tonight. Navy has a decal that shows in that area, also squadron based, that does work. its the AF thats being difficult.......

the one i did for Sherriff01's canadian squadrons is the latest. having a hiccup in my DLC mod in that the adjusted JPEG i did for the tails deleting the slime light is causing the wing tanks to go to a stock all grey even when the new JPEGs for them are in the skin. gonna rework the tail decal to simply cover it up and show above the tailcode as IRL. so that you dont have to hunt for it here is the latest and greatest. as a warning to anyone else following this thread, you are welcome to DL these squadronlists but they are not the finished product. i am researching each squadron i put in for historical accuracy and most have flown stock aircraft sometime in their RL existence. there are also a few that are parts of major mods to try to relieved one part of the workload for updating. the finished product will be released in a folder sayin Finished Squadronlist. but i am still tryin to research good fits for it around all else in my schedule. again you are welcome to DL what i upload here for the other member of the project but it aint over til its Finished.

well i think the competition was 10-15 years ago. they still had a bit of life in em at the time. hey give me credit i'm fighting my automatic urge to say go with the Phantoms!!!

ok change of heart on my end.... def should have gone F/A-18A. just a lil commonality with some air force nearby............... closer facilities for overhaul, training etc...... but the Gripen still looks cool.

3D models require 3DS Studio max 2009 to build and export into game. as far as i understand newer versions will not work. as for skinning and decalling any photoshop program will work. i've been using Gimp to edit skins and make decals for last two years now just getting photoshop for school this fall. and ini edits are very simply done in Notepad. there is a thread by FastCargo about making 3d models in Blender but you still have to know someone with Studio Max 2009 and ask them nicely. with the right tools tho skies the limit. heck theres even a mod in Gen 1 of Snoopy on his doghouse.

ok cool. my interest is mainly in the squadrons themselves at the moment. as i said earlier in this thread one of my criteria is that the sqquadrons flew a stock in game aircraft somewhere in its history. as for the placeholder, credit there goes to HomeFries. i was bangin my head on a wall everytime a new squadronlist came out as my Phantom mod is heavily dependent on that list. last update i only had to change 3 entries and 9 decals not the usual 75-90. it is a great tip, place holder itself should get entered into the KB i think.

just to let you guys that are following know, i am not adapting the universal squadronlist to the newly released NF5. like the Falklands mod it is a seperate install (not to mix with other mods) and has plenty of placeholders to offset future TW expansion. however with eburgers permission i may add a couple of units from it to mine. however they will not be compatible. so far it looks good but still DL'ing and unzipping folders

President Dave's foreign policy............. behave yourselves. i have nukes and loooooove to use em.........

ya didn't go with Gripen? honestly think that would be best choice overall for a smaller air force right now. and i can see them zoomin 50 ft off the deck better than a Viper for some reason.....

that was my thinking. only reason i'm stil thinking US Army aviation is the AH-64 here on site.

ok, No. 3 and 6 are F-2 operators, their version of the F-16. previous seems tobe WW2. 201-204 are F-15 units that also used to operate F-104s. prob Sabres too but didnt peek back that far. 601 is their E-2 squadron. not sure on that one as i want the room in case but its not a flat no. the E-2s are a good candidate for squadron decals, but there are many other iron dropping squadrons that will come first. should i presume the Kokutai's to be what-if?

let me look em up. my main considerations for adding are 1. tactical units 2. historical units without double dipping (no 7th FBS, TFS, FIS etc) 3. i prefer to use squadrons that flew planes that are in game. not a concrete rule but one that i try to stick to. the Hakotais should be fine, the kokutais likely not and the test unit could be done as a seperate skin with specific decals, unless you were throwing them into a campaign. don't get me wrong i appreciate suggestions on units, but unlike Dave told me, i do over think this cause eventually i will run out of room. however for future mods and personal projects i am leaving the 900-999 block open. will have word on what i add after dinner, round bout 4 hours.

Sherriff, i have an updated squadronlist for you here. the numbers you used are now being used by new additions from the latest DLC. this list has over a hundred placeholder from stock units to the start of the non stocks. also for the name in the future Name=xxxCAF works best. i have that fixed for you in this. so you dont have to look the new numbers are 409Sqn/788, 410/796, 416/822, and 425/823. if you want to use the F-4SqTailL/R entries just number by the squadron and all should work. also dunno how much historical research you did on the squadrons but 410 flew Vampires , 409, 416 and 425 Voodoos and Canucks. all eventually flew or fly Hornets. just a lil fact i dug up while fixing.

well i'm sure hollywood will come out with a part III.......

trying to send a file in messenger but it states i'm not allowed to upload a file. also tried looking up my pics uploaded but cant seem to navigate to that in the new page layout. any help would be appreciated as this is tied into some mod work.