daddyairplanes

so when are we seeing the wrap around, Euro 1 and Hill 2 versions? or being in the UK, would they have been Barley Grey?

Not what if, but what almost was in 1992, in the shuffling of units, aircraft and missions, the 192nd TRS of the Nevada Air National Guard was tapped to take over F-4G Wild Weasel assests being retired by the 3rd Fighter Wing and 35th Fighter Wing. the plan far enough along to have an aircraft painted up in preliminary High Rollers markings. instead the aircraft were assigned to teh 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho ANG and the High Rollers traded their Photo Phantoms in for C-130s a couple of years later

one thing on the SAMs gents is the Rules of Engagement often kept the SAM crews safer than teh fighter crews. at least until 1972 by which time the defense were built up pretty thick Desert Storm, gloves were off, if it radiated it was eating a HARM (to include the occasional BUFF tail gun!) it was more a DEAD fight than SEAD (destruction vs suppression) go back to Allied Force and a strict ROE once again. while only 2 aircraft were downed over Serbia, sites werent allowed to be prosecuted unless they were absolutely sure that it was a SAM or AAA and that there would be no civilian casualties. but Allied tactics and tech did keep the Serb SAM crews on their toes and shut down most of the time so suppression did work

52nd TFW heading south.....

with so many folks gone period, or that disappear for long periods of time, its usually best to check when someone was last on site before a necrobump. and i thought emails were for PMs, not simple posts on topics. i know its how mine is set up and thought thats how they all were. something else to consider

this, more than your first one, is what im talking about. Interflug places it squarely in the old days minus context, the Il-76 could be 1994, it could be impounded somewhere last week

pretty sure they are the F-15A_85s from the Super Pack

ok, not exactly the right thread, but have you considered the F-1's post retirement career? (yeah, i know. i should get some registration numbers down and do Top Aces myself while talking to you about ATAC....)

34th Bomb Squadron, 366th Wing B-52G to B-1Bs

in the midnight hour babe

stands to reason for deep maintenance on tactical jets did you guys have anything along these lines for the really big birds though? these are the kind of things i dont ever recall seeing pics of. Il-76s, An-12s, all the Tu's.... always seen sitting outside not saying they didnt exist, just that any pics shared of WARPAC cargo hangars would be the first i've seen (and possibly many others of us)

smile...

just posted in a FB group (dont ask why i didnt think of it before). odds arent great that it'll get a hit, but better than not asking

id say ODS30AE would be the benchmark for that. if your system can handle that, it should handle the new toys coming out.

https://warisboring.com/ukraine-f-16-revealed-for-the-first-time-since-the-us-began-training-their-pilots/?fbclid=IwAR0jWeevTeSQuvzI-V3fc1RBdClLAgTP3Hk40vkZ2yFMhTrr6Sa2v_MfCi0 looks like time to open up the F-16 templates again...

if you got the max file, thats way ahead of what we would have from Centurion. he popped off the scene almost 10 years ago, and left a couple projects in various states of completion. including the more modern Tiger 2s (the available pack is early versions iirc) i'd love for him to be back active and working on it. but reworking bobrocks is much more likely to happen

happy trails, to you

can you imagine keeping all that checkerboard touched up?!?!?!? the paintjobs did get simpler though as the birds got more advanced

as for color picker, i said it felt like that happened. but i did also say i would be corrected if i was wrong! i have had some conversations in the past were the other sides arguement was a scanned pic, rather than a hex value or color chip or anything else that doesnt have as much wiggle room as an old picture. as for the rest, all i can say is that time moves on and you've been very up and down in showing up around here the last few years, more so down with the released mods. i do know i am usually pleasantly suprised when i see you have a post in the WIP or Screenshot threads. and if GKABS and his team are getting your max files, that is seriously awesome. you, BPAO, ravenclaw, eburger, and several others did do very awesome work at teh beginning of this, in the SF1 days and earlier. stuff that really does still hold up decently today. yes, there are better models and skins, because there are better software, tools and computers today than 20 years ago. just look at teh lodviewer as one example. alot of the work done in the past is somewhat hampered by its success, not many newer modders want to spend their time on those because their still pretty good and why reinvent the wheel if its not squeaking?

well, if the Phantoms in the shot wont have sharks mouths, i guess the Vipers damn well will have em......

last Phantoms in USAFE....

could, but yes hasnt. the active modellers dont want it bad enought to work the pit. but my 20x comment was more how much he'd have made on SF2 Win10 than how much he have made on an A-6 DLC as a retired Army cook i second that notion. the tactical jets are cool, but the big girls are what win the war.... although flying AWACS for a campaign might be more boring than ballsy

i relatively understood you you've just picked one of those topics that needs alot of research, and you might be teh main one with interest in it (not Sidewinders, but i've been there all the same) for google searching, break it into chunks and search each piece. Saudi missiles in 1974. Jordanian missles 1974 etc here is an article i found just wondering if the N was even in service in your timeframe https://www.ausairpower.net/TE-Sidewinder-94.html a takeaway i get is that most in the Middle East was probably using Bs at that timeframe. nobody there except Iran got the very best stuff upfront in the early 70s, and Iran only got it because the Soviets were next door to them and they paid cash, not recieving Military Aid Progrram goodies but that is my impression, it is not stated in the article