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looking damn good

as for the US Air Force, i think it looks good where it is. it wouldnt be as visible on teh intake when you have weps on the pylons. of course you could also leave it off like the regular Eagles did as well and put the insignia there

as for 1975 entry date, im not quite so sure. the three ADTAC units that swapped 106s for Eagles, the 5th 48th and 318th, did so in 81, 83 and 85 respectively. much of the air defense of CONUS moved to the ANG starting in the late 70s, and the active duty FISs tended to retire their 106s without replacement, disbanding shortly afterwards. in 75 GEN Chappie James (the RL Chappie) did a test flight in the Tomcat and strongly advocated for getting some for the FIS mission. Congress and big Air Force disagreed

but its your world. you make the DoD budget what you want it to be 

and a Mel Gibson pilot 

mando screenie or odd stuff collected along the way

14 hours ago, CSomers611 said:

What if the U.S. Air Force had decided to purchase F-14's? These Air Defense Command F-14's look right at home in the Bering Straights....

very awesome!  i will make the suggestion to adjust the 49ths eagle abit, maybe making the wing take up the rudder and stretching the body and face along to near the front of the tail

and would very much consider doing the units that did historically convert form 106s to Eagles before the active duty FISs got disbanded

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typical Central European weather during the tryouts for the '87 Skyblazers

You know i know there's a new civi Galaxy on the books, but then i'd want to make some Fedex and DHL skins before i posted taht.

meanwhile, ...I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped

heres an old dirty C-5 for now

We control violence

Hey partner. think you might be a little too east bound and down? 

more of those impressions were what it was supposed to be, but the changes came along to late for the fly offs

i also think the STOVL version would still have had the big intake.

happy plane would have killed you.

happily

it is also where the 163rd FS  of the Indiana ANG is based

and the USAF likes to have big runways wherever it is. better to bring in C-5s or B-52s if need be

the second runway? Uncle Sam likes there to be two runways when he shares military ramp space with civil terminals. but it does let Fort Wayne have a pretty active air cargo hub going so thats good for them

wicked

now when they go grey, do they go Gunship Gray like the Strike Eagles, or go Hill 2 like the Phantoms? or get really phancy and go Hill 1 Gray?

On 1/20/2026 at 11:13 AM, Stratos said:

Guys after Venezuela affair Angel is back at work and is now reworking and finishing the Lavis, please be a bit more patient for a full release.

would anyone ask about the U-2R/S we were collaborating on?

i would but am still worried that i was the reason he dropped off radar last time (i may have been picky in the model edit/suggestion phase)

Hallo! Was ist los?

alpha mike foxtrot

will you be makin some Fs too (presumably by removing the extra "G" parts)?

if so, damn. gonna have to do the Virginia ANG all over again 

2 hours ago, Gepard said:

Greenland guardians.

with the one takeing off you missed the oppurtunity. your title should have been 

RELEASE THE DRAKEN!

thank you. i'll show myself out

6 hours ago, Flanker562 said:

Is this sorcery available to the general public? Or do i need to just go in the Downloads section and get it?

youre nice. i was gonna ask why it wasnt in the DL section 

5 hours ago, swambast said:

Sure!  It would be good to have a few beta users to see if it works for Gen2, and of course I could easily improve it with expanded capabilities as needed.  Anyone interested just PM me. 

count me in. im wanting to set up a Balkans 90s install, with intent to have Deny Flight, Deliberate Force and Allied Force. so not much in the way of stock birds 

id be willing to test it out to pull everything out. again, but hey if it helps test something 

create an ini for that item, but have its contents blank

for example, the IsraelME.ini for the Israel terrain, but completely blank. or A-4E.ini, again completly blank

you could also just delete the items from your mod folder for personal use (it usually wont come back). but if youre making a mod to share and want folks to use a clean install (like ODS30AE) blank inis are a way

edit: saw this is a Gen1 question after posting. i believe it should still work. someone will be along shortly to correct me if im wrong 

oof , good catch

it's based off the original conversion of the stock Netz. as such, i forgot to include the pilots (or more specifically that the pilot and seat were swapped years ago)

uploading a fix now

On 1/19/2026 at 3:39 PM, Sundowner said:

Random screenie...

that Nam terrain is freakin gorgeous.  got any European ones hiding up your sleeve 

meanwhile mando screenie or Is 3 megatons enough hate for the goddamevilcombuilding?

off the top of my head, is your Terrains folder spelled correctly (seen often with the "s" left off)? are the years in your options ini fixed (especially a possibilty for the WW2 instal)? 

are you saving mods in th default C drive User Saved Games folder, or in another location?

agreed. even just adding "1" to the current link would be helpful

most of yall make a post to announce a skin you made.  it 2026 folks,  why not make a cheap commercial 

 ^ oh. oh dear

i fear tomorrow night cant come soon enough 

that digital fuel gauge looks mighty familiar.  like some weasel out there waiting to pop