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soooo went on a recon/test mission this afternoon..... and had to wonder why none of these tankers were flying flags or had names on the hulls.....

well, it's been a wild ass ride so far

final group for SAC, then off to the Guard and Australia dust in the wind i'm sure youre asking how long....

ok, so would we be able to see a Privateer here one day (preferably sooner than later)? again, it would be nice to have a recon version for cold war as well, and there were actually many operators (USN, USCG, Aeronavale, Canada, fire bombers and a few airlines). as Roger Rabbit said, p p p pp p p p p p puh leeeeeze? mandatory screenie: yet another thats gotta get new clothes

opinion time: original F101Burner (night shot) or revised F101Burner (dusk shot)? i didnt think the original stood out enough, esp afer watching daytime videos of AB takeoffs

in my Amazon cart saved for later. wished i'd have known about this when i first got my tax return, i wouldnt have thought twice about it then.

thats two new things learned today ah hahahaha but gepard, you really should start writing a book or something. you are THE resident expert on the LSK and the Soviet operations that overlapped with them

nice angelp. adding on to your old project? mandatory screenie: IFR or i follow roads

could it have been moved to the new DAT skin library? ok what happened to the DAT skin library? it was set up not too long ago

where is that Privateer from? that could be useful even into early cold war

"LT, how did you get such a good pic of the shipyard?" "Well see, I was inverted" As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square; They began to wail

nah the new expansion pack for call of duty can be the self....... extra cirricular activities in the porta john. now in 115/46 degee temps

preach brother!

like that tailcode, tho i dont think its about me mandatory screenie, somewhere over Dhimar

also recalled from that era "In November of 1984, shortly before Gorbachev came to power, a Typhoon class Soviet submarine sub surfaced just south of the Grand Banks.It then sank in deep water, apparently suffering a radiation problem.Unconfirmed reports indicated some of the crew were rescued. But according to repeated statements by both Soviet and American governmentsnothing of what you are about to see... ever happened" ok, not historical, but given the topic i couldnt resist. let you all figure out what from tho

following up above https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/06/world/a-russian-tug-tows-sub-toward-cuba.html of interest while searching https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a28794/1982-uk-sub-stole-soviet-sonar-device/

theres been worse qualified stand ins......

and a better (re easier) medium for more to practice their references

youse gots alot of other tings to finish dontchya? JohnLewis here you go https://www.gimp.org/

yes i (likely speaking for the rest) thinks its awesome enough working with historical nose arts on the big boys, i've been having to either recreate some things from near scratch, pull from totally seperate sources(typically on being told it was from album cover art) or trace over very blown up original and redo (ok thats probably near scratch too) personally, i think i can sorta tell where theres a join of the two parts in the displayed tga, and not at all in game screenie (which is the ultimate goal).

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/former-kc-135-pilot-explains-how-a-typical-tanker-fb-111-minimum-interval-takeoff-mito-took-place/?fbclid=IwAR34lxPuVbiM2fu7tTrRq6ACbb8Aec4gqrG_m8PcYDaAGWRt0L5x-acxvrs pretty good article, with a good video at the end

while i wasnt at Bastion, that brings back memories. the tents, AC units, and t barriers are pretty common to anyone whose gone to that place called Southwest Asia and while at Kandahar, i liked to hang out on the Brit side more than the US. often cheaper stuff; smokes at the NAAFI, coffee at that shop and gettin pies and Irn Bru at Heroes. pretty good stories too once the guys figured out they didnt have to behave round this Yank better sense of humor than the folks AAFES brought in too. a funny memory of the year was buying cigarettes at the NAAFI (Brit PX). NOTE: European cigarette warning labels do not say "The Surgeon General says...." but rather "SMOKING IS BAD FOR YOU" so, my clerk at the register asks me if i want SMOKING IS BAD FOR THE SKIN or SMOKERS DIE YOUNGER the thing you find funny some days. and i picked die younger.

not sure too many are working on Sea Kings right now if you have Photoshop (or picked up GIMP for free) we would be glad to talk you through creating one yourself though. everyones gotta start somewhere

bumpin this back as im on a slight pause with SAC and ANG Bones while i get some research done on McConnell my thoughts on this, units:a repurposed 85 Wing (Southern Bomber Command rather than Air Lift Group) featuring No 12 and No 460 or 467 Sqns. 460 is currently an intel unit, but with the return of 4 engined bombers i think it would get renamed and the historically signifigant unit resume flying bombers. No 12 was part of the original 85 Wing as they were gearing up for Japan in mid 1945. me thinks an RAAF getting Bones in the late 2010s would be more nostalgic than one gettin them in the 90s Serials: while Spinners features A43 series, it was allocated to RQ-7 drones. A55 is not allocated (as of 2019) and the last 3 digits could simply be the last 3 of USAF serial like with the Pigs. how many are we envisioning transferring and when? tail markings: maybe a kangaroo with a cruise missile silohuette? skin would be all grey unless your telling me they got em before 95 JosefK, will let you do load outs and any localized radar or EW work, though will try to get exhuast edits to ya as soon as i have them on the _86. as it is currently, just isnt as spectacular as on the real thing or even videos of such

thats why we have this