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IIRC our current F111 have a hook, maybe adding a US NAVY skin and some ini changes can give the F111B? With all those Bears coming, is time for something with a long punch!! ( and yes I know about the Tomcat ;) ) From Wiki: The F-111B was to be a fleet air defense (FAD) fighter for the U.S. Navy, fulfilling a long-standing naval requirement for a fighter capable of carrying heavy, long-range missiles to defend carriers and their battle groups from Soviet bombers and fighter-bombers equipped with anti-ship missiles. The Navy had just cancelled the F6D Missileer, a concept for a slow, straight-winged jet with the advanced Hughes AN/AWG-9 pulse-Doppler radar, which could detect low flying targets among ground clutter, and lift eight new AIM-54 Phoenix long range, air-to-air missiles, which could attack multiple aircraft simultaneously at ranges out to 100 miles (160 km). The concept was soon cancelled, but the F-111 offered a platform with the range, payload, and Mach 2 performance of a fighter to intercept targets quickly, but with swing wings and turbofan engines, it could also loiter on station for long periods. The F-111B would carry six Phoenix missiles, but have no gun or other short range armament. General Dynamics, having no experience with carrier-based aviation, partnered with Grumman for this version. The F-111B was a compromise that attempted to reconcile the Navy's very different needs with an aircraft whose basic configuration was largely set by the USAF need for a supersonic strike aircraft. These compromises would harm both USAF and USN versions. The side-by-side seating was preferred by the Navy from the Missileer. The F-111B was shorter than the F-111A, in order to enable it to fit on aircraft carrier deck edge elevators between the flight deck and the hangar deck. The F-111B also had a longer wingspan than its USAF counterpart (70 ft/21.3 m compared to 63 ft/19.2 m) for increased range and cruising endurance. Although the Navy had wanted a 48-inch (122 cm) radar dish for long range, they were forced to accept a 36-inch (91.4 cm) dish for compatibility. The Navy had requested a maximum takeoff weight of 50,000 lb (22,686 kg), but then-Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara forced the Navy to compromise at 55,000 lb (24,955 kg). This weight goal proved to be overly optimistic. Excessive weight plagued the F-111B throughout its development. Not only were prototypes far over the 55,000 lb (24,955 kg) limit, efforts to redesign the airframe only made matters worse. The excessive weight made the aircraft seriously underpowered. In landing configuration at carrier weights, the F-111B could not maintain level flight on one engine, which would be a major problem once committed to the approach.[citation needed] Worse, its visibility for carrier approach and landing were abysmal. Requirements for the F-111B had been formulated before air combat over Vietnam in 1965 showed the Navy still had a need for an aircraft which could engage MiG fighters at close range. The Navy desired a fighter with more performance than the F-4 Phantom II, yet in trials, the maneuverability and performance of the F-111B, especially in the crucial medium-altitude regimen, was decidedly inferior to the Phantom. During the congressional hearings for the aircraft, Vice Admiral Thomas F. Connolly, then Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare, famously responded to a question from Senator John C. Stennis as to whether a more powerful engine would cure the aircraft's woes with "There isn't enough power in all Christendom to make that airplane what we want!"[18] By October 1967, the Navy was finally convinced that the F-111B program was a lost cause and recommended its cancellation, which occurred in 1968 after seven had been delivered,[19] two of which had crashed. The swing-wing configuration, TF-30 engines, Phoenix missiles and radar developed for this aircraft (and the earlier, canceled F6D Missileer) were used on its replacement, the F-14 Tomcat, also designed by Grumman. The Tomcat would be large enough to carry the AWG-9 and Phoenix weapons system while exceeding the agility and speed of the F-4 Phantom.

Congratulations guys and thank's a lot for it!!

Please tell me is the Black Sea please please

Tu-95 Casa C101 F101

Me and my wife met Kirsten when we visited Amsterdam! A incredible person. Really happy to met him, he helped us with the airport and even took us for some aviation shopping. Thank's mate

Want to use the Mirage over Lebanon escorting Kfirs, but for this need a late skin, as this one you can see here: Is a very cool skin, but unfortunately can't find it available anywhere, so I supose no one did it. I want to create it but there's not a good template for WOI Mirage as the Thirwire one really sucks, so my questions is: -Is this skin available somewhere?? -If not, anyone have a good template so I can create the skin please?

Thank's guys!! Aplying it right now!

Wha about a Spanish squadron??

Ok, now that everyone will be flying WOI, can someone please tell me how I have to fly the Mirage/Nesher against those pesky Migs in order to hit them? I really suck in that plane no matter what I do. I'm sure is a very good aircraft but I don't know how to drive it. And please don't tell me simply Zoom and Boom, I can't fully understand even less master the technice If someone don't tell me how to fight. Thank's!!

WOW!! Looking forward to this one mate!! Very nice job on it congratulations!!

Man I hate not being able to help you Veltro, your work is amazing and see it hanging around in thi state is frustating. hope someone can take the Bear and finally we can enjoy it!

Very nice pack you have here!! Congratulations too for the studies!

Bump!

Lovely!

Imagine glying on a Hellcat or a Bearcat defending those ships!!

That will be so cool!! Imagine taking off from Okinawa escorting B-29 with your Mustang or riding Kyushu in your Thunderbolt!! AAAA Can't wait mates can't wait BTW: If anyone needs a background story...

Will love to see it in game

Stay safe and kick some asses!!

I'm using it on a Windows XP Pro with the use of DosBox and runs great

In Reality is the 1946 expansion and the plane is a F8 Bearcat!

Love this game!! Still playing from time to time. Kevin will like to give a look to the pdf manual, I'm still using the original exe one

I expected to be able to use the Japan/Korea map. Of course If is not possible, that add a lot of work, about the planes, If we miss one or two is not that important I believe no? As a ATOP:1946 lover like you, will lovew to get this campaign reenacted in a moden engine. I'm currently working on Hokkaido and Kyushu maps for Il2

I can try it If someone help me to arrange the terrain for it

Now that we have new campaigns about WW2 working great and with a very nice set of planes what do you think about a: WW2: Invasion of Japan campaign It could be semi historical or semifictional, the US planned to invade Japan in late 1945 in the case the A-Bomb was not finished in time, so what if the operation Downfall was needed?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall We have lots of the needed planes as the Bearcat and the Tigercat Corsairs, Hellcats, Avengers, Mustangs and Thunderbolts, and what about SeaFuries, P-80, P-82 and P-55 Ascender?? Of course B-26, B-29, B-24... Al of this will be needed, but we have it. About the Japanese we can expect lots of old models like Zero's, Hayabusa's... but also jet and rocket planes like the Karyu the Shusui... And bombers like the Judy, the Lily and the Topsy. About the terrain, maybe we can use the Japan part included in the Korea terrain? It have more than half of the country with all the South that will be the needed part, so maybe with a adapted tileset and maybe If Stary have enough time to create a treemod we can have a perfect terrain for it. What do you think?

My First one!