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Is an amazing one, he respected the loadouts and skins so the end result is a lot better than previous attempts.

Really Beautiful!!

Merry Christmas Kevin! And for all of CombatAce members!

Something along the F-104S lines maybe? With proper RWR and updated radar would have been a credible point interceptor.

Seen it on the Yak picture, is a really neat idea, and had a lot of development/export potential for early Cold War as well.

Great Work Mario!! Really beautiful pics!!

Lovely, wouls be cool besides the Tu-95...

A bit of background for Valastur new amazing work! When the Saab Viggen first versions were introduced, Swedish Air Force was still reliant on the Saab 35 Draken for air defense and altough it was still a viable fighter is starting showing its age. Work was well underway for a new fighter variant of the Viggen, but the development of the new engine was not going without its own problems as it doesn't genearated enough power and some modifications were needed to improve the results. Swedish air force seek a multirole variant to complement the separated fighterbomber/fighter Viggen, but with SAAB busy creating the Viggen Sweden, the Flygvapnet turned to Europe as it did just before WW2. The choosen fighter was the Mirage as it was readily available and can carry enough weaponry to complement the Viggen. 24 single seat fighters and 4 twin seaters were bought with small modifications done by SAAB adding certain radios and countermeasures pods. In service the Hägring as it was known was well loved by pilots and servicemen and it enjoyed a long career retiring almost at the same time of the Viggen.

Vietnamese MiG-21MF/Bis (with R-13M missiles), for Sino-Vietnam map inspiration.

Thanks for explaining the real procedure. One learn something new every day.

Maybe I'm wrong, but the YAP ones came with that hability?

I like how you present your planes lately, it looks a bit like a Osprey book. Good work!

I'm impressed by the size of that thing, and how British adopted it so fast for carrier use, so I wanted to share the story here. https://theaviationist.com/2023/11/21/mojave-rpas-hms-pow/

The question is, Will be shared? ;) Mandatory pic, brothers in arms.

Just sent all that to him, fingers crossed.

I talk with AngelP almost daily, he's planning to send me his mods to get them finished and released. So, no problem releasing that plane once you're happy with it!

Top notch idea!! Another one!

Stay strong my friend, she needs you!

As a emergency nurse I know how hard can it be, you took a brave but difficult decision. You and your family will be on my toughts. Will keep in touch, If you need anything I can send you my phone for whatsapp talking.

One of the first "what if" we got back in the old days IIRC. Love the snake emblem.

That's why they call them Point Interceptors. With Firestreaks would look amazing!

Pretty interesting idea, thanks for sharing!

A pure interceptor?

Beautiful work!!

Well possible, sad, but I think is very likely. Some guys are being overcautious.