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In the US armed forces, we are a responsible military. The best of us selflessly serve to protect the innocent and avoid such tragic mistakes. The worst of us have trouble ID'ing the enemy, get their fellow troops killed, and aid the enemy in different ways. In this case we saw a team which was in between. Maybe the crews of those AH-64s were a little on the rookie side, or a little jumpy when it came for an opportunity to shoot. This crew we watch made an obviously, undeniable mistake at correctly identifying their victims. The fact is that they were dedicated to their jobs, but maybe they were improperly trained, or had ethical flaws. The most unfortunate part is when they shot a disabled enemy who was crawling. I believe that has been, and still is, a violation of what is acceptable by the rules of war. Once an enemy is disabled, and proves to be no longer a threat, no further attempts to injure or takes his life are necessary. They had no proof that what two of the victims were carrying were weapons. Obviously they were just cameras and maybe the long thing was a tripod. When these delusional crews engaged a van they had ZERO reason to believe had hostile intent, you begin to see how mistaken this crew really was. In my honest opinion, when you f*ck up in the military, be it a mechanic's improper maintainence, an armorer's loss of weapons, or even an officer's fraternization with enlisted, it shouldn't go unpunished. The severity makes all of the difference in the punishment. But when an overeager crew shoots and kills what they believe to be up to 15 Middle Eastern males, who by the way were unarmed and showed ZERO hostile intent, the hurt that is caused goes beyond bad maintainence and bad armory procedures. The crews should, at very least, be reduced in grade and be sent to units that aren't actively expected to be involved in most engagements. I know that some of you think that they shouldn't be punished at all, or that they should be punished more, but anyone who has military experience knows that mistakes aren't free. The sad truth is that they probably created at least one insurgent for every innocent victim they murdered. That is how they ended up aiding a foreign enemy.

For MiG-21s try the M, MF, and FL. We can always pretend that India did updates for their fleet. For 23s try the MS and MF, but no MLs. Try one squadron of REALLY GOOD MiG-29 drivers, since Paran isn't that large.

Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me with changing the check six view from being directly behind the cockpit, to below the aircraft and nearer to the exhaust nozzles. Is that even possible? I would like to use this to simulate the cameras that were packed on aircraft during Vietnam, like this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ_W06YpjBg

really?

Hawkeye, The intermediate plane is the F3D-2 Demon, aka F-3 Demon. Also, just for your information (no offense intended!) the Harrier should not be carrying anything in the middle pylon.

1965 October 05 Standby pilots of VMFA-115 are alerted and sent to a border outpost near Laos to assist elements of the 1st Marine Regiment. VMFA-115 delivers ordinance within close proximity of the grunts. The target zone is close, and it is on the Laotian border.

Nice video! Marines bring the F-8 Crusader to Vietnam and immediately start flying missions from Da Nang. They are often called on close air support missions like this one. 4/2 made contact with charlie while attempting to locate hidden caches near some villages. The F-8s, which were sitting on standby, are scrambled and launched to support Marines at a location no more then 35 miles from their base. It's going to be another mission where they have strike 'in country.' Here's Devil 1-1 taking off. He rolled on dry thrust, not afterburners. Green tracers betrayed their owners and soon Devil flight was on them like sh!t on rice! First comes a successful application of Willy-Pete! Then comes a nice, thick layer of rockets! The enemy is suffering badly, but not bad enough! Devil flight swoops from above donating 20 mike-mike to the enemy's cause! At the end of the morning Devil flight landed and found out they waisted 47 bodies and the 4th Marine Regiment captured maps and what was left of a weapons cache.

Yes, someone should DEFINATELY make this near-Mach 3 beast!

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AAR #4 040165 The 8th TFW has just arrived at Ubon and we've already been tasked with missions up north. So much for familiarity. The guys way up have ordered us to prepare for strikes on Ho Chi Minh's supply lines and to protect the heavy hauler's. To make most of our flights possible we depend on tankers, and aerial refueling is something that continues to wreck my nerves: knowing that I, and the guy behind me, depend on my ability to link a flying probe into a port I can't even see. Back to protecting the bombers though; the Air Force has been emanating Thuds like it's nobody's business - mostly from ground-fire, but also a few from MiGs. I guess that could have easily been me, but fighter pilots don't die, we're not allowed to. Our current CO does not seem to share the same exciting disdain for our enemies as we do. He hardly flies at all with us, and tends to keep us far away from the action, but Washington has been good to me. He has hand picked me to lead a group of ground pounders to an area with some lucrative quarry: Kep. We got our brief early and because of that I know that I will be going deep into a place where no one wants us. I know that Ho will send up MiGs in his usual, sneaky way. We have some form of radar coverage over the North, but no one knows just how good it is just yet. The 479th's responsible for performing a MIGCAP while the 433rd provides close escort for the Thuds. Take off is set for 0930, but weather may push that back depending on what the Thuds run into. Alright, out of character now. This mission is so fictional it's not even funny. F-4s did not arrive in Ubon until December 1965, not April. Also, then Col. Olds dictated the 400 knots rule when fighting the MiGs. He didn't take command until the later part of 1966, which means he couldn't have given the advice about speed in 1965. Also, the pilots names and circumstance of their loss are completely made up by me. The ending had to be cut because Youtube only allows 10 min videos. Please enjoy.

Thanks everybody, for watching and for the comments. I hope you don't expect a series though!

What changes in the installation need to be made to make this compatible with SF2?

Gentlemen of Combat Ace, Please review this and show Thirdwire our resolve as a community to see the series grow out into something even more powerful then it is now. http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7304&p=45465#p45465 If you don't agree, then it's just not meant to be, but I am happy just to try. Thanks, Oscar, aka Exhausted

I like that last one...

AAR# 1 Kep Airbase American attacks have been routine for several days and patterns have been established. The pilots of 921 Regiment are put on standby. The duty officer's log looks like this. 0600: Duty section is to fuel and arm 6 MiG-21Fs 0711: Duty Staff NCOIC reports all aircraft fueled, armed, and ready to launch 0745: 4 pilots and 3 backups are briefed and placed on standby 0815: Duty officer eats rations 0824: Duty has secured rations 1056: Duty is informed of yankee air raids forming 1059: Duty pilots placed on alert 1120: Commanding officer orders 4 MiG-21Fs to taxi and prepare to meet threats 1142: Major Ngo, Lt. Dinh, Capt. Nguyen, Lt. Do take off to intercept raid on Thanh Hoa 1201: Major Ngo reports contact and engages 1204: Major Ngo reports bomber destroyed 1206: Lt. Do reports Maj. Ngo, Lt. Dinh, and Capt. Nguyen shot down. 1223: Lt. Do lands 1226: Lt. Do secures from MiG-21F and enlisted crews begin maintainence. 1232: Lt. Do debriefs No Further Entries.

Are embedded youtube videos allowed?

No is what I expect, but we have to keep trying. :)

FLEET DEFENDER!!!!!

Yes, but I'm not sure which one I was using at that time. I am using hollywood explosions (enhanced ex. 4 or 5) as of yesterday.

Two kills from the MiG-21 campaign and I lived!

Heh, hard to say I feel those cutbacks since my shop's gearing up for the F-35 as we speak.

Hey remember when that joke was originally about Bush? I guess I can call Bush the scholar and still be taken credibly. That kind of makes that joke a little bit funny!

How is everything going with this?

Can someone tell me how to do this for an entire folder? THanks!