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I found him at the Yuma Air Show. It looks like he is slimmer then I remember him in from the future, and he hasn't yet decided he likes the goatee. He is currently an F-5 pilot, and has yet to try the T-65 X-Wing. Hell, I think the X-Wing still has yet to be invented. Anyways, here he is in the future: And here he is in the present:

Hoorah! Marine Air is inbound. Charlie's sh#ttin' his pants right about now. He knows just how these Phantoms will bank in just moments before releasing some napalm on his head!

Sounds like an oppurtunity to take advantage of a young lady's self-image issues! yeaaaahhhh

Part 2 SAR corpsman flying the colors MAGTF Demo KC-130 and CH-53Es KC-130 and AV-8Bs UH-1Y inserts recon Marines! Osprey lands! Osprey inserts (1) rifle squad! Osprey takes off! Super Stallion transports HMMWV! A front view of the F-22A Raptor That was it for the show. As usual, you guys can do whatever you want with the pictures, just nothing commercial, which I highly doubt would be a problem......ever. Thanks for lookin' Oh yeah, and one I forgot to add, the A6M Zeke. This one had an American engine in it, but is otherwise original!

The topic says it all. I was going to post pictures from Phoenix today, but today's MCAS Yuma show completely outshined it! First, the statics! Boeing's F/A-18D with some weird camera set-up that I know nothing about :-/ The chromed-out business end of an A-10C A candid shot of a B-17G An A-4J I wish I would have seen fly in The ass of an F-22A Now the demos! A-10C #1 A-10C #2 A-10C #3 F-5N two-ship on take off B-17G "Sentimental Journey" B-17G #2 P-51D Mustang Spitfire Mk XIV F8F-2 (I think) Bearcat UH-1N SAR Demo Sentimental Journey comes to a stop F-5N Frankentiger #1 And all four at once! A grey one lands AV-8B taxies Harrier fly-by! Transition to horizontal flight! T-33 "Ace Maker" F/A-18E #1 F/A-18E #2 Another Harrier II taxiing A pair stand fast continued...

I used a Nikon D3000 with a 70-300mm lens. Thanks for viewing Ruggbutt! Luke Days Saturday shots are coming soon as well. Yuma is happening this weekend so expect those too!

Hello CombatAce-ites! Here are my modest attempts at aerial photography from last week's El Centro Air Show (110312). I used to post my shots at SimHQ but I consider CombatAce my new home because some of the administrators at SHQ behave like moody little girls. One last thing before we begin our journey to El Centro: I don't think my shots are all that great or anything, but everyone is free to use them for whatever purpose whatsoever, short of selling them. I would expect no one to buy them anyways, but I'm just saying. EA-18G Growler! 100 Years of Naval Aviation scheme #1! 100 Years of Naval Aviation scheme #2! 100 Years of Naval Aviation scheme #3! Start of show with Army jumpers! A Beech trainer with the word "Manilla" on it's side. Kaydet! Pair of trainers Pair of Trojans Inverted FA-18E! Heritage Flight! Hellcat! Bearcat! The mighty F-16C flies #1 The mighty F-16C flies #2 The mighty F-16C flies #3! You can probably tell I like these guys! Heritage flight #2! Faaaaaat Albert! Blues #2 Blues #3

You think a MiG-23 with it's wings swept back is meant to glide? Is an F-4 supposed to glide?

I had always wondered about this one!

That's a modded Il-2 1946.

Man that was cool. I'm an F402 mech who originally wanted anything to do with Hornets, but it's just cool to have anyone else from our line of brethren! Welcome! BTW, why won't MAWTS let me use their simulators?

Yeah! Looks good Master Guns!

Show me moree!!!

Thanks Fast Cargo! It works now. I would like to thank EVERYONE who converted the planes and developed the pits.

The rear fuselage is good my friend. Thanks for adapting this for this generation. I hope someone can solve this since it is an immersion killer. The cockpit is otherwise really nice!

Before I could do this: I noticed this: I just got the plane and I checked for missing textures and I have 26 of them. Also, I downloaded the version for SFP1 and it has the same amount of textures. Does anyone have a solution?

Here are some random pics I liked from the past couple of months. F-14D testing out it's new ground attack capability. Did you know the Marines were pressing for ground attack capability until it was decided higher up that this would be a dedicated interceptor. Dhimar received Lightnings and tried it as an escort. RA-5C takes off for a high altitude mission. 52K and climbing. I think I hit 68K on this one. An A-6A strikes. These were from a radar intercept mission I designed to try out engagements beginning in the BVR then doing VID for a close in kill. I did a USAF mission then a US Navy mission. MiG down. Now the Navy engagement begins. It was a lousy shot but still, I took it. Then I missed. Locked him up for a shot at about 5 miles away. This should have been good, but the low altitude probably had something to do with the effectiveness of the Sparrow. The 2 ripple shots both went straight and dipped into the ground. 8 missiles later and no kills.

The F was a low weight fighter interceptor with little to no all-weather capabilities. The PF was a straight-line interceptor without a cannon, but it had a small search radar and some all weather capability. Also, beam-riding missile compatibility was added. The added weight also brought an uprated engine. The PFM got a slightly better radar and the last ones got the cannon pod. Also added were advanced ground attack capabilities in the form of the Kh-66 air to surface missiles. The Ms and MFs got successively bigger engines and better avionics, as well as new radar. The new engine helped greatly with the maneuverability of the heavier MiGs. I think the most pleasant MiG-21 in game is the F-13 and the M/MF. The PF(M) is a dog that is suited for straight intercepts of unescorted bombers. I believe that the MiGs that were complained about doing high speed 'sneak attacks' over Vietnam were of this type and had no choice but to run after their missiles were expended.

I love the idea of this! I wait in fascination with this conflict since I have read Tom Cooper's awesome book on it. It was a conventional conflict using almost modern technology.

The Gulf War was actually the last really interesting 'classic war' where a lot of *ahem* almost modern technology was used. A complete conversion would be an excellent addition.

Airspeed is your only friend in combat vs the early MiGs. 400 knots and above ensures two things: a)gunpods on early Phantoms historically wouldn't operate, and b) you can escape when you get in a jam. Let's examine some stats from Vietnam - 2.5:1 is about the average kill to loss ratio for aerial combat during the Vietnam, though Vietnam makes a MUCH higher claim. That isn't a high one at all. Not when you consider the fact that a Phantom or Intruder of F-105 costs 2-4 times as much as a MiG-17 or -21. What my video and see how I use energy to take out a MiG-17 using only missiles during an early Vietnam scenerio. Maybe you can appreciate the challenge then. I thought this dogfight was a lot of fun even though I only got one kill and most of my missiles didn't work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o74OThmj0s4 The action pretty much starts at 2:45, even though it's a long scene.

Why they call them the Flying Nightmares....

Here's my Harrier landing video. It's take off to landing, and there are no hints or voice overs, it's just a video with the landing from the cockpit. That way you can see the speed, pitch, and altitude. I admit that I have a little bit of work to do on learning how to control the attitude of the nose during the set down. I hope this helps, but if you have any questions, please post.

Here are my directions for getting the the AV-8A on the boat: 1. Before you turn onto your final make sure you are at no closer then about 3-4 miles away, 500 AGL, and 140 knots. This means your nozzles are down about 60-70 degrees, and your airbrake is deployed and you are being extremely careful NOT to climb at all. 2. Turn onto final, but don't put it down right on top of the carrier, aim for a point about 1-2 wingspans off the left of the ship. At 2 miles you need to be about 250 feet AGL and have your gear/flaps/maybe break deployed to landing configs. Make sure you do not apply too much throttle or else you will climb and you will gain speed trying to put it down. 3. At a mile you need to be at about 150 ft AGL and doing about 75 knots. Keep making little adjustments to your nozzles and pitch to keep your climb at zero and speed low. 4. Within a mile you should be trying to match the ship's speed. You need to make MICRO adjustments at all times so the plane doesn't lose control - just like real life. 5. Once you are at the ship's speed (about 30 knots) and about 1/4 to 1/2 of the ship length then slowly roll to the right and get her over the boat. Then you slowly adjust your pitch and throttle to set her down - easier said then done. I'll try to make a video to post of this. You can look on youtube for an older version I did with an AV-8B before I had the technique down.

First, get the Vietnam Ground War Expansion for SF2V. Then, get the NATO Fighters 4+ for SF2E, but be careful with adding the Lightning 6 and the Firestreak and Redtop missiles - they will conflict with Exp 2's versions of the same thing. As for individual add-on aircraft, I would recommend the A-4m, A-5A/RA-5C, AV-8B Day Attack, F-101A/B/C, and the MG-21 Cockpits 1.7. Hope this helps.