dtmdragon

It’s all ready to be released but unfortunately an updated Mirage Factory F-16A Block 15 OCU model is in the works so I've been asked not to release this until they’ve released the new model sorry. Here is the above tail art on an operational aircraft:

Please stop teasing up with all these beautiful ‘D’ and ‘I’ model Vipers! Release! Release! Release! lol

...... And with Maori Warrior tail art:

RNZAF Aggressor F-16AM Block 15 OCU over Queenstown, Skin is based on the Indonesian F-16 camo

The radar backgrounds did more than just give it a worn look, they changed the whole look and shape to what it should be for the DSCG system but it's up to you. I haven't been able to fix the other issues unfortunately...

Here is the mod updated to SF2 standards for you to test. In the read me is says he wasn't able to deactivate the lookdown shootdown capability of the radar but from what I can figure out from the net this radar had a limited lookdown ability anyway? EDIT: Still trying to figure out a way to get the roll tabs on the gun sight to show up with an air-to-air missile or air-to-ground weapon selected.... F-4E_Kurnass_73.7z

I wouldn't mind having a crack at it, personally I find the Kurnass one of the most SF2 aircraft interesting to fly. Do you have any reference info, details or web sites about the Digital Scan Converter Group radar scope and AN/APQ-120 as they were used on the Kurnass?

Thanks mate

Does anyone know of or have a Desert Storm skin for the AV-8 Harrier? http://hobbymastercollector.com/files/HA2614-1FP.jpg Cheers, DAn.

Nice work! I must admit I've had the A-10C from your 'War for Israel' mod in my main SF2 install since you released it. Just one thought with this new mod; I noticed you made the Litening and Sniper pods station specific weapons so people wont be able to use the pods on any of their other add on aircraft if they install the ones that come with this mod and over ride the previous weapons. It might pay to make renamed A-10 specific Litening and Sniper pods, or remove the station specific line from the pods and the A-10C weapon stations that use them- just a thought.... Cheers Dan.

I like the apache skins!

Comes with Spectre8750's F-14A,A+, B and D V1.12 Hoffix http://combatace.com/files/file/12329-f-14a-a-b-and-d-v112-hotfix/

Here is an update approved by Paulopanz that adds a fuselage missile station for the Blue Steel nuclear missile. Included is the Blue Steel missile which you will need as it is a station specific weapon. Just un-zip and drop into your mods folder and let it over-ride the old data.ini files. Cheers, Dan. VulcanB2_UPDATE.7z

Gun kill by a Kiwi A-4K Skyhawk on an Indonesian F-16A during a fighter sweep over East Timor during INTERFET operations in 1999, his wingman nearly took me out with a sidewinder straight afterwards thanks to the great job my wingman did of watching my six lol

Cheers guys. An updated Mirage Factory F-16A Block 15 OCU model is in the works so I've been asked not to release this but I probably will when the new F-16 is out. Here is a couple of Kiwi F-16 fighters conducting CAS near Kandahar in 2004/05 their weapons load is based on what the RNZAF had in its inventory and what RAF CAS Harrier pairs were using around that time. Iv'e put a targeting pod and two GBU-16 1000Ib laser guided bombs on one aircraft and a Targeting pod, two air burst Mk.82 Snakeye's (set to 4.572m) plus a LAU-3 rocket pod on the other aircraft.

lol it was a public support campaign for the All Blacks during the Rugby world cup http://www.backingblack.co.nz/

Cheers guys, to be honest these F-16 are a mix match between the best parts of all the F-16 mods available with a few new/modified/enhanced skins of my own. Iv'e also re written most of the data .ini and avionics.ini files with updated data from the net especially when it comes to the performance of the radar after the MLU update. In terms of the game their broken down into 4 specific aircraft: -AircraftFullName=F-16A Blk 15 OCU RNZAF (What if?) -AircraftFullName=F-16B Blk 15 OCU RNZAF (What if?) -AircraftFullName=F-16AM Blk 15 MLU RNZAF (What if?) -AircraftFullName=F-16BM Blk 15 MLU RNZAF (What if?) I gave the A models the serial numbers NZ6301 through to NZ6313 and the B models NZ6314 through to NZ6322

When doing sum research about the proposed Kahu II upgade for the RNZAF A-4K fleet I found some good info on the New Zealand F-16 deal that nearly was in the late 1990s/early 2000s. I decided to make as accurate 'what if' version I could. Ive used the Mirage factory F-16A/B Block 15 OCU model which is the version we would have received as they were built for Pakistan but embargoed and put in storage. I added a A-4K style UHF antenna just behind the refueling receptical. I've left the weapons the same as used by the upgraded A-4K fleet except for the addition of the Litening targeting pod and Harpoon ASM which were going to be procured along side the aircraft. Since the RNZAFs primary role is close air support it was unlikely any extra money was going to be spent on any radar guided missile such as the AIM-120 as their air-to-air role was seen as one of primarily self defence. The terms of the deal included a Mid Life Upgrade at the end of the 10 year lease period when we would have purchased the aircraft. As part of the MLU I have included the integration of the AIM-9X as it stands to reason that the RNZAFs AIM-9L models would have been considered to be going out of date by 2009. Also on the MLU aircraft are ALQ-131 ECM pods which there were provisions for in the original terms of the lease but most likely would have been pushed out to the time of the MLU because of the extra costs. F-16A Block 15 OCU in the Pakistani camouflage scheme the aircraft were already painted in: All over grey paint job that is used on all current RNZAF aircraft since around 2003: F-16B Block 15 OCU: High- viz No. 75 Squadron Commanding Officers mount: F-16AM Block 15 OCU (After the Mid Life Upgrade 2009/10ish) Small 'M" on the top of the tail fin and 'F-16 Viper' logo on the intake are to differentiate the MLU aircraft from the un-upgraded aircraft during the upgrading phase. Pilot also now has Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) to go with the AIM-9X: Retro A-4K Skyhawk all over green paint job: High- viz No. 75 Squadron Commanding Officers mount: Pylon Intergrated Dispensing System (PIDS) included as part of the MLU: F-16BM Block 15 OCU- This is the first of the MLU aircraft and is in a special paint scheme: F-16BM Block 15 OCU line bird: F-16BM Block 15 OCU in special All Blacks supporters scheme for the 2011 Rugby World Cup- which we won might I add Spinners if your reading this lol F-16BM Block 15 OCU in A-4K style SEA retro scheme: F-16A/B Block 15 OCU cockpit: And F-16AM/BM Block 15 OCU cockpit after the Mid Life Upgrade:

Before New Zealand signed and subsequently cancelled the F-16 deal in the late 1990's/ early 2000's and then got rid of its air combat wing all together, the original plan for the RNZAF Skyhawks was for them to be in service till replacement around 2007-09. A second upgrade was planned for around the year 2000 to keep their teeth sharp until replacment. The Kahu II program would have added a GPS navigation system, long range anti ship missiles (most likely the Harpoon), a laser targeting pod (the Litening pod had been chosen) and the ejection seats were going to be replaced with rebuilt UPCO/Stencil SIIIS-3ER seats as used in the A-7. The signing of the F-16 deal meant the Kahu II project was not need, however it was briefly reinstated when the F-16 deal was cancelled before the new governments intentions to completely scrap the air combat wing become apparent. Stencil SIIIS-3ER seats and Harpoon ASM: Litening targeting pod and GBU-16, I have seen photos of Kiwi Skyhawks with 3 Mk83 bombs on a TER on the center station so I cant see why 3 GBU-16 couldn't be carried there as well: And who knows maybe If they had had the upgrade and a National Government was still in power they might have even ended up in Afghanistan: (Hay look a flying pig....)

Before New Zealand signed and subsequently cancelled the F-16 deal in late 1990's/ early 2000's and then got rid of its air combat wing all together, the original plan for the RNZAF Skyhawks was for them to be in service till replacement around 2007-09. A second upgrade was planned for around the year 2000 to keep their teeth sharp until then. The Kahu II program would have added a GPS navigation system, long range anti ship missiles (most likely the Harpoon), a laser targeting pod (the Litening pod had been chosen) and the ejection seats were going to be replaced with rebuilt UPCO/Stencil SIIIS-3ER seats as used in the A-7. Here is my take on a Kahu II A-4K dropping a GBU-16 during a CAS mission over Afghanistan....

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: NO. 1 SQUADRON ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIRFORCE SUMMERY OF OPERATIONS: NO. 1 SQUADRON RAAF HAS BEEN CONDUCTING DEEP PENETRATION STRIKES IN AND AROUND TEHRAN SINCE THE START OF THE CAMPAIGN WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES- 1, DISRUPT AND DISABLED THE MILITARY COMMAND AND CONTROL NETWORK BASED IN THE CAPITAL TEHRAN - AS PER OUR PREVIOUS MESSAGE OUR INTEL INDICATES THIS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. 2, ELIMINATE ANY AIR AND/OR GROUND THREATS INTERFERING WITH THE ABOVE OBJECTIVE - TO THIS END THE RUNWAYS AT GHALE MORGHI AB (TAB11) AND DOSHAN TAPPEH (TAB12) HAVE BEEN DESTROYED TO REDUCE THE AIR THREAT AROUND TEHRAN BY DENYING THE USE OF THESE AIRBASES. SEAD HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE ESCORT ELEMENT OF EACH STRIKE DESTROYING A TOTAL OF 12x TOR-M1 SAM LAUNCHERS, 9x ZSU-23-4 SHILKA AAA VEHICALS AND 6x HAWK SAM RADARS DEFENDING THE CAPITAL. 2x F-5A FREEDOM FIGHTERS, 6x F-14A TOMCATS, 4x MIRAGE F-1, 3x F-4E PHANTOMS, 2x CHENGDU J-10 AND 1x SAEQUH (THUNDERBOLT) AIRCRAFT HAVE ALSO BEEN NEUTRALISED DURING THE STRIKE MISSIONS. FURTHER STRIKES TO MEHRABAD INTERNATIONAL AND PAYAM AIRPORT WILL COMPLETELY REMOVE ANY IMMEDIATE SHORT RANGE AIR TREATS AROUND THE CAPITAL. REQUEST DIRECTION FROM JFC SHAPE ON FURTHER OPERATIONS.

Unit: No. 1 Squadron Royal Australian Airforce Mission: Strike against Doshan Tappeh AB (TAB12) Assets: 2 x Strike Aircraft (RAAF F/A-18F) and 6 x Escort/SEAD (RAAF F/A-18F) Target: Runway Flight departed Kuwait International at 0641 Local time. Flight approached the target from the east. 4x AGM-145C-1 JSOW were launched at the runway from maximum range and destroyed the runway. The strike element then conducted SEAD around the air base. 2x Iranian F-5A Freedom Fighters were detected to the north by the flight leader and escorting section. Both F-5A fighters were quickly engaged and destroyed. Immediately after the destruction of the two F-5A 4x F-14A Tomcats engaged the entire flight by surprise in what become a large furball. SAM sites around the airbase took also this opportunity to turn on thier radars and engage us with radar and heat seeking surface to air missiles. The exact sequence of events is somewhat lost in the confustion but the superior manouverability and weapons of the Super Hornets gave us the edge and resulted in the four F-14A Tomcats being destroyed with no losses. However this was by no means an easy victory both sides launched a multitude of air-to-air missiles and engaged each other with cannon fire at very close range during the dog fight. During the SEAD 1x Hawk CWAR, 5x Tor-M1 SAM lauchers, 3x ZSU-23-4 Shilka AAA vehicles were destroyed. During a straifing attack which destroyed 1x Saeqeh(“thunderbolt”) Fighter F/A-18F Block II Super Hornet A44-202 was hit and damaged by a MIM-23A Hawk SAM. Air-to-Ground Kills: -Runway by Plt Off McCarthy with 2x AGM-154C-1 JSOW and Plt Off Fry with 2x AGM-154C-1 JSOW -Hawk CWAR by Plt Off McCarthy with 1x GBU-38(V)3/B JDAM -Tor-M1 by Plt Off McCarthy with 1x GBU-12E/B Paveway IV -Saeqeh(“thunderbolt”) Fighter by Plt Off McCarthy with 20mm M61A1 Vulcan Cannon -Tor-M1 by Plt Off Fry with 20mm M61A1 Vulcan Cannon -Tor-M1 by Plt Off Fry with 20mm M61A1 Vulcan Cannon -ZSU-23-4 Shilka AAA by Plt Off Cobby with 1x GBU-38(V)3/B JDAM -Tor-M1 by Plt Off Cobby with 20mm M61A1 Vulcan Cannon -Tor-M1 by Plt Off Cobby with 20mm M61A1 Vulcan Cannon -ZSU-23-4 Shilka AAA by Flt Lt Williamson with 1x GBU-38(V)3/B JDAM -ZSU-23-4 Shilka AAA by Plt Off Dalas with 1x GBU-12E/B Paveway IV Ait-to-Air Kills: -F-5A Freedom Fighter by Plt Off McCarthy with 1x AIM-120C7 -F-5A Freedom Fighter by Plt Off McCarthy with 1x AIM-9X -F-14A Tomcat by Plt OffCobby with 1x AIM-120C7 -F-14A Tomcat by Flt Lt Williamson with 1x AIM-120C7 -F-14A Tomcat by Flt Lt Williamson with 1x AIM-9X -F-14A Tomcat by Plt Off Fry with 1x AIM-120C7 Damge/Loses: -F/A-18F Block II Super Hornet A44-202 was hit lost an engine to a MIM-23A Hawk SAM. Aircraft made it back to Kuwait International safly but will require a entirely new engine. Spare engine will leave Australia via a RAAF C-17 in the next 12 hours. Intell: -No less than 7x MIM-23A Hawk SAMs fired during our attack all but 1 were defeated with ECM, chaff and spoofing/ manovering. -No less than 52x SA-15 Gauntlet SAMs were fired from Tor-M1 launchers during our attack, as with previous engagements all were easily defeated with ECM, chaff and spoofing/ manovering. -The amount of air defence represents a high threat that should be followed up on with further SEAD operations.

It's with the A-4K pack here http://combatace.com...-update-140211/ but I'll post an even more up to date one, I'm sure there are still some missing from it so have a look and maybe we could create some kind of 'master list & tga files' threat libary.7z

TO: CVW-11 FROM: NO. 1 SQUADRON ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIRFORCE SQUADRONS EXPEDITIONARY COMBAT SUPPORT ELEMENT CAN ASSIST WITH REPAIRS IF REQUIRED. WE ARE BASED A KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL. SUGGEST YOU DISPATCH A SPARE F/A-18F STARBOARD STABILISER FROM YOUR PARENT UNIT ASAP AS WE DO NOT HAVE A SPARE IN THEATRE.

TO: JFC SHAPE FROM: NO. 1 SQUADRON ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIRFORCE INTELL FROM OUR RECENT STRIKE ON THE TWO GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDINGS IN TEHRAN COMBINED WITH THE RESULTS OF OUR PREVIOUS STRIKE ON THE TEHRAN HQ BUILDING LEAD US TO BELIEVE THE ABILITY OF THE IRANIAN HIGH COMMAND TO EFFECTIVELY COMMAND AND MANAGE MILITARY OPERATIONS HAS BEEN SEVERELY CRIPPLED. THE DESTRUCTION OF THESE THREE COMPLEXES AND RESULTING LOSS OF SENIOR IRANIAN MILITARY STAFF OFFICERS HAS BEEN LIKENED TO THE LOSS OF THE ENTIRE PENTAGON TO THE US MILITARY BY ONE ANALYST