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The "improvement" to the flaps was a Boundry Layer Control system that used air bled from the engine compressor to smooth out the airflow over the flaps at low speeds, thus increasing lift. The same system was installed on the F-8J for the USN. The downside was that by bleeding off air from the compressor, thrust was reduced somewhat.

Thanks guys, those are all great shots! The one I am looking for is actually a black and white silhouette. Interesting trivia...the aircraft in the art posted by Bibbolicious is the A-7F prototype, which was trialed in the mid 80s but did not go into production.

There is a classic drawing of the A-7 that is basically a front silhouette with perspective. Those who have seen it will know which one I mean. I have Googled intensely for this image but can't find a copy. If anyone has it, or knows a link, could you post it here please? Thanks!

As several people have pointed out, NF was not designed to work with the weapons pack. It is a standalone enhancement that is designed for people who want to add a lot of depth to their WOE game with just a few mouse clicks. Some people will want more, in which case you will have to dig into the game files and learn how everything works before adding additional mods.

VF-41 Black Aces Skin by column5 View File This is a repaint of the stock USNGrey1 skin depicting an F-4 Phantom II of VF-41 "Black Aces" as it appeared while deployed on the USS Franklin D Roosevelt in 1975. Submitter column5 Submitted 06/24/2004 Category F-4 Phantom II Skins

F-4 Phantom II VF-161 Chargers Skin by column5 View File This is a repaint of the stock USNGrey1 skin depicting an F-4 Phantom II of VF-161 "Chargers" as it appeared while deployed on the USS Midway alongside VF-151 during the early 1970s. Submitter column5 Submitted 06/24/2004 Category F-4 Phantom II Skins

F-4 VF-151 Vigilantes View File This is a repaint of the stock USNGrey1 skin depicting an F-4 Phantom II of VF-151 "Vigilantes" as it appeared while deployed on the USS Midway during the early 1970s. Submitter column5 Submitted 06/24/2004 Category F-4 Phantom II Skins

F-4 VMFA-333 Shamrocks View File *INSERTD 11/26/02* This is a repaint of the stock USMCGrey1 skin depicting an F-4B Phantom II of VMFA-333 "Shamrocks" during their 1972 WESTPAC deployment aboard USS America. Submitter column5 Submitted 06/24/2004 Category F-4 Phantom II Skins

F-4B VF-96 Fighting Falcons View File *INSERTD 11/20/02* This is a repaint of the stock USNGrey1 skin depicting an F-4J Phantom II of VF-96 "Fighting Falcons" while deployed aboard the USS Constellation in 1972. It is designed to complement the VF-96 "Showtime 100" skin I released earlier so that your entire flight can wear the VF-96 colors without all flying aircraft 100! On the loadout screen, assign yourself the Showtime 100 skin, and assign all fo the other aircraft in your flight this skin. Submitter column5 Submitted 06/24/2004 Category F-4 Phantom II Skins

F-4B VMFA-312 Checkerboards Skin View File *INSERTD 11/26/02* This is a repaint of the stock USMCGrey1 skin depicting an F-4B Phantom II of VMFA-312 "Checkerboards" during the late 1960s / early 1970s. Submitter column5 Submitted 06/24/2004 Category F-4 Phantom II Skins

F-4B USN VF-102 Diamondbacks View File This is a repaint of the stock USNGrey1 skin depicting an F-4B Phantom II assigned to VF-102 "Diamondbacks" while deployed aboard the USS Enterprise in the early 1960s. Submitter column5 Submitted 06/24/2004 Category F-4 Phantom II Skins

View File A-4E Super Echo Addon This modification of the stock A-4E represents the first aggressor aircraft used by Top Gun. Essentially a stripped down A-4E with a high performance J52-P-408 engine, the "Super Echo", as it was called, was an extremely capable ACM aircraft. Submitter column5 Submitted 07/04/2004 Category A-4 Skyhawk

Well, this is what I say in the article: "Note that the CarrierType must remain CVA-63, but the CarrierNumber and UnitName can be changed to whatever you want, so you could use the CVA-63 model to represent any Kitty Hawk class carrier." This is because you are using the CVA-63 model, but you are free to change the Number and Name to reflect whatever Kitty Hawk Class you want to represent.

That article I wrote is a bit old now, and ground objects are handled a little differently since SP4. Glad you got it working.

Run the exe and, when asked, point it to the WOE installation that you want to update. You should install NF and NF2 over a clean WOE installation.

Under the [AIData] section of the aircraft's data INI, add the following line: MaxPitchForAltitude=30.0 30 degrees is the default, so you'll probably want to drop it to 20 or so and test. You can adjust this parameter in conjunction with "ClimbSpeed=" in the [FlightControl] section until you get the results you are looking for. Remember to use meters per second whenever you set a speed in the data INI.

Those who are so inclined can get the NATO Fighters Environment Update here: http://www.column5.us/campaigns.shtml Install it over your existing NF1 or NF2 installation. Thanks to Polak and Deuces for their work. In addition to the new sky tiles and clouds, the 0 aircraft bug affecting some squadrons in 1962 and 1968 should be fixed (finally). The main NF2 download has also been updated with the campaign fix, but not the environment update.

Order of Battle for new squadrons in NF2: 1979 ---- Nation: Belgium Unit: No. 349 Squadron Aircraft: F-16A Base: Wittmundhafen Airbase Primary Mission: CAP, Intercept Secondary Mission: Strike, Sweep, Escort Nation: Canada Unit: No. 434 Squadron Aircraft: CF-5A Base: Söllingen Airbase Primary Mission: Strike, CAS, SEAD, Armed Recon Secondary Mission: CAP, Recon Nation: Netherlands Unit: No. 322 Squadron Aircraft: F-16A Base: Twenthe Airbase Primary Mission: CAP, Intercept Secondary Mission: Strike, Sweep, Escort Nation: RAF Unit: No. IX Squadron Aircraft: Tornado GR Mk.1A Base: Brüggen Airbase Primary Mission: Strike Secondary Mission: CAS, SEAD, Armed Recon, Recon Nation: RAF Unit: No. 41 Squadron Aircraft: Jaguar GR Mk.1 Base: Rhein-Main Airbase Primary Mission: Strike Secondary Mission: SEAD, Armed Recon, Recon Nation: RAF Unit: No. 617 Squadron Aircraft: Tornado GR Mk.1A Base: Brüggen Airbase Primary Mission: Strike Secondary Mission: CAS, SEAD, Armed Recon, Recon Nation: USAF Unit: 16th TFS 'Tomahawks' Aircraft: F-16A Base: Ramstein Airbase Primary Mission: CAP, Intercept Secondary Mission: Strike, Sweep, Escort

Yes, I'll get the updated order of battle posted today.

Hmmm...not a bad idea to include instructions on how to do it. I'll have to consider that--the only problem is that I've specifically tailored the aircraft included in the pack to the weapons included in the pack. Some weapons and/or loadouts will no doubt be affected. I suppose it shouldn't be a big deal if a person doesn't mid doing a little tweaking to make things work.

NATO Fighters II View File NATO Fighters II ---------------- IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS You MUST follow these steps to properly install NATO Fighers II. 1. NATO Fighters II (NF2) requires that you already have WOE: NATO Fighters (NF1) installed. Refer to the readme that came with NF1 for more information. 2. It is strongly recommended that you finish any campaigns you are currently playing BEFORE installing NF2. It is possible that existing campaigns could become corrupted if you install NF2 while you are still playing them. 3. Run the executable included in the archive you downloaded. When prompted, ensure that the installation path is pointing towards your NF1 installation. When the path is correct, continue the installtion. 4. That's it! Everything is installed automatically and no modding is required. Description ----------- Thanks for downloading NATO Fighters II! This is part two in a series of expansion packs for Wings Over Europe designed to incorporate many of the best mods for the Strike Fighters series produced over the past four years. NATO Fighters II contains the following additions: New Ground Objects: - SA-3 GOA Mobile SAM Launcher - SA-9 Gaskin Mobile SAM Launcher - M1A1 Abrams Tank New Aircraft: - CF-5A Freedom Fighter - F-16A Block 1 Fighting Falcon - Jaguar GR Mk.1 - MiG-23ML Flogger-G - OV-10A Bronco (AI FAC Only) - Su-15A Flagon - Tornado GR Mk.1A - Yak-25M Flashlight - Yak-28B Brewer-C Campaign Updates: 1962 - Added one squadron with Yak-25M as adversary - Added two squadrons with Yak-28B as adversaries 1968 - Added one squadron with Su-15A as adversary - Added two squadrons with Yak-28B as adversaries 1979 - Added Belgian No. 349 Squadron in F-16A Block 1 - Added Canadian No. 434 Squadron in CF-5A - Added Dutch No. 322 Squadron in F-16A Block 1 - Added RAF No. IX Squadron in Tornado GR Mk.1A - Added RAF No. 41 Squadron in Jaguar GR Mk.1 - Added RAF No. 617 Squadron in Tornado GR Mk.1A - Added USAF 16th TFS in F-16A Block 1 - Added two squadrons with MiG-23ML as adversaries Bugs Fixed: - Fixed a problem where some AI squadrons would have 0 aircraft at the start of the campaign - Fixed some aircraft names for consistency Contributors: - Armourdave - Boopidoo - BPAo - column5 - Fracture - JSF_Aggie - Kesselbrut - Kreelin - Missionneur Team - MontyCZ - MoonJumper - Pasko - Phamtuan - Raphael - Sony Tuckson - Sundowner - The Mirage Factory - The Wrench - ThirdWire - USAFMTL If I have missed anyone, let me know and I will fix it ASAP. The aircraft and other objects included in this pack are the property of their respective creators and are released as FREEWARE only. No objects in this pack may be included in PAYWARE products without permission of the owners. Submitter column5 Submitted 10/18/2006 Category User Made Campaigns

NATO Fighters II is ready for download! You can find more information as well as the download link here: http://www.column5.us/natof2.shtml I'd like to take the opportunity to again list those who contributed to this pack: - Armourdave - Boopidoo - BPAo - column5 - Fracture - JSF_Aggie - Kesselbrut - Kreelin - Missionneur Team - MontyCZ - MoonJumper - Pasko - Phamtuan - Raphael - Saguanay - Sony Tuckson - Sundowner - The Mirage Factory - The Wrench - ThirdWire - USAFMTL If I forgot anyone, it was not intentional. Let me know and I'll update the credits ASAP. Oh, and if you are wondering what the "surprise" from the Mirage Factory is... The F-16A Fighting Falcon Block 1, with skins for the BAF, RNLAF and USAF. Model and cockpit by BPAO based on an original by LvP, skins by Sony Tuckson, screens by Camouflage, HUD by MoonJumper and flight model by Kreelin. Its an exceptional piece of work!

That request I cannot fulfill. These are designed to be stand alone packs not requiring any additional modding. The weapons pack is too large to include, and includes far too many weapons that are irrelevant to the setting.

The desire for Swedish and Norwegan squadrons is duly noted. ;) I'll see what I can do about adding some in an upcoming pack. Here are the final release notes for NF2. It will be released after a final QA check. NATO Fighters II ---------------- IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS You MUST follow these steps to properly install NATO Fighers II. 1. NATO Fighters II (NF2) requires that you already have WOE: NATO Fighters (NF1) installed. Refer to the readme that came with NF1 for more information. 2. It is strongly recommended that you finish any campaigns you are currently playing BEFORE installing NF2. It is possible that existing campaigns could become corrupted if you install NF2 while you are still playing them. 3. Run the executable included in the archive you downloaded. When prompted, ensure that the installation path is pointing towards your NF1 installation. When the path is correct, continue the installtion. 4. That's it! Everything is installed automatically and no modding is required. Description ----------- Thanks for downloading NATO Fighters II! This is part two in a series of expansion packs for Wings OVer Europe designed to incorporate many of the best mods for the Strike Fighters series produced over the past four years. NATO Fighters II contains the following additions: New Ground Objects: - SA-3 GOA Mobile SAM Launcher - SA-9 Gaskin Mobile SAM Launcher - M1A1 Abrams Tank New Aircraft: - CF-5A Freedom Fighter - Jaguar GR Mk.1 - MiG-23ML Flogger-G - OV-10A Bronco (AI FAC Only) - Su-15A Flagon - Tornado GR Mk.1A - Yak-25M Flashlight - Yak-28B Brewer-C ...and a surprise from the Mirage Factory Campaign Updates: 1962 - Added one squadron with Yak-25M as adversary - Added two squadrons with Yak-28B as adversaries 1968 - Added one squadron with Su-15A as adversary - Added two squadrons with Yak-28B as adversaries 1979 - Added Canadian No. 434 Squadron in CF-5A - Added RAF No. IX Squadron in Tornado GR Mk.1A - Added RAF No. 41 Squadron in Jaguar GR Mk.1 - Added RAF No. 617 Squadron in Tornado GR Mk.1A - Added two squadrons with MiG-23ML as adversaries - Added three squadron flying ???? Bugs Fixed: - Fixed a problem where some AI squadrons would have 0 aircraft at the start of the campaign - Fixed some aircraft names for consistency Contributors: - Armourdave - Boopidoo - BPAo - column5 - Fracture - Kreelin - Missionneur Team - MontyCZ - Pasko - Phamtuan - Raphael - Sony Tuckson - Sundowner - The Mirage Factory - The Wrench - ThirdWire - USAFMTL If I have missed anyone, let me know and I will fix it ASAP. The aircraft and other objects included in this pack are the property of their respective creators and are released as FREEWARE only. No objects in this pack may be included in PAYWARE products without permission of the owners.