Emp_Palpatine

What the hell is this?!

Oh, it's not that spicy, don't worry... All the more it might be difficult because what we are looking for might not exist! It might go very well whit Gaddafi's ideology of "people in arms" where individualism and all that stuff are not very well seen. And the army suffers from much defiance from the power, affraid (in the past, all the more) of some coup by non-elite and "politicaly sure" units: all that might add prestige, such as squadrons or units names might have been suppressed, and that may be why we do not find much on the web or books. I admit I'm not that aware of libyan military, apart from the basics lines I got there, as it was not my area of work (mine is closer to press and politics, military stuff are just a hobby)

Regarding your PM, as I'm not quite sure mine have been sent: Unfortunately, I'm not able, as I don't have such informations... Those I know in libya might know, but asking by mail is quite spicy. I'll do my best.

I'm wondering if adding navies is relevent... Because IMHO, US and Royal Navies, just like french one, might have been busy in the Atlantic supporting defence of Iceland and Norway, hunting the red fleet and fighting soviet bombers; or doing the same support things in the Mediterrannean sea with Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey (and why not, Yougoslavia). For the pleasure to fly them, I'm 100% with the addition of navies. For the sake of "realism", I think adding more nato squadrons is better.

MiG-25 and 21 too. And I don't recall if the mirages were "5" or "III".

Gosh! I forgot F111! Of course we need them!

Will the libyan side be flyable? Oh, please, say "yes" ! :)

Well, my N3 suggestions: - French airforces/airplanes (we do have the SMB2, M3 and MF1) - Perhaps a 1984-85 campaign? Just to have to deal with MiG-29 and Su-27... - Flyable red side would be cool, but it's not a priority for me - More red side squadrons, especially in no-1979 scenarios: there are very few East-german, Polish, Csech or Hungarian planes...

Is there some airbases in Tripoli? Mitiga is quite in the city, and at that time (and since december now) served only for military purpose. And Al Azizyah should be in Tripoli too, if its purpose is to simulate El Gaddafi headquarters... It's actually a part of the city rather than a precise location (except the barracks where Gaddafi used to live that borrow its name from the neighbourhood). I've been working in a diplomatic representation in libya for some times some times ago, I'm quite eager to see this work finished!

Hi there. Just enjoying NF2 But I'm still willing to have some french planes (SMB2, Mirages) flying. May be Fastcargo can PM me his files? I do really suck at modding, not even able to install properly ME wars. So any help would be very much appreciated indeed.

It was exactly the case: The Aéronavale was eager to buy some F-18 to replace the ageing F8, but political circles (and Dassault) decided that the navy was to wait to the Rafale. If the navy had bought some F-18, the Rafale program would have lost one of its goal and might have been cancelled. That was what was feared. Therefore, the "Royale" keeped her F-8 until 2000 and most pilots cried when they had to be scrapped.

The ItalianWW2 Mirage is very handsome!

red side? ;)

In the old Aces of the Pacific, you can have an entire tour of duty in bomber squadrons, flying Vals, Dauntless or event poor weaponless japanese torpedo bomber whose name I forgot. It was some of the sweaty memories I have! Being catched up by heavily armored P40 while having only a rear gunner... This sort of tour of duty were often over after the first non escorted bombing run. But I do remember a Val/judy campaign where I survived until 44, just to get shoot down during Philippina reconquest... In Wings series, I do enjoy making bombing runs, especially CAS. OTC, or Middle East wars rocks for such missions.

No French planes? :( And by the way, a playable read side would be pretty cool to. But your campaign seems great.

Hi there! I know that France was not properly part of NATO in the era of the mod (except 1962), but with add-ons planes such as Mirages III, V and F1 and Mystères (and the upcoming vautour that I saw somewhere), it would be a great addition for an hypothetical v3 of the mod. regards, palpat

My suggestion would be to make installation easier, such as a "ready to unzip all inclusive mod" in the way of OTC or Burning Sands 83. I'm having errors and oddities, and I'm quite sure that it is related to my installation...